Moon Shot for Economic & Social Mobility at Delaware County Community College

What is Moon Shot for Economic & Social Mobility?

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Moon Shot for Economic & Social Mobility is a transformational initiative to improve student outcomes and close equity gaps across race, gender, financial status, and others by changing systems, organizational structures, policies, practices, and behaviors. 

Moon Shot for Economic & Social Mobility at DCCC is a partnership with West Chester University (WCU) and EAB, covering the region of Southeastern Pa., to eliminate institutional equity gaps by 2030. This work will employ evidence-based best practices implemented to remove institutional barriers to student success. This process involves examining the community college experience from various levels, perspectives, and layers to reveal what aspects of the institution can be improved to support all DCCC students.

Join us for Moon Shot Week, March 17 – 21

This initiative is driven by two complementary principles:

Principle One: Meet Holistic Student Needs

Two- and four-year colleges and universities within each region agree to implement the following best practices to create an institutionally focused and equity-minded approach to student success:

  1. Change Management
  2. Equity-Mindedness
  3. Campus Climate Assessment
  4. Reduction of Registration Holds
  5. Retention Grants
  6. Aligned Mathematics
  7. Expanded Meta-Majors and Majors
  8. Remediation and Developmental Education Reform
  9. Academic Maps
  10. Streamlined Transfer Pathways
  11. Access to a Second Chance
  12. Proactive Advising Enabled by Technology
  13. Coordinated Care Network
  14. Confidence-Building and Belongingness
  15. College Access Partnership with Community-Based Organizations

This regional approach creates local collaborations with government, community-based organizations, and employers will help boost college attainment. These regional collaborations between schools are also critical in order to establish common academic pathways that allow students to move between two- and four-year institutions and earn a degree more quickly and efficiently. Streamlining credit transfers between institutions and accelerating time to degree are significant aspects of the equity challenge.

Principle Two: Build Equity-Minded Leadership Capacity to Sustain the Erasure of Equity Gaps

EAB’s role and responsibilities include the provision of these benefits across Moon Shot for Equity regions:

  • Leadership Institute: Change Management and Equity Skill-Building: EAB will facilitate a cohort-based Leadership Institute to develop equity-minded practitioners armed with exceptional change management skills to uphold the Moon Shot principles and drive and sustain change throughout the region.
  • Best Practice Research: Regions will have access to evidence-based best practices and policies that already have been deployed at scale across institutions, while rapidly contributing their own groundbreaking discoveries.
  • Student Success Management System Technology: EAB will deploy at scale a common student success technology. This will create a nearly seamless approach and infrastructure to collectively identify obstacles, collaboratively design interventions, rapidly compare results, and urgently deliver improvements.
  • Implementation Expertise and Project Management: EAB will provide regions with a dedicated consulting team tasked with providing regions with a structured, measurable, and deadline-driven timeline to implement practices and policies. As new areas of opportunity are determined for each region, EAB will work with ecosystems to provide technical experts and support.
  • Data Transparency, Metrics Alignment, and Assessment: EAB will facilitate the use of common metrics for measurement, comparison, and assessment of our progress and success for rapid adjustment and improvement.
  • Convenings: EAB will organize and convene equity regions virtually across the year to efficiently share results, engage in thoughtful discussions, and facilitate structured work sessions.

Monday, March 17

FULL MOON SHOT UPDATE

Join us for our Moon Shot Week kickoff and update meeting. Hear from various members of the DCCC Moon Shot team as we discuss the College’s progress in Advising, Transfer Pathways, Data Sharing, and Meta Majors.

1-2 p.m.

Livestream – Zoom
This event is free and open to all – Register Here


Tuesday, March 18

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DR. ANTOINETTE NEWSOME

Dr. Antoinette Newsome

Join us for our Moon Shot Week keynote address by Dr. Antoinette Newsome, associate director/consultant for EAB’s Moon Shot for Social & Economic Mobility, a transformational initiative to eliminate equity gaps and improve student outcomes. Dr. Newsome will explore the intersection of women’s leadership and equity, highlighting the persistence of gender gaps in education and leadership.

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

In Person – Marple Campus, Large Auditorium 

Livestream – Zoom

This event is free and open to all – Register Here


Wednesday, March 19

DCCC WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PANEL

Adriana BohnDr. Marta CroninDr. Uma GarimellaElif Munevver Isman

Join us for our Moon Shot Week Women’s Leadership Panel, with moderator, Dr. Adriana Bohm, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Empowerment Initiative lead, Dr. Marta Yera Cronin, President, Dr. Umadevi Garimella, Dean of STEM, Maria Lopez, Lead Administrative Assistant for Career & Counseling and Elif Munevver Isman, DCCC student. The panelists will be reflecting on their lives and leadership journeys, providing helpful insights to others.

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

In Person – Marple Campus, Large Auditorium

Livestream – Zoom

This event is free and open to all – Register Here


Thursday, March 20

PARENTING STUDENTS CONVERSATION AND RESOURCE FAIR

Join us for our Moon Shot Week Parenting Students Conversation and Resource Fair to learn about the various resources available at the College, in both Delaware and Chester Counties for our parenting students.

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

In Person – Marple Campus, Large Auditorium

Livestream – Zoom

This event is free and open to all – Register Here

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