1. Mississippi Collegiate Mathematical Association Annual Meeting April 3, Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL)
Office of Academic and Student Affairs
Lynn J. House, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner
Pearl Strickland Pennington, Director of Student Affairs

2. PRESENTATION MAP 1. High School Graduates
2. Dev. Ed. Courses/Placement Policies
3. Fall 2007 Enrollment Ethnicity/Gender
4. IHL Landscape
5. Updates/Initiatives
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3. “Both community colleges and four- year institutions have important roles to play in ensuring educational opportunity for all, and the availability of developmental education will always be a part of this effort.”
Alene Russell, Senior State Policy Consultant, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
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4. MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2008
18.9
ACT Composite
25,641
20.1
Core or More
MHSG 22
ACT Benchmark
Math
17.5
18.2
Non-Core
Min. Core - Math
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5. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
Mississippi Public Postsecondary Institutions
Fall, Spring, and Summer
Mandatory Placement
CJC offers Fundamentals of Mathematics, Beginning Mathematics, and Intermediate Algebra
IHL offers Developmental Mathematics and Intermediate Algebra
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6. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
Wide variation in CJC placement policies
College Algebra placement: ACT math subtest score 16 – 20
Common placement policy among the IHLs
College Algebra placement: ACT math subtest score 16 and above (discretion of the university)
Note: ACT Math Benchmark: 22
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7. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
Ethnicity - Fall 2007
IHL
CJC
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8. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
Gender - Fall 2007
IHL
CJC
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9. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
IHL Intermediate Course Enrollment
English
Mathematics
Reading
Historical snapshot of developmental enrollment for the IHL system
9,717
16,216
6,417
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Source: Policy Research and Planning, IHL_MISN, November 2007

10. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
IHL Fall 2007
Unduplicated Total Enrollment
3,357
Intermediate English
1,284
Intermediate Algebra
2,649
Intermediate Reading
1,003
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11. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
2003
2004
2005
2006
Summer Developmental Program
73.7
73.4
69.3
71.8
Intermediate Course Enrollment
68.6
64.9
65.5
65.6
F/T, F/T Freshmen
76.6
75.1
74.6
75.5
IHL Retention Rates
* Intermediate enrollment figures contain freshmen students as well as other students who elect to take the intermediate courses. These percentages may be slightly inflated due to the inclusion of these additional students. Source: IHLMIS, 2008
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12. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES
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13. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL STRATEGIC PLAN
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14. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES
IHL DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
TASK FORCE
The Developmental Education Task Force will:
Review the current state of all aspects of developmental education,
Construct a comprehensive plan for improving developmental education in the IHL system, &
Work toward greater collaboration with CJCs & the MS Department of Education.
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15. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES
IHL DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
TASK FORCE
16 member task force composed of administrators, faculty, financial aid, student affairs, CJC representation, etc.
Four sub-committees focusing on:
- Preparation
- Policy and Procedures
- Practices and Programs
- Public Relations
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16. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES
Lumina Making Opportunity Affordable PLANNING GRANT
Designed to produce higher post-secondary completion rates at a lower cost
Developing 3-5 pilot implementations of redesigned developmental math courses
Using The National Center for Academic Transformation models of course redesign
Fosters greater student success while lowering costs
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17. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES
IHL HIGH SCHOOL FEEDBACK REPORT
Developed collaboratively with MDE, superintendents, principals, & other stakeholders
Informs both IHL universities and high schools about student and program performance
Shared with principals and superintendents state-wide in both public and private schools
Assigned campus liaisons to assist high schools
Distributed annually during the spring
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18. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES
COLLEGE READINESS
Competencies in Math and English collaboratively developed and validated by IHLs, CJCs, and P-12 representatives
Taskforces have begun work on development of competencies for Biology and U.S. History
Presentations:
2008 Mega Conference,
ACT College Readiness Summit (March)
Mathematics Education Symposium (May-09)
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19. QUESTIONS ?
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20. CONTACT INFORMATION
Lynn J. House or
Pearl S. Pennington or
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