The document outlines MDC's advising philosophy and model to improve student progression and completion rates. It discusses implementing intrusive advising from high school through graduation using tools like career assessments, program pathways, and individualized education plans. Key aspects include mandatory orientation, assigning advisors, monitoring academic benchmarks, and providing academic/career coaching and mentoring through retention. The goal is to support students with a collaborative "village" approach from recruitment through graduation/transfer.

1. MDC ADVISING PHILOSOPHY
AND MODEL
December 1, 2014
Senior Advisor Training
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The MDC Student Pathway
Integrated academic and student services support
from high school through graduation/transfer
Focus to date: curriculum pathways and new advising models

3. COLLEGE-WIDE GOAL
Key Performance Indicators
Improve Progression and Completion Rates through
the increase of
• Applications, Orientation, and Enrollment
• Retention rates for fall to spring and fall to fall
• Completion of benchmarks 25%, 50%, 75%, to Graduation
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4. Pre- College Advising
• Customized high school outreach
• Financial aid workshops/establishing residency
• Career workshops
• Promote Shark Academy (Boot Camp)
• Connecting HS career academies to MDC programs
• Collaboration with academic affairs for recruitment
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5. • Increase conversion rates
• Improve college readiness
• Implement the use of a PCA Scoreboard
• Continue to link career academies with MDC academic
programs (special focus on AS)
• Intensive training and development (hard/soft skills),
including greater knowledge of academic programs
• Pilot Skills Enrichment Boot Camps for earlier intervention
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Pre College Advising
Next Steps

6. Academic & Career Advising
• Mandatory Shark Start Orientation
• FOCUS 2 Career Assessment
• Student Strengths Inventory Non-Cognitive Assessment
• Confirm program of study, transfer institution and major
• Completion of Individualized Education Plans using the
program sheets and pathways
• Intrusive Advising
• More than 90% of new students have an assigned advisor
and completed IEP
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First Time In College (FTIC)
Direct Entry Scoreboard
FALL
Percentage point
difference since
2012-1
FALL
Registration Deadline
Dates 8/25/2014 8/26/2013 08/27/2012
Term 2014-1 2013-1 2012-1
# Applied 18.6% 17,504 16,561 14,759
# Attended
Orientation 24.2% 9,130 8,500 7,350
# Registered 9.9% 9,384 8,991 8,531
Credits Registered 13.4% 118,076 111,978 104,130

8. 14,759
7,350
8,531
16,561
8,500
8,991
17,504
9,130
9,384
20,000
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Applications Attended Orientation Registered
2012-1 2013-1 2014-1
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9. Academic & Career Advising
Next Steps
• Greater emphasis on helping students achieve critical
benchmarks
• Focus more on interpretation of career and non-cognitive
assessments
• Collaborate with PCAs for seamless transition to college
• Intensive training and development (hard/soft skills),
including greater knowledge of academic programs
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10. Coaching & Mentoring
• Provide academic and support resources
• Promote internship and service learning
• Conduct academic progress reviews
• Modify IEPs if students fail course(s) or changes program
of study
• Offer transfer and career planning
• Serve as mentors
• Participate in intensive training and development
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11. Coaching & Mentoring
Next Steps
• Administer surveys to coach/mentors and students
• Conduct focus groups with students
• Additional training for coaches and mentors
• Develop infrastructure where coach/mentors can track
caseloads on the Advisor Checklist
• Will be able to add an enrollment hold for students
experiencing academic difficulty
• Continued conversations about
scalability
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12. Retention Rates
FTIC direct entry credit degree-seeking students
Fall to Fall Rates Increased 1.31%
Fall 2011-1 to Fall 2012-1 71.01%
Fall 2012-1 to Fall 2013-1 72.32%
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13. Undergraduate Program Pathways (UPP)
• At least 43 curriculum pathways have been
developed/refined by the faculty teams
• 27 program pathways have been approved by the ALC
• Approval process has been implemented
1. Faculty teams develop pathway with support from SAI team
2. Academic Dean presents to ALC for approval
3. ALC sends back for revisions or approves
4. If approved, pathways is placed electronically on the “Shark
Start Employee Toolkit”
5. Advisors use the pathways to develop the IEP
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14. Communities of Interest
• Continue to identify best practices at the college, starting
with Medical Campus
• Business will be the next targeted COI.
• Based on integrated feedback, develop framework and
associated activities for intentional co-curricular activities
that promote student engagement, persistence, and
completion
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15. IT TAKES A VILLAGE…..
As a Senior Academic Advisor, how will
you help students reach their academic
and career goals?
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