Student Success Forum
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ATD Student Success Forum 2009 |
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For the third year in a row, more than 100 people attended the 2009 Achieving the Dream Student Success Forum held on Friday, October 6, 2009. Attendees, representing the secondary and higher education sectors, participated in this dialogue to enhance community college student success.
Presentations at this year's Forum included, "Our Time is Now: The Federal Perspective on the Role of Community Colleges" by Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for the office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. Also, "Closing the Expectations Gap" by Nevin Brown, Senior Fellow, Postsecondary Engagement with Achieve.
The afternoon continued with Student Success Conversations with college presidents and administrators, as well as Roundtable Discussions.
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ATD 2009 Roundtable Discussions |
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During the 3rd Annual 2009 Achieving the Dream Student Success Forum, participants engaged in roundtable discussions focused on priority areas to enhance student success. Small groups of community college educators, administrators, and stakeholders shared strategies and promising practices that can influence education policy.
To read the Roundtable Discussions full report, please click the link below:
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ATD Student Success Forum 2008 |
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For the second year in a row, more than 100 people attended the 2008 Achieving the Dream Student Success Forum held on Friday, October 10, 2008. Attendees, representing the secondary and higher education sectors, participated in this dialogue to enhance community college student success.
To open the Forum, Kate Shaw, Deputy Secretary for Postseconday and Higher Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education, presented "College Readiness, Access & Success: An Update on Statewide Activities."
Keynote speaker, Dr. Nancy Shulock, Director of the Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, Sacramento State University, presented "Designing Policies to Increase Student Success."
The afternoon continued with two panel discussions regarding Developmental Education and College Success, as well as Roundtable Discussions.
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Roundtable Discussions 2008 |
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During the 2nd Annual 2008 Achieving the Dream Student Success Forum, participants engaged in roundtable discussions focused on priority areas to enhance student success. Small groups of community college educators, administrators, and stakeholders shared strategies and promising practices that can infl uence education policy. Through the exploration of college and workforce readiness, student success strategies, and data collection issues, it became evident that a commitment to investing in student success is essential! The following are the Roundtable Discussion Summaries from the individual groups.
Click the link to view the complete list of discussion summaries.
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Featured Member College
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 Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) provides quality learning opportunities throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. Through its 167-acre main campus located in Nanticoke, four off-campus centers and eight off-campus locations, LCCC offers students more than 100 academic and technical credit programs and noncredit career training programs in traditional classrooms and distance learning environments. LCCC has the largest credit enrollment and is the largest provider of workforce development programming in the county.
1333 S. Prospect St.
Nanticoke, PA 18634-3899
570-740-0300
http://www.luzerne.edu
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Click HERE to download the most recent issue of FOCUS! This issue focuses on the value of community colleges to the student, community, and economic well-being of the state.
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Enrollment as measured by Full-Time Equivalent students (FTEs) has set a record high for the third consecutive academic year. The 132,440 total FTEs in 2009-10 represents an 8.4% increase from last year. All of the 2009-10 increase is in credit programs. Credit FTEs increased 11.5% from 2008-09 to nearly 119,000 – a 63.2% increase during this decade.
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