SAGE 2YC

In some of your classes students of color do better than average, and in some they do less well, although they are quite close. You mentioned that you would attribute that to courses with a field component and those without. That is a profound insight.

I love how you looked at the disability status. I wonder if you might look at age and socio-economic status. On the whole, your data shows much more consistency than I have typically seen and your success rates are excellent.

Wow - your success rates are high! That is great! Very interesting insights. And your action plan has strong connections to what you found (as well as to your goals coming in to the project). LIke the connection to MESA and thinking of working with faculty. I was interested in what you thought re the high success rates and that all lyour classes are lab courses?

Wonderful job, Clark College! I am impressed by your engagement of the campus community (reaching out to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and also the Disability Support Services offices). It seems like you found very specific student success gaps for students Latinx, African American, and students with disabilities and these align directly to the actions in your plan.

One interesting tidbit that I found that you didn't address directly was the METR 101 success data. Overall, this course had some of the lowest success rates yet the highest enrollment. I wonder what type of reputation this low success / high enrollment course might carry with students on campus (e.g. is it seen as a weed-out course? Or as an easy course, that attracts students with less preparation?). I also wonder what drives the lower success rates. I think you did mention that this was one of the courses taught by a rotating cast of adjunct faculty, and so your plan to more carefully align instruction across sections may be exactly what that course needs!

One more suggestion - you do note that the field courses have better outcomes. I wonder how you can wrap small "field-like" experiences into other courses in order to boost success for those non-field courses?

I think it is a great idea that your team considered in the analysis of women and students with disabilities.

Question:
Are the undergraduate research experiences a part of the 8-credit class (BIOL 208 Field Studies)?