TCC CONNECT

April 15, 2016

The Creation of TCC Connect Campus

Agenda•  HigherEduca-onLandscape•  TarrantCountyCollege•  TCCConnectCampus

– eLearning– DualCreditPrograms– WeekendCollege

HigherEduca/onToday•  Completion Goal •  Skills Gap •  Increasing Regulations &

Accountability •  Student Debt •  Diminishing Resources •  Increasing Numbers of Adult

Learners •  Staying Relevant

Sources:TrusteeQuarterly,Spring2014;Recovery,GeorgetownReport,2013;AspenIns5tute,2015;ConsumerFinancialProtec5onBureau,2013;Post-tradi5onalLearnersandtheTransforma5onofPostsecondaryEduca5on,ACE,Jan.2013

FutureofHigherEduca/on•  Clear,coherentacademicandcareerpathways•  Stackablecreden-alsbasedonclearlydefinedcompetencies•  Alignmentoflearningacrosseduca-onsectors•  Transparencyandaccountability•  NextGenera-onLearningModels

o  Competency-basedEduca-ono  Personalizedo  Adap-ve

•  Increaseu-liza-onoftechnology•  LearningAnaly-cs

Source:EmpoweringCommunityCollegestoBuildtheNa5ons’ Future,AmericanAssocia-onofCommunityColleges,2014

TheNon-tradi/onalIns/tu/on

Increase• Accesstohighquality,flexibleandinnova-veprograms

Increase • Comple-onandtransferopportuni-es

Reduce • Educa-onalaYainmentgap

InPursuitofaBestPrac/ceAperennialproblemofstudentsinCommunityCollegesistheonewheretheygraduatewith90+creditswhenthedegreeonlyrequiresthemtocomplete60credits.

•  Increasegradua-onrates•  Reducethe-metowardsgradua-on

According to the 2015 THECB Almanac the average community college student at TCCD graduates in 4.8 years with 92 SCH (credits)

•  2015 THECB Almanac Average community college student in Texas graduates in 4.8 years and 92 credits

60 18

AccelerateComple/on

Na/onalWorkforceProjec/ons

By 2020, more than 65% of

jobs will require some form

of post-secondary education

Source:2013GeorgetownReport&JournalofLa-nos&Educa-on,2012

DistanceEduca/onisMainstream

OnlineLearningMorethan6millionstudentsonline

Oneinsevenstudentstakingallclassesonline

Oneinthreestudentstakingatleastoneonlineclass

Onlinegrowthoutpacestradi-onalenrollmentgrowth

OnlineReportCard-TrackingOnlineEduca5onintheUnitedStates,BabsonSurveyResearchGroup,2016

•  Comprise17percentoftotalU.S.popula-on

•  Medianageis27•  Represents22percentof

K-12publicschoolpopula-on

•  33%ofHispanics25+yearsandolderdonothaveahighschooldiploma

•  LowcollegeaYainmentrates

Source:ExcelenciainEduca5on,2012-13&HispanicAssocia5onofCollegesandUniversi5es,2014

HispanicPopula/onSnapshot

1970HispanicPopula/onDistribu/onIn9States,HispanicsareLargestMinorityGroup

Source:TomasRiveraPolicyIns-tuteAnalysisofU.S.CensusBureauData1970

2011 Hispanic Population Distribution In 29 States, Hispanics are Largest Minority Group

Source:TomasRiveraPolicyIns-tuteAnalysisofU.S.CensusBureauData1970,2011

AssociateDegreeAYainmentRates

Source:ExcelenciainEduca-on,2012-13

TarrantCountyCollegeDistrict

WhoWeAre

•  Affordable, open access to quality teaching, learning

•  7th largest higher education institution in Texas

•  15th largest higher education institution in U.S.

•  More than 100,000 students annually

•  One in every 21 Tarrant County residents is a student

•  50 years of service

One College, Six Campuses

TheCollegeofChoiceforAcademicExcellenceandLifelongLearning

3rd • Top100Associatedegreeproducerfor2013-2014

14th • Associatedegreesforminoritystudents

10th • Associatedegreesforeduca-on

20th • Associatedegreesfornursing

27th • AssociatedegreesforhealthprofessionsNa-onalRankings

StudentDemographics

17.9% 0.4%5.9%

30.5%

40.8%

4.5%FALL2015

AfricanAmerican

AmericanIndian

Asian

Hispanic

White

Other

WhereWeAre

•  Established2014•  Served14,300FallTerm2015

Flexible learning - technology mediated

On-demand academics

Relevant and real-life application of academics

Multi-modal, multi-point

TCCConnectCampus

CampusProfile

•  SixthcampusofTarrantCountyCollegeDistrict•  Strategicplan/Vision2015•  Non-tradi-onalapproach,non-tradi-onalstudents•  Establishedin14months•  26,000studentenrollments,475faculty,100staff•  18fullyonlineprograms,350+onlinecourses

Timeline

Jun–Dec2013Jan–Aug2014

Aug2014-now

Sep2015

• DevelopmentofConceptPlan

• Crea-onofposi-ons,staffing,

prepara-onofSACSCOCprospectus,crea-onof

unitprocesses

• Administra-veunitlaunch/

campusopera-on

• ProspectusSubmiYedtoSACSCOC

•  SACSCOCCampus

Designa-on

AcademicAffairs –  1Deanand3AssistantDeans

–  9DisciplineCoordinators– Developedpoliciesandproceduresinkeyareas

•  Facultyevalua-on,student/facultyissues,communica-onprotocols

–  ImplementedISDembeddedteacherhiring–  Professionaldevelopmentandqualityassurance

Online Advising

Online Tutor 24/7

Online Writing Center

StudentServices

StudentCentered

CassandraFerrell

DavidAlejandroGiles

JacquelineHall

StaciaSmith

TCCConnect

TCCConnect

TCCConnect

OnlineCourseDevelopment

NewprocesswassoZlaunchedinFall2014with12instructorsFacultycer/fica/onprocesscer/fiesonlineinstructorsbasedontwoapproaches:•  Facultynewtoonlineteaching•  Experiencedfacultythroughprioronlineteachingexperience;whetherwithTCCoranotherins-tu-on.

–  Facultyisnowcer-fiedratherthancourses–  Experiencedfacultycanbecer-fiedinonebusinessday

ReimaginingeLearning

Theexperiencedonlineinstructorcer/fica/onprocesswillcer/fyonlineinstructorsbasedoncompetency.

Thenewonlineinstructorcer/fica/onprocesswillcer/fyinstructorsbasedoncompetencyandtargetedonlineskillstraining.

eLearningCer/fica/onProcessTwotracks:

Peer-DevelopedCourses

•  Workingwithacademiccurriculumteamstocreatemodelcoursesthataresharedamongfacultyteachingthesamecourse

•  Ini-alfocusistodevelopmodelversionsofhigh-enrollmentcourses

Peer-DevelopedCoursesQualityassurance

•  ThisneedrequiresacoursedesignprocesswhereacourseshellthatmeetsTCC’sQualityStandardsforOnlineCoursesandisreadyforu-liza-on.

Coursebuildingusinginnova-vetoolsandprac-ces

Evalua-onofcourseac-vi-esandstrategies

Apersonalpointofcontactfordiscipline-specificteachinganddevelopmentassistance

FacultyMentoringProgram

eLearning

ExpansionofeLearning15FullyOnlineDegrees

AASintheareasofBusinessandInforma-onTechnology

Onlinecer-ficatesintheareasonBusinessandInforma-onTechnology

5

13

OnlineDegreesandCer/ficates•  Associateof

AppliedScienceDegrees–  Accoun-ngInforma-onManagement–  BusinessAdministra-on-

Accoun-ngAssistant–  BusinessAdministra-on-Business–  BusinessAdministra-on-

EntrepreneurshipandSmallBusinessManagement

–  OfficeTechnologyProfessional

•  Cer/ficates–  Accoun-ngClerkI–  Accoun-ngClerkII–  Accoun-ngClerkIII–  Accoun-ngAssistantI–  Accoun-ngAssistantII–  Accoun-ngAssistantIII–  BusinessI–  BusinessII–  EntrepreneurshipandSmallBusiness

ManagementI–  EntrepreneurshipandSmallBusiness

ManagementII–  Administra-veSpecialist–  Applica-onsSpecialist–  OfficeTechnologySpecialist

OfficeofIns5tu5onalIntelligence&ResearchSource:STStudentEnrollmentData

OnlineStudents:2013FL13,431OnlineStudents

26.1%ofallTCCDStudentstookAtleastOneOnlineCourse

2014FL11,713OnlineStudents

22.8%ofallTCCDStudentstookAtleastOneOnlineCourse

2015FL10,430OnlineStudents

19.9%ofallTCCDStudentstookAtleastOneOnlineCourse

OfficeofIns5tu5onalIntelligence&Research

Source:STStudentEnrollmentData

OnlineStudents:CompletelyOnline2013FL

9.8%ofallTCCDStudentstookALLOnlineCourses

2014FL

8.4%ofallTCCDStudentstookALLOnlineCourses

2015FL

8.0%ofallTCCDStudentstookALLOnlineCourses

OnlineStudents

5,059CompletelyOnlineStudents

OnlineStudents

4,296CompletelyOnlineStudents

OnlineStudents

4,170CompletelyOnlineStudents

OfficeofIns5tu5onalIntelligence&ResearchSource:STStudentEnrollmentData

SuccessRatesforOnlineStudents:

SuccesswasdefinedasA,B,orC.Courseenrollmentsareshowninbar.Labenrollmentswereremoved.

DualCreditPrograms

TCCDualCredit

•  EarlyPioneer–1987–  AdvocateforOpportunity

•  GetaheadinCollege•  AcademicandFinancialbenefits

TCCCNDualCreditProgram

7,300 16

645

CentralizedOpera/onstoServeMore

Students

• StudentsEnrolled

• ServiceAreas

• IndependentSchoolDistricts

• HighSchools

TCCCNDualCreditProgramGender Ethnicity

TCCCNDualCreditProgram

InvestmentorPrescribedPaths?

TexasHouseBill5

•  Endorsementsandcollegereadiness

TexasHouseBill505

•  Dualcreditstartsin9thgrade•  Schooldistrictscan“shop”aroundforIHE

CollegeGoingCulture@TCC

OfficeofIns5tu5onalIntelligence&Research

Source:STStudentEnrollmentDataandSTGenderand/orEthnicitybyProgram(Student-leveldefini-on)

DualCreditStudents:2013FL

4,668DualCreditStudents

8,512CourseEnrollmentsbyDualCreditStudents

2014FL5,439DualCredit

Students

10,191CourseEnrollmentsbyDualCreditStudents

2015FL6,919DualCredit

Students

13,712CourseEnrollmentsbyDualCreditStudents

Countincludeslabenrollments

OfficeofIns5tu5onalIntelligence&Research

SuccessRatesforDualCreditStudents:

SuccesswasdefinedasA,B,orC.Source:STStudentEnrollmentDataandSTGenderand/orEthnicitybyProgram(Student-leveldefini-on)

Courseenrollmentsareshowninbar.Labenrollmentswereremoved.

WeekendCollege

Designed for student to attend full-time just one day on the weekends

Uses eLearning to provide a hybrid environment

Provides an accelerated pathway to complete associate degree in 18 months

Students matriculate in two terms; fewer drops

Weekend College

•  Come to campus one day per week and complete the rest of your work online

•  Accelerate your path to the Associate of Arts degree •  Become core complete in 12 months (once you

complete the core curriculum, it transfers as a block to any Texas public college or university)

•  Complete your Associate of Arts degree in 18 months

Benefits of Weekend College

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WeekendCollege

StudentProfile•  AllstudentsshouldbecompliantinallthreeareasoftheTexasState

Ini-a-ve(TSI)toincludeWri-ng,Reading,andMathema-cs.

•  AllstudentsshouldbeFirstTimeinCollege.

•  AllstudentsshouldbecommiYedtoan18monthcourseofstudy.

•  Comfortablewithtechnology(onlinelearning)

•  Mo-vated,independentlearner

OfficeofIns5tu5onalIntelligence&ResearchSource:STStudentEnrollmentData

WeekendCollegeStudents:2014FL

136WeekendCollegeStudents

213CourseEnrollmentsbyWeekendCollegeStudents

2015FL301WeekendCollegeStudents

498CourseEnrollmentsbyWeekendCollegeStudents

Therewasaroughly120%increaseinWeekendCollege

Studentsfrom2014FLto2015FL

OfficeofIns5tu5onalIntelligence&ResearchSource:STStudentEnrollmentData

SuccessRatesforWeekendCollegeStudents

SuccesswasdefinedasA,B,orC.Courseenrollmentsareshowninbar.Labenrollmentswereremoved.

Ques/ons?Comments?Discussion?

Crea&ngPathwaystoStudentSuccess

TCCConnectCampusContactsPresidentofTCCConnectCarlosMorales,Ph.D.

Carlos.Morales@tccd.edu817-515-5024

VicePresidentofAcademicAffairs

KelvinBentley,Ph.D.kelvin.bentley@tccd.edu

817-515-4075

DeanofAcademicAffairsCandyCenter,M.A.

candy.center@tccd.edu817-515-1044

VicePresidentofAcademicOutreachandStudentSuccessAubraGanY,Ed.D.

Aubra.GanY@tccd.edu817-515-4450

DirectorofDualCredit

Ismael(Richard)Vela,M.S.Richard.Vela@tccd.edu

817-515-4083

DirectorofWeekendCollegeDavidPearse,M.S.

david.pearse@tccd.edu817-515-1423