Charting the Course for Student Completion

December 5, 2013

https://www.ohiohighered.org/financial

Recommendations from the Ohio Higher EducationFunding CommissionNovember, 2012

https://www.ohiohighered.org/completion

Recommendations from the Completion Task ForceNovember, 2012

Student Success Initiatives

• “Remediation Free” Standards• High school-Higher Education Alignment Consortia• College Credit Plus Recommendations• Articulation and Transfer (OTM, TAG, CTAG)• PLA With a Purpose• GPS to Success• 1 + 1 Initiative• Credit When It’s Due• Three-Year Bachelor’s Degrees• Defining Certificates • Ohio Mathematics Initiative• Co-ops and Internships

Ensure that Students are Prepared for College

• Implement Ohio’s new learning standards in English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies

• Develop college readiness expectations and placement benchmarks … “remediation free standards”

Accelerate Progress Shortened time to degree

College Credit Plus (dual enrollment)

Credit for AP courses

Credit for prior learning

Three-year bachelor’s degrees

Fifteen to Finish

Degrees and certificates awarded as earned

Expand Lower Cost Pathways

• Articulation and transfer system– Ohio Transfer Module (OTM)– Transfer Assurance Guides (TAGs)– Career Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs)– 1 + 1

• Gaining credit while in high school – College Credit Plus – AP courses– Career technical education

• Credit for prior learning– Military training and experience, credit by exam, credit for portfolio review

Enhance Relevance

• Closer alignment with the Office of Workforce Transformation

• Improved career advising

• Defining certificates

• Ohio mathematics initiative

• Co-ops and internships

Campus Completion Plans

• Section 3345.81 of the ORC requires each institution of higher education to develop its own completion plan

• No “one size fits all” solution; the plan should recognize the mission and strategic priorities of the institution

Campus Completion Plans• Completion Plan templates are available– The community college template was developed collaboratively

by the college presidents, provosts and OBR and OACC staff members

– The university template was developed collaboratively by the university provosts, OBR and IUC staff members

• Templates – Campuses can modify the template to best fit their needs

– Campuses can design their own report formats

Campus Completion Plans• Plans must be adopted by the institution’s Board of

Trustees

• Plans are due to the Chancellor not later than June 30, 2014– The plans will be posted on our website; they will serve as a

resource for our office and for other institutions across the state

– The plans will be shared with the governor’s office

• The plans are to be updated at least once every two years

Today’s Objectives

• Create learning communities around completion– Build on existing success– Connect to leading thinking and examples– Introduction to resources and tools

• Completion plans are data driven and continuous improvement tools

• Discover ways OBR, IUC and OACC can best support your efforts