Strategic Plan for Student Completion
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3-Year Graduation Rate for Students Who Completed “Critical” Milestones vs. Those Who Did Not STRATEGIC PLAN 100% 90% 85% FOR STUDENT COMPLETION 80% 74% 67% 67% 69% 70% 63% 62% 64% 2018-2022 60% 50% 40% 30% 21% 22% 22% 22% 19% 20% 17% 16% 16% 10% 0% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 ΗƌŝƚŝĐĂůΗDŝůĞƐƚŽŶĞƐ Completed ΗƌŝƚŝĐĂůΗDŝůĞƐƚŽŶĞƐNot Completed 76% Increase in Degrees and Certifi cates Earned from 2013 to 2018 Helping More Students get More Credentials More Quickly with Higher Quality and Lower Cost 285/16/2018 | More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost | 1 Students Completing Nine Credit Hours in the First Year in their Declared Major 60% INTRODUCTION 50% 46% 42% 40% Sinclair has been working on student success While hundreds of faculty and staff have 33% since its inception 130 years ago. While the focus contributed to the creation of this focused plan, 31% 30% originally was on providing access to students the following are more directly responsible for who may not otherwise be able to earn a valuable creating this document: 20% 19% 20% 19% credential, the college sought to close the skills gap 20% between available talent and the needs of business • Carol Bonner 15% 16% 12% and indus- try. David Sinclair's motto of "Find • Mike Brigner Goal for 2022: 10% the Need and Endeavor to Meet it" still guides the • Dr. Kathleen Cleary 60% college's planning today. • Dr. Dave Collins We have learned that time is the enemy for our 0% • Laura Hinkebein AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 students: if they take too long to graduate, life • Dawayne Kirkman will inevitably get in the way. In these pages, you will read about exciting new programs that • Karla Knepper help students complete their credentials more • Dr. Scott Markland quickly. Th e college is committed to continuous • Julie Th ompson improvement. Not only will this drive our quality Students Who have Completed all “Success even higher, it will lower costs for students. • Kathie Welch Critical” Milestones in the First Year Students will save by reducing wasted credits, and by spending less time in college and more time in 20% the workforce. 18% Goal for 2022: Th e College has been able to do this through 16% 20% generous support from philanthropic 14% organizations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mathile Family Foundation, 12% Dayton Power & Light, and the Dayton 10% Foundation. Th e college has also benefi tted from federal and state grants that allowed us 8% to experiment with cutting edge programs and 6% technology to learn how to best serve students, 4% 4% knowledge that we eagerly share with other 4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% colleges across the country. 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 Gateway Math & English; 30 credits; 9 credits in program 2 | More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost | 27 Percentage of Full-time Students Who Completed Required Math in the First Year 40% 35% 30% 27% 25% 23% 22% 21% Th e accomplishments of Sinclair have been widely celebrated in national and 19% 20% 18% 18% 18% local media including the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, 17% 17% 16% Inside Higher Education, the Washington Post, the Detroit Free Press, and 15% the Dayton Daily News. Th at the College was able to change its outcomes 10% Goal for 2022: so quickly is a testament to the can-do attitude of the Board of Trustees, 40% administrators, faculty, and staff , who have circled the wagons and made 5% substantive changes. 0% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 Full-time Students Who Completed OUR MISSION OUR PROCESS 30 College Credits in the First Year Sinclair's completion plan is directly tied to its A decade ago President Steven Johnson mission: established that student success and completion 30% is everyone’s job at the college. Every cabinet We help individuals turn dreams into member has been involved in planning and achievable goals through accessible, high developing resources to help more students turn 25% quality, aff ordable learning opportunities. their dreams into reality. Over 1,400 faculty and staff members have participated in work teams, 20% focus groups, and professional development 17% activities which seek to improve student outcomes. 15% 15% Th is “boots-on-the-ground” drive has resulted in 15% 14% the creation of major programs and initiatives, which have demonstrated success in helping 10% 10% 10% students fi nish their credentials in higher numbers 10% 9% 8% and more quickly. 