Instilling CLEP Culture on Campus: A Collaborative Approach Medgar Evers College, CUNY The College B

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Instilling CLEP Culture on Campus A
Collaborative ApproachMedgar Evers College,
CUNYThe College Board

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Presenters

• Dr. Gale Gibson-Ballah
• Dean, College of Freshman Studies
• Medgar Evers College, City University of New
  York
• Ms. Jo-Ann Jacob
• Assistant Director Testing Center
• Medgar Evers College, City University of New
  York
• Mr. Corey Vigdor
• Outreach Manager
• The College Board

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Agenda

• CLEP On Campus Evolution Snapshot
• Medgar Evers College Description and CLEP Facts
• Collaborative Efforts between Medgar Evers
  College and The College Board
• Next Steps

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Medgar Evers College Profile

• Established in 1970 as a result of collaborative
  efforts by community
• Named for the late Civil Rights leader, Medgar
  Wiley Evers (1925-1963)
• Located in Central Brooklyn
• CUNY comprehensive, offering baccalaureate and
  associate degrees
• 6000 students
• 4-year, non-residential, public, co-educational
  college
• Part of CUNY, the 3rd largest Public University
  System in the US.
• 150 FT and 200 PT Faculty

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Medgar Evers Student Profile

• 84 full-time
• Average age 25 years
• 86 live in Brooklyn
• 49 support at least one child
• 28 GED
• 69 First-generation college
• 93 Black
• 11 Permanent Residents
• 50 1st Generation Immigrants

• 100 non-residential
• 73 female
• 65 have been out of HS on average 7 years
• 50 work more than 20 hours per week
• 70 earn less than 30K
• 25 werent born in the US
• 70 have no college prep course work
• 75 need 1-3 non-credit remedial courses
• 85 have parents who did not graduate from
  college

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The College Board and CLEP

• CB Mission
• The College Boards mission is to connect
  students to college success and opportunity. We
  are a not-for-profit membership organization
  committed to excellence and equity in education.
• CLEP Mission/Core Purpose
• CLEP allows individuals to earn college credit by
  passing one of the programs 34 exams. CLEP
  validates knowledge earned through independent
  study, on-the-job training, experiential learning
  and translates that learning into college credit
  that is commonly recognized. CLEP serves many
  non-traditional (adult) learners and military
  candidates worldwide.

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What is CLEP?

• Credit-by-examination program, celebrating 41
  years of serving students and colleges
• Exam fee is 75, plus test center administration
  fee usually 15-25
• More than 6 million exams administered since 1967
• About 200,000 exams administered a year (1/3
  Military)
• 2,900 colleges grant credit 1,400 colleges
  administer CLEP
• Exams are developed by faculty
• American Council on Education (ACE)-recommended
  credit-granting score for all exams is 50
  (equivalent to a C) exams are scored on a
  scale of 2080

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CLEP Exams

• History and Social Sciences
• American Government
• Human Growth and Development
• Introduction to Educational Psychology
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Introductory Psychology
• Introductory Sociology
• Social Sciences and History
• U.S. History I Early Colonization to 1877
• U.S. History II 1865 to the Present
• Western Civilization I Ancient Near East to 1648
  
• Western Civilization II 1648 to the Present
• Business
• Information Systems and Computer Applications
• Principles of Management
• Financial Accounting

• Composition and Literature
• American Literature
• Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
• English Composition
• English Composition with Essay
• English Literature
• Freshman College Composition
• Humanities
• Science and Mathematics
• Calculus
• College Algebra
• Precalculus
• College Mathematics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Natural Sciences
• Foreign Languages

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Question 1 Introductory Psychology

• A diagnosis of schizophrenia typically includes
  which of the following symptoms?
• Delusions
• Panic Attacks
• Hypochondrias
• Multiple Personality
• Psychosexual Dysfunction

Answer A
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Question 2 College Algebra

• (2x-1)2
• 2x21
• 4x2-1
• 4x21
• 4x2-2x1
• 4x2-4x1

Answer E Remember FOIL
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On-Campus CLEP Evolution and Collaboration
Snapshot

• Introduced at CAEL in 2007 during MEC
  presentation of Executive Program. Through
  conversation realized there were more
  opportunities beyond current use
• Met and realized that beyond the Executive
  Program no one knew of CLEP on campus and the
  policies were old
• Over one year, worked collaboratively with all
  offices to redo the CLEP policy and educate
  entire college community on CLEP and its benefits
  for students.
• One year later, efforts are now underway to get
  the policy in the hands of all students through
  advisors, faculty, testing center staff and
  admissions
• New accelerated degree program incorporates CLEP
  opportunities underway
• Part of strategic planning for Retention and
  Graduation

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Prior to CAEL/Fall 2007

• CLEP utilized in the Executive Institute
• Socialized CLEP Ideas to Chairs and Provost
• Provided documentation about exams-limited in
  scope

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Fall 2007

• Presented Executive Institute at CAEL 2007
  Conference in San Francisco
• Post-Conference CLEP Policy Consultation with
  various departmental leaders and The College
  Board
• CLEP resources sent to Academic Advisors by The
  College Board
• Updated CLEP Policy approved at Medger Evers
  College

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Spring 2008

• Advising Workshop conducted by The College Board
  with Admissions, Advisement, Registrar and
  Testing Center Staff
• CLEP presented to Academic Council Meeting with
  Provost, Deans and Chairs by The College Board

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CLEP Advisement Model Presented to MEC Community

• Know CLEP on Your Campus

2. Identify CLEP Candidates
3. Inform CLEP Candidates
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Summer 2008

• Reviewed Performance Reports and began to think
  about how to include CLEP as a tool to meet
  various retention and graduation goals.
• Planning campus-wide CLEP initiative
• The College Board and MEC met to review yearly
  activities, CLEP data and plan for future
  activities

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Fall 2008

• Active Promotion of CLEP Policies to students
• Implemented Portfolio Seminar Course with CLEP as
  a component
• Enlightened various upper-level administrators of
  performance management report and role of CLEP

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CLEP Data at MEC
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Accomplishments in One YearPre-CAEL 2007 to CAEL
2008

• Usage of CLEP grew from 14 students within a
  specialized program to now being available to
  over 6000 students
• CLEP is being actively marketed to all new
  freshmen students
• It has become an accepted strategy to attack
  retention and meet graduation goals
• A new accelerated program has been created with
  supporting courses that actively promote CLEP as
  a way to progress through the curriculum
• CLEP has become a permanent part of campus culture

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Next Steps

• CLEP Awareness?
• Conversations?
• Culture Changing?