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The Indian River Community College (IRCC) has been recognized with the 2005 Exemplary Practice Award for its commitment to student success among its 11,700 full-time students across four counties. Offering diverse degree options, IRCC emphasizes the importance of athletes' academic progress. Through collaborative programs, such as study halls and tailored library services, they ensure that athletes meet NJCAA eligibility standards. The college’s innovative approach employs benchmarks of student engagement, ultimately enriching the academic experience for all student-athletes.
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Athletes’ Advantage Learning Resources Commission Exemplary Practice Award 2005
IRCC: Dedicated to Student Success • Serves four counties and 11,700 full time students • Offers Associate in Arts Degrees, Associate in Science Technical Degrees and certificates
Community College Survey of Student Engagement • Office of Institutional Effectiveness administered CCSSE to all campuses, 65 instructors, and 775 students • Rankings were similar to community colleges of the same size
IRCC’s Rankings • Active and Collaborative Learning 48% • Student Effort 49.9% • Academic Challenge 50.2% • Student-Faculty Interaction 50.2% • Support for Learners 51.5%
IRCC NJCAA Athletic Teams • Men’s Baseball I • Men’s and Women’s Basketball I • Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving I • Women’s Volleyball I • Fast Pitch Softball I
Eligibility • Held accountable to NJCAA rules of eligibility, rules of the Southern Conference, and rules of IRCC • Allowed two seasons of competition of any one sport • Must maintain full time status • 1st semester must pass 12 credits with 1.75 • Second season must have 24 credits with a 2.00 GPA
Why focus on athletes? • College athletics focus of news due to NCAA decision to enforce Academic Progress Rate • Teams held to strict standards based on point system of 1000 • Every team scoring below 925 loses a scholarship for every failing student • Our athletes will have to follow these rules or risk losing their scholarship
Library’s Role in Engagement • Has supported student-athletes study halls for years • Library staff work closely with athletes and coaches • Unique partnership developed to engage the athletes • Library developed practices to address all five CCSSE benchmarks
Active and Collaborative Learning • IRCC Library remodel will incorporate learning styles and will house tutoring center • All incoming student-athlete learning styles will be tested • MLA citation learning object created
Student Effort • Student effort can be gauged by noting percentage of students who integrate ideas from other sources in their papers • Library staff make it a priority that students walk out with research • Teach them how to do research and cite themselves
Academic Challenge • Entire teams offered LIS 2004 • Athletes taught research and citation skills • VP of Student Affairs has discussed making this a mandatory course for those on scholarship
Student-Faculty Interaction • Library participates in special athletes only orientation • Team library tours, database training • Email contacts • Team pictorials • Syllabi for gatekeeper courses • Announcment board • Game attendance
Support for Learners • Library survey • Coach liaisons • Collection Development
Evidence of Effectiveness • GPA for girl swimmers went up • Planning to record data to chart progress • Pre and post Information Literacy Test • Usage of library outside study hall
Duplication of IRCC Library’s Practices • Engage student-athletes early on • Attend their games • Understand their learning styles • Offer a research course early on • Be flexible with them!
