1. Moving Forward

2. The Need
(nationwide)

3. Ivy Tech: Challenges and Opportunities
Challenge: Adult Participation
• Opportunity: Ivy Tech ranks 37th nationally in adult education. Remediation efforts, academic and non-
academic advising as well as collaboration with Indiana employers are opportunities for enrollment growth.
Challenge: Demand for Remediation
• Opportunity: approximately 70% of Ivy Tech students need remediation coursework. Current initiatives
aimed at early intervention (K-12) have the potential to improve academic readiness.
Challenge: Graduation Rates
• Opportunity: Ivy Tech has low graduation rates:
• 2 yr=16% 3 yr=23% 7 yr= 33%
• Early intervention, modifications in remediation curricula, and initiatives to improve instructional
effectiveness offer opportunities for promoting student achievement and degree completion.
Challenge: Enrollment Rates
• Opportunity: Ivy Tech’s enrollment represents approximately 33% of all students in the public sector which
means that it is positioned to capitalize on branding. Student success initiatives will also help the institution
capture a larger share of the market.

4. Three Ivy Tech Aspirations that Relate
to Remediation Goals
• Ensure students achieve their educational
goals.
• Ensure students receive training to succeed in
a global workforce.
• Ensure adequate resource base for college
education.

5. IVY Tech Current Remedial Efforts
• Accelerated Learning Project: students
participate in remediation English while taking
college-level English courses.
• Emporium Model of Instruction: “My Math
Lab” software is a self-paced remedial
mathematics curriculum.

6. Good Things are Happening
in Small Pockets
• Efforts in remediation are driven by best practices.
• Three key outcomes were derived from Ivy Tech pilots.

7. Moving from Good to Great
A system-wide holistic approach to the
remediation work plan is not evident
(supporting the whole person).
Strategies that connect all Indiana
Stakeholders appear fragmented.
Alignment of resources to strategies could be
improve.

8. Ivy Tech Stakeholders
State of Indiana
Student Consumers
Indiana Public Education System
Indiana Employers
Indiana Higher Education System
Culture for Remediation
Student Personal Needs
Academic Requirements
Employer Expectations
Remedial Resource Allocation
Student Engagement
Fiscal Decision Making
Employer Participation
Remedial Curriculum Design

9. Remediation from Viewpoint of
Stakeholders
Indiana Commission of Higher Education
Complete college coursework
Provide basic academic skill training
Graduate
Indiana Employers
Understanding-skill to function in a workplace
Intellectual-skill competence to perform job tasks
environment
Student Consumers
Assistance with non-academic needs that hinder
Assistance with academic deficits
academic success

10. 5 Recommendations for Moving
Forward
Establish an early assessment process (k-12) to identify
student deficiencies in core academic college readiness
skills.
Enhance faculty and staff training and standardize
instructional assessment to evaluate the effectiveness of
instructional and advising practices on student learning.
Ensure that remediation practices maximize access
educational opportunities to promote degree completion.
Expand collaboration with Indiana employers to increase
retention and degree completion for working adults.
Provide services to help address non-academic student
needs to promote academic success and degree
completion.