John N. Gardner Institute Partnerships
Curriculum and Courses in Urban Ecosystems (CCUE)
In Spring 2022, ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn was one of the 4 Michigan postsecondary institutions selected to participate in the Curriculum and Courses in Urban Ecosystems (CCUE) program. This program represents a partnership with the John N. Gardner Institute to improve students outcomes in high-risk courses.
What is Curriculum and Courses in Urban Ecosystems (CCUE)?
The Courses and Curricula in Urban Ecosystems (CCUE) project’s broad goal is to eliminate race/ethnicity and family income as the best predictor of who succeeds in gateway courses and the broader curricula of which those courses are a part.
Expected Outcomes
During the 2-year initiative, CCUE will operate as a Networked Improvement Community (NIC), involving faculty and staff from a cohort of colleges and universities focused on improving equitable outcomes in Gateway courses and the curricula of which they are a part. This effort combines the Gardner Institute Curricular Analytics Community and Gateways to Completion to address systemic issues that negatively impact student success.
- The CCUE project will expand access and success for low-income and underrepresented students
- Address limitations of previous gateway course redesign work the Gardner Institute has undertaken
- The project will offer – through the work of Motivate Lab and Damour systems – ways to implement learning mindset strategies and curricular redesign efforts with scientific rigor and fidelity of implementation across the courses.
ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn CCUE Targeted Courses
- Biology
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Criminal Justice
ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn CCUE Committee Members
- Marilee Benore, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Paul Draus, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Susan Everett, College of Education, Health, and Human Services
- Jessica LaGrange, Director of Academic Success
- Pam McAuslan, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Nehal Patel, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Mitchel Sollenberger, Associate Provost
- Carla Vecchiola, Director, HUB for Teaching and Learning
John N. Gardner Institute Projects
Gateways to Completion
In Fall 2016, ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn was one of the 8 Michigan postsecondary institutions selected to participate in the . This program represents a partnership with the to improve students outcomes in high-risk courses.
What is Gateways to Completion?
G2C is a comprehensive process that mobilizes institutions – especially faculty – to substantially improve gateway courses. Specifically, G2C is designed to help institutions gather, collect, and analyze data to craft and implement a plan for enhancing student learning and success in high-enrollment courses that have historically resulted in high rates of D and F grades, Withdrawals, and Incompletes (high DFWI rates). Generally, foundation level undergraduate courses, have been targeted as gateway courses.
Expected Outcomes
During the 3-year initiative, faculty on the course committee’s and the project steering committee work with other support personnel to design and implement evidence-based teaching practices in order to increase student learning, satisfaction, and academic success. The G2C process employs extensive use of student data and evidence-based effective pedagogies in the course redesign process.
Research conducted by the revealed that higher education institutions which have participated in the G2C project have achieved these positive outcomes:
- Increases in first-to-second term retention rates
- Decreases the number of students in poor academic standing
- Increases in A, B, and C grades
- Decreases in D, F, W, and I grades
- Lower course repetition rates
- Higher performance in the next course in the sequence
ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn G2C Targeted Courses
- ECON 201, Principles of Macroeconomics
- MATH 105, Pre-Calculus
- PSYC 101, Introduction to Psychology
- BIOL 130
ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn G2C Steering Committee Members
- Stein Brunvand, Interim Associate Dean, College of Education, Health, and Human Services
- Natalia Czap, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Susan Everett, College of Education, Health, and Human Services
- William Grosky, College of Engineering
- Christine Kelly-Williams, Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Claudia Kocher/Lee Redding /Karen Strandholm, College of Business
- Ghassan Kridli, College of Engineering
- Michael LaChance, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Gail Luera, College of Education, Health, and Human Services
- Susana Pecina, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Bruce Pietrykowski, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Mark Radosevich, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Caleb Siefert, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Dale Thomson, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Mitchel Sollenberger, Associate Provost
- Carla Vecchiola, Hub for Teaching and Learning
- Armen Zarkarian, College of Engineering
- Jennifer Zhao, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Judy Nesmith, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
- Katie LaCommare, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
To learn more about ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn’s G2C program, contact the ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn co-liaison’s, Gail Luera, or Christine Kelly-Williams.
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