College Connection Ready for Replication

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College ConnectionReady for Replication
Education Open Source Conference January 31, 2008
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Presenters
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Presenters
Mary Hensley, Ed.D.Vice President, College
Support Systems and ISD Relationsmhensley_at_austin
cc.edu512-223-7618
Leonard Rivera, Ph.D.Director,
Off-Campus/College Connection Programslrivera_at_de
lmar.edu361-698-2404
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Agenda

• Closing the Gaps Overview
• College Connection Overview
• College Connection How It Works
• Program Results
• Program Recognition
• State and National Interest in Expansion
• Questions and Answers

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Boards
Strategic PlanClosing the GapsOverview
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Closing the Gaps

• Closing the Gaps states that more Texans need to
  receive college degrees.
• The goal is to increase student enrollment in
  higher education by 630,000 by 2015.
• Most students will elect to start at a community
  college.
• Austin Community College District expects 15,000
  additional students by 2015.
• Del Mar Community College expects 2,900
  additional students by 2015.
• Source http//www.thecb.state.tx.us/ClosingtheG
  aps/ctgtargets_pdf.cfm?Goal1

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College ConnectionOverview
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Education Beyond High School

• Increases earning potential and employment
  opportunities
• U.S. Department of Education

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Improving High School to College Transitions

• Provide admission and pre-enrollment services to
  seniors on their school campuses
• Create an expectation that College is in
  everyones future.
• Increase percentage of high school seniors who
  enter college after high school graduation.

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Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006Enrolled
in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
Austin Community College District Service
Area College Transition Rates
Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas
colleges or universities in the year immediately
following graduation, as well as students who
were enrolled out-of-state. Districts with less
than 25 graduates are not included in this
report. Source http//www.thecb.state.tx.us/Repor
ts/PDF/1161.PDF
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Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006Enrolled
in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
Austin Community College District Service
Area College Transition Rates
Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas
colleges or universities in the year immediately
following graduation, as well as students who
were enrolled out-of-state.Districts with less
than 25 graduates are not included in this
report.Source http//www.thecb.state.tx.us/Repor
ts/PDF/1161.PDF
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Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006Enrolled
in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
Austin Community College District Service
Area College Transition Rates
Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas
colleges or universities in the year immediately
following graduation, as well as students who
were enrolled out-of-state.Districts with less
than 25 graduates are not included in this
report. Source http//www.thecb.state.tx.us/Rep
orts/PDF/1161.PDF
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Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006Enrolled
in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
Del Mar Service Area College Transition Rates
Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas
colleges or universities in the year immediately
following graduation, as well as students who
were enrolled out-of-state. Source
http//www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1161.PDF
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Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006Enrolled
in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
Del Mar Service Area College Transition Rates
Less than 25 graduates attending this
district Includes students who were not enrolled
in Texas colleges or universities in the year
immediately following graduation, as well as
students who were enrolled out-of-state. Source
http//www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1161.PDF
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Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006Enrolled
in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
Del Mar Service Area College Transition Rates
Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas
colleges or universities in the year immediately
following graduation, as well as students who
were enrolled out-of-state. Source
http//www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1161.PDF
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College ConnectionHow It Works
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College Connection Program

• Many high school students find the college
  enrollment process intimidating.
• Austin Community College District provides
  hands-on, one-on-one support to assist every
  student through each step of the college
  admissions process.

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College Connection Program

• Program is free to the districts except for
  transportation costs to tour college campus(es).
• During graduation ceremonies, high school
  graduating seniors receive acceptance letters to
  Austin Community College District.

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Students Receive Services at the High School
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College Connection Common Order of On-Campus
Activities

• Senior Presentation
• Admission application
• Financial aid application
• ASSET assessment
• Tour of Austin Community College campus(es)
• Pre-Advising
• Advising
• Acceptance letter to Austin Community College at
  graduation
• Registration for Austin Community College
  classes
• RedRequired BlueRecommended BlackOptional

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Lifetime Acceptance at ACC

• Application never discarded
• Provide a permanent college home
• Students come to ACC
• Full-time
• Part-time
• In Summer for transfer
• After military service
• After career changes
• Co-enroll while attending 4-year institution

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Lifetime Acceptance at ACC

• Cohorts can be tracked by semester of entry
• Longitudinal data collected for
• Retention
• Completion
• Success

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Student Recruitment Senior Kickoff Presentation
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See, it didnt hurt! Recruiters
name prefix_at_austincc.edu
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ACC 101 New Student Orientation

• http//www.austincc.edu/acc101/index_content.html

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Program Results
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Austin Community CollegeCollege Connection
School Districts
2006-07Year 4 Austin Bastrop Blanco Del
Valle Elgin Fredericksburg Harper Hays Jarrell
Johnson City Lago Vista Leander Liberty Hill
Lockhart Luling Manor Nixon-Smiley Pflugervill
e Prairie Lea Round Rock San Marcos
Smithville
2007-08Year 5 Austin Bastrop Blanco
Del Valle Dripping Springs Eanes Elgin
Fredericksburg Georgetown Harper Hays
Jarrell Johnson City Lago Vista
2003-04 Year 1 San Marcos
2004-05Year 2 Austin Bastrop Del Valle Leander
San Marcos
2005-06Year 3 Austin Bastrop Del
Valle Hays Leander Manor Pflugerville San Marcos
Lake Travis Leander Liberty Hill Lockhart
Luling Manor Nixon-Smiley Pflugerville
Prairie Lea Round Rock San Marcos
Smithville Wimberley
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Austin Community CollegeCollege Connection
Program Growth

• Over 5 years at
• 1 school district to 27 school districts
• 2 high schools to 58 high schools
• 400 students to 17,000 students

