Student Success Planning

Goal
Make significant improvement in credit student success benchmarks for those students taking COCC credit classes.

Outcome
Through a campus-wide prioritization process, identify "two to five" strategies which will increase student success.  Strategies may be new or a redesign of current activities.

The Context

• 40-40-20  
• Achievement Compacts      
• Strategic Planning  
• Accreditation  
• Institutional Viability  
• Financial Aid Changes
• Student Success Planning Team 

Proven and Promising Student Success Strategies

• Current COCC Student Success Strategies    
• Preparation Strategies:  Planning for Success         
• Progression Strategies:  Initiating and Sustaining Success         
• Completion Strategies:  Getting to the Finish Line         
• National Initiatives:  Comprehensive National Initiatives

Student Success Department Presentation 

• Department Meeting PowerPoint  

Supporting Articles and Research  

1. A Matter of Degrees:  Promising Practices for Community College Student Success  
   - Authored by Center for Community College Student Engagement
2. Reclaiming the American Dream:  Community Colleges and the Nation’s Future           
   - Authored by the American Association of Community College’s 21^st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges
3. What Works in Student Retention 
   - Annual Survey Findings from ACT
4. Effective Practices for Entering Students
   - Authored by the Center for Community College Student Engagement
5. Achieve the Dream:  Results and Promising Practices 
   - Examples of schools participating in the national Achieve the Dream initiative
6. Freshman Attitude and Student Satisfaction Reports
   - Authored by Noel-Levitz