not a program that could be scaled to serve more than 12 students in a semester. Regarding the summer bridge program, John confirmed that the program likely touched some Black male students, but the program was designed to support all low-achieving high school graduates who had placement test results that required enrollment in developmental courses the summer prior to their first semester at Happy Valley. We Are Not Doing Enough Executive leaders at Happy Valley indicated that a great deal of work had been done over the years in an attempt to positively impact the academic success of Black males; However, each leader was clear regarding their beliefs that as an institution, much more needed to be done to support Black male success. As part of the strategic planning process, HVCC had adopted Student Success Institutional Effectiveness Measures to set a pathway for success for students who required developmental education and to enhance student advancement, persistence, and completion rates. Historically, approaches targeting the Black male student demographic HVCC’s appeared to have been somewhat scattered, with some initiatives being grass roots in nature while others were institutionalized but not designed to focus solely on Black males and, therefore, were of tangential benefit. HVCC had gotten involved in two new initiatives designed to support the academic success of Black males at the college. Chief Diversity Officer Sarah described collaboration with a national consortium as HVCC’s developed to improve academic success for minority male students enrolled in community colleges. In this regard, Sarah stated: is helping institutions “This consortium find ways to develop programs for student success. So far we have attended the national meeting and participated in several Sarah went on to say that HVCC we’ve webinars.”
not a program that could be scaled to serve more than 12 students in a semester. Regarding the summer bridge program, John confirmed that the program likely touched some Black male students, but the program was designed to support all low-achieving high school graduates who had placement test results that required enrollment in developmental courses the summer prior to their first semester at Happy Valley. We Are Not Doing Enough Executive leaders at Happy Valley indicated that a great deal of work had been done over the years in an attempt to positively impact the academic success of Black males; However, each leader was clear regarding their beliefs that as an institution, much more needed to be done to support Black male success. As part of the strategic planning process, HVCC had adopted Student Success Institutional Effectiveness Measures to set a pathway for success for students who required developmental education and to enhance student advancement, persistence, and completion rates. Historically, HVCC’s approaches targeting the Black male student demographic appeared to have been somewhat scattered, with some initiatives being grass roots in nature while others were institutionalized but not designed to focus solely on Black males and, therefore, were of tangential benefit. HVCC had gotten involved in two new initiatives designed to support the academic success of Black males at the college. Chief Diversity Officer Sarah described HVCC’s collaboration with a national consortium as developed to improve academic success for minority male students enrolled in community colleges. In this regard, Sarah stated: “This consortium is helping institutions find ways to develop programs for student success. So far we have attended the national meeting and we’ve participated in several webinars.” Sarah went on to say that HVCC