Guided Pathways: Lessons Learned at Bakersfield College
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VISION FOR SUCCESS
Goal 1INCREASE the number of student earning credentials by at least 20%
Goal 2INCREASE the number of students who transfer by 35%
Goal 2REDUCE average units accumulated by students who complete degrees to 79
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How does an administrator’s role
shift in a Guided Pathways College?
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EDUCE average units accumulated bytudents who complete degrees
The Real Why
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AB 705
Transfer English pass/throughput rates
11th grade GPA < 1.9
• 43% pass rate• ~10% of students
11th grade >= 1.9 and D or worse in
11th grade English
• 49% pass rate• ~5% of students
11th grade >= 1.9 and C- or better in 11th
grade English
• 62% pass rate• ~23% of students
11th grade GPA >= 2.6
• 80% pass rate• ~62% of students
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AB 705Optimizing Throughput
11th grade GPA < 1.9
• 43% pass rate• ~10% of students
43%
13%
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Transfer-level One-levelbelow
Two-levelsbelow
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Four-levelsbelow
One-year English throughput rate by placement level for students with less than a 1.9 high school GPA
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Full Time = 15 Units
Full-time enrollment leads to completion
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Public Two-year College Graduation Rate by Enrollment Intensity
Overall Full-time Part-time MixedSource: Data are from students who began college in fall 2010. See Doug Shapiro and others, "Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates – Fall 2010 Cohort" (Herndon,VA: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2016), available at https://nscresearchcenter.org/signaturereport12/. Cited in “Hidden in Plain Sight” Center for American Progress (2017)
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BC’s Early ResultsPercentage of Incoming Students Attempting 15 or More Units in the
First Term at Bakersfield College
10.7% 10.8% 11.2% 11.3%
15.6%
10%
12%
14%
16%
Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017
Attempted 15+ units
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Equity
9%
18% 18%
25%
21%
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30%
35%
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5%
10%
15%
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25%
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35%
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2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Proportion of students completing transfer level English in the first year disaggregated by ethnicity
Black Latino
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Stay on the Path & Ensure Learning: Academic Support & Instruction
Director, Academic Support Services
Program Manager, BSI
EQUITY
BSI
Program Manager, Dual Enrollment SWF
Program Manager, Academic Support EQUITY BSI
Program Manager, Job Placement SWF
Faculty Lead, Umoja EQUITY
10 Writing Center Professional Experts EQUITY BSI
2 Math Tutors EQUITY
200 Student Tutors and Supplemental Instructors EQUITY BSI Title V VTE
200 Student Tutors and Supplemental Instructors SWF
A
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To this…
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Keeping Students on the Path: Completion Coaching
Discipline Faculty
AcDvFaculty
Financial Aid
Dean
Data Coach
Peer Mentor
Counselor
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Keeping Students on the Path: Completion Coaching
31,000BC Students
2300Arts, Humanities &
Communication Students
200Spanish Majors
25Students Per
Spanish Instructor
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To 10 Meta-Majors (Hi Tech + Hi Touch)
Agriculture, Nutrition & Culinary Arts1,499 students
Arts, Humanities & Communication2,372 students
Business2,583 students
Education1,750 students
Health Sciences4,402 students
Industrial & Transportation Technology1,157 students
Public Safety1,222 students
Social & Behavioral Sciences3,798 students
STEM2,450 students
Personal & Career Exploration1,637 students
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Arts, Humanities,and
Communication
Social, Behavioral,& Human Services
Business Agriculture,Nutrition, &
Culinary Arts
Health Sciences STEM Public Safety Industrial &Transportation
Technology
Education
2017-2018 Anticipated Graduates by Pathway & Degree Type
Traditional Associate's ADT BS
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