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Improving Student Success
INNOVATION & College faculty have led the way in implement-

DISTINCTION ing curriculum changes to math and English
courses, along with placement exams, that
resulted in a 76 percent increase in graduates
between 2011 and 2017.

In both the Math and English departments, fac-
ulty combined two lower-level courses into one
condensed class, which saves students time, plus
the cost of textbooks and enrollment fees.
Instead of using a standardized test to place
newly enrolled students into math courses,
the placement process takes into account high
school grades. Now, 70 percent of incoming
students start in transfer-level math, versus 15
percent under the previous rules.

Increased graduation rates for

under-represented students

African-American: 132%
Asian: 113%
Latino: 193%

Reducing the average student course load
by 1.60 classes in math saves each cohort of
newly enrolled students:

$1,035,000 in tuition
365,000 hours of class time
$3,650,000 in wages (working at minimum wage)

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