Can Faculty Development Training Lead to Improved Community College Student Achievement? Evidence From Association of College and University Educators–Certified Faculty

• In Event: Research on Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development

Abstract

This evaluation examines the link between faculty development training and community college students’ academic outcomes. At the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College (UAPTC), one cohort of faculty completed the ACUE course in Effective Teach Practices in spring 2018; another cohort completed the course in SY2018-2019. Course outcomes were analyzed separately for the enrollments of students taught by the cohorts of ACUE faculty. For the initial cohort, ACUE faculty were significantly related to students’ likelihoods of passing courses and receiving DFW grades; the effect on DFW grades was greater for Black students. For the second cohort, ACUE faculty were significantly related to students’ likelihood of receiving DFW grades and average course grades; the effects were greater for Hispanic/Latino students.

Authors

• Theo Pippins, Association of College and University Educators
  Presenting Author

• Elizabeth K. Lawner, Association of College and University Educators
  Presenting Author

• Meghan Snow, Association of College and University Educators
  Presenting Author

• Paloma Benavides, ACUE
  Presenting Author