New Jersey’s Leading the Way on 19 Community Colleges Student Success WWW.NJSTUDENTSUCCESS.COM About Us 5IFNew Jersey Center for Student Success XPSLTXJUI/FX+FSTFZTDPNNVOJUZDPMMFHFT UPNPSFFGGFDUJWFMZBTTJTUTUVEFOUTJOBDIJFWJOHEFHSFFBOEPSDFSUJmDBUFDPNQMFUJPO 0VSHPBMJTUPTVQQPSUUIFDPMMFHFTUISPVHIEBUBESJWFOSFTFBSDITPUIBUDBNQVTMFBEFST BSFNBLJOHUIFNPTUJOGPSNFEEFDJTJPOTPOIPXCFTUUPIFMQTUVEFOUTTVDDFFE *OBEEJUJPO UIFCenter for Student SuccessJTBEESFTTJOHDPNQMFNFOUBSZTUVEFOUTFSWJDFT JOJUJBUJWFTUIBU XIFODPVQMFEXJUIUIPTFPG/FX+FSTFZT#JH*EFBTQSPKFDU XJMMMFBEUPBDPNQSFIFOTJWFTUBUFXJEFTUVEFOUTVDDFTTBHFOEB Our Mission 'PVOEFEJO'BMM UIFCenter for Student SuccessBJNTUPGPTUFSBDPMMBCPSBUJWFQSPDFTT JOXIJDITUVEFOUT GBDVMUZ BENJOJTUSBUPST BOETUBGGXPSLUPHFUIFSUPEFWFMPQBDVMUVSFPGBDBEFNJD BOEQFSTPOBMTVDDFTTGPSDPNNVOJUZDPMMFHFTUVEFOUTBDSPTTUIFTUBUFPG/FX+FSTFZ $POTJTUFOUXJUIUIFNJTTJPOPGPVSDPMMFHFT XFBJNUPQSPNPUFDPNNVOJUJFTJOXIJDITUVEFOUT BSFFODPVSBHFEUPTVDDFFEBOEFYDFMBTUIFZXPSLUPXBSETBDIJFWJOH UIFJSHPBMTPGEFHSFFBOEDFSUJmDBUFDPNQMFUJPO Resources 5IFNJ Center for Student SuccessIBTSFDFJWFETFWFSBMHSBOUTUPTVQQPSUJUTPQFSBUJPOT JODMVEJOHBOBUJPOBMDPNQFUJUJWFHSBOUGSPNUIF,SFTHF'PVOEBUJPOJOUIF4QSJOHPG *OBEEJUJPOUPTVQQPSUJOHQFSTPOOFMUPDBSSZPVUUIFNJTTJPOBOEHPBMTPGUIF$FOUFS UIFHSBOUTVQQPSUTUIFDPOWFOJOHPGTUBUFXJEFGBDVMUZNFFUJOHT TUVEFOUTVDDFTTTVNNJUT TUVEFOUMFBEFSTIJQJOJUJBUJWFT SFTFBSDIBOEEBUBCBTFEFGGPSUT BOEBTFSJFTPGNJOJHSBOUT UP/FX+FSTFZTDPNNVOJUZDPMMFHFTUPTVQQPSUQSPGFTTJPOBMEFWFMPQNFOU BOEPUIFSDBNQVTCBTFETUVEFOUTVDDFTTBDUJWJUJFT 0UIFSQBSUOFSTPGUIFNew Jersey Center for Student SuccessJODMVEF 5IF'VOEGPS/FX+FSTFZ +PCTGPSUIF'VUVSF UIF/FX+FSTFZ&EVDBUJPO"TTPDJBUJPO UIF/FX+FSTFZ%FQBSUNFOUPG&EVDBUJPO UIF0GmDFPGUIF/FX+FSTFZ4FDSFUBSZPG)JHIFS&EVDBUJPO UIF14&('PVOEBUJPO ,FBO6OJWFSTJUZ UIF4UBUF4USFFU'PVOEBUJPO BOE/FX+FSTFZTDPNNVOJUZDPMMFHFT Encouraging students to succeed towards achieving THEIR GOALS OF DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE COMPLETION June 2015 Dear Friends: Since 2009, New Jersey’s community college trustees and presidents have worked to identify the best and boldest ideas to improve student success – especially associate degree and certificate completion. Designated the Big Ideas Project, over 150 campus leaders spent 18 months engaged in numerous work groups, each co-chaired by community college presidents. These work groups conducted research and made recommendations in key policy areas including: Transforming Developmental Education; Aligning Expectations Between K-12 and Community Colleges; Creating Student Success Data; Promoting Adjunct Faculty Development; Expanding Joint Purchasing Practices; and Using Core Student Learning Outcomes and Common Assessment Tools. As a product of the Big Ideas Project, in Fall 2012 New Jersey’s 19 community colleges and its state association, the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, launched the New Jersey Center for Student Success with the purpose of serving as a statewide hub for collaboration to improve student success. Since then, the Center has had numerous statewide successes, and our 19 community colleges have recommitted themselves to becoming “access to student success” institutions. What follows on these pages are highlights of both statewide and local accomplishments… accomplishments that only happen when trustees, presidents, faculty members, staff members, and students work together to achieve the specific goals set out in the Big Ideas Project, now known as the Strategic Goals for Student Success. The staff at the New Jersey Council of County Colleges would like to thank all of our partners and supporters for their unprecedented support in making these accomplishments possible, and we look forward to working with you in the future. Sincerely, Dr. Yesenia Madas Dr. Lawrence A. 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Louis Venturelli Kristen Patel, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Executive Director Assistant Director Part-time Research Associate Part-time Research NJ Center for Student Success NJ Center for Student Success NJ Center for Student Success Associate, and a (609) 392-3434 (609) 392-3434 (973) 809-1593 Part-time Graduate [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Research Assistant from Columbia University. 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College Readiness Now Prepares Students for College-level Work The Center engaged Dr. Monica Reid Kerrigan, assistant professor in the College of Education at Rowan University, to evaluate the success of the pilot program. From her findings, Dr. Kerrigan concluded that going forward, community colleges should offer three models of College Readiness Now: A five-week summer A short and intensive A semester-based bridge model with course (one week) computer- model that is meetings Monday through based instruction 5 incorporated into Thursday that is based model with students’ school WEEK instructor support; on a traditional college day; and developmental course. IFJOJUJBUJWFGPDVTFEPOTUVEFOUTXIPXFSFOPUZFUDPOTJEFSFE Dr. Kerrigan UPCFDPMMFHFSFBEZJO&OHMJTIBOENBUIFNBUJDT3BUIFSUIBO