Topic Area: Student Success
Presented By: Qiana Green, Gary King
Abstract:
Collaborative initiatives continue to be an important strategy for student success in higher education. Additionally, partnerships across universities, especially between community colleges and four-year institutions, continue to rise as more students select community colleges as their first step to completing a four-year degree. Students are choosing community colleges first due to access, affordability, student-centered focus, community engagement, academic flexibility, along with certificates/degree offerings that lead to high-paying wages, etc. As such, community colleges and four-year institution administrators are tasked with creating and improving pathways to better serve students through the transfer pathway and their success after matriculation. Attendees will be introduced to the LCC-MSU Envision Green pipeline program as one cross-institutional initiative to increase access to transfer and provide an easier transfer experience from LCC to MSU. Presenters will share 1) the history of the LCC Envision Green program, which includes the goals and purpose, 2) how we implement the program day-to-day and how we pivoted operations due to COVID-19, 3) assessment we are utilizing, and 4) how we moved from theory to practice. Lastly, in breakout sessions with colleagues, attendees will have the opportunity to grapple with some of the issues LCC and MSU leadership have dealt with and potentially be able to provide new considerations and solutions we have yet to consider.