1. The Compression Conversion: Increasing Success and Completion
Bold Strokes
Trident Technical College

2. Trident Technical College

3. TTC – The Basics

4. 4 Campuses, 5 Instructional Sites

5. TTC – Some History

6. TTC – Student Success

7. NCCBP Data

8. Course Length and Student Success

9. 2007 – A New Focus
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“… close achievement gaps and accelerate success among diverse student populations ...”
Data-driven decisions
Student Success in math
Student Success in the First Year

10. Achieving the Dream

11. Achieving the Dream?

12. TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year
Terms
Quarters
Fall Qtr
Winter Qtr
Spring Qtr
Summer Qtr

13. TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year
Terms
Quarters
Fall Qtr
Winter Qtr
Spring Qtr
Summer Qtr
Semesters
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
Summer Term
FF1
FF2

14. Quarter/Semester Conversion

15. TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year
Terms
Quarters
Fall Qtr
Winter Qtr
Spring Qtr
Summer Qtr
Semesters
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
Summer Term
FF1
FF2

16. TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year
Terms
Quarters
Fall Qtr
Winter Qtr
Spring Qtr
Summer Qtr
Semesters
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
Summer Term
FF1
FF2
May

17. Data-driven Decisions – A Small Shift is Questioned
In 2008, the summer calendar shifted so there was a one-week break at the Fourth of July.
In 2011, Faculty Council wants to know:
Is the one-week break disruptive to student learning?

18. Data-driven Decisions – A Small Shift is Questioned
The answer . . .
No.
But . . .We stumbled across a trend.

19. Data-driven Decisions – Course Length and Student Success

20. Course Length and Student Success by Age

21. Data-driven Decisions
Disaggregated the data by . . .
Race/ethnicity
Age
Gender
Family income/Pell eligibility
Academic Program
Reading placement scores
What now?

22. The Decision 2011-12 Fall Semester Spring Semester FF1 FF2
Transform the Academic Calendar

23. The Decision 2011-12 Fall Semester Spring Semester FF1 FF2 2014-15
Full Fall
Full Spring

24. More than just a schedule change . . .
. . . A culture change

25. “Seat Ready”
Emphasis on attendance
Changes to drop/add policies

26. New Processes Firm deadlines Additional financial purges
Two financial aid disbursements

27. Communicating Change
Full Marketing Campaign
Info Sessions
Live Chats

28. Is it Working?

29. Is it Working?

30. Is it Working?

31. Is it Working? Fall 2013 Fall 1 2014 Number of Registrations 54,560
27,270
Number of “Never Attended”
2,266
570
Percent “Never Attended”
4.15%
2.09%

32. Questions? Mary Thornley, President
Susan Norton, Assistant Vice President of Academic Programs
Karen Wrighten, Dean, Berkeley Campus
Cathy Almquist, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment