The Faculty Role in Scaled and Sustained Community College ExcellenceJosh WynerFounder & Executive Director, Aspen College Excellence ProgramVice President, Aspen InstituteAugust 30, 2017

Learning• Do colleges set

expectations for learning, measure what is learned, and use that information

in a process of continuous improvement?

Equity• Do colleges strive for

equitable access and outcomes for

underserved minority and low-income students?

Completion and Transfer with Bachelor’s Degree• Do students earn degrees

and other meaningful credentials, and do those who transfer go on to earn bachelor’s degrees?

Labor Market Outcomes• Do graduates find strong

employment opportunity in well-paying jobs?

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program Framework for Student Success

The Aspen Prize

Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD (2017)Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL (2015)Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA (2013)Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA (2013)Valencia College, Orlando, FL (2011)F

Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2017)Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL (2017)Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD (2015, 2013, 2011)West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah, KY (2015,2011)Kingsborough Community College , Bronx, NY (2013)Miami-Dade College (2011)Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA (2011)

Odessa College, Odessa, TX (2017)San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX (2017)Kennedy-King College, Chicago, IL (2015)

Winners

Finalists w/Distinction

Winners, Finalists with Distinction, and Rising Stars

Rising Star

The Aspen Prize

Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN (2017)Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX (2015, 2013)Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2013)Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (2017)College of the Ouachitas, Malvern, AR (2013)El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX (2015)Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY (2015)Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL (2015)Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS (2011)Mott Community College, Flint, MI (2011)Northeast Community College, Norfolk, NE (2017)Northeast Iowa Community College, Calmar, IA (2011)Olympic College, Bremerton, WA (2015)Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (2017)Renton Technical College, Renton, WA (2015)Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA (2011)Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL (2013)Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College, Cumberland, KY (2013)Southwest Texas Junior College, Uvalde, TX (2011)West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, WV (2017, 2013)

Finalists

Finalists

The Aspen Prize

Exceptional improvements over time in completion

Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges

Increase in the number of credentials awarded at Valencia College, 2002-2011AA, AS/AAS Degrees and Certificates/Diplomas Awarded

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

AA Degrees

Certificates and Diplomas

AS and AAS Degrees

84% increase over 6 years

46% increase over 6 years

66% increase over 6 years

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Exceptional improvements over time in completion

Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges

Odessa College: Five-Year Trends

9.4

48.8

24.6

38.1

0

10

20

30

40

50

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Graduation and Transfer Rate

Degrees per 100 FTE

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Exceptional improvements over time

Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges

28.6

37.138.4

53.9

0

10

20

30

40

50

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Graduation and Transfer Rate

Degrees per 100 FTE

San Jacinto College: Five-Year Trends

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Completion/transfer rates that far surpass the national average

Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges

39%

53%

74%

National Average Valencia College (CA) Lake Area Technical Institute (SD)2011 Winner 2017 Winner

The Aspen Prize

Exceptional transfer and bachelor’s completion outcomes

Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges

Rate of first-time in college students who successfully transferred to a four-year college in six years, and the rate of bachelor’s degree completion for those students who transferred

33%

42%

National Average

Transfer-Out Bachelor’s

Completion Rate

Transfer-Out Rate

41%

63%

Santa Fe College (FL)

Transfer-Out Rate

Transfer-Out Bachelor’s

Completion Rate

55% 54%

Santa Barbara City College (CA)

Transfer-Out Bachelor’s

Completion Rate

Transfer-Out Rate

50% higher

than avg.

29% higher

than avg.

24% higher

than avg.

67% higher

than avg.

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Exceptional labor market outcomes for graduates

Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges

Average salaries of recent graduates compared to the average for othersin the region (top short-term and long-term performers)

$22,808

$69,027

$28,908

$88,577

Lake Area Technical Institute (SD)One Year After Completion

San Jacinto College (TX)Five Years After Completion

Regional average for New

Hires

27%above avg.

Regional average for All

Workers

28% above avg.

2017 Winner 2017 Rising Star

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Themes characterizing the institutions that achieve exceptional outcomes for students:

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Strong Leadership and Organizational Culture

Guided Pathways to Continuing Education and Well-Paying Jobs

Intentional Focus on Improving Teaching and Learning

Strategic Data Use to Improve Practice and Close Equity Gaps

Partnerships and Structures Aligned to Defined Student Outcomes

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Themes characterizing the institutions that achieve exceptional outcomes for students:

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Strong Leadership and Organizational Culture

Guided Pathways to Continuing Education and Well-Paying Jobs

Intentional Focus on Improving Teaching and Learning

Strategic Data Use to Improve Practice and Close Equity Gaps

Partnerships and Structures Aligned to Defined Student Outcomes

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

West Kentucky Community and

Technical College

Widespread development and use of assessments to improve instruction, driven by leaders engaging in multiple strategies to create urgency around the need to improve

student learning.

Result: Strong graduation rates and dramatically improved reading scores.

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Valencia CollegeCulture where faculty consistently invent new approaches to teaching and measure whether

they improve student learning—part of the exceptional Teaching and Learning Academy and a new process of tenure and promotion.

Result: Graduation rates nearly double those of peer institutions; strong transfer

and bachelor’s completion rates.

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

San Jacinto CollegeSan Jacinto professionalized department chairs and trained them as instructional

leaders.

Result: Steadily increasing course completion and retention rates.

Create strong transfer program maps.

Align learning to what comes next.

What does this mean for Pathways work?

Transfer and Bachelor’s Completion

Strategic engagement with employers.

Align learning to what comes next.

What does this mean for Pathways work?

Employment with Family-Sustaining Wages

More information

• The 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

• What Excellent Community Colleges Do (Harvard Ed Press, 2014)

• Crisis & Opportunity: Aligning the Community College Presidency with Student Success

• Hiring Exceptional Community College Presidents: Tools for Hiring Leaders Who Advance Student Access and Success

• Structural Equity: Big-Picture Thinking & Partnerships That Improve Community College Student Outcomes

• The Transfer Playbook: Essential Practices for Two- and Four-Year Colleges

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