Managed Enrollment

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Managed Enrollment

• One Programs Solution to Retention and Promotion
  Issues

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Focus Groups to Identify the Issues

• Teachers said
• Students make classroom attendance low priority
• Students not always serious about studying.
• Teachers said it is difficult to teach in
  open-entrt classes
• Students said
• Students said learning English is very
  important.
• Students reported large personal sacrifices to
  attend classes.

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And Students Said
How did I get in this level? How do I get to
the next level?
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What We Did

• Identified specific program issues based on
  interviews.
• Studied enrollment patterns, retention and
  promotion data.
• Developed priority student outcomes.

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And We

• Established shorter instructional terms
• Established attendance requirements
• Piloted the managed enrollment plan.

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Some Results
Noncredit ESL DATA 1995-96 2001-2002
FTES 400 517
Students attending less than 15 hours 23 Less than 1
Retention Rate Less than 50 80
Students promoted to next level 8 50 every 9 weeks
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Tips for Piloting Managed Enrollment
1. Identify specific program issues. ?
2. Study student enrollment patterns, retention, and promotion data.
3. Establish terms based on student data.
4. Develop curriculum for the designated terms.
5. Pilot the curriculum and terms.
6. Make revisions based on pilot data.
7.Develop an atmosphere where change is ongoing.