Pasdena City College Fye

.XL – The Summer Bridge & First-Year Experience Program Lynn Wright Pasadena City College Pasadena, California

“ I did not like high school and I did really bad in high school. And I did not think I would ever graduate and go to college. So right now, I think off it like this is where I can start my life. And then I can go on and do the things I want to and continue on to become a successful person.” .XL3 student

The .XL Mission
The .XL program is designed to help first-generation and traditionally underrepresented students make a smooth and successful transition from high school to college in a nurturing, collaborative environment.

Target Population

PCC Summer Bridge: High school graduates take a block of courses in the summer. First-Year Experience: They remain as a cohort for the remainder of their first year. High School Graduates Summer Bridge and The First-Year Experience Math SI Summer Math, Engl, Counseling Fall Math & English Spring

Program Director
Recruiter
.XL Student Ambassadors
Faculty
-- 2 math, 2 English
Counselor
2 Instructional Aides
.XL Staff

Timeline Spring 2006 Secure instructors, classes, days and hours, and rooms February – June 2007 Recruitment at local high schools May & June 2007 Placement tests June 2007 Creation of two cohorts July 2007, 2 weeks before Summer Bridge Orientation

Orientation
Registration
Textbook & parking permit purchase
Student IDs
Parent and student contracts
Financial Aid advisement

Summer Bridge Data .XL Cohorts 3, 4, & 5 Prealgebra Retention Success Persistence (Summer to Fall) .XL5 (Summer 2006) 100% 74% 95% .XL4 (Summer 2005) 100% 76% 93% .XL3 (Summer 2004) 92% 68% 93% Matched Comparison Group (Age, ethnicity, course) 80% 53% 68%

Fall Math Data
Fall to Spring Persistence
.XL 2-5: 88%
PCC: 69%
Hispanic: 67%
Success – No significant difference

An Important Finding
Students engaged in an intense and sustained intervention have a greater chance of staying in school and succeeding than those who do not.

Unexpected but Welcomed Outcomes
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Faculty Inquiry
Development of SLOs
Research and Experimentation
Collegiality
Collaboration with other first-year experience program directors at PCC
New linked courses and programs

.XL Variations
Reading Jam
Math Jam
.XL Now
.XL Health Sciences

Questions for Discussion
Is it wise to shelter young, under-prepared students?
Is the program worth the cost/student?
Can the college scale up, offer the same experience to more students, maintain the same standards and level of intimacy, and have the same impact?

A Math Instructor and Her Students “ Prealgebra is not so much about teaching math as it is about teaching students that they can do math.”

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