Virginia RETHINKS Health Sciences Education initiative

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Evidence · 3 claims (1 for, 2 mixed) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description

A TAACCCT-funded initiative organized across Virginia's 23 community colleges to redesign health-sciences education, strengthen workforce connections, and improve college efficiencies.

Components

• Virginia RETHINKS three-goal grant design: student outcomes, workforce connections, and college efficiencies: The Virginia RETHINKS Health Sciences Education initiative organized a $24 million TAACCCT grant across all 23 Virginia community colleges around three broad goals: improving student outcomes, building connections to the workforce, and improving college efficiencies. Strategies included redesigning curriculum in developmental education and health-related courses, in-person counseling and mentoring, and technology platforms for students, faculty, and staff. The report evaluates implementation of each strategy. (Margaret Sullivan et al. (2015))

Claims

• Career coaches strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system, but sustaining these connections requires additional resources after the grant period [+W]
• College-specific barriers related to resources, time, and local labor market conditions limited implementation of the statewide E-HLTH career studies certificate [~W]
• Colleges adopted new technology platforms to increase efficiencies, but face challenges sustaining their use after the grant ends [~W]

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Key Sources

• Margaret Sullivan, Brittany English, Alyson Burnett, Jillian Berk. (2015). Implementing the Virginia RETHINKS Health Sciences Education TAACCCT Grant. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/implementing-the-virginia-rethinks-health-sciences-education-taaccct-grant

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