ABSTRACT
The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is an Achieving the Dream Leader College well known for developmental education reform and a strong equity agenda focused on fostering a college climate of equity, civility, and inclusion. In 2015, CCBC adopted a pathways model that has led to changes in the way the student experience is organized and supported. High-impact practices (HIPs) seemed a good fit for reaching our goals. According to Finley and McNair (2013), HIPs are impactful because they lead to deeper student learning and engagement. Intentionality in designing and assessing HIPs is critical to HIPs fulfilling their promise as deep learning experiences. In the absence of fidelity to agreed-upon standards, HIPs lack the requisite detail or structure in order to render them impactful for student success and intended outcomes. HIPs infusion is now a preferred strategy for advancing our equity agenda and larger scale student success agenda at CCBC.
