Strong Start to Finish

#ICYMI We sent out our February newsletter today that highlights: ?? Our latest blog post from SStF Advisory Board member, DeShawn Preston, who writes about how colleges should be more specific about the various co-requisite models available. ?? Education Commission of the States' updated 50-State Comparison on #DevelopmentalEducation, which provides a national overview of how states structure, implement and report on developmental education. #HigherEd #Reform

Education Commission of the States updated its 50-State Comparison on Developmental Education policies! Explore here: https://ow.ly/6JTk50V5hON Drawing from state statutes and higher education system policies across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, this resource outlines key policy areas, including assessment and placement, instructional methods, corequisite support and reporting requirements. #EducationPolicy #DevelopmentalEducation #HigherEd #StateGovernment

Did you read our January newsletter yet? This month, we're highlighting all of the exciting opportunities and resources coming from Strong Start to Finish in 2025, including: ? A 50-State Comparison on developmental education reforms across the United States. ? An update of the Core Principles. ? The DevEd Reform Symposium at Education Commission of the States' #NationalForum on Education Policy in Salt Lake City, Utah, from July 9-11. ? A Policy Academy with state policymakers and institutional practitioners. ? Presentations on progress from the Colorado Department of Higher Education, the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Michigan Center for Student Success, and the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). ? A developmental education reform session at SXSW EDU in Austin, Texas! Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gbbgFNk7 #DevelopmentalEducation #Reform #HigherEd

Have you read our latest #newsletter? Subscribe here: https://ow.ly/2Zxn50UgEpa This month, we're happy to highlight wonderful work from one of our network partners, Complete College America, on the positive impact of co-requisite courses on #StudentSuccess, and Reading Area Community College's implementation of culturally relevant English instruction that increased course success, persistence and retention rates for Latino students. #HigherEd #Students

We were so happy to join the Complete College America convening in #Indianapolis! This was a great session where that examined: ? What happens when we allow students to make decisions about their own placement? ? What do we see when we express confidence in students’ self-awareness and abilities? ? Do practitioners, practices and institutional structures change as students’ role in placement change? ? What is the impact of incorporating learning mindsets into teaching and learning? The answers to these questions can inform shifts in norms to enable students to be change agents in institutional practice. Learn more about this amazing event here: https://ow.ly/7Y8B50UblTf #HigherEd #DevelopmentalEducation #StudentSuccess

There's a great new piece from Complete College America, one of Strong Start’s network partners on the success of corequisite courses, in The Hechinger Report! "[Corequisite support] spares students from navigating a long and treacherous path of remedial courses that don’t count for college credit. Instead, corequisite support limits attrition by reducing the number of points along the way where students might stop out." Read the full piece here: https://ow.ly/VJ7r50U5a3c

In this recent opinion piece from Anne Kim in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Kim writes "Schools and educational systems on the leading edge of reform have also abandoned traditional remediation altogether in favor of 'corequisites,' often with spectacular success. ... In states like Tennessee and Louisiana, where corequisites are now universal, completion gaps between developmental and 'college-ready' students have narrowed dramatically." Read it here: https://ow.ly/FmkI50U0OnG #StudentSupports #HigherEd

Have you seen our latest newsletter? This month, we share our latest blog post from Strong Start to Finish Advisory Board member and faculty member at West Los Angeles College, Jennifer Ortiz, a new tool from Phase Two Advisory, and notes from the Strong Start to Finish team's recent trip to San Diego. Subscribe here to stay up to date on vital information on developmental education reform: https://ow.ly/kgOw50TVisf #HigherEd #StudentSuccess

We have a new blog post from Jennifer Ortiz, a Strong Start to Finish Advisory Board member and faculty member at West Los Angeles College! In this post, "Closing Equity Gaps: Where Policy Meets Instruction," Ortiz writes about the value in collaborating with classroom instructors on statewide discussions, especially in the wake of #California's enactment of A.B. 1705 in 2022. Read the full post here: https://ow.ly/rGjx50TViZJ #HigherEd #Faculty #Equity

Did you know that #California's A.B. 705 significantly expanded access to a key early milestone in the transfer pathway for community college students? Though access and success have increased, racial and ethnic gaps in completion rates persist, especially for Black and Latino students. Read the full report from the Public Policy Institute of California here to learn more: https://ow.ly/QGhY50TUkcU #HigherEducation #StudentSuccess