INDIANA’S COLLEGE SUCCESS MENTORING INITIATIVE

Presentation to Indiana Commission for Higher Education

ICSM PROGRAM HISTORY

PROGRAM HISTORY

• 2009: College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) awarded to Indiana (ICHE).

• 2010: • ICHE & IYI developed partnership to oversee the

development & management of mentoring initiative.• High Schools & Mentoring Programs selected through RFP

process.

ICSM PROGRAM COMPONENTS

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

• 21st Century Scholars• Year-round mentoring• Mentoring relationship continues past high school

graduation• Intensive mentoring focused on college success

- Mentor/staff training - Programming- College visits

ICSM PROGRAM PARTNERS

MENTORING PARTNERS

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana (Fort Wayne)

• Communities In Schools of Lake County (East Chicago)• Project Leadership (Marion)• Southwest Indiana College Access Network – SICAN

(Evansville)• Starfish Initiative (Indianapolis)• Urban Reach (Gary)• YMCA of Greater Indianapolis (Indianapolis)

HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERS

• Benjamin Bosse High School (Evansville)• East Chicago Central High School (East Chicago)• Fall Creek Academy (Indianapolis)• Heritage High School (Fort Wayne)• Leo High School (Fort Wayne)• Marion High School (Marion)• New Haven High School (Fort Wayne)• Pike High School (Indianapolis)• University Heights Preparatory Academy (Indianapolis)• Woodlan High School (Fort Wayne)• 21st Century Charter School of Gary (Gary)

ICSM PROGRAM DATA

• 85% of ICSM class of 2012 students enrolled in postsecondary – 80% right out of HS

• 71% of ICSM class of 2013 students enrolled in postsecondary – 67% right out of HS

• 65% of ICSM class of 2014 students enrolled in postsecondary right out of HS

Class of 2012 Class of 2013 Class of 20140.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

80.3%

67.3% 65.3%

2.8%

4.0%

0.01484.5%

71.3%

65.3%

ICSM Student Postsecondary Enrollment

1 Yr Post HS 2 Yrs Post HS 3 Yrs Post HS

The majority of ICSM students who enrolled in postsecondary did so right out of high school:

Class of 2012 Class of 20130.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%80.3%

67.3%65.9% 64.6%

78.1% 76.0%

63.0% 60.8%

80.6%74.4%

Students Enrolling in Postsecondary Immediately After High School

ICSM students State average ALL 21st century scholars (statewide)ICSM schools 21st Century Scholars in ICSM schools

• More students in the class of 2012 enrolled than all comparison groups, except for 21st century scholars in ICSM schools

• More students in the class of 2013 enrolled than the state average and graduates of ICSM-participating schools, but fewer enrolled than all 21st century scholars and scholars in ICSM-participating schools

When looking at postsecondary enrollment IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:

Academic Year# of Students

Enrolling% Enrolled in

Indiana% Enrolled 4-

year institution% Enrolled 2-

year institution% Enrolled Full

Time% Enrolled Part

Time2012-2013 57 98% 70% 30% 84% 14%2013-2014 70 97% 70% 30% 81% 19%2014-2015 54 96% 63% 35% 67% 13%ALL 181 97% 68% 32% 78% 16%

• The majority (97%) enrolled in Indiana• 87% enrolled in an Indiana public• 9% enrolled in an Indiana private (non-profit)• 1% enrolled in an Indiana for-profit

• 68% enrolled in a four-year institution

• 78% enrolled full time

For students enrolling in postsecondary, in their first year of enrollment:

ICSM Student Persistence (2013 and 2014 entry cohorts)Academic Year of

EntryPersisted

Year Two Year Three2012-2013 84.3% 49.2%2013-2014 67.1% n/a

ALL 74.8% 49.2%

• 84% of ICSM students who entered in 2013 persisted to 2014. Comparatively:• 69% of all students entering

in 2013 persisted to 2014• 78% of scholars entering in

2013 persisted to 2014

• 67% of ICSM students who entered in 2014 persisted to 2015

• However, only 49% of ICSM scholars who entered in 2013 persisted to 2015 (comparison data not yet available) Year 1 to 2 persistence

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%84.3%

69.4%

78.0%

ICSM students (enter-ing 2013)

All students (entering 2013)

All scholars (entering 2013)

When looking at student persistence data:

PANEL DISCUSSION