Complete Tennessee advocates for students and communities by supporting increased postsecondary access and completion.
Every Tennessean has the opportunity to earn a postsecondary degree that leads to increased economic mobility, community engagement and quality of life.
Tennessee reaches at least 55 percent postsecondary attainment by 2025.
VISION
MISSION
GOAL
Equity. Innovation. Outcomes. VALUES
ATTAINMENTQuality of Life
College CompletionJobs
Lumina Foundation, A Stronger Nation
COLLEGE COMPLETION
Higher Graduation RatesClosing Equity Gaps
Labor Alignment
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A VIEW FROM MANY WINDOW PANES
• Affordability• Supports for Low-Income and
Underrepresented Students• Community Engagement• Policy & Practice• Employer Engagement• Leadership & Culture
Notable & Emerging Best Practices
• Review of High-Performing Institutions• Analysis of the Georgia State Model
• Sam Gutter, Director of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness, State Collaborative on Reforming Education: SCORE
• Overview of the Tennessee Education Equity Coalition• Alexza Barajas Clark, Ph.D., Research & Communications Manager,
Conexión Américas• Bryce Warden, Policy & Research Fellow, Conexión Américas
Top Performing Universities
Institution Location Enrollment Retention 6-Year Grad Rate
African-American Grad Rate
Hispanic Grad Rate
White Grad Rate
Pell Grad Rate
Arizona State University-Tempe Tempe, AZ 42,477 86% 67% 58% 63% 68% 62%
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32,933 93% 80% 78% 79% 81% 75%
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 25,228 83% 53% 57% 51% 51% 52%
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 55,723 89% 69% 68% 68% 70% 65%
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 40,168 95% 81% 71% 72% 85% 73%
TN 4-year Institutions Tennessee 172,025 73% 51% 42% 50% 55% 45%
Top Performing Community Colleges
Institution Location Enrollment Retention Transfer out-rate
3-Year Grad Rate
African-American Grad Rate
Hispanic Grad Rate
Pell Grad Rate
Broward Community College
Fort Lauderdale, FL 43,700 Not
Reported* 8% 30% 21% 34% 28%
Miami Dade College Miami, FL 55,206 Not Reported* 3% 30% 22% 31% 27%
Odessa College Odessa, TX 6,134 51% 17% 28% 24% 26% 33%San Diego City College San Diego, CA 16,726 64% 7% 21% 15% 18% 19%
Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
New York, NY 995 70% 17% 44% 53% 38% 46%
TN Community Colleges Tennessee 86,681 55% 13% 20% 9% 20% 16%
Controlling for Other Factors
• Income
• Race/Ethnicity
• Age
• College Preparedness
Analysis of the Georgia State Model
• Undergraduate enrollment is diverse with a minority-majority – 40 percent of students are white, and 60 percent are students of color.3
• Predictive analytics software uses data to identify at-risk students and supports the university in matching students with appropriate academic interventions and student support services.
• Additional online and virtual systems are used to efficiently and effectively communicate with students including “Pounce” – an online virtual assistant that assists students through the admissions process.
• Graduates more black students with bachelor’s degrees than any other schools in the U.S. including HBCUs
Please join Tennessee SCORE at the Omni Nashville Hotel for this exciting event.
Registration will open at 8:00 am, and the event will begin at 9:00 am.
Register at TNScore.org
Tennessee Education Equity Coalition
• Ensure access to rigorous curricula, early postsecondary opportunities, and effective, high-quality school personnel for underserved students in high school.
• Report data in a clear, transparent, accessible way. Ensure student data is disaggregated by subgroups.
• Pursue and promote access to institutions of higher education by reducing financial barriers for underserved students.
• Create diverse and inclusive college environments by ensuring campuses take action to reduce isolation and provide targeted academic and social supports.
• Invest in high-quality postsecondary correctional education.
Increasing Postsecondary Opportunity for the Incarcerated
Tennessean
Bryce WardenPolicy & Research FellowConexión Américas
Source: ACS 5-Year Estimates; TDOC Annual Statistical Reports, 2016-17
1.8%
0.8%
Source: TDOC
Source: TDOCAbout 1 in 2 formerly incarcerated persons in Tennessee will recidivate.
OverviewHistory• 1960s - 1994
• Pell GrantNational Overview
• Pell Grant Experimental SitesState
1. Including the Incarcerated Tennessean2. Easing the Taxpayer Burden3. Benefitting Postsecondary Institutions4. Improving Local Communities
Questions?
Source: TDOC
Tennessee spends an estimated 2.5 times more per incarcerated
Tennessean than K-12 and postsecondary education
combined.
Source: TEEC Analysis of Budget Summaries, 2014-15 to 2016-17
College Enrollment in State Facilities, 2016-17 Fiscal YearINSTITUTION CORRECTIONAL FACILITY STUDENTS SERVED
Adams State UniversityOhio University
Mountaineer Baptist CollegeCovington Presbyterian College
Stratford University
Morgan County Correctional Complex 42
Ashworth College Mark Lutrell Transition Center 2
Ohio State UniversityAshworth College
Blackstone Career InstituteNortheast Correctional Complex 4
Dyersburg State Community College Northwest Correctional Complex 29
*TBD* Riverbend Maximum Security Prison 19
Adams State University South Central Correctional Facility 1
Lipscomb University Tennessee Prison for Women 50
Nashville State Community College Turney Center Industrial Complex 116
Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeTBD West Tennessee State Penitentiary 63
Source: TDOC Annual Statistical Reports, 2016-17