Student Success Committee

Minutes

March 5, 2007, E-107, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Attendance:

♦Diana Babayan ♦Nena Baldizon_Rios ♦Cari Cannon ♦Lucy Carr-Rollitt ♦Jennifer Coto ♦ Lisa Dela Cusack Leah Freidenrich ♦Matan Goldstein

♦Anne Hauscarriague ♦John Hernandez ♦Lorrie Jordan ♦Robert Melendez ♦Aracely Mora Kay Powell Flo Zysman

Guest

Kate Kosuth

OLD BUSINESS / DISCUSSIONS/COMMENTS / OUTCOME/FOLLOW UP
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Student Success Strategies Chart Revision
3. Robert Melendez- Early Alert Information
4. On Course In-Service /
  • Minutes from the 2/12/07 meeting were approved with a change of “strategy” to “strategies” Under New Business, Early Decision Assessment Report.
  • Suggestion to change IS “Intrusive Support” to “Intervention Support” or “Retention Strategies”. Delete DSPS Mid-Term Progress Report and possibly add Financial Aid Alert. Change “Link” Courses under LC to “Linked” Courses. Revised chart attached.
  • Discussion on Early Alert process and timing of distribution of material to students and faculty. Committee will work on a more effective process in the future once Datatel is in place. Recommended to discontinue the current Early Alert letter system since its effectiveness as an intervention is questionable. Unsure of the process used byAthletics.
  • On-Coarse Flex activity will be August 20 and 21, 2007. Diana asked for volunteers to help. Positive comments on this activity from Mt.SAC and Cerritos colleges. This will be an on-going agenda item.
/ Jennifer to research Financial Aid Alert.
John to talk to Ruth regarding Early Alert reporting to state and invite her to the next meeting.
Diana will ask Ian Woodhead to attend next meeting to discuss their Early Alert process.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Kate Kosuth – Learning Communities
2. Textbook Costs /
  • Learning communities are linked classes usually taught back to back, not team taught(see attached list). Marketing Early Decision student population is important. Dropping classes may affect Financial Aid and other services. Concern that student will want to drop just one of the classes rather than both. Linda Miskovic should be contacted to see what the ramifications are if just one class is dropped and a possible flag on the registration screen. Research shows that student retention is 10%-15% higher along with higher transfer rates.
  • Discussion regarding the increasing cost of textbooks and the burden on students which is also a concern of the District.
/ John to invite Bill Jeffery to attend next meeting regarding textbook costs.
SUGGESTED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next Meeting

April 9, 3:00 – 4:30, E-107

Learning Communities – Fall 2007

English 101 (Freshman Composition) and History 120 (History of the United States to 1865)

Taught by Maureen Roe and Scott Howell

Math 060 (Elementary Algebra) and English N60 (Basics of Effective Writing)

Taught by Kim Granger and Kathryn Kosuth

History 127, (Women in United States History), and Political Science 221 (Women in American Politics)

Taught by Narges Niedzwiecki and Nooshan Shekarabi

Counseling 118 (Self Exploration and the Teaching Profession) and English 061 (Introduction to Composition)

Taught by Janis Perry and Roberta Tragarz

English 101 (Freshman Composition) and Sociology 100 (Introduction to Sociology)

Taught by Elizabeth Elchlepp and John West

Biology 109 (Fundamentals of Biology) and English 101 (Freshman Composition)

Taught by Denise Foley and Jim Isbell