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MCC Daily Tribune

Unlocking Opportunity Update

I am pleased to share the following updates regarding MCC’s Unlocking Opportunity: The Post-Graduation Success and Equity Network initiative.

Improved Success in Gateway English and Mathematics:

  • English and TRS-English faculty are collaboratively developing a professional learning institute on enhanced course design and delivery for ALP and College Composition. Slated to take place in late June—and supported through the SUNY Transformation Fund—the institute will focus on asset-based and equity-driven curriculum, pedagogies, and assessment strategies for ALP and “stand-alone” ENG-101. 
  • The Department of Mathematics has significantly increased the number of Fall 2024 co-requisite class sections for two of its highest-enrolled gateway courses: Survey of Mathematics (MTH-150) and Statistics I (MTH-160). The benefits in scaling our co-requisite offerings include (but are not limited to) added acceleration and support for potentially hundreds of first-time students each year and an increase in the number and percentage of students attempting and successfully completing college-level math in their first year.
  • Mathematics and TRS-Mathematics faculty are in the early stages of developing their own professional learning institute on enhanced course design and delivery of gateway math courses, which will take place in the Summer of 2025.

Learning Support:

  • ASA, in partnership with the Office of Institutional Research, is in the preliminary stages of developing a comprehensive assessment of the Tutoring and Academic Assistance Center (TAAC). Scheduled to begin in Fall 2024, the project will help identify and scale effective practices in the TAAC while mitigating the impact of gaps in service. We will soon begin cultivating a committee of faculty, staff, and administrators to lead this work.

Advising Redesign:

  • The Advising Redesign plan largely focuses on resources and new positions to bolster a proactive, caseload-oriented advising model. The Division of Academic and Student Affairs will soon begin the first phase of implementation, which includes search and hiring processes for new advising professionals.

Please check back for additional updates, including those focused on our work towards improved English and math placement and Program Mapping.

Michael Jacobs
Acting Provost and Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs
05/09/2024