Using Postsecondary Graduation rates to Improve Outcomes for Low Income Students
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Using Postsecondary Graduation rates to Improve Outcomes
for Low Income Students
April 24, 20013
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Nationally, only 11% of low income students graduate college
Family income quartile
% of population that graduate HS
% of population that goes to college
% that complete college if they attend
Overall college attainment (4 year)
Top (over $99k) 93% 82% 97% 79%
2nd ($62k-$99k) 88% 67% 51% 34%
3rd ($33k-$62k) 83% 58% 26% 15%
4th (under $33k) 73% 46% 23% 11%
College graduation rate for CPS 9th graders estimated to be 10% for both African American and Hispanic students (27% and 23%, respectively, of 9th graders enroll in college)
Source: Mortenson, Tom. “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970 to 2010.” http://www.postsecondary.org. Underlying data sources: Current Population Survey, U.S. data for 2010 compiled with assistance of Kurt Bauman, Chief, Education and Social Stratification Branch, U.S. Census Bureau. ; Roderick, Melissa, et al. “From High School to the Future: A First Look at Chicago Public School Graduate’s College Enrollment, College Graduation, and Graduation from Four-Year Colleges.” 2006
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Number of alumni
80 81 98 91 73 107
6+ years: 37% graduated (33% 4-year degrees, 4% 2-year degrees) , 9% persisting
Our results are 3x those for low income students, but lower than
our aspirations
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Source: National Student Clearinghouse reports and Alumni Coordinator verification
Number of alumni
102 310 502
Classes of 2009-2011 show persistence trends similar to prior
years
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Noble alumni have had 6 year bachelor’s attainment similar to the averages for the institutions they first attended
*Analysis calculated only for those alumni matriculating directly to college in fall after high school from Classes of 2003-2006; graduations from any college count towards total shown here (this is a comparison of bachelors—including associate’s increases Noble’s total by 4%); Institution used is the first school a student matriculated to, even if multiple schools were eventually attended; 2 year colleges have half their transfer rate added to the value
Most Competitive (N=16)
Highly Competitive (N=26)
Very Competitive (N=44)
Competitive (N=93)
Less/Non Competitive (N=9)
2 year (N=47)
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Five interrelated factors have been shown to influence college persistence
A powerful set of character strengths
grit self-control zestoptimism
social intelligence (including self-advocacy)
gratitude
The right match:
student + school
Social and academic
integration
College affordability and financial understanding
Academic readiness
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Noble’s College Team—campus driven with campus choice for structure and program
College Counseling:•2-5 people working with 100-170 seniors•Some campuses working with juniors•Some campuses working with (some) freshmen•Some influence on advisory curriculumAlumni Coordination:•1 (mostly) full time person, if have alumni
9 campuses
with seniors(1 with
juniors, 2 with only freshmen)
Right Angle Exec Dir:Works with campus coordinators to send ~25% of sophomores to summer programs (10-50% by campus)Chief College Officer:•Support all college work•Provide strategic direction•Develop tools
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College Success pipeline—definitions are first step to data clarity & transparency
12th grade profile
•ACT•GPA/Rank•Intangibles
Schools Applied to
•# of applications•Over/undermatch•Application quality
Schools accepted
to
•#/% accepted•Over/ undermatch•Packages
School choice
(spring)
•6 yr grad rates•1st yr retention
College Counseling Alumni Coordination
School matricul-
ation (fall)
•% matriculating•% change schools
1st year persist-
ence
•% retention•% transfer•% leave/ enroll
Cohort persist-
ence
•% retention•% transfer•% re-enroll
Gradua-tion
•% Bachelor’s•% Associate’s•% Trade/job?
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Class of 2012 proj. grad rate pipeline
12th grade profile
Schools Applied to
Schools accepted
to
School choice
(spring)
School matricul-
ation (fall)
•Estimated potential of ~65% (if all students match), ~72% (if all reach)
•Highest admitted: 56% (~half match/half safety, no regard for cost or preference)•Second highest for each student:49% (average student at a safety, no regard for cost or student/family preference)
•42%, average student a bit below safety
•39%, 10% of students not in college
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New tools/data for College Counseling
Introduced in August•Student matching exploration tool (“Robot”)
Introduced in November•Application “portfolio” tracking
Coming this month•Financial aid evaluator
12th grade profile
•ACT•GPA/Rank•Intangibles
Schools Applied to
•# of applications•Over/undermatch•Application quality
Schools accepted
to
•#/% accepted•Over/ undermatch•Packages
School choice
(spring)
•6 yr grad rates•1st yr retention
College Counseling
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New tools for matching—”Robot”
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New tools for matching—”Portfolio tracking”
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New tools/data for Alumni Coordination
Alumni Coordination
School matricul-
ation (fall)
•% matriculating•% change schools
1st year persist-
ence
•% retention•% transfer•% leave/ enroll
Cohort persist-
ence
•% retention•% transfer•% re-enroll
Gradua-tion
•% Bachelor’s•% Associate’s•% Trade/job?
Introduced in August•New Salesforce Alumni Tracking & Support Database•Mentoring pilot (ACI)
Introduced in December•New streamlined check of National Student Clearinghouse data
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What’s next?
• Continued analytic focus on college match and financial aid
• Bring “Hedgehog” to college (standards and assessments for college completion)
• Deepening college partnerships– City Colleges (cohort, collaboration, path plan)– ACI (mentoring ~150 with ~25 upper class alumni)– University of Illinois (all campuses)– Opportunistic (DePaul, IIT, Oberlin, Wooster)
• Driving better career focus in students/alums
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New tools/data for Alumni Coordination—Alumni Database
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New tools/data for Alumni Coordination—Alumni Database