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System Level Accountability Measures

October 18, 2004

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ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATOR:ACCESS TO PROGRAMS & COURSES

• Measure 1D: Student Retention Rates

– Core Measures

• Measure 1D1 – Percent Graduated

• Measure 1D2 – Percent Retained

• Measure 1D3 – Percent Transferred

• Measure 1D4 – Success Rate

– Contextual Measures

• Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for similar institutions

• Retention rates will be available in the future

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MEASURE 1D: DATA SOURCES & REPORTING LEVELS

• Three data sources– ISRS Student Subsystem

– National Student Clearinghouse

– Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

• Reporting Levels– System level

– Institution Type

– Admission status

– Full-Time & Part-Time

– Race-Ethnicity

– Low Income

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MEASURE 1D: DEFINITIONS

• Cohort: Entering students in a specified term.

• Graduated: The cumulative percentage of students in the cohort that have graduated by the end of the specified term.

• Retained: The percentage of students in the cohort that have not graduated and are enrolled during the specified term.

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MEASURE 1D: DEFINITIONS

• Transferred: The cumulative percentage of students in the cohort that have not graduated and are not enrolled but have enrolled at another U.S. institution.

• Success: The cumulative percentage of students in the cohort that have graduated or transferred plus the percent enrolled during a specific term.

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FALL ENTERING STUDENT COHORTS

57,55763,841 64,716 67,549 68,202 69,451

57,413

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20,000

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40,000

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60,000

70,000

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Measure 1D Cohort

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COHORTS INCLUDE FOUR SUB-COHORTS

College-FT 26,543 38%

College-PT 22,556 32%

University-FT 13,741

20%

University-PT 6,611

10%

Total Entering Students = 69,451 in Fall 2003

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SUCCESS RATES DIFFER BY SUBCOHORT

48.4%

57.2%

28.9%

73.6%

33.6%

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System College Full-Time College Part-TimeUniversity Full-Time University Part-Time

Fall 2001 Success Rates in Second Spring

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SUCCESS RATE OF FALL 1997 COHORT DURING 6 YEARS FOLLOWING ENTRY:

COLLEGES FULL-TIME

6%

24%

34% 37% 38% 39%

80%

27% 8% 4% 2% 2%

2%

2%1% 1% 1%

2%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1st Spring 2nd Spring 3rd Spring 4th Spring 5th Spring 6th Spring

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Graduated Retained TransferredFall 1997 UG Regular

41.9%41.4%41.7%44.2%

53.7%

87.5%

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SUCCESS RATE OF FALL 1997 COHORT DURING 6 YEARS FOLLOWING ENTRY:

UNIVERSITIES FULL-TIME

0% 2% 5%13%

37%

47%

93%

67%55%

43%

18%

6%

3%

2%2%

1% 2%

3%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1st Spring 2nd Spring 3rd Spring 4th Spring 5th Spring 6th Spring

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Graduated Retained Transferred

Fall 1997 UG Regular

62.1% 57.7% 55.5% 54.6%

71.6%

95.8%

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INCREASING RETENTION & SUCCESS RATES AFTER TWO YEARS:

COLLEGES FULL-TIME

24.2% 25.1% 23.1% 23.2% 23.0%

27.2% 27.8% 29.1% 30.4% 31.7%

2.3% 2.5% 2.7% 2.9%2.4%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Fall 1997 Fall 1998 Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Fall 2001

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Graduated Retained TransferredUG Regular – Five Cohorts Rate at Second Spring

53.7% 55.1% 54.8% 56.3% 57.6%

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INCREASING RETENTION & SUCCESS RATES AFTER TWO YEARS:

UNIVERSITIES FULL-TIME

2.4% 1.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%

66.7% 68.0% 69.6% 69.0% 69.1%

2.9% 2.6% 3.2% 3.7%2.5%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Fall 1997 Fall 1998 Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Fall 2001

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Graduated Retained TransferredUG Regular – Five Cohorts Rate at Second Spring

71.6% 72.1% 72.4% 72.4% 73.2%

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SUBSTANTIAL UNKNOWN RACE-ETHNICITY

White 18,088 88%

Students of Color

2,104 10%

Non-Resident 362 2%

Total FT UG Regular = 28,427 in Fall 2001

Unknown 7,873 28%

Known Race-

Ethnicity 20,554 72%

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STUDENTS OF COLOR

American Indian 318

15%

Asian 611 29%

Black or African

American 864 41%

Hispanic 311 15%

Total FT UG Regular Students of Color = 2,104 in Fall 2001

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SUCCESS RATES VARY BY RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP

COLLEGE FULL-TIME

23.0%12.3% 12.0% 7.1%

18.3%27.2%

16.6%

31.7%

27.5%

46.3%

36.4%

31.3%

31.6%

29.1%

3.0%

1.8%

5.1%4.4%

2.6%

3.5%

2.9%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Total Am.Indian

Asian Black Hispanic White Unknown

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Graduated Retained TransferredFall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring

57.6%

42.8%

60.1%

54.0%

61.3%

48.5% 49.2%

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SUCCESS RATES VARY BY RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP

COLLEGE PART-TIME

5.0%0.6% 3.4% 2.7% 3.0%

6.7%3.0%

23.5%

18.8%

30.6% 30.1% 31.0%27.1%

14.5%

5.6%

2.2% 3.0% 1.5% 2.4%

3.5%

2.8%

0%

20%

40%

Total Am.Indian

Asian Black Hispanic White Unknown

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Graduated Retained TransferredFall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring

31.4%

25.0%

36.1% 35.5% 36.2%35.8%

21.1%

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SUCCESS RATES VARY BY RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP UNIVERSITY FULL-TIME

0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.5%

69.1%57.1%

65.2% 60.3%66.1% 70.6% 67.0%

4.1%

3.6%2.7%

1.7%3.5% 4.1%3.7%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Total Am.Indian

Asian Black Hispanic White Unknown

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Graduated Retained TransferredFall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring

73.2%

61.2%

68.8% 67.8%74.5%

63.0%71.7%

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ONE-QUARTER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME

LOW INCOME = PELL GRANT

College-Low Income 7,226 19%

College-Not Low Income 17,009 45%

University-Low Income

2,915 8%

University-Not Low Income

10,666 28%

Total FT Entering Students = 37,816 in Fall 2001

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SUCCESS RATES BY INCOME CATEGORY

COLLEGE FULL-TIME & PART-TIME

23.0% 21.9% 23.6%

5.0% 5.4% 5.0%

31.7% 32.5% 31.3%

23.5%

36.9%

21.2%

2.7% 3.0%

2.8%

2.8%

2.8%

2.9%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Total-FT LowIncome-FT

Not LowIncome-FT

Total-PT LowIncome-PT

Not LowIncome-PT

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Graduated Retained Transferred

Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring

57.6% 57.1% 57.8%

45.1%

29.0%31.4%

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SYSTEM GRADUATION RATES ARE HIGHER THAN THOSE OF

SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS

32.1%

41.3%

24.4%

38.9%

0%

20%

40%

Public Two-Year Colleges Public Four-Year Universities

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Minnesota U.S.IPEDS 2001 Graduation rates

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NEXT STEPS

• Develop contextual data for similar institutions on retention rates

• Measure 1C3: Cumulative Debt Burden of Graduates

• Measure 5B: Course Transfer