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Rob Johnstone, 8/4/03

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Section 1 Foothill Fall 2002

Headcount Segmentation

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1.1 Foothill Headcount Segmentation

• Starting 2002F Credit Students Headcount = 18,896– Note: Total Undup Headcount = 19,524 – 628 students took Non-

Credit courses only

• Segment 1: PE and Fine Arts Courses Only– N = 4,736, or 25% of overall

• Fine Arts Only = 14% of overall• PE Only = 11% of overall

– Remaining Headcount = 14,160 (75% of overall) - took courses not exclusively in PE and Fine Arts

• Segment 2: Students Taking Single Course, not PE or FA – N = 5,884, or 31% of overall

• See 2.6 for chart giving divisions of single course takers

– Remaining Headcount = 8,276 (44% of overall) – taking multiple courses, not just in PE and Fine Arts

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• Segment 3: Multiple Course Takers, Not PE or FA Only, AA & Above and Special Admit– N = 2,406, or 13% of overall

• BA/BS+ = 8% of overall

• AA/AS = 2% of overall

• Special Admit = 1% of overall

• Unrecorded Educ Status = 1% of overall

– Remaining Headcount = 5,870 (31% of overall), HS/HS Equivalent students taking multiple courses not exclusively in Fine Arts/PE

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• Segment 4: Multiple Course Takers, Not PE or FA Only, HS/HS Equivalent, Taking 1+ Pre-Collegiate Courses– Pre-Collegiate Courses defined as:

• English 100,110,108,205,215

• ESL 130s,140s,150s,160s,025

• Math 250-200-101-105

– N = 1,397, or 7% of overall• PC English Only = 218, or 1% of overall

• PC ESL Only = 504, or 3% of overall

• PC Math Only = 329, or 2% of overall

• Multiple PC Courses = 326, or 2% of overall

– Remaining Headcount = 4,473 (24% of overall), HS/HS Equivalent students taking multiple courses not exclusively in Fine Arts/PE and no Pre-Collegiate courses

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• Segment 5: SAM Code/Occupational Status Breakdown of HS/HS Equivalent Students taking Multiple Courses not solely in PE and/or FA, and not in Basic Skills– SAM Codes are a state definition for the occupational/vocational

level of a given course:• A = Apprenticeship (APRT 125, APRT 123)• B = Advanced Occupational (ACTG 001C, CAST 052B)• C = Clearly Occupational (BUSI 022, CIS 052b2)• D = Possibly Occupational (PHOT 001, MUS 010)• E = Non-Occupational (ENG 1A, MUS 8, MATH 105)

– N=4,473 HS/HS Equiv students taking multiple courses (non BS):• Highest SAM Code was A: 543 (3% of overall)• Highest SAM Code was B: 80 (<1% of overall)• Highest SAM Code was C: 1,296 (7% of overall)• Highest SAM Code was D: 325 (2% of overall)• Highest SAM Code was E: 2,229 (12% of overall)

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1.5 Foothill Headcount Segmentation Summary

• Starting 2002F Credit Students Headcount = 18,896• Segment 1: PE and Fine Arts Courses Only

– N = 4,736, or 25% of overall

• Segment 2: Students Taking Single Course, not PE or FA – N = 5,884, or 31% of overall

• Segment 3: Multiple Course Takers, Not PE or FA Only, AA & Above and Special Admit– N = 2,406, or 13% of overall

• Segment 4: Multiple Course Takers, Not PE or FA Only, HS/HS Equivalent, Taking 1+ Basic Skills Courses– N = 1,397, or 7% of overall

• Segment 5: Multiple Course Takers, Not PE or FA Only, HS/HS Equivalent, Not Taking Any B.Skills Courses– N = 4,473, or 24% of overall

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Section 2Foothill Success Rate

Segmentation

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2.1 Foothill Success Rate, 2002S-2003W

• Overall Success Rate = 84% – Based on 123,615 course enrollments.

– Success is defined as a grade of A, B, C, or P.– Withdrawals are included as non-successes.

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• Step 1 – Analyze and remove Human Performance and Performing Arts enrollments – PA Rate – 100%

– HP Rate– 93%

– All Others Rate – 81% (N=100,815)

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• Step 2 – Analyze and remove AA/AS, BA/BS+, and Special Admit – BA/BS+ Rate – 87%

– AA/AS Rate – 86%

– Special Admit Rate – 81%

– HS/HS Equiv Rate – 79% (N=63,298)

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• Step 3 – Analyze and remove Basic Skills courses– Basic Skills Course Rate – 75%

– All Others Rate – 79% (N=57,261)

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• Step 4 – Analyze and remove by SAM Code– SAM Code A (Apprenticeship) Rate – 95%

– SAM Code B (Advanced Occupational) Rate – 83%

– SAM Code C (Clearly Occupational) Rate – 81%

– SAM Code D (Possibly Occupational) Rate – 79%

– SAM Code E (Not Occupational) Rate – 78% (N=40,857)

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• Step 5 – Analyze and remove Non-transferable and CSU-Only transferable courses– Non-Transferable Rate – 84%

– CSU Only Rate- 89%

– UC-Transferable Rate – 75% (N=30,734)

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• Step 6 – Analyze UC Transferable courses, non-occupational, non-basic skills, non HP/PA, taken by HS/HS equiv students, BY district and/citizenship.– Non US Citizens – 80%

• N=9,415

– US Citizens, Non-FHDA District of Residence – 73%• N=3,403

– US Citizens, FHDA District of Residence – 73%• N=17,745

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