Enrollment Management Projections: Allocation of General Education Enrollment to Facilitate Student...

Enrollment Management Projections: Allocation of General Education Enrollment

to Facilitate Student CompletionDr. Irene Malmgren, Vice President of Instruction

Ms. Barbara McNeice-Stallard, DirectorDr. Chiou Yueh (Maria) Tsai, Senior Research Analyst

Dr. John Barkman, Professional ExpertResearch & Institutional Effectiveness

Mt. San Antonio College

Research & Planning Group Conference, Kellogg West, PomonaApril 10, 2014

What do you wish to learn from this presentation? Why are you here?By the end of this session, attendees will:1. Know the basic formulas2. Know the steps we used to get to expected seats and be able to apply it to their colleges and how it links to the Student Success Scorecard (e.g., transfer)3. Understand that this is but one component of students GE course pattern taking that does not examine their majors, elective courses, or other factors that influence seat offerings

Student Learning Outcomes

Background: Vice President of Instruction with years of

experience was new to Mt. SAC in Summer 2013

Started by understanding how general education (GE) enrollment management worked at Mt. SAC

Goal was to improve GE course scheduling Focused on improving student completion Focused on transfer

Introduction

Improved GE Course offerings by: Understanding CSU-GE and IGETC requirements Understanding current course scheduling patterns Using simple math to predict expected seats from the GE requirements Understanding courses with labs Understanding course counts in more than one area Understanding course coding inconsistency Connects with transfer

Value to Others

Art and science of enrollment management only as good as the quality of the data and the storyteller who can bring the data alive Vice President, Deans, Associate Deans Institutional researchers

Context, context, context…behind the numbers

Used to inform enrollment management changes – take FTES from non-GE low enrollment courses to GE

Data Inquiry

Math is math is math Project originally created at Citrus College

and moved to Mt. SAC Adjust to course labs Adjust to split seats Understand art and science of enrollment Use data inquiry

Transferrable to Other Colleges

Used Argos, SQL, MS Access, MS Excel, ASSIST, and Banner, to capture data & display it

In the future: Create similar reporting process with Executive

Information System Possibility of a sandbox to do “what if” scenarios Dynamic process allowing for deeper dialogue

Get ready to calculate!

Leveraging Technology

Share of Total Activity Time: 4 minutes Define the number. Explain how it is calculated. How does it influence how manyseats are needed?

Activity #1

Expected Seats Activity Time: 5 minutes Understand the definitions What can your group calculate? What can you take back to yourCollege?

Activity #2

It took multiple team members (IR, VP, Deans, Instruction)

Vice President & Deans provided context, scope, and background expertise (art & science of enrollment management)

We learned more about GE courses & calculations than we ever thought possible

We improved completion possibilities QUESTIONS?

Summary & Qs