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Good News – Access!

• Record enrollment• More African American

students• More Hispanic students• More low income students• More first generation student

Too few graduate.

12.6%2-year college within 3 years

44.7%4-year university within 6 years

(non-flagship)

67.8% 4-year flagship within 6 years

Too few graduate on time.

4%2-year college within 2 years

19%4-year within 4 years

(non-flagship)

36%4-year flagship within 4 years

Students are …

Taking too much time

Taking too many credits

Spending too much money

Not graduating

THE COST OF DROPOUTSTaxpayers lose more than $9 billion at 4-year universities alone.

$1.5 In federal student grants

billion

$7.6 In total state appropriations and student grants

billion

Billions wasted on unnecessary courses.

$19 BILLIONspent each year on excess credits

$7.7 BILLIONcovered by student tuition

$11.5 BILLIONsubsidized by taxpayers

Who are today’s students?

75% of students are college commuters, often juggling families, jobs, and school.

25% of students attend full-time at

residential colleges.

Students Work45% of students at four-year

colleges work more than 20 hours a week

60% of community college students work more than 20 hours a week – more than 25% work more than 35 hours a week.

Part-Time Students Rarely Graduate

4.3% 9.3%Indiana - 150% of time

2-year Associate

4-year Bachelor’s

(Non-Flagship)

Students are taking too long

Example from an Alliance State

Not taking credit hours necessary to graduate on time.

“Full-time” Students Taking 15+ Credits Per Semester

At 2-year At 4-year

The Power of 15ASSOCIATE DEGREES:

More students graduate when they complete 30+ credits in their first year.

The Power of 15 BACHELORS DEGREES:

More students graduate when they complete 30+ credits in their first year.

Hawai’i’s “15 To Finish”

The majority of full-time freshmen were taking 12-14

Manoa Hilo West O'ahu

UHCC0

1020304050607080

Credits AttemptedUH First-time, Full-time Freshmen

Cumulative Over 3 Years Fall 2009-2011

12-14 Credits15+ Credits

Hawai’i’s “15 To Finish”

Significant results in campaign’s first year.

Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012

39.3

55.546.9

13.5

41.5

7.8 11.2

15 or More Credits AttemptedUH First-Time Freshmen, Fall 2012

Maoa HiloWest Oahu UHCCs

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Part-Time Students =90% Chance of Not Completing

6.9% 15.9%200% time = 4 years for associate, 8 years for bachelor’s

2-year Associate

4-year Bachelor’s

(Non-Flagship)

GAME CHANGER

Block SchedulingTo encourage more full-time enrollment and significantly boost completion, add predictability to the lives of working students who are balancing jobs and school

Block SchedulingESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

Full-time, Monday-Friday, morning, afternoon or evening blocks

Predictable schedule Whole program choice, not courses Student cohorts Embedded remediation Mandatory attendance

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Block Schedule – Baltimore County CC

Block SchedulingTENNESSEE COLLEGES OF APPLIED

TECHNOLOGY

75% avg. on-time graduation rate

Tennessee Community Colleges:14% average graduation rate

(150% of time)

Block SchedulingCITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

ASAP PROGRAM

Doubled graduation rates using block scheduling, whole programs

55% 3-year graduation rate for associate degrees

Block Scheduling

IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM

Structured career certificate programs in Technology Division

First cohort: 85% completion

Block SchedulingTENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGES

As of Fall 2012: 63 Structured Learning programs statewide 2, 738 students enrolled75% completion

GAME CHANGER Guided Pathways to Success

(GPS) Academic maps and intrusive advising provide highly-structured, default course pathways

Advising400 STUDENTS: 1 ADVISOR

Scheduling

Hoosiers: Taking Too Many Credits

93credits

accumulated

143credits

accumulated

Does include remediation

60credits standard

120credits standard

2-yearAssociate

4-yearBachelor’s

(Non-Flagship)

Academic/Degree Maps

• A semester-by-semester academic map is the sequential, prescriptive schedule of classes for the meta-major and the major

Academic Maps

Structured, Default Pathways

• Students don’t “discover” the right path; the academic map is the default schedule.

• Students do not need permission to register for courses on their map.

• They do need permission to take courses not on their map.

Intrusive Advising• Students must see their advisors

before registering for classes if:– they do not complete the milestone

course on schedule– they fall 2 or more courses behind

on their academic map– they have a 2.0 GPA or less for the

semester

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Georgia State University

• Degree maps and intrusive advising • Graduation rates up 20% in past 10 years• Graduation rates higher for:– Pell students: 52.5%– African American students: 57.4%– Hispanic students: 66.4%

• More bachelor’s degrees to African-Americans than any other U.S. university

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Florida State University

• Since starting degree maps, FSU has cut the number of students graduating with excess credits in half

• Graduation rate increased to 74%– African Americans to 77%– First-generation Pell students to 72%– Hispanic students to more than 70%

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Arizona State University

• eAdvisor system boosting retention and success

• First-time, full-time freshman retention rates climbed to 84%

• 91% of all students deemed “on track,” up from 22% three years before

Results

Higher graduation rates

More on-time graduates

Closing the achievement gap

Fewer lost credits — saving time and money

Focus on the Gamechangers

Power of 15 Full-time is 15

Block Scheduling Enable more to go Full-Time

Degree MapsGuided Pathways to Success (GPS)

THE GAME CHANGERSwww.completecollege.orginfo@completecollege.org

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