Student Success and TransferKen O’DonnellOffice of the ChancellorCalifornia State University

Los Angeles Community College DistrictAchieving the Dream

March 22, 2013

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“Slightly more than 1/3 of the people in California with bachelor’s degrees come from California. 2/3 come from other places.”

To meet its growing need for college graduates, California will need to produce more of its own.

California residents added between 2005 and 2025aged 25-44:

2.7 million

2.16 million black and Latino

“That’s the population you have to work with.

“You’re going to have to rely much more on the success of community colleges.”

Das WilliamsChair, CA Assembly Committee

on Higher Education

“The status quo is morally unacceptable.”

“Our whole system breaks down if we don’t make community colleges work.”

46%

40%

23%

14%

Six-year graduation rates for full-time first-

time freshmen

Six-year transfer rates among

degree seekers

all students

all students

students of color

students of color

Source: CSU Graduation Initiative and CCC Student Success Task Force

Eligibility

Lower Division Major Prep

General Education

60 transferable units2.0 Grade Point Average

30 units of GE

Oral CommunicationWritten CommunicationQuantitative Reasoning

Critical Thinking

GE Breadth or IGETCAmerican Institutions

Lower Division Major Prep

ImpacCANLDTPSB 1440Student Transfer Achievement Reform (STAR) Act

• perfect 60+60

for the community colleges:• start with GE (39 units)• add 18 units lower division major preparation

for the state universities:• grant admission priority• finish in two years’ worth of coursework

Lower Division Major Prep

112 Community Colleges

23 State Universities112 CCCs

X 23 CSUsX 25 majors

64,400 degree pathways

Lower Division Major Prep

112 Community Colleges

23 State Universities

Transfer Model Curriculum

25 degree pathways

two frameworks for articulation

course-to-course:

degree-to-degree:

Associate Degreefor Transfer

Lower Division Major Prep

General Education

integrative

engaging

purposeful

calstate.edu/app/compass

General Education Certification

English Communication A

Math & Quantitative Reasoning B4

Arts & Humanities C

Social Science D

Science (including lab) B1-3

Self-Development E

Sources of General Education (48 units total)

California State University (“receiving institution”)

nine upper-division units

certifyingCalifornia Community College

(“sending institution”)

39 lower-division units

prior learning at thebaccalaureate level

(“pass-along”)

* other CCCs or four-years* military and other training* external exams (AP or IB)

up to 39 units

hook

Unique Benefits of General Education

hook

Unique Benefits of General Education

reach

hook

Unique Benefits of General Education

reach employability

what we have what we want

reach hook

employability

CSU Chancellor’s General Education Advisory Group2007-2008 revision of Executive Order on GE Breadth

Article 1 Applicability

Article 2 Pathways to Meet Requirements

Article 3 Premises

Article 4 Distribution of Units

Article 5 Transfer and Articulation

Article 6 Implementation and Governance

Article 1 Applicability

Article 2 Pathways to Meet Requirements

Article 3 Premises

Article 4 Distribution of Units

Article 5 Transfer and Articulation

Article 6 Implementation and Governance

LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes

reach

hookemployability

CSU GE Breadthcertification

0 01 12 2Latino/a not Latino/a

38%

55%49%

63%65%68%

Source: CSU Northridge Institutional ResearchAugust, 2010

Graduation Rates by Ethnicity and participation in High-Impact Practices

Town Hall MeetingChico First-Year Persistence

first-time full-time freshmen

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Source: Institutional Research, CSU Chico

80% 74% 85% 80%

91% 93%86% 84%

white studentsstudents of color

with Town Hall Meeting

William LokerDean, Undergraduate Education

A better transfer curriculum will:

* foreground the essential learning outcomes -- what we want students to know and be able to do

* take full advantage of local expertise, opportunities, andhigh-impact practices

without sacrificing access and portability.

Student Success and Transfer

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