Upcoming Presentations

2024 CSCC Annual Conference

April 18–20, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA

Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies

April 19, 8:00–9:15 AM

Self-directed learning (SDL) skills and mindsets like self-efficacy, help seeking, and goal-setting are considered malleable factors for learning. Drawing on survey data and faculty interviews, we present evidence about their predictive validity with academic outcomes and strategies for promoting the development of these skills in online courses in community colleges.

Presenters

Jorge Mahecha, Research Associate, CCRC

Ellen Wasserman, Research Associate, CCRC

Access to Success: Insights and Strategies in Implementing Multiple Measures Assessment

April 20, 12:30–1:45 PM

CAPR, with support from Ascendium Education Group, are assisting colleges and states nationwide in the adoption and implementation of MMA practices that place more students, and allow more students to be successful, in college-level courses. This presentation summarizes insights derived from this work, focusing on the adoption of multiple measures assessment in open-access colleges in Arkansas and Texas. During the presentation, researchers will present cost analysis findings, explore supporting factors for implementation, and delve into specific strategies used by colleges to tackle common implementation challenges.

Presenters

Elizabeth Kopko, Senior Research Associate, CCRC

Dan Cullinan, Senior Associate, MDRC

Plenary Session: Are Colleges Guiding Students to Choose Valuable Programs and Pathways?

This plenary session considered whether the choices students make in college are likely to ensure their future labor market success. Panelists presented evidence on whether students are choosing programs with strong earnings and employment outcomes and whether the particular college pathways they pursue—such as transferring to a four-year institution or combining work with study—are advantageous. Panelists also considered whether colleges are making the decisions that students must make about courses, programs, and pathways too complicated, and how these options might be simplified so that students can maximize their benefits from college.

Participants

William Law
President
St. Petersburg College
Tristan Denley
Vice Chancellor for Academics
Tennessee Board of Regents
Michael Collins
Associate Vice President
Jobs for the Future
Senior Research Scholar
Community College Research Center

Associated Project(s)