access, equity, and integrity: reaching students who are still underserved
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Access, Equity & Integrity: Reaching students who are still underserved
2015 National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA) conference, Improving Outcomes: 360° Perspectives on Educational Access.
Hess & Rachkoskie
Our time together
• Who we are.
• Who are you?
• Interactive Information
• Current & Standard Best Practices and Programs
• Innovative Strategies and Programs
Getting to know each other!
What do we mean by “underserved”?
Access: The admission funnel
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Who is missing?
Where do they fall out?
Why is this the case?
Why is this important?
Prospect
Inquiry
Applicant
Admit
Deposit
Enroll
Graduate
Why?
•Access & Persistence
•Demographic shifts
• Limited resources
•High School Counselor Shortage
College Enrollment RatesIncome Comparison
• 82% of high-income high school graduates enroll in college
• 52% of low-income high school graduates enroll in college
Race Comparison
• 70% of white high school graduates enroll in college
• 65% of black high school graduates enroll in college
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/race-gap-narrows-in-college-enrollment-
but-not-in-graduation/
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/race-gap-narrows-in-college-enrollment-but-not-in-graduation/
The College Completion Gap
Source: Department of Education
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Lifetime earnings by education level in 2009 dollars.
Source: Department of Education
High School Counselor Shortage
• Nationwide, one in five high schools lacks a school counselor (US DOE blog)
• At schools that do have school counselors, the ratio is 1:463 on average students receive 20 minutes per year in school counseling. In California the ratio is twice that number (Farokhi).
Unequal Access to college prep coursework
• Full range of math & science courses
• 81% of Asian-American high school students
• 71% of white high school students
• <50% of American Indian & Native-Alaskan
• 57% of Black high school students
• 67% Latino high school students
• 63% high school students with disabilities
• 65% English learner students
(DOE Blog)
Organizations Center for Student Opportunity
Quest Bridge
firstgenerationstudent.com
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Career Counsel INC.
I am first
Heart of Los Angeles -California
National Hispanic College Fairs
College Horizons
First Generation College Bound - Maryland
Discussion. Questions. Answers.
References
Casselman, Ben. (2014, April 30). Race Gap Narrows in College Enrollment, But Not in Graduation. [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/race-gap-narrows-in-college-enrollment-but-not-in-graduation/
Farohki, Amir. (2015, Feb. 3). How to Get More Kids Into and Through College. [Web log comment]. Retrieved fromhttp://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2015/02/03/how-to-get-more-kids-into-and-through-college.
Housel, T. (2011). Faculty and First-Generation College Students: Bridging the ClassroomGap Together: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 127. Jossey-Bass
Saenz, V., Hurtado, S., Barrera, D., Wolf, D. , Yeung, F. (2007). First in My Family: A Profile of First-Generation College student at Four-year Institutions since 1971. Retrieved fromhttp://www.heri.ucla.edu/PDFs/pubs/TFS/Special/Monographs/FirstInMyFamily.pdf
US Department of Education. (2012). The Condition of Education 2012. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012045.pdf
US Department of Education. (2014). Five New Facts from the Civil Rights Data Collection. [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/03/five-new-facts-from-the-civil-rights-data-collection/
Ward, L. & Siegel, M. (2012). First-Generation College Students: Understanding and Improving theExperience from Recruitment to Commencement. Josssey-Bass.
Presenters
Jessica A. Quintana Hess, MSEDAssociate Director of Admissions & Coordinator of PartnershipsLycoming College700 College PlaceWilliamsport, PA 17701570.321.4318 (o)[email protected]
Tania Rachkoskie, M.A.Director of OutreachThe Common Application3003 Washington Blvd, 10th Fl Suite 1000 Arlington, VA 22201703.236.2715 (o)[email protected]