7% 7% Goal for 2022: 5% 30% 0% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 26 | More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost | 3 New Students who are Offi cially Assigned an Advisor 100% 92% 89% 90% 80% 70% 60% 55% 50% 40% PRIORITIES & GOALS 40% 29% 30% 19% 20% Goal for 2022: 14% 95% MORE STUDENTS 10% 8% 9% 9% 10% 7% STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1 STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2 0% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 AY17 To strengthen the recruitment and To increase the retention rate of returning onboarding process of new students. students. Th e college has been able to award more Community Colleges oft en see a dip in enrollment credentials to more students at the same time when their local economies begin to improve as the nation, state, and region have been faced students leave college to return to the workforce. Percentage of Full-time Students Who Completed with declining enrollments. Sinclair has been Th e college is exploring ways to enable students Required Math & English in the First Year aggressively recruiting a student body that to work while they continue in college and to earn 50% matches the community’s demographics and credit for their work experience. fulfi lls regional workforce needs. Guided by a 45% three-year Strategic Enrollment Plan, the college 40% will target, recruit, and track key student markets. Th e college is also developing an integrated 35% student services center model to welcome students 30% and ease the enrollment process. 27% 26% 26% 25% 24% 24% 25% 23% Supporting Goals: structure to support a range goals—thus, keeping more 21% 21% of student types, many of students on the path towards 19% • To execute the enrollment 20% 18% plan such that increasing which are the fi rst in their completion of a credential. numbers of students are families to attend college. 15% applying and enrolling at the (moves to temporary Key Metrics: Goal for 2022: location in 2018 and new 10% 40% college from targeted market • Enrollment data (Headcount facility to open in spring of segments. (2% growth, each and FTE) 5% 2019) year, for three years) • Market segment data • To explore ways to help 0% • To develop a student services • Course Completion Rates AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 center with the physical, students fi nd and maintain staffi ng and operational balance between work, • Term and annual persistence family, and their educational rates 4 | More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost | 25 New Students with MAP (My Academic Plan) 80% 69% 70% 60% 53% 50% 40% 32% 30% 26% 23% 20% 17% 11% Goal for 2022: PRIORITIES & GOALS 8% 8% 9% 10% 6% 6% 75% 0% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 AY17 MORE CREDENTIALS * Students were not necessarily mapped in the first term STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 STRATEGIC PRIORITY 4 To examine every aspect of the student To identify ways to create momentum experience to discover barriers and for students, which help them stay on the New Students Who Met Directly mitigate them. path to completion and graduate in higher numbers. with an Academic Advisor 100% 95% 93% Supporting Goals: 90% • To reduce time spent in developmental education, through a reduction in the number of classes 81% 80% needed, development of refresher courses, and use of innovative teaching strategies. • To provide holistic advising to address personal, academic, career and fi nancial challenges, which 70% threaten the students’ ability to remain in college and complete their credential. 60% 56% Key Metrics: 50% 47% • Course Completion Rates 40% 36% 34% • Credentials Awarded 30% 27% 26% 23% 24% 23% • Completion of College-level Math and English in the fi rst year Goal for 2022: 20% 95% • Completion of 9 credit hours in program of study in fi rst year 10% 0% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 AY17 24 | More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost More Students | More Credentials | More Quickly | Higher Quality & Lower Cost | 5 Term to Term Retained 100% 90% 80% 74% 73% 72% 71% 70% 70% 69% 70% 70% 68% 67% 68% 60% Goal for 2022: 50% PRIORITIES & GOALS 80% 40% AY06 AY07 AY08 AY09 AY10 AY11 AY12 AY13 AY14 AY15 AY16 MORE QUICKLY Students who enroll in next semester (i.e. fall to spring) STRATEGIC PRIORITY 5 STRATEGIC PRIORITY 6 To reduce the number of credits that To incentivize students to earn as many students have to take before earning their credits as they can successfully handle in credential. one year. Fall to Fall Retained 100% 90% Supporting Goals: • To advance Prior Learning Assessment so that students can get credit for what they already know and 80% are able to demonstrate.