Tracking Transfer Student Progress Alice van Ommeren Senior Researcher California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Christine Keller Director of Research/VSA Executive Director Association of Public & Land-grant Universities Martha Ellis Associate Vice Chancellor Community College Partnerships University of Texas System
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Tracking Transfer Student Progress
Alice van OmmerenSenior Researcher
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
Christine KellerDirector of Research/VSA Executive Director
Association of Public & Land-grant Universities
Martha Ellis Associate Vice Chancellor Community College Partnerships
University of Texas System
Focus of Presentation
Tracking the progress and success of students who transfer to a 4-year institution to earn a
bachelor’s degree.
“Tracking Facts”
Over 60% of 4-year college graduates attend more than one institution
Community colleges seen as access point and pathway to a bachelor’s degree – but transfer rates are low
No standard, agreed upon way to track the progress and success of transfer students
Larger Context and Relevance
Obama administration goal of “highest degree attainment in the world” within a decade 870,000 to 1.06 million more degrees
70% of high school students enroll in college, half leave with a degree
Transfer rates from community colleges to universities very low
To increase degree attainment must know more about progress of transfer students
California Community Colleges
Alice van OmmerenResearch & Planning
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
CCC Transfer Tracking System
110 colleges, 72 districts, 2.5 million studentsStudent, course and faculty/staff dataColleges submit end of term, since 1993-94Student identifiers allow for matching
CCC CSU/UC National Student Clearinghouse
Transfer Matching
California Community Colleges• Vertical transfers• First-time freshmen
CSU/UC match• Public system transfer
NSC match• Private system transfers (non- and for-profits)• Out-of-State transfers (public and private
Transfer System Metrics
Metric #1 - Volume of Transfers “How many students with at least 12 units
transferred in year X from CCC’s to four-year institutions?”
Metric # 2 -Transfer Rates “Of students with behavioral intent to
transfer who started in Year X, what % of them eventually transferred in X number of years?”
Volume of Transfers
Segments Approximate California State University ~ 48,000 (51%)University of California ~ 13,000 (14%)Non-Profit Private 4-year ~ 14,000 (15%)For-Profit Private 4-Year ~ 12,000 (13%)Out-of-State (Public) ~ 7,000 (8%)
Top For-Profit Transfer Schools
Frequency Percent
University of Phoenix 8,868 73.5%
DeVry University California 855 7.1%
ITT Technical Institute 786 6.5% Academy of Art University 544 4.5% Ashford University 397 3.3% Argosy University 155 1.3% Capella University 116 1.0% Grand Canyon University 116 1.0% Walden University 76 0.6% Strayer University 74 0.6%
Who goes where?
CSU UCNon
ProfitFor
Profit
White47.9
%43.0
%55.8% 41.0%
Black/Afr Am 5.7% 3.3% 9.5% 16.3%
Hispanic26.9
%16.2
%21.3% 30.1%
Asian19.5
%37.5
%13.4% 12.6%
Transfer Rate
Transfer Rate DefinitionBehavioral intent - 12 units &
attempted transfer Math or EnglishTime to transfer - 6 years (10 is
better)
Transfer Rate ResultsAverage Statewide - 42%Highest College - 58%Lowest College - 13%
Focus Groups with successful community college transfer studentsCredit hours upon transfer Hours lost upon
transfer
Demographics:50 %male/female 46% 1st Generation 47%Hispanic, 38% White, 7% African American, 7% Asian59% 18-24 yrs of age 41% 25 yrs and older
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Percentage Of students
8-29 sch
30-59 sch
60-66 sch
67-77 sch
78-125 sch
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60%
Percentage of students
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Transfer Students Speak
Students say: Advising is lacking at both cc and university Academically well prepared by cc for university Customer service needs to be improved in student
services Must be highly self motivated to navigate the system
Recommendations: Use transfer students as ambassadors, Provide better information and utilize technology Eliminate competitive attitudes between institutions
Policy changes
Accountability report includes transfer enrollments and graduation www.utsystem.edu/OSM/accountability/2008/homepage.htm
Associate Vice Chancellor for Community College Partnerships
Statewide initiative with UTS, Texas A&M University, and Texas Association of Community Colleges
Student unit tracking dataComprehensive transfer action plans that
include sharing of student dataConsistent information about state policies
for core curriculum Competition for students based on current
funding model and therefore reluctance to share information
Definitions and tracking beyond 1 year for GPA
Christine KellerDirector of Research and Policy Analysis
Executive Director, Voluntary System of AccountabilityAssociation of Public and Land-grant Universities
National Examples
Other Measures of Student Progress
Success & Progress Rate Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data
Time-to-Degree APLU/Sloan Foundation Grant National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data
Community College Transfer Survey The Consortium for Student Retention Data
Exchange (CSRDE) - University of Oklahoma
3,300 postsecondary institutions
92% of U.S. enrollment - 16.4 million students
86 million current and historical records
70% of degrees awarded in the U.S.
StudentTracker provides mechanism to combine institution data with NSC data for variety of analyses and tracking
Overview of NSC Database
Developed as alternative to IPEDS graduation rate
Focuses on student success in higher education system
VSA Success & Progress Rate
Tracks student progress across 2-year and 4-year institutions using NSC data
New cohort query available to all Student Tracker users
Pilot project by APLU and NSC, funded by Sloan Foundation
Test common method for calculating undergraduate time-to-degree using days enrolled
Combines NSC and institution data
Benefits: comprehensive, comparable
Time-to-Degree
Percent Time at Home Institutionby Admit Status
Admit Status N Time Period
Home Institution
(mean)
All Institutions
(mean)
% Time at Home Institution
Full-timeFirst-timeStudents
4148 YearsTermsDays
4.59.4
1042.8
4.910.2
1134.0
92%
Transfer Students
1918 YearsTermsDays
3.57.0
792.7
5.712.0
1345.5
59%
Transfer Students: Days at Home Institution and Other Institutions
954 718 869
488 428 580
792
538
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Research Midwest East Southeast
Other
Home
TTD by Admit Status & Pell Grant
1,103
973
1,1891,222
1078
1,225
900
1,000
1,100
1,200
1,300
Pell No Pell
ResearchEastSoutheast
Freshmen
1,259
1,116
1,4161,479
1,248
1,518
900
1,000
1,100
1,200
1,300
1,400
1,500
1,600
Pell No Pell
ResearchEastSoutheast
Transfers
Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) - University of
Oklahoma
Voluntary data exchange among 500+ two-year and four-year institutions
Comparative benchmarking data on retention and graduation by cohort 2-year cohorts: first-time full-time; first-time
part-time 4 year cohorts: first-time full-time; first-time
full-time STEM, community college transfersCommunity College Transfer Survey tracks
full- and part-time cohorts with over 30 credit hours
Graduation Rates by Race/EthnicityFall 2000-2006 Cohorts
Hayes, R. (ED). (2009) CSRDE Community College Transfer Report: The Retention and Graduation Rates of 2000-07 Community College Transfer Cohorts in 113 College and Universities
Two-Year Three-Year Four-Year
(2000-06) (2000-05) (2000-04)
Black 16.3% 38.0% 49.2%
Hispanic 21.0% 48.2% 60.2%
Asian 20.3% 48.8% 61.2%
White 22.4% 50.5% 62.2%
113 four-year institutions
Questions?
Concurrent Session 1:
Follow up: Tracking Student Progress
Advarado F
Alice van OmmerenCalifornia Community College Chancellor’s [email protected]
Christine KellerAPLU Director of ResearchVSA Executive [email protected]
Martha Ellis Associate Vice Chancellor Community College [email protected]