OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Is your Program Completeable Within Normal Time? Structure, Scheduling and Consequences for Students TRENDS Conference October 2015 Kelly Perez-Vergara, Zheng Wang & Dawn Perkowski
Why did we do this? • Student complaints • HLC Annual Conference 2013 • OCC ranking for graduation rate at the bottom (e.g., IPEDS, VFA) • Our college scheduling process does not occur from a program perspective – Hundreds of faculty create a schedule for a couple of courses each, and this is rolled together into a master schedule for 5 campuses, ~800 courses, and ~130 programs).
Barriers to Success for this Project Scott-Clayton 2011- too much choice leads to frustration, mistakes and drop-out, institutions need to provide more guidance to students and less choice. Cultural challenge- some believe we should not tell students what to take and when to take it… Solution- we’re not, it’s merely a recommendation showing that there is at least one full time pathway through a program.
Approach Collect data to understand where issues are present and determine what changes are needed. Share the results with stakeholders to promote action:
– College Leadership- overall results – Academic Deans- highlight specific problems program by program – Faculty- provide an opportunity to review current problems (with dean) and plan for future pathways through the program during program review
Data Collection 1. How many required program courses do not run in a given year? 2. Is there at least one full time pathway through each program within normal time? 3. Are students more likely to graduate within normal time when they are in a program that has at least one full time pathway through a program within normal time?
1. Opportunity for Degree Completion 2012-13
# Programs not offering course
# Courses not offered (or all cancelled)
Required Courses
30
40
Elective Courses
23
56
Programs that run all required courses are 3.7 times more likely to meet the completions benchmark, compared to programs that do not run all required courses in a year.
2. Full Time Pathways “Completeability” The time needed to complete a program either from a historical or projected perspective, for a specific cohort of students (i.e., start term), based on program requirements, course sequencing and scheduling.
2. Full Time Pathways Goal is to identify issues related to the following: • Course sequencing • Pre-requisites • Degree requirements • Number of credits needed for the degree • Summer attendance requirements • Forced part time • Completeability within normal completion time
2. Full Time Pathways
Program Requirements, Prerequisites and Term Sequencing
AST.CA Courses
Credits Toward Degree
AST 1070
3
AST 1300
4
AST 1450
4
AST 1700
4
AST 2000
4
CIS 1050
4
CIS 1060
3
CIS 1070
3
Program Requirements, Prerequisites and Term Sequencing
AST.CA Courses
Credits Toward Degree
AST 1070
3
AST 1300
4
AST 1070 & CIS 1050
AST 1450
4
AST 1010 & ENG 1350
AST 1700
4
AST 1300, COM 1290 & ENG 1350
AST 2000
4
CIS 1050
CIS 1050
4
CIS 1060
3
CIS 1070
3
Prerequisites
Program Requirements, Prerequisites and Term Sequencing
AST.CA Courses
Credits Toward Degree
AST 1070
3
AST 1300
4
AST 1070 & CIS 1050
AST 1450
4
AST 1010 & ENG 1350
AST 1700
4
AST 1300, COM 1290 & ENG 1350
AST 2000
4
CIS 1050
CIS 1050
4
CIS 1060
3
CIS 1070
3
AST 1010
N/A (2)
ENG 1350
N/A (3)
COM 1290
N/A (3)
Prerequisites
Program Requirements, Prerequisites and Term Sequencing
AST.CA Courses
Credits Toward Degree
AST 1070
3
AST 1300
4
AST 1070 & CIS 1050
2
AST 1450
4
AST 1010 & ENG 1350
2
AST 1700
4
AST 1300, COM 1290 & ENG 1350
3
AST 2000
4
CIS 1050
2
CIS 1050
4
1
CIS 1060
3
2
CIS 1070
3
3
AST 1010
N/A (2)
1
ENG 1350
N/A (3)
1
COM 1290
N/A (3)
1
Prerequisites
Full-Time Term Sequencing 1
Sorted by Term: Program Requirements, Prerequisites and Term Sequencing
AST.CA Courses
Credits Toward Degree
AST 1010
N/A (2)
Fall (1)
AST 1070
3
Fall (1)
CIS 1050
4
Fall (1)
COM 1290
N/A (3)
Fall (1)
ENG 1350
N/A (3)
Fall (1)
AST 1300
4
AST 1070 & CIS 1050
Winter (2)
AST 1450
4
AST 1010 & ENG 1350
Winter (2)
AST 2000
4
CIS 1050
Winter (2)
CIS 1060
3
AST 1700
4
CIS 1070
3
Prerequisites
Full-Time Term Sequencing
Winter (2) AST 1300, COM 1290 & ENG 1350
Summer (3) Summer (3)
AST.CA Courses AST 1010 AST 1070 CIS 1050 COM 1290 ENG 1350 AST 1300 AST 1450 AST 2000 CIS 1060 AST 1700 CIS 1070
Credits Toward Degree N/A (2) 3 4 N/A (3) N/A (3) 4 4 4 3 4 3
Full-Time Term Sequencing
Term
Offered in Term
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3
FALL FALL FALL FALL FALL WINTER WINTER WINTER WINTER SUMMER SUMMER
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Sometimes Yes No Sometimes
AST.CA Courses
Credits Toward Degree
AST 1010
N/A (2)
Fall (1)
AST 1070
3
Fall (1)
CIS 1050
4
Fall (1)
COM 1290
N/A (3)
Fall (1)
ENG 1350
N/A (3)
Fall (1)
AST 1300
4
AST 1070 & CIS 1050
Winter (2)
AST 2000
4
CIS 1050
Winter (2)
CIS 1060
3
Winter (2)
CIS 1070
3
Winter (2)
AST 1450
4
AST 1010 & ENG 1350
Summer (3*)
AST 1700
4
AST 1300, COM 1290 & ENG 1350
Winter (4*)
Prerequisites
Full-Time Term Sequencing
Year 1
Year 2
Fall (1)
Winter (2)
Summer (3)
AST 1010
AST 1300
AST 1450
AST 1070
AST 2000
CIS 1050
CIS 1060
COM 1290
CIS 1070
Fall (4)
Winter (5) AST 1700
ENG 1350 15 credits
14 credits
4 credits
0 credits
4 credits
Full Time Fall Start Students- AST.CA Minimum 5 terms to completion
Results for All Programs Time to Completion by Degree Level (N=130 programs) Full Time Fall Start Minimum Terms to Certificate of Certificate Associate’s Completion Achievement 1 term 2 terms 3 terms 4 terms 5 terms 6 terms 7 terms 8 terms 9 terms # Programs Target Terms % Programs Completeable within Target
Extended Associate’s
2 17 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 24 1-2
0 0 5 12 17 3 4 0 1 43 2-3
0 0 0 1 28 10 5 1 1 46 4-5
0 0 0 0 1 5 3 5 3 17 5-6
79%
12%
63%
35%
Results for All Programs Program Completeability Issues – Scheduling Related (N=130) Program Completeability Issue
# Programs
% Programs
Require summer attendance
32
25%
Forced part time
23
18%
Prerequisite sequencing
13
10%
3. Graduates Completeable vs. Not Programs
Number of Degrees Granted by Program Completeability Status 2014-15 3000
2598
# of Degrees Granted
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
240 0
Completeable Programs (N=83)
Not Completeable Programs (N=50)
Questions?
Kelly Perez-Vergara
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