Empowering Faculty to Drive Completion Efforts

http://www.jff.org/publications/education/how-states-can-accelerate-community-coll/1419

Subject: Empowering Faculty to Drive Completion Efforts

 Hello,

 States wrestling with the challenge of increasing community college student completion rates recognize that a critical next step is building support among faculty for reform efforts. Empowering faculty to take a substantive role in informing policy decisions, while also supporting pedagogical and curricular changes in their classroom, has proven to be a successful strategy employed by several states.

 This JFF publication highlights three key ways that states can help institutions to deepen the engagement of adjunct and full-time faculty in high-priority, completion-focused reforms and marks the progress of 11 states toward following these steps:

 • Step 1: Nurturing Faculty Leadership in Policymaking: Enlist faculty on state-level committees and research projects charged with recommending policy and programmatic changes.

• Step 2: Nurturing Faculty Development in the Classroom: Expand the availability of professional development to prepare faculty for the need to teach differently.

• Step 3: Nurturing Faculty Capacity to Use Data: Help faculty make better use of data on student outcomes to inform classroom practices and state policies.

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You can download it from: http://www.jff.org/publications/education/how-states-can-accelerate-community-coll/1419  

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Jayme

Jayme Rubenstein

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