SSPBT Core Student Project2011-12

Presentation to the Joint IPBT/SSPBTNovember 22, 2011

Budget cuts and reduced resources will limit our ability to serve all students in the same way

We need to be strategic about who we serve and how we serve them

We need to redesign service interventions to meet the needs of our “core students”

We need to design services based on data and student demand

Background

We identified students as core groups1, 2, 3 based on:◦ Strategic plan of the college◦ Our primary mission as a community college;

serving students seeking: Transfer Basic Skills Career Technical Education

◦ Students targeted through our outreach; domestic, international

Selection Process

Core Group 1 Strategic Planning Targeted Populations: Latino/a, African Ancestry,

Filipino/a, Pacific Islander High need for Basic Skills (no other choice of college available) AA and/or Transfer Goals H S grads/GED from feeder high schools H S grads/GED from Santa Clara County communities with low

college-going rates Non HS grads from Santa Clara County First in family to attend college Low-income students (no other choice of college available) Students enrolled full-time Students who are committed to De Anza start to finish

(matriculated) Students within their first 120 quarter-equivalent units International students recruited by FHDA ISP

Criteria for Core Groups

Core Groups 2 and 3

Selected certificate takers (good chance for gainful employment)

Non high school graduates from outside Santa Clara County Students with 120+ qtr-equivalent units but within 36 units

of AA/AS/transfer Students outside Santa Clara County Single course takers Bachelor degree holders Etc,…

Criteria continued…

We looked at data of incoming freshmen, summer & fall 2011

3,775 unduplicated first-time student were enrolled

1,652 students met criteria of students identified as core group 1

We further analyzed student characteristics in the core group 1

Student Data

72% were African American, Latino, Filipino 51% male 35% awarded Pell (financial aid) 82% with AA/AS/Transfer goals 58% placed into pre-collegiate EWRT/READ 65% placed into pre-collegiate math 28% enrolled in pre-collegiate courses in fall 62% reside in the city of San Jose

Core Student Characteristics

Biological Sciences Business Administration Registered Nurse Undecided Law Enforcement Medical Assisting Child Development

Most Popular Majors Selected by Core Students

Assessment◦ Contacted core students (via email) who hadn’t

taken assessment, provided incentive to come in and test

Financial Aid◦ Contacted core students (via email) who hadn’t

completed or started their financial aid application

Others…

Interventions by Student Services

Counseling◦ Interventions for this cohort are still in the works.

Counseling 200: Orientation to College is a summer class highly recommended for all incoming students and will serve as the vehicle to develop a counseling cohort model

◦ Counseling Faculty will become the assigned counselors to provide the follow up, counseling, and academic progress checks to counsel and provide feedback to students in these Counseling 200 cohorts

Interventions continued…

We need to redesign policies and tools to successfully move students through the pathways to completion:

Step 1 placement tests, fin aid app, admissions app, Getting Started Orientation, Welcome Week participation

Step 2registration in Counseling 200, full ed plan, math/or/English, GE

Step 3major selection/validation, completed math/English GE

Step 4major classes enrolled, TAG, petition for graduation/cert, apply to 4-yr

Step 5transfer, graduate, employment

Pathways to Completion

Share core student data and findings with Instruction

Closer alignment of strategies to serve our core students

Consider core student data and demand in institutional decision-making

Continually improve services, review student success data, and revise strategies for serving students effectively

Next Steps