Student Achievement and Success Disclosure Data
Enterprise State Community College publishes its student achievement and success disclosure data in accordance with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Standard 8.1 (Core Requirement), which states, “The institution identifies, evaluates, and publishes goals and outcomes for student achievement appropriate to the institution’s mission.”
ESCC has identified four (4) student achievement goals, baseline data, and targets for student achievement and success. Data and established targets are also published on the College Website and is in alignment with the College’s mission of “to improve our communities by providing students with excellent opportunities to further their education and enter the workforce.”
The Four (4) Student Success Goals
- Fall Enrollment – ESCC has added several new programs to meet market demand. This, combined with a renewed focus on recruiting, has led to a goal of increasing fall enrollment each fall, year over year.
- Fall To Fall Retention – The College’s retention rate has remained at or near the top for Alabama Community College’s in the past few years.
- Completion Rate in Developmental Courses – ESCC has invested significant resources to create a new counseling and tutoring center. This center is available for all students, however success advisors have been hired to focus on at-risk students. A goal has been set to raise the developmental course completion rate to 65% by the 2024–25 academic year.
- National Student Clearinghouse Six-Year Outcomes – While many student completion metrics are available, ESCC has selected the National Student Clearinghouse Six-Year Outcomes as the data point which most accurately represents our institution. A goal has been set to meet and exceed the national completion rate on this metric. ESCC’s most recent Six-Year Outcome Completion Rate (37.1%) falls 6 percentage points below the national average (43.1%), but the College has closed the gap between the national average considerably.
Institutional Learning Outcomes
Institutional Learning Outcomes are statements that identify specific skills and understanding that Enterprise State Community College students are expected to demonstrate. Upon successful completion of certain General Education and technical courses, the student will have acquired the skills and abilities described in the Institutional Learning Outcomes listed below. A more comprehensive list of outcomes may be found in specific course syllabi. The Institutional Learning Outcomes for all certificate and degree programs (AA, AS, and AAS) at ESCC are:
- Communication Students will demonstrate oral and written communication that is characterized by clarity, critical analysis, logic, coherence, persuasion, and rhetorical awareness.
- Critical Thinking Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically and effectively by identifying the risk associated with making and implementing decisions.
- Quantitative Reasoning Students will demonstrate the ability to understand and communicate mathematical principles and to follow an extended line of formal reasoning.
- Informational Literacy Students will recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information.
Instructors across the institution embed learning activities, which assess the level of student achievement in each of these outcomes. Each year, the Institutional Learning Outcome Committee reviews this data, considers instructor feedback, and makes recommendations to the Dean of Instruction for ways to improve student learning for the upcoming academic year. The committee captures this information in a report, which can be viewed below.