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Del Mar CollegeCollege Connection School
Districts
2006-07Year 3 Calallen Corpus Christi Flour
Bluff Odem Robstown Sinton Taft Tuloso-Midway West
Oso
2007-08Year 4 Agua Dulce Aransas Pass
Banquete Bishop Calallen Corpus Christi Dr.
M.L. Garza Charter Flour Bluff Gregory-Portland In
gleside Mathis Odem Port Aransas Richard Milburn
Academy Riviera Robstown Rockport Sinton Taft Tulo
so-Midway West Oso
2004-05Year 1 Corpus Christi Sinton Robstown
West Oso
2005-06Year 2 Calallen Corpus Christi Flour
Bluff Odem Robstown Sinton Taft Tuloso-Midway West
Oso
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Del Mar CollegeCollege Connection Program Growth

• Over 4 years at
• 4 school districts to 28 school districts
• 5 high schools to 28 high schools
• 1,081 students to 5,931 students

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Austin Community CollegeCollege Connection
Diversity of Participants 2006-07
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Austin Community CollegeTraditionally
Underrepresented in Higher Education - Students
Enroll at ACC

• More than 55 of College Connectionenrollees are
  minorities
• Higher percentage entering ACC through College
  Connection than in the general ACC student
  population

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Austin Community CollegeCollege Connection
Positively Impacts Other College Programs

• ACC Fall Enrollments
• 38 increase first year
• 59 increase over two years
• Early College Start (Dual Credit) Enrollments
• 26 increase in enrollment from 04 to 05
• 45 increase in enrollment from 04 to 06
• 3,209 students enrolled Summer 2007
  (record-breaking ECS enrollment)
• Tech Prep Enrollments
• 4,336 increase in enrollment from 03 to 06
• 36 students in 2003-04
• 48 students in 2004-05
• 293 students in 2005-06
• 1,597 students in 2006-07

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Program Recognition
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College Connection Program National Acclaim
Recognition
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Awards Received
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Mobile Go Centers
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ACCs Two Mobile Go Centers

• MGC 1
• Length, 34 Feet
• Air-Conditioned
• 14 Computer Stations
• MGC 2
• Length, 42 Feet
• Air-Conditioned
• 16 Computer Stations
• Equipped with
• Printers
• Scanner
• Copier
• Satellite Internet

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ACCs Mobile Go Centers

• Virtual one-stop, college-information facility
• College catalog and schedule information
• College applications
• FAFSA
• Other
• Staffed by ACC student services personnel

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ACCs Mobile Go Centers

• Enable ACC to reach individuals where they live,
  work, and/or attend school
• Support College Connection program activities
• Assist in expanding ACCs outreach efforts

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ACCs Mobile Go Centers

• Visit
• Festivals
• Sports Events
• Supermarkets
• Shopping Malls
• Schools
• Other
• www.austincc.edu/go

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State and National Interest in Expansion
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National Interest

• Florida Department of Education
• Launched state-wide campaign in April 2007 called
  Go Higher-Get Accepted modeled after College
  Connection
• Maine Interest in College Connection
• Proposed law requiring graduating high school
  seniors to complete at least one college
  application before getting diploma.

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• Attaining advanced levels of education for
  disadvantaged students cannot be done without
  developing a college-going culture in every
  middle school and high school in the state of
  Texas...then suddenly, (going to college) changes
  from being a possibility to an expectation.
• --Raymund Paredes
• Commissioner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating
  Board
• January 6, 2005

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THECB Statewide College Connection
Expansion2007-2009

• Ten Colleges Receive Implementation Grants
• Alamo Community College District
• Blinn College
• Del Mar College
• Houston Community College System
• Lee College
• Odessa College
• Richland College
• South Texas College
• Tarrant County College District
• Weatherford College

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THECB Statewide College Connection
Expansion2007-2009

• Five Colleges Receive Planning Grants
• Cedar Valley College
• Cisco Junior College
• Northeast Texas Community College
• Paris Junior College
• Victoria College

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THECB Statewide College Connection Expansion

• Texas Colleges Already Adopting College
  Connection
• Alamo Community College District
• Central Texas College
• Coastal Bend Community College
• Del Mar Community College
• Houston Community College District
• Temple Community College
• Vernon College
• Victoria Community College

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Helpful Hints for a Successful Program
Implementation
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Stay Connected Recommended Program Management
Strategies

• Be POSITIVE and HELPFUL.
• Meet with ISD Superintendent and High school
  Principal during school year.
• Meet with High School designated contact staff
  consistently (i.e., monthly, quarterly, etc.).
• Utilize email and phone contact regularly to keep
  High School designated staff informed on College
  Connection events.

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Stay Connected Recommended Program Management
Strategies

• Follow-up with High School designated staff on
  satisfaction of College Connection programming.
• Regularly attend College Connection events at
  High Schools to build rapport and assess quality.
• Be aware that all ISDs/High Schools are unique.
• Meet regularly with College Connection
  staff/teams.

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Stay Connected Recommended Program Management
Strategies

• Keep College Administrators/Board constantly
  informed of College Connection program.
• Utilize the local area media to keep the
  community informed of the College Connection
  program and its mission.
• Implement a reliable College Connection data
  tracking system.
• Always ask the ISDs What else can we do for
  your kids?

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Program Branding
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College Connection Logo
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Austin Community CollegeCollege Connection
Website

• Access to scheduled activities for students,
  parents, and school officials
• Calendars
• Links to pertinent ACC school district sites

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Austin Community College Website

• Participating schools
• Links to school pages
• Link to college pages of interest
• Press coverage/special events

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Del Mar CollegeCollege Connection Website
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For copies

• PowerPoint Presentation
• www.austincc.edu/isd/ctat/013108Presentation.ppt

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Questions and Answers