SSTF Implementation Hot Topics

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SSTF ImplementationHot Topics

• Julie Bruno, Sierra College, Host
• David Morse, Long Beach City College
• Michelle Pilati, Rio Hondo College

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Overview

• Privatization
• Mission-changing
• Enrollment Priorities (proposed Title 5 changes)
• Scorecard
• BOGFW
• Others

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Privatization?

• Source of funds for SSTF
• Private companies seeking to profit
• Motivations of
• SSTF
• CCCCO
• BoG
• Legislature

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Mission Changing

• Possibly or even probably.
• Where should ASCCCs advocacy efforts be focused?
  
• Best possible experience for students with clear
  educational goals
• Protecting access for lifelong learners
• Are some students or some student goals more
  worthy?

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Enrollment Priorities

• SSTF 3.1 CCCs will adopt priorities that
• Reflect the core mission of transfer, CTE, and
  basic skills development
• Encourage students to identify their educational
  objective and follow a prescribed path most
  likely to lead to success
• Ensure access and the opportunity for success for
  new students and
• Incentivize students to make progress toward
  their educational goal.

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Highest priority for

• Continuing students in good standing who are
  making progress toward a certificate, degree,
  transfer, or career advancement objective..
• First-time students who participate in
  orientation and assessment and develop an
  informed education plan.
• Students who begin addressing any basic skills
  deficiencies in their first year, through either
  courses or other approaches.
• Students with legislated priority.

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Continuing students lose priority if..

• Do not follow their original or a revised
  education plan
• Are placed for two consecutive terms on Academic
  Probation (GPA below 2.0 after attempting 12 or
  more units) or Progress Probation (failure to
  successfully complete at least 50 percent of
  their classes
• Fail to declare a program of study by the end of
  their third term
• Accrue 100 units, not including Basic Skills and
  ESL courses.

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Enrollment Priorities

• Timeline for Title 5 changes
• March-April 2012 Enrollment Priority Workgroup
  Meetings
• April 19th, 2012 Consultation Council
• May 6-7, 2012 BOG first reading
• July 9-10, 2012 BOG second reading

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Enrollment Priorities

• If proposed timeline is followed
• August-September, 2012 Control Agency Review
• October 2012 Potential effective date of new
  regulations
• 180 Day Implementation Window Local CCD adoption
  of policies and registration procedures
• Spring 2012 Registration for Fall 2013
• Fall 2013 classes reflect new 58108 registration
  priorities

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Scorecard

• A simple snapshot of how a college is doing
• What metrics should be used?
• What context should be provided?
• Self-comparison
• Dangers?

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BOGFW

• Should BOGFW students continue to receive a BOGFW
  as long as another student would continue to have
  their courses subsidized by the state?
• Should BOGFW students be held to progress
  standards, as is common with other forms of
  financial aid?

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Others