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Connecting the project to Other State and
National Efforts
Pat AverbeckEdmonds Community College
Helen BurnHighline Community College
For More Information, Contact:
Helen [email protected] 206.878-3710 x3496
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Pop Quiz 2-year colleges teach what % of
all postsecondary math?
46% Of the math courses at 2-year
colleges, what % are Developmental Math?
57% From 2000-2005, higher ed
enrollment increased 14%, Dev. Math enrollment increased %?
21%
Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, 2005
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Pop Quiz
• What % of entering CC students strong agreed with the statement: “I have the motivation to do what it takes to succeed in college?”
68% What % of entering CC
students earning college credit during their first term persist to the second term?
74%
Survey of Entering Student Engagement, 2008
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• What % of entering CC students are underprepared for college level courses?
64% Achieving the Dream colleges
had what % of Dev. Math students completing their Dev. Math sequence?
31%
Survey of Entering Student Engagement, 2008
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Pop Quiz: Tie Breaker
• What % of CC students reported of never participating in a required study group outside of class?
85%• What % of CC students said they never
discussed ideas from readings or assignments with instructors outside of class?
71%• What % of full-time CC students spend
between 1 and 10 hours preparing for classes per week?
66%
CC Survey of Student Engagement, 2009
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