Focus on College Completion

Philanthropy Ohio 2015 Conference

September 17, 2015

Today’s Goals

• Level-set college completion challenges

• Provide an overview of the ASAP program,

its impact and replication at 3 colleges

• Share what led 2 funders, a college, and the

Ohio Board of Regents to join the project

• Explore community-based collaboration

opportunities to increase college completion

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Postsecondary Attainment in Ohio

• 37.5 percent of Ohio adults currently

have an associate degree or higher

• 64 percent of Ohio jobs will require

postsecondary education by 2025

• Ohio needs an additional 1.2 million

residents to earn postsecondary credentials

above and beyond current attainment rates

by 2025 3

Question

• How many additional Ohioans

have postsecondary credentials

if we maintain the current:

• High school graduation rate

• College entrance rates

• % of adults pursuing college

• College completion rates

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Ohio College Completion

• Ohio public universities

− 58% of students who were under 25 when they

started earned any certificate or degree within

6 years

− 27% of students who were older than 25 when

they started earned any certificate or degree

within 6 years

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Six year cohort for students starting in 2008

Ohio College Completion

• Ohio community colleges

− 24% of students who were under 25 when they

started earned any certificate or degree within

6 years

− 18% of students who were older than 25 when

they started earned any certificate or degree

within 6 years

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Six year cohort for students starting in 2008

State of Ohio College Completion

Efforts

• Performance-Based Funding

• Campus Completion Plans

• Student Success Initiatives

Accelerated Study in Associate

Programs

• Designed to help more low-income

community college students not only

graduate, but graduate sooner

• Combines many existing student supports

into a comprehensive, integrated program

• No change to the curriculum or the way

courses are taught

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CUNY’s ASAP Model

Student Responsibility

• Enroll Full-time

• Take Dev. Ed. Early

• Graduate in 3 Years

Financial Supports

• Tuition Waiver

• MetroCards

• Textbooks

Student Services

• Advising

• Tutoring

• Career Services

Course Enrollment

• ASAP Seminar

• Block-Schedule

• Early Registration

Source: MDRC

ASAP’s Impact at CUNY

• Boosted enrollment rates

• Increased credits earned

• Nearly doubled 3-year graduation rates

• Increased transfers to four-year colleges

• Lowered the cost per degree

ASAP Replication in Ohio

• Location:

– Lorain County Community College

– Cuyahoga Community College District

– Cincinnati State Technical

and Community College

• Time Period:

– Students enrolling for the 2015-2016

academic year will be followed for 3 years

ASAP Replication in Ohio

• Partners:

– 3 colleges

– MDRC CUNY

– Ohio Board of Regents

• Funders:

– Great Lakes

– Consortium of Ohio-based funders

– National education funders

Panel Discussion

Breakout Group Discussion

Wrap up

Amy Kerwin

Vice President

Great Lakes Higher Education

Guaranty Corporation

akerwin@glhec.org

Contact us

Helen Mattheis

Program Director

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

mattheish@gcfdn.org

Anne Foster

Senior Director

Cincinnati State Technical

and Community College

anne.foster@cincinnatistate.edu

Brett Visger

Associate Vice Chancellor

Ohio Board of Regents

bvisger@regents.state.oh.us