Starting a New Community College Movement

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Starting a New Community College Movement
CCTI -
Career Clusters June 2006
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Transitions Why Critical Today
For most Americans, education and training
through and beyond high school is now a necessary
condition (not just the most advantageous or
desirable route) for developing skills required
by most well-paying jobs.
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College and Career Transitions Initiative (CCTI)

• Cooperative Agreement
• between
• U.S. Department of Education
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education
• and
• The League for Innovation in the Community
  College Consortium

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Purpose of CCTI

• CCTI will contribute to strengthening the role of
  community and technical colleges in -
• Easing student transitions between secondary and
  postsecondary education as well as transitions to
  employment, and
• Improving academic performance at both the
  secondary and postsecondary levels.

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CCTI Timeline
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2005-06 CCTI Site Partnerships
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CCTI Site Partnerships

• Education Training
• Anne Arundel Community College (MD)
• Lorain County Community College (OH)
• Maricopa Community Colleges (AZ)
• Health Science
• Ivy Tech State College (IN)
• Miami Dade College (FL)
• Northern Virginia Community College (VA)
• Information Technology
• Central Piedmont Community College (NC)
• Corning Community College (NY)
• Southwestern Oregon Com. College (OR)

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CCTI Site Partnerships

• Law, Public Safety and Security
• Fox Valley Technical College (WI)
• Prince Georges Community College (MD)
• San Diego Community College District
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Lehigh Carbon Community College (PA)
• Sinclair Community College (OH)
• St. Louis Community College (MO)

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CCTI Products

• Virtual Reader
• Career Pathway Templates
• Toolkit
• Case Studies Book
• National Policy Study
• State Policy Forums

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Perhaps most importantly
Building relationships with Secondary and
Business Partners to help students navigate
through our systems of education and employment
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OUTCOME 1

• Decrease remediation at the postsecondary level

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Percent of students who take remedial courses

• 63 at two-year institutions
• 40 at four-year institutions

The Bridge Project Stanford University
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OUTCOME 2

• Increase enrollment and persistence in
  postsecondary education

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National Statistics on High School Students

• For every 100 ninth graders

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OUTCOME 3

• Increase academic and skill achievement at both
  the secondary and postsecondary levels

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Rigor in High School
Knowing what they know today, a large majority
of students say they would have worked harder and
taken more difficult courses in high school.
Source Rising to the Challenge Are High
School graduates prepared for college and
work? Achieve, Inc., 2005
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OUTCOME 4

• Increase attainment of postsecondary degrees,
  certificates, or other recognized credentials

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Why Focus on Student Retention?
Student Pipeline Sources, 2000
Data Sources NCES Common Core Data (2000) IPEDS
Residency and Migration File (2000) ACT
Institutional Survey (2001) NCES, IPEDS
Graduation Rate Survey (2000).
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OUTCOME 5

• Increase successful entry into employment or
  further education

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Are Students Prepared?

• College instructors estimate that 42 of their
  students are not adequately prepared.
• Employers estimate that 39 of high school
  graduates who have no further education are not
  prepared for their current job and that 45 are
  under prepared for advancement.

Source Rising to the Challenge Are High
School graduates prepared for college and
work? Achieve, Inc., 2005
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Sixteen Career Clusters
Agriculture, Food Natural Resources
Hospitality Tourism
Manufacturing
Finance
Human Services
Architecture Construction
Marketing Sales Services
Education Training
Information Technology
Arts, AV Tech Communications
Science, Tech, Engineering Mathematics
Law, Public Safety, Corrections Security
Government Public Administration
Business, Mgt Admin.
Transportation, Distribution Logistics
Health Science
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Then and Now
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Funded by the U. S. Department of Education
(V051B020001)
CCTI Career Pathways Template
Rigorous Academics
CTE for all
Dual Enrollment
Early Assessment in H.S.
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What We Are Learning From CCTI

• Community colleges can lead this work.
• Partners are anxious to work together.
• Communication is key
• generally among education sectors and business
• between faculty of high school and college
• Postsecondary remediation can be reduced.
• Transformation needs to take place in the context
  of a P-20 or a lifetime framework.

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CCTI Network

• www.league.org/ccti/networkapplication

The Beginning of a New Community College Movement