1. Completion Matters The NC Student Success Center
NCACCIA-NCSDAA Spring Conference
March 13 & 14, 2017

2. The completion movement
Multiple forces driving change in higher education
National priorities for community college leaders
Higher education initiatives in North Carolina
National and state workforce and economic imperatives
Performance funding and accountability measures

3. Why does completion matter?
a brighter future
Workforce needs
Degree holders
Completers
Our future depends on helping more students succeed.

4. Completion matters: NCCCS mission & purpose
= to help students learn and complete credentials that prepare them for careers or transfer. . .
. . .but only 43.7% of credit students graduate or transfer in 5 years
(2009 cohort)

5. Completion matters: Workforce imperative
By 2025, 2/3 of US jobs will require education beyond high school. At the current completion rate, by 2025, the US will have a shortfall of 11 million skilled workers.
The US is currently rated 6th in the world in college graduates.

6. Completion matters: Ethical imperative
Lack of education limits the lives of individuals and families.
Unequal job opportunity and income inequality (the widening equity gap) are directly related to lower graduation rates of students from poorer families and students of color.

7. Leadership also matters
Themes from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

8. New Capacity Framework 2016
Leadership matters
Achieving the Dream
New Capacity Framework 2016

9. NC Community Colleges: a history of innovation
Community College & Industrial Ed Center Acts (SBOE)
State Board of Community Colleges
Re-engineering & CAA 1.0
2010 SuccessNC: DEI, CCP, CAA 2.0, CbD, Basic Skills+ & more
2016 NC Student Success Center

10. The NC Student Success Center serves as a resource hub for
Serving 58 Community Colleges
The NC Student Success Center serves
as a resource hub for
shared learning, technical assistance,
idea generation, and policy advocacy
for all 58 colleges to advance, scale, and sustain
state-wide student success and completion efforts.

11. Network of State Student Success Centers

12. 3-year funding: 100% grant-supported
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Kresge Foundation
John M. Belk Endowment

13. 19-member Advisory Board
Governance & guidance
19-member Advisory Board
Internal stakeholders
External education partners
External workforce partners

14. Our Scope of Work Professional development
Shared learning & best practices
Organizational development
Technical assistance
Knowledge & data management
Our Scope of Work

15. NC Guided Pathways to Success (NC-GPS)*
integrated, institution-wide approach to creating highly structured student experiences that guide them on the pathway to completion
*Based on the AACC Guided Pathways framework

16. Clarify paths to student end goals
NC-GPS: Coordinate 1
Clarify paths to student end goals

17. Help students choose and enter a pathway
NC-GPS: Coordinate 2
Help students choose and enter a pathway

18. Help students stay on path
NC-GPS: Coordinate 3
Help students stay on path

19. Ensure that students are learning
NC-GPS: Coordinate 4
Ensure that students are learning

20. NC-GPS works to help the 58 colleges. . .
align policies and practices with our mission and values to ensure
access,
equity,
significant learning, &
completion of credentials.

21. “The Great 58” & NC-GPS
Mapping our way to success with the AACC Guided Pathways Scale of Adoption Assessment

22. Discussion & Feedback What are your thoughts about implementing
NC-GPS practices at your college and across the state?