iowa community college completion initiative

www.cclp.hs.iastate.edu

Community College Leadership ProgramOffice of Community College Research and Policy

Iowa Community College Completion Initiative

Sponsored by Iowa Association of Community College Presidents

Iowa State UniversityCommunity College Leadership Program

May 23, 201210:30am – 11:00am

Special ThanksSession: Proposed Metrics

Part I: The NGA Metrics

Janice Nahra Friedel, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Community College Leadership ProgramIowa State University

Part II: Generating Iowa Community College Statewide and College Data on the NGA Metrics

Vladimir BassisEducational Consultant MIS

Division of Community CollegesIowa Department of Education

Declining State Support for Higher Education

New Hampshire , -39.4%Arizona , -25.1%

Louisiana , -18.5%Colorado , -15.4%

Tennessee, -14.7%Virginia, -14.7%

Washington, -14.5%Oklahoma, -14.5%

Nevada, -14.0%California, -13.5%

Pennsylvania, -13.4%Wisconsin, -13.3%

Wyoming, -12.7%Connecticut, -12.2%

Michigan, -12.2%Florida, -12.0%

Ohio, -11.8%Georgia, -11.5%

South Dakota, -8.7%Oregon, -8.0%

South Carolina, -7.5%New York, -7.1%Missouri, -7.1%

Minnesota, -7.1%Kansas, -7.0%Vermont, -6.4%

Mississippi, -6.3%New Mexico, -5.7%

Massachusetts, -5.3%Alabama, -4.7%

Idaho, -4.1%North Carolina, -3.7%

Montana, -3.5%Kentucky, -3.4%

Iowa, -2.6%New Jersey, -2.5%

Maine, -2.1%Arkansas, -1.3%

Indiana, -1.0%Utah, -0.8%

Nebraska, -0.5%Hawaii, 0.2%Delaware, 0.3%Maryland, 0.6%

West Virginia, 1.7%Texas, 3.1%

Alaska, 3.8%North Dakota, 10.4%

Illinois, 12.1%Rhode Island, 13.1%

• The downturn of the US economy has resulted in large budget cuts to public community colleges

One-Year Percent Changes in State Fiscal Support for Higher Education(FY2011 – FY2012)

Illinois State University for the Study of Education Policy

Grapevine Fiscal Year 2011-12 Data – Updated March 15, 2012.

Table 2 -One-Year (FY11-FY12), Two-Year (FY10-FY12), and Five-Year (FY07-FY12) Percent Changes

in State Fiscal Support for Higher Education, by State and by Source of Fiscal Support


Completion Initiative Workshop

• Limited resources have caused many states to seek greater accountability in exchange for funding

• State higher education policymakers also want to improve student educational outcomes

• The White House wants to produce a workforce that will be able to compete globally


President Obama’s 2020 Goal

Goal

• 10 million more graduates from community colleges, four-year colleges and universities by 2020 (beyond 2+ million expected due to growth)

Goal

• Every American completes one year or more of higher education or advanced training in his/her lifetime

Result

• “Best educated, most competitive workforce in the world”

Higher Education is Imperative

Georgetown UniversityCenter on Education and the Workforce

Help Wanted (2010), p. 14



• Performance funding (PF) is gaining traction as an effective model for prodding institutions to be more effective and efficient

• Performance funding is a method of funding public institutions based on outcomes such as retention, job placement, and degree/certificate completion

• Completion has emerged as the primary performance indicator among many 2-year colleges


http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/scorecard

• President Obama has focused his attention on the "college