Community College 101: Community College 101: An Iowa Perspective An Iowa Perspective Presentation at the Family Literacy RFP Workshop The Hotel at Gateway Center Ames, Iowa Frankie Santos Laanan Principal Investigator Iowa State University May 23, 2005
Community College 101: An Iowa Perspective. Presentation at the Family Literacy RFP Workshop The Hotel at Gateway Center Ames, Iowa Frankie Santos Laanan Principal Investigator Iowa State University May 23, 2005. Acknowledgements. Guest Speakers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Community College Community College 101:101:
An Iowa Perspective An Iowa Perspective
Presentation at the Family Literacy RFP WorkshopThe Hotel at Gateway Center
Ames, Iowa
Frankie Santos LaananPrincipal InvestigatorIowa State University
May 23, 2005
AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
Guest Speakers Iowa Department of Education,
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation
Workshop Participants ISU Research Team
ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership
Iowa State UniversityIowa State UniversityResearch TeamResearch Team
Frankie Santos Laanan, Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor ([email protected])
totals 302,994, having decreased approximately 13% from FY01 to FY04.
Part of this decrease is due to changes in reporting requirements that were implemented during FY04.
Total contact hours decreased 25% from FY01 to FY04. Part of this decrease is also due to changes in reporting requirements implemented in FY04.
ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership
Iowa Community CollegesCondition of Community Colleges: 2004
Highlights
Non-Credit Enrollments The largest enrollment type in non-credit are in
the “Enhance Employability/Academic Success” (EE) area.
“Enhance Employability” is defined as the intent and content of courses which are designed for the specific purposes of upgrading the skills of persons presently employed and retraining persons for employment.
“Academic Success” is defined as the advancement of a person’s knowledge in traditional educational studies.
ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership
Iowa Community CollegesCondition of Community Colleges: 2004
Highlights
Adult Literacy Program 76% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was
to obtain employment achieved that objective. 88% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was
to retrain employment achieved that objective. 74% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was
to obtain a GED or adult secondary school diploma achieved that objective.
46% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was to enter postsecondary education or training achieved that goal.
ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership
Iowa Community CollegesCondition of Community Colleges: 2004
Highlights
Adult Literacy Program The most significant educational benchmark gains were
observed for the English-as-a Second Language instructional program.
90% educational gains benchmarks met or exceeded the negotiated benchmark levels.
90% of Iowa’s adult basic education learners are between the ages of 16-44 (17% between 16-18; 32% between 19-24; and 41% between 25-44)
Adult literacy program enrollment by gender is 47% male. Minority populations represented 45% of the total served
in Iowa’s adult basic education program.
ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership
Iowa Community CollegeIowa Community CollegeMinority Enrollment Minority Enrollment
Fiscal Year 2001-2004Fiscal Year 2001-2004
Black enrollment Black enrollment is the largest is the largest minority group minority group as well as the as well as the fastest growing.fastest growing.
Hispanic Hispanic enrollment has enrollment has surpassed the surpassed the Asian enrollment Asian enrollment during the during the period shown.period shown.
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
2001 2002 2003 2004
Fiscal Year
En
rollm
en
t
American Indian Asian Black Hispanic
Iowa Community CollegesIowa Community CollegesUnduplicated Non-Credit EnrollmentUnduplicated Non-Credit Enrollment
Fiscal Years 2001-2004Fiscal Years 2001-2004
Unduplicated Unduplicated Non-Credit Non-Credit Enrollments Enrollments continue to continue to decline.decline.
Note: New Fiscal Year 2004 Note: New Fiscal Year 2004 Reporting Requirements Reporting Requirements instituted the exclusion of instituted the exclusion of ineligible programs such ineligible programs such as: conferences, special as: conferences, special events, testing, and staff events, testing, and staff developmentdevelopment
347,578
331,948326,334
302,994
280,000
290,000
300,000
310,000
320,000
330,000
340,000
350,000
360,000
2001 2002 2003 2004
Fiscal Year
Un
du
plic
ate
d N
on
-Cre
dit
E
nro
llme
nt
Iowa Community CollegesIowa Community CollegesDuplicated Non-Credit EnrollmentDuplicated Non-Credit Enrollment
Fiscal Years 2001-2004Fiscal Years 2001-2004
Duplicated Duplicated Non-Credit Non-Credit Enrollments Enrollments continue to continue to decline.decline.
Note: New Fiscal Year Note: New Fiscal Year 2004 Reporting 2004 Reporting Requirements Requirements instituted the instituted the exclusion of ineligible exclusion of ineligible programs such as: programs such as: conferences, special conferences, special events, testing, and events, testing, and staff developmentstaff development
684,853672,910
653,974
575,637
520,000
540,000
560,000
580,000
600,000
620,000
640,000
660,000
680,000
700,000
2001 2002 2003 2004
Fiscal Year
Du
plic
ate
d N
on
-Cre
dit
E
nro
llme
nt
Iowa Community CollegesIowa Community Colleges
“The mission of Iowa’s System of Community Colleges in the 21st
Century is to provide a world-class educational and community services to meet the needs of the people of Iowa.”
Source: Shaping the Future: A Five-Year Plan for Iowa’s System of Community Colleges, 2001.