Institute V

Capstone

April 21 & 22, 2022

Related Reading and Resources 

College teams completed the following reading before the institute: 

• Shared Equity Leadership: Making Equity Everyone’s Work (PDF), American Council on Education 2021
• How to Achieve More Equitable Community College Student Outcomes: Lessons from Six Years of CCRC Research on Guided Pathways (PDF), Community College Research Center 2021

Additionally, these resources were provided to Institute attendees for background and based on recommendations and publications of our institute speakers. 

• Guided Pathways: An Overview (Video)
• SUNY Pathways: Why (Video)
• SUNY Pathways: How (Video)
• We Can’t Educate Our Way to Racial Economic Equity, Bloomberg Opinion, 2021 
• Achieving Black Economic Equity: A Purpose-Built Call to Action, Jobs for the Future (JFF) 2022 
• Why College Majors Are Another Form of Implicit Bias in Higher Education, The Hechinger Report 2021  
• The New Learning Compact (NLC): A Framework for Professional Learning and Educational Change, Every Learner Everywhere, 2020  
• Teaching & Learning Toolkit: A Research-Based Guide to Building a Culture of Teaching and Learning Excellence, Achieving the Dream (ATD), 2020 
• Personal Journey Self-Reflection Questions (PDF), Adrianna Kezar 2022 
• SEL Values and Practices Inventory and Mapping Exercise (PDF), Adrianna Kezar 2022 
• To Build Back Enrollment, Community Colleges Must Ensure That Their Programs Are Worth Completing, Community College Research Center (CCRC), 2021  
• How Much Are Community College Graduates Earning Two Years Later?, Community College Research Center (CCRC), 2022 
• Don’t Lecture Me! – Carl E. Wieman & Active Learning (2019): What is active learning and how does it work? Is it really better than currently used methods? What are its strengths, what are its weaknesses? (Video)
• Student Success Teams: An Implementation Guide for Community Colleges, Phase Two Advisory, 2022 

Institute #5 Agenda 

• Institute 5 Agenda (PDF)

Institute #5 Pre-work Assignments 

Each college team completed these assignments prior to attending the institute. 

• Institute 5 pre-work overview and instructions (PDF)
• Institute 5 short term action plan (PDF)

Pre-institute Alumni Meeting

Designing guided pathways for student success, hosted by Orange County Community College

Dr. Tristan Denley, Deputy Commissioner of Academic Affairs and Innovation at the Louisiana Board of Regent

• “Designing guided pathways for student success, hosted by Orange County Community College” Session Video
• “Designing guided pathways for student success, hosted by Orange County Community College” Presentation slides (PDF)

SUNY-Wide Pre-Institute Event

Advancing equity through guided pathways

Michael Collins, Vice President, Jobs for the Future

• “Advancing equity through guided pathways” Session Video
• “Advancing equity through guided pathways” Presentation Slides (PDF)

Institute #4 Presentations

Welcome, sustainability, and celebration

Dr. Deanna Burt-Nanna, President, Monroe Community College
Johanna Duncan-Poitier, Sr. Vice-Chancellor, Community Colleges and the Education Pipeline, State University of New York 

• “Welcome, sustainability, and celebration” Session Video

Sustaining focus on equitable student success through leadership transition 

Josh Wyner, J.D., Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Founder and Executive Director, College Excellence Program

• “Sustaining focus on equitable student success through leadership transition” Session Video 
• “Sustaining focus on equitable student success through leadership transition” Presentation Slides (PDF)

The benefits of shared governance in fostering collaboration

Christy Woods, Professor at Monroe Community College & President of the Faculty Council of Community Colleges
Wendy Johnston, Associate Professor in Political Science SUNY Adirondack, & Vice President, Faculty Council of Community

• “The benefits of shared governance in fostering collaboration” Session Video
• “The benefits of shared governance in fostering collaboration” Presentation Slides (PDF)

Implementing a campus-wide professional learning framework

Dr. Michele Campagna, Assistant Dean of Learning Initiatives and Student Success, Westchester Community College 
Kimberley Collins, Associate Vice President, Academic Services, Monroe Community College
Jen Eaton, Associate Professor of Math/Coordinator & Center for Professional Excellence, Hudson Valley Community College 
Dr. Kamil Hamaoui, Associate Professor of Psychology, Westchester Community College

• “Implementing a campus-wide professional learning framework” Session Video 
• “Implementing a campus-wide professional learning framework” Presentation Slides (PDF) 

Day 1 Keynote: Creating a culture of equity: Shared equity leadership on campus

Adrianna Kezar, PhD, Wilbur Kieffer Endowed Professor and Dean’s Professor of Leadership, USC, Director of the Pullias Center (pullias.usc.edu) and Director of the Delphi Project

• “Creating a culture of equity: Shared equity leadership on campus” Session Video 
• “Creating a culture of equity: Shared equity leadership on campus” Presentation Slides (PDF) 

Day 2 Keynote: How to achieve more equitable community college student outcomes (and build back enrollment post-COVID)

Dr. Davis Jenkins, Senior Research Scholar, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University

• “How to achieve more equitable community college student outcomes (and build back enrollment post-COVID)” Session Video
• “How to achieve more equitable community college student outcomes (and build back enrollment post-COVID” Presentation Slides (PDF)