Co-Requisite Courses

Students who start their college journey strong, are more likely to finish strong.  Each year, ACC loses 44 percent of its students from fall to fall. Yet, we know there are strategies that can provide the foundation to help more students stay on track. For example, when ACC students visit their advisor two or more times per term, their persistence rate increases 13 percentage points. ACC seeks to scale these programs to better support our students. 

This strategy supports the pillar for Start Strong.

Key Activities

• Create a system that scales co-requisite class offerings for all eligible students.
• Explore term length acceleration models of co-requisite courses.
• Create an automated placement system with integrated advising, tutoring, and basic needs services.
• Evaluate alternative college placement options for ACC students.

Current Work Stage

Phase 2 team-Design work launched in January 2025.

Design Team Members

• Kendall Dingee, Faculty, Composition and Literary Studies (Co-Chair)
• Jessica Oest, Success Coach (Co-Chair)
• Alex Watkins, Faculty, Communication Studies
• Patricia Beck, Area of Study Master Advising Specialist
• Chris Davis, SIS Process Analyst and Trainer
• Shaun Fernando, High School Programs Enrollment & Partnerships Coordinator
• Matthew Grayson, Tutoring Specialist
• Gisela Santana Viera,  Admissions & Enrollment Supervisor
• Melissa Victor Totah, Manager, Transformative Interventions Programs
• Swetha Karri, Data Warehouse Programmer Analyst
• Christina Michura, Dean, Student Affairs
• Russell Toliver, Student

Documents

Visit the team’s document repository to view team materials, such as meeting agendas and minutes, presentation resources, and deliverables. An ACC login is required.

Co-Requisite Courses Repository