Georgia Higher Education System Initiatives for Student Success
Discover how the University System of Georgia is driving student success through data-driven decision-making, innovation grants, and collaborative solutions. Learn about the Complete College Georgia initiative aiming to increase certificate and degree attainment for the state's workforce.
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Complete College Georgia Choice and the Power of First-Year Momentum CCA Annual Convening December 30, 2017
University System of Georgia 28 Institutions* Fall 2017 Enrollment: 325,203 (271,184 undergraduates-83%) Range in size from 1,746 (Bainbridge State College) to 51,562 (Georgia State University) Constitutionally established Board of Regents with oversight authority.
What can a System do? Focus Maintain a focus on data-driven decision making Highlight and share campus-based success and challenges Promote a focus on student outcomes
What can a System do? Connect Convene statewide events focused on predictive analytics and pathways Engage with national solution providers on potential solutions and offerings Support communities of interest around predictive analytics Identify peer partners and resources
What can a System do? Mandate Board of Regents retains the authority to mandate policy at institutions. Sparingly applied by design Prefer to arrive at collaborative solutions through cooperative means.
What can a System do? Foster innovation Capacity and Innovation grants to encourage small-scale experimentation Provide institutional flexibility to encourage organic implementation Encourage cooperation and collaboration across institutions
Complete College Georgia In August 2011, Governor Nathan Deal announced the launch of Complete College Georgia, a statewide effort to increase attainment of a high quality certificate or degree. University System of Georgia/Technical College System of Georgia By 2025, it is projected that over 60 percent of jobs in Georgia will require a certificate, associate s degree, or bachelor s degree.
Complete College Georgia Presently, less than 50 percent of the state s young adults -- its burgeoning workforce -- are prepared on that level. To remain competitive, Georgia must maintain current graduation levels, and also produce an additional, estimated 3%+ growth annually in graduates in the coming years.
Percentage of Georgia Young Adults with Credentials Complete College Georgia Baseline, Goal and Actual Percent aged 25-34 with Credentials 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Baseline Goal Actual
CCG Degree Goals for USG Number of Degrees Produced Relative to Goals 85000 80167 77832 80000 75565 73364 75000 71228 69153 70000 67139 65183 64421 65000 62545 60362 58043 58817 60000 56845 54855 55000 52154 50000 45000 40000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Actual Goal
CCG 1.0: 2012-2016 College Readiness: Mending the P-12 pipeline to increase the number of high school students graduating and ready to begin higher education work. Structured Pathways for Students: Providing paths to efficient completion of degrees and certificates; preventing wasted credits, time and financial expenditures. Improving Access & Completion for Underserved Students: Identifying and removing commons barriers for minority, part-time, adult, military, disabled, low-income, and first generation students. Shortening the Time to Degree: Improving current and developing new paths for students to earn a high quality degree in a timely manner. Restructuring Instructional Delivery: Improving the quality of student learning through effective teaching, facilitation and innovative modes of learning. Transforming Remediation: Improving remedial education practices to remove barriers and increase success. Policy Changes: Adaptable and efficient; system-wide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
What is a Momentum Year? Evidence-based research confirms that college students are most successful when they: START ENTER out their college careers by making a purposeful choice in a focus area or program, FOLLOW with a productive academic mindset, a clearly sequenced program maps that include: core English and math academic focus area in their first year 9 credits in the student s 30 credits completega.org
Momentum Year Timeline Fall 2017 Announcement of Momentum Year (really summer) Initial Mindset Survey (August) Learning Support and Advising Academies (October-November) Winter 2018 Momentum Summit (plans completed by institutions) (February) Fall 2018 Phase out of Foundations, all LS students enrolled in corequisite Institutions identify their focus areas Math pathways aligned to focus areas All incoming students enrolled in English and math Fall 2019 All incoming students enrolled in focus areas All incoming students enrolled in 9 credit hours in focus areas completega.org completega.org
Three Easy Pieces Academic Focus Areas Productive Academic Mindset Purposeful Choice completega.org
Purposeful Choice completega.org
Purposeful Choice Student program selection should be intentional, informed and related to their interests and skills. A student s choice helps them find their place in the institution and on their academic map. By Fall 2019, the goal is that no student will enter a USG institution as undecided. Many students arrive with a purpose; for those who don t institutions are preparing to offer guidance. completega.org
Academic Focus Areas Broad areas of study sharing common academic interests, otherwise known as meta majors Programs of study roll up into academic focus areas (e.g., accounting majors are in the Business focus area; physics majors are in the STEM focus area) Focus areas help students orient to their field, provide structured choices to students at the outset of their academic career, and provide opportunities to targeted support and programming to students completega.org
Mindset Survey 2017 Administered to all first time freshmen enrolling at a USG institution. Online survey link emailed to freshmen within the first 2-3 weeks of school; second administration of the survey will take place November 27-December 15 Survey responses linked to student outcomes will offer an unparalleled look at how purpose, connection, engagement, efficacy and scarcity affect student outcomes completega.org
Productive Academic Mindset Perceived purpose of coursework +15% GPA Feel connected to their institution and that they belong Believe they are capable of learning the material Confidence interacting with Faculty and Staff +12pp Minority Retention +19pp Earned SCHr % +6pp Earned SCHr % +9pp Math CoReq Success GRIT and Perseverance completega.org
Contact Angela Bell (angela.bell@usg.edu) Robert Todd (robert.todd@usg.edu ) Jonathan Hull (jonathan.hull@usg.edu )
