Foundations Of Excellence
Self-Study of First-Year Students
Clackamas Community College
Winter 2012 Report
Reminders….What is it?
A yearlong self-study -• Reviews all aspects of the new student
experience.
• Resulting in a plan for institutional improvement.
• Leading to higher levels of student learning and
persistence.
• Process designed by the Gardner Institute for
Excellence in Undergraduate Education
• Supported by OCCWD.
Reminders…What are the dimensions?
Dimensions
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Philosophy
Organization
Learning
Campus Culture
Transitions
All Students
• Diversity
• Roles and Purposes
• Improvement
Reminders…Who is involved?
• FoE Steering Committee – 79 persons from all associations
across campus.
• FoE Task Force – Rochelle Dawn, Brenda Marks, David Arter, Pam
Clem, Sean Briare, Melissa Pirie, Tara Sprehe, Mathew Altman,
Andrea Csavajda, Michelle Baker, & Phillip King
• FoE Liaisons to Gardner Institute – Brenda Marks, Phillip King,
and Elizabeth Lundy
• Dimension Committees – 9 different committees.
• FoE Consultant – Catherine Anderson, Current VP of Enrollment
at Gallaudett University and consultant to Gardner Institute for
the last 5 years.
Reminders ….What are our data sources?
• FoE surveys (one for students, one for
faculty/staff).
• Committee member’s knowledge.
• College documents (such as ISP manual,
website, CCSSE) and campus reports.
• All gathered information will create an
evidence library.
Reminders…Why did the college undertake this now?
The self-study:
• Closely aligns, and carries out many of the SEM
initiatives and the Clarus Corporation
recommendations.
• Meets several of the requirements of the
accreditation process.
• Is strongly supported by the state through both
additional funding and logistical support.
• Provides a ready-made, research-based framework to
study our new student experience. Results from other
institutions have shown a substantial increase in both
student success and persistence.
What are the expected outcomes?
• Each Dimension Committee prepares a report with
recommendations (due by end of Winter 2012).
– Link to copy of a report
(https://foetec.fyfoundations.org/foetec/DReport.aspx?dimid=144&plan
id=434).
• Committees will get feedback from the FoE consultant.
• Committee reports will be synthesized into one CCC
report (target date – May 7).
• Final report will get feedback from FoE consultant.
• Recommendations will be brought forward to
appropriate areas of the college.
What are the current, in-progress findings?
CCC may benefit from -• Creating a strategic plan for first-year students
including.
– Mandatory advising
– A suite of orientation, student success courses,
cohorted learning communities
• Systematically sharing data (such as CCSSE) with the
campus community.
• Implementing mandatory placement testing.
• Enforcing course pre-requisite requirements.
What are the current, in-progress findings?
Our current, in-progress findings mirror many of the
national findings reported in the “Promising Practices
for Community College Success” by CCCSE, including
– Academic planning at Century College (MN),
York Technical College (SC), and Chipola College
(FL)
– Student success courses at Brazosport College
(TX), College of the Sequoias (CA), and Durham
Technical College (NC)
What is next?
CCC’s FoE Exhibit Hall
in the Fireside Lounge
April 16-27