ILEA Equity Plan | Elgin Community College (ECC)
There are wide and persistent gaps in college completion rates in Illinois, especially among students of color and low-income students. After an in-depth analysis of our institutional data, Elgin Community College (“ECC” or “the College” or “we” or “our”) has developed an Equity Plan containing annual growth targets for which progress updates will be shared publicly over the next five years. Our Equity Plan reflects the unique characteristics of our institution. For example, ECC is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the US Department of Education, with just over 42% of the students identifying as Latinx or Hispanic. Also, the district served by ECC is widely diverse in terms of income and educational attainment. We will identify the obstacles students face and develop programs and policies that break down unnecessary college graduation barriers. Along with our fellow colleges, in the Partnership for College Completion organization, with this Illinois Equity in Attainment (“ILEA”) plan, we pledge to close the completion gaps by 2025.
There are wide and persistent gaps in college completion rates in Illinois, especially among students of color and low-income students. After an in-depth analysis of our institutional data, Elgin Community College (“ECC” or “the College” or “we” or “our”) has developed an Equity Plan containing annual growth targets for which progress updates will be shared publicly over the next five years. Our Equity Plan reflects the unique characteristics of our institution. For example, ECC is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the US Department of Education, with just over 42% of the students identifying as Latinx or Hispanic. Also, the district served by ECC is widely diverse in terms of income and educational attainment. We will identify the obstacles students face and develop programs and policies that break down unnecessary college graduation barriers. Along with our fellow colleges, in the Partnership for College Completion organization, with this Illinois Equity in Attainment (“ILEA”) plan, we pledge to close the completion gaps by 2025.
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5. Evaluation <strong>Plan</strong><br />
At <strong>ECC</strong>, when it comes to evaluating any of our plans, from small pilot projects to key strategies<br />
in our Operating <strong>Plan</strong>, we follow the PDSA model (<strong>Plan</strong>, Do, Study, Act). Two times a year our<br />
strategy leaders, assigned to each of the Operating <strong>Plan</strong> actions, complete a progress update<br />
using the following form. As <strong>ILEA</strong> strategies are implemented, this same progress update<br />
process will be followed. The updates will be informed by summative and formative (both<br />
quantitative and qualitative) and student feedback. Students are often key collaborators.<br />
FY202X OPERATING PLAN PROGRESS UPDATE FORM<br />
Goal: (Insert here)<br />
Strategy #: (Insert here)<br />
Action X.X (Insert here)<br />
Report Date<br />
PLAN<br />
DO<br />
STUDY<br />
Leaders<br />
Key Collaborators<br />
What activities<br />
are we doing?<br />
What forms of<br />
evidence were<br />
used to know<br />
whether activities<br />
worked as<br />
intended?<br />
Where is progress<br />
documented?<br />
ACT<br />
What will the<br />
college do next?<br />
Cabinet Feedback:<br />
Next Steps:<br />
The PDSA model is a continuous cycle of improvement:<br />
• <strong>Plan</strong> - Define the actions and set budgets<br />
• Do – Implement actions and collect results<br />
• Study – Analyze and study the results of the action, summarize and share<br />
• Act – Reflect on meaning and implement new actions<br />
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<strong>ILEA</strong> <strong>Equity</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Evaluation <strong>Plan</strong>