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iStartSmart: A Student Success Program
Dr. Barbara A. Boros | Associate Dean/Registrar
Maricopa Community Colleges-Mesa Community College

A community college developed and implemented a systemic student success program called iStartSmart aimed at improving retention, persistence, and goal completion. This presentation shares the outcomes of a study that examined participation in the program related to enrollment status, gender, age, and ethnicity.

Chicot

Ouachita

Keeping Students First: A Centralized Learning Lab Model
Joe Barry | Student Developemnt Sepecialist
Jeffrey Crow | Instructor of Mathematics
Regina Williams | Assistant Professor of English
Arkansas State University-Heber Springs

This session will discuss how a centralized learning lab inherently encourages partnerships and collaborative efforts with faculty and staff. Using ASU-Beebe’s Learning Center as a model, the presenters will show how a centralized learning lab model can increase student success in the classroom, increase retention rates, and increase graduation rates.

Grampas

9:45 AM

11:00 AM

SARA Smiles: Partnering for Students Success
R. Keith Howard | Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
John P. Johnson | Regional Director of Admissions
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Northwest

Institutions of higher education across the country have been forced to implement budget cuts resulting in servicing more students with less resources. Engaging students to fill the service gaps provides several successful outcomes. Student affairs registration assistants (SARA’s) can become part of your institution’s solution to budgetary constraints.

Grampas

Student Retention: Whose Job is it Anyway?
Terry Francis | Director of Student Success Initiatives
Rich Mountain Community College

Directed toward new retention specialists, participants will receive practical, data driven instruction on implementing a successful retention program. Participants will identify components to a retention program, learn how to create a retention team, develop strategies and activities to help with retention efforts,and be able to convey that retention is everyone's job.

Ouachita

One Team: Allies for a Dynamic Cultural Shift
Randy Scaggs | Director of Enrollment Management
University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville

Chicot

12:45 PM

2:00 PM

Making Smart Decisions to Improve Success in College and Life
Dr. Ann Topping | Dean of Students
Andrea Kane | Senior Director of Policy and Partnerships
Monroe Community College

Unplanned pregancy among young adults is directly related to college success. Community College students who have a child after enrolling do not finish their education at a rate of 61%; 65% higher than the rate for other students. A national Community College curriculum model will be disseminated and discussed during this program.

Ouachita

State Agencies Partner for Student Success
Dr. Karon J. Rosa | Statewide Program Director
Arkansas Department of Higher Education/Career

Arkansas Department of Higher Education serves as the lead agency for the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (CPI). Funds for the initiative at all Arkansas two-year colleges are administered by Arkansas Department of Workforce Services. With the success (student success rate 16 point higher than other two-year students) of this state agency partnership.

Grampas

The Impact of Late Registration on Academic Success and Persistence of Students at a Community and Technical College
Dr. Keith Cornille | Vice President, Student Development
Madison Area Technical College

Chicot

2:15 PM

3:30 PM

Partnering with the Local Public School System to Address Transitional (Developmental) Course Needs at a Community College
Deborah Cruise | Vice President, Student Development and Institutional Effectiveness
Harford Community College

This presentation will describe the data sharing partnership between the local public school system and Harford Community College and the research results linking high school course success in math and English to transitional (developmental) course needs at the college level.

Ouachita

The ABCs of Developing a Division-wide Assessment Program that Impacts Effectiveness
Dr. Cynthia E. Spiers | Executive Director for Institutional Effectiveness/Planning
Judi Mazzarelli
Rhodes State College

Assessment involves more than collecting data, it involves data-driven decision making and input from staff and faculty at all levels within an institution. We will discuss Rhodes State's approach to institutional assessment which incorporates building divisional wide assessment and improvement programs that demonstrate how well students are learning and services are functioning.

Chicot

Partnership a New Strategy for Success
Derrick Brown, M.P.A. | District Director, TRIO & Special Programs
Dr. Kenneth Ray, Jr. | Vice President Student Services and Enrollment Management
Hillsborough Community College

This proposal maintains that a community college can develop partnerships and use them appropriately to unleash potential for achieving intended outcomes, sustainability and mutual partner benefits. The presenter(s) will provide a partnership developmental model; examine a unique collaborative partnership developed between a community college and a local community organization.

This partnership prototype is the first of its kind in a community college. Developed partnership of this type can aid in the attainment of programmatic and curricular goals. The proposal will detail in particular a partnership developed between Hillsborough Community College and 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay Inc., which brought into being an innovative mentoring program at the College known as the “Collegiate 100 or C-100.”

A decade ago, partnerships surfaced on the higher education radar as a new strategic tool for attaining objectives in an era of change, increase accountability and budgetary constraints. Some professionals have questioned whether partnership is the latest institutional fad or nowadays reality. Should community colleges jump on this bandwagon? What purposes does a partnership serve? Who benefits and why? Should a community college strengthen existing partnerships by making them a budgetary priority? This proposal aims to shine the light on partnerships pros and cons to help increase our understanding of this concept, its varying format, challenges, opportunities, strengths and sustainability.

Through the lens of the partnership model, the college will assess and evaluate the overall efficacy of this partnership as it relates to attainment and or contribution to institutional mission and goals for increase service and student learning of the targeted population.

Grampas

3:45 PM

5:00 PM

Academic Coaching: A Collaborative Process for Student Success
Michael Anderson | Coordinator, Disability Services
Adetunji Adesesan | Academic Coach and International Student Disability Coordinator
Georgia Perimeter College

Academic Coaching is now recognized internationally as an effective postsecondary support service for student success and retention. Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) Disability Services will present their successful Academic Coaching Program provided to any GPC student that utilizes the tenets of coaching and universal design to increase student perseverance and academic success.

Ouachita

Arkansas College & Career Coaches Initiative -- Pilot Program
Dr. Mary Robertson | Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Brian Berry | Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student ServicesArkansas State University - Newport

Arkansas College & Career Coaches Initiative is a pilot program as a partnership led by the Governor's Workforce Cabinet. The program is designed to provide support services and assist with career planning, job searches, and career training efforts. Career Coaches were hired by two-year colleges to work in public schools.

Grampas

Enrollment Management Professionals in Community Colleges:  An Exploratory Study on Their Influence on Student Recruitment & Retention
Dr. Tracey Harris | Dean, Enrollment Services
Prince George's Community College

Chicot

8:45 AM

10:00 AM

Building Networks for Veterans Success
Dr. Henry B. Villareal | Dean, Enrollment Services
Mario Mihelcic | Veteran's Certifying Official
Eric Utsumi | Financial Aid Technician
College of San Mateo

With thousands of veterans returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them are turning to community colleges to begin or continue their education. This workshop will focus on the institutional and community partnerships developed to serve the needs of this special population at College of San Mateo.

Grampas

Assessment 101:  Applying the CAS Standards
Krystal Martin | Director of Student Success and Retention
Angie Totty | Director of Student Life
Arkansas State University-Beebe

Have you had the opportunity to do a program review using CAS? Have you seen the CAS Guidelines? Have you ever even heard of CAS? If you can answer no to any or all of these questions, then this session is for you. ASU-Beebe began using the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) Guidelines in 2008-2009 to review all of the functional areas of Student Services at ASU-Be.

Chicot

First-Year Success Initiative: A Successful Large-Scale Intrusive Intervention Project
Matt Groshong | Dean of Student Success
Celinda Smith | Director of Educational Planning
Faisal Jaswal | Assistant Dean for Student Programs
Bellevue College

FYSI is a successful instructive intervention program for first-time-to-college students combining a one-stop matriculation process, mandatory advising, the mandatory First Year Experience student success course, and the student-led Peer-to-Peer mentoring
program.

Ouachita