1. From Access to Success:​ A Collaborative Approach Using “DEEP” Practices
Stacey Gustavson, Welcome Center Manager
Kim Brown, Recruitment and College Access Coordinator
Natalie Thompson, Response Center Manager
​Montgomery College, MD
2017 NASPA Community Colleges Institute– March 11

2. Let’s Talk About… Montgomery College Overview Access and Common Issues
What Student Affairs Can Do
“DEEP” Practices
Partnerships
Specific Practices used by the Student Access Department at MC
Future Directions

3. Montgomery College

4. Student Access in Community Colleges

5. What Student Affairs Can Do
Project DEEP: Documenting Effective Educational Practice
The Six Conditions that Matter to Student Success:
“Living” mission and “lived” educational philosophy
Unshakable focus on student learning
Environments adapted for educational enrichment
Clearly marked pathways to student success
Improvement-oriented ethos
Shared responsibility for educational quality and student success

6. What Student Affairs Can Do
Whitt (2005)
Focus on the educational mission
Create and sustain partnerships for learning
Hold all students to high expectations for engagement and learning, in and out of class, on and off campus
Implement a comprehensive system of safety nets and early warning systems
Teach new students what it takes to succeed
Recognize, affirm and celebrate the education value of diversity
Invest in programs and people that demonstrate contributions to student learning and success
Create spaces for learning

7. What Student Affairs Can Do
Partnerships
MC Student Access Team

8. Working together to help students succeed
What Student Affairs Can Do
Using “DEEP” Practices to Promote Student Success from the First Access Point
Working together to help students succeed

9. Moving Forward
What We’re Working On

10. References Papers & Books
Whitt, E.J. (2005). Promoting student success: What student affairs can do. Occasional Paper No. 5,
Kuh, G.D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J.H., & Whitt, E.J. & Associates (2005). Student success in college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kuh, G.D. (2009). Making Students Matter. In J.C. Burke (Ed.), Fixing the Fragmented University : Decentralization With Direction (pp ). New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.

11. Contact US Stacey Gustavson, Welcome Center Manager
@Anastasia_GT1
Kim Brown, Recruitment and College Access Coordinator
Natalie Thompson, Response Center Manager