About this Presentation
This presentation provides the background of Medgar Evers College and of TOC being used there; the TOC thinking processes (TP) roadmap, unique features of the college scene; acceptance of departmental guidelines and TOC across the college; next steps and a summary. Medgar Evers College is part of City University of New York (CUNY) (one of two state universities of NY); the college is one of 20 units of CUNY and has three schools (Liberal Arts and Education; Business; Science Health and Technology); offers two and four year programs. For over 30 years the college had tried to address its attrition problem. In 1998 the faculty senate identified 24 academic and non-academic issues causing attrition and suggested one action for each issue. TOC was then applied to the 24 issues. In 2001 a federal grant was awarded to study attrition. Three faculty members attended a Jonah course and studied the problems. This presentation is about implementing TOC to improve retention. The full TP were applied to analyze and solve the problem.
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The team identified student attrition in mathematics as a major problem in their institution.
They used the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to systematically analyze and address this problem, developing a detailed plan for implementation.
They received a grant of $300,000 to implement their plan, and are now in the process of winning acceptance from different parts of the college and developing a website to disseminate information about the project.
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