Supplemental Updates for Atlanta Metropolitan State College - 2023

The Momentum/CCG Goal 4, increase student career services, is in the preliminary stages and too early to report in this update.  The institution has been successful in offering limited student career services, but the availability of “Steppingblocks” in the past year has opened new opportunities for expansion of these services. The plan is to develop career learning modules in First Year Experience (FYE) and Capstone courses, utilizing steppingblocks as the primary tool students will utilize to complete the module. The FYE career module will focus on career exploration and identification, whereas the capstone course career modules will focus on career job placement and other options, post-graduation.

Observations and Next Steps

Atlanta Metropolitan State College has instituted several high impact practices (HIPs) that have proven successful.  In a campus-wide survey, students rank the success of First year seminars and experiences as the most liked HIP. The annual freshman induction event has been very successful, providing an opportunity for new freshman to meet-and-greet faculty, as well as interact with other new freshman to form learning communities and establish study partners.  Students rank learning communities as the second most liked HIP. Learning communities are highly utilized with students who participate in specialized programs, such as Health Careers, LSAMP, and students associated with partnership programs.  The peer-peer interaction are very effectiveness at various levels:  tutoring, students motivating each other to stay in school, completion of course assignments, establishing and positive, growth mindset, and ultimately encouragement to graduation. Collaborative assignments and projects are another highly rated and successful HIP among students. This HIP has been integrated in various capstone courses has been increased student academic performance and learning outcomes significantly.

In FY23, 90 certificates were awarded. Computer Information Systems and Computer Information Systems Security were the top certificate awards.  133 Associate awards and 66 bachelor’s degrees were awarded, with the Associate of Science, Core Curriculum and Business Administration programs being the favorites with students, respectively.   The total awards for FY23 were 289.

When compared to the prior year, 133 certificates, 153 associates, and 54 bachelors’ credentials were awarded in FY22. The programs with the most awards were the same as those in FY23. 339 awards were made in FY22, with the certificate awards representing the largest positive change.  Over the past two years, the largest increase in awards has been with certificate programs, which provides the institution valuable insight into market demand and student choice.

AMSC Complete College Georgia Leadership Team (FY 2022)