Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

COMMITTEE ON JOINT EDUCATION

Date:03/06/2013
ATTENDANCE
Time:07:48 AM to 08:51 AM
Buckner
Court
Place:HCR 0112
Everett
Fields
This Meeting was called to order by
Heath
Representative Hamner
Hill
Holbert
This Report was prepared by
Johnston
Kristen Johnson
Kerr
Landgraf
Marble
Murray
Peniston
Pettersen
Priola
Renfroe
Scheffel
Todd
Wilson
Young
Hamner
Hudak
X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call
Bills Addressed: Action Taken:
College in Colorado Presentation
Colorado Community College System Presentation		Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only


07:48 AM -- College in Colorado Presentation

Representative Hamner, Chair of the House Education Committee, called the meeting to order and welcomed representatives from the Council of State Governments (CSG) to the table to provide a brief statement to the committee members. Pam Goins and Tim Weldon, CSG, spoke about the work of their organization and responded to questions from the committee members.














07:53 AM

Representative Hamner welcomed the College in Colorado presenters to the table, including: Gully Stanford, Director of Partnerships; Dawn Taylor Owens, Executive Director; and Chad Marturano, Legislative Liaison for the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE). Mr. Marturano began the presentation by providing background on College in Colorado and the organization's relation to DHE. Ms. Taylor Owens continued the presentation by discussing College in Colorado's work and mission, which is to help students explore college and career pathways. She stated that College in Colorado provides its services free-of-charge and that the organization is funded through College Assist. She stated that College in Colorado was originally created to address the Colorado paradox, but provides 2-year, 4-year, and technical college information to students for schools and programs around the nation. She stated that two years ago, CollegeinColorado.org was selected by the Lumina Foundation as one of the top three college planning websites in the U.S. She described the web-traffic that CollegeinColorado.org receives, stating that during 2012, the site averaged 2 million page views per month and that visitors spent an average of 15 minutes on the site per visit. She stated that nearly every school district in Colorado uses the site for individual career and academic plan (ICAP) planning. She discussed a micro-site called Ownyourfuture.org which is intended to help ex-offenders with college and career planning resources. She discussed the workshops and job fairs that College in Colorado has held, and several campaigns to reach out to underserved populations. A packet of information was provided to the committee members (Attachment A).

Attachment A can be viewed at State Archives.

Ms. Taylor Owens responded to questions from the committee.


08:11 AM -- Colorado Community College System Presentation

Dr. Nancy McCallin, President, and Dr. Geri Anderson, Vice President of Academic and Students Services and Provost, Colorado Community College System (CCCS), came to the table to present. A handout was provided to the members of the committee (Attachment B). President McCallin walked the committee through her presentation and discussed the vision and mission statement of CCCS, which is to provide access and multiple pathways for students to be successful. She stated that CCCS includes 13 colleges and over 163,000 students, serves 44 percent of Colorado's resident undergraduate students who attend public institutions of higher education, and that 94 percent of CCCS's full-time student equivalents (FTE) are Colorado residents. She stated that Colorado has the fifth highest graduation rate in the U.S. for its two-year colleges and that CCCS has seen a 36 percent increase in the number of degrees conferred over the past five years. She discussed transfer agreements and stated that CCCS currently has 19 transfer agreements with 4-year institutions in place, and that 12 additional transfer agreements are pending. She stated that last year, over 12,000 students transferred from 2-year colleges to 4-year institutions and that Metropolitan State University of Denver is the highest transfer destination. She discussed concurrent enrollment and told the committee that there are about 400 students who have graduated with their high school diploma and Associate's degree at the same time. She talked about workforce training and CCCS's ability to meeting industry needs through training.

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08:26 AM

President McCallin continued her presentation and discussed CCCS's online program, which she stated has grown by 353 percent since 2001 and has received national awards.

Dr. Anderson began her presentation and told the committee about developmental education. She discussed the science, technology, engineering, and math education (STEM) sequence under which all students were forced to take math classes in the past. She stated that now, students take math courses based on whether their career is in STEM or in liberal arts and have separate math sequences. She stated that CCCS has cut developmental education time down from two years to a single semester, depending on a student's career pathway. She discussed reading and composition, and stated that these courses are now combined into one course, and stated that students can be placed into a college level course in biology and that they will learn how to read and write in the sciences. She stated that a recent study showed that students who were not college ready, but took supplemental education courses, ended up out-performing their college-ready peers. President McCallin stated that 55 percent of high school graduates are not college ready and that about 10 percent of CCCS's FTE students are taking remedial education courses. Dr. Anderson stated that adult basic education is where focus needs to be placed as well and that Colorado does not have state funding for adult basic education. Dr. Anderson stated that people can take degree or non-degree programs and that if the student is College Opportunity Fund eligible, then it would cost about $112 for a course.


08:51 AM

Representative Hamner thanked the presenters and the committee adjourned.