Equity for All

Institutional Responsibility for Student Success Project

De Anza Equity for All, Spring 2006

Equity for All Team

Dr. Marion Y. Winters – Team Leader Andrew LaManque – Principal Researcher Jennifer Myhre – Faculty, Social Science Gregory Anderson – Director of Student Success Center Hassan Bourgoub – Faculty, Mathematics Lydia Hearn – President, Academic Senate Toni Forsyth – Faculty, Language Arts Kevin Glapion – Counseling Faculty, Disabled Student Services Shirley Kawazoe – Transfer Center Coordinator Duane Kubo – Dean of International/ Intercultural Studies Letty Wong – Faculty, ESL Cynthia Dowling – Administrative Assistant, Office of Diversity Alicia Dowd – Research Associate, Center for Urban Education, USC Edlyn Pena – Research Assistant, Center for Urban Education, USC

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What is the Equity for All Project?

 It is a joint project with USC sponsored by USC’s Center for Urban Education, The Lumina Foundation for Education and The Chancellor’s Office for California Community Colleges.

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Equity for All seeks to close the equity gap in post secondary educational outcomes, particularly among students of color.

 De Anza College is one of ten (10) colleges participating in this project.

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Goals and Background

 Equity for All focuses on

defining the problem

ethnicity.

through an in –depth examination of institutional data disaggregated by  The philosophy suggests that: “…campus members, at all levels of responsibility and influence, have the potential to become agents of equitable educational outcomes.”*

* See Appendix A of the Equity for All Report.

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Indicators of Institutional Success Adapted from the “Equity Scorecard”*

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Student Access: access to courses, programs and paths to transfer and/or degrees/certificates.

Success:

students’ successful completion of important courses in Math and English, and successful obtainment of a degree or transfer to a four institution.

Persistence: continued attendance from one term to the next or from one year to the next year.

Excellence: higher level academic accomplishments such as enrollment in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses, and transfer to selective institutions.

Note: The measures selected are by no means exhaustive, but together they begin to paint a picture of educational success by ethnicity and highlight where there are achievement gaps.

* See Appendix C in the Equity for All Report for USC’s Equity Scorecard measures .

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Selected Indicators for De Anza College

This first stage focuses on the indicators of:

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student access and student success.

In subsequent phases, the Team will ask that the campus address questions relating to:

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student persistence and excellence

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College-wide Course Success Rates by Ethnicity - last 5 years

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Course success: number of students receiving an A,B,C, or Pass grade divided by total number of students receiving a grade.

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Asian and White student success rates continue to be above all other ethnic groups.

Fig. 8

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Course Sequence Persistence

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Figures 10 and 11 track the progress of cohorts of students in English writing (EWRT) and mathematics (MATH) through a sequence of courses over 16 quarters.

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These charts examine the percent of students who attempt and complete their first course and subsequent courses in a particular basic skill sequence or pathway.

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These figures examine only one possible path in each area, the sequence with the largest number of students.

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Math Course Success Rates by Ethnicity

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De Anza College Course Success Rates in Math by Ethnicity 2001-02 Cohort Tracked for 16 Quarters

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% MATH101 Asian Black MATH105 Filipino Hispanic MATH >105 White Note: Ethnic Groups of less than 25 are not graphed.

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EWRT Course Success Rates by Ethnicity

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De Anza College Course Success Rates in EWRT by Ethnicity 2001-02 Cohort Tracked for 16 Quarters

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% EWRT100B Asian Black EWRT1A Filipino Note: Ethnic Groups of less than 25 are not graphed.

Hispanic EWRT1B/2 White De Anza Equity for All, Spring 2006

UC Transfers by Ethnicity

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Figure 13 shows transfers to the University of California on a cross-sectional basis. For 2004-05, more than 50% (318 students) of the transfers were Asian/Pacific Islanders/or Filipino Less than 6% (36 students) were Hispanic.

Fig. 13

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Transfer Goal vs. Transfer Outcome

• The first figure shows the initial educational goal of each ethnic group . A higher percentage of African American, Filipino and Latino students chose transfer than Asian or White students. The second figure shows differences in transfer outcomes .

• 19% of Asian and 13% of White students transferred within three years compared to only 9% of Latino and African American students.

Fall 2001 SRTK* Cohort Initial Educational Goal by Ethnicity Ethnicity Transfer Goal

African American 47% Asian/Asian American Filipino//Pacific Isl.

Hispanic/Latino Native American Other White Decline to State Total 32% 42% 39% 50% 33% 32% 31% 34%

Fall 2001 SRTK* Cohort Transferred by Spring 2004, by Ethnicity Ethnicity Transfer in 3 yrs.

African American 9% Asian/Asian American Filipino//Pacific Isl.

Hispanic/Latino Native American Other White Decline to State Total 19% 11% 9% 0% 14% 13% 15% 15%

Improvement Targets

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For each Equity for All indicator, the goal is to close the achievement gap to no more than a five percentage point difference between each ethnic group.

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This goal matches the objectives delineated in the college’s Educational Master Plan and the Campus Equity Plan.

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Questions for Discussion by the Campus Community

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Why does the percentage of students transferring to the University of California vary among ethnic groups?

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Why is the participation in transfer level English and Mathematics courses for some ethnic groups, especially Latinos, less than might be expected based on their representation in the overall De Anza student population?

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Why are there differences in course success rates among ethnic groups in basic skills English and Mathematics courses?

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For each question suggested for discussion, the campus is asked to examine the following:

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What are the factors that contribute to these phenomena?

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What can we do about this as an institution?

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