College Profiles
Seattle Central Community College
Background
Seattle Central Community College perches atop Capitol Hill at the very heart of Seattle, the city that gave the world 747s, REI, Jimi Hendrix, Grunge, Windows, and a rebirth of café culture. No Northwest community college embraces a richer mix of cultures, lifestyles, ages, and nationalities. Its halls ring with the accents of Asia, Africa, Europe, and all the Americas. Seattle Central is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. It is also a member of the League for Innovation, a prestigious group of community colleges nationwide who have been selected for membership based on education excellence. The college’s 10,000 students excel, enriching themselves and the region with jobs in high tech, health care, maritime, software, and design.
Achieving the Dream Goals
Seattle Central Community College will create a coordinated learning support network that will assist students through services designed to increase their success in developmental and selected gatekeeper courses. The network will serve as the primary mechanism for implementing and coordinating learning interventions, including supplemental instruction, enhanced tutoring, and learning and support resources. The college has identified the following goals:
- Increase successful completion rates for developmental math and English courses
- Increase the number of students re-enrolling from fall to fall
- Increase the completion rate for specific developmental math and gatekeeper English courses, especially for students of color
- Increase black students’ overall completion rate to match or surpass the overall success rate of other students in the cohort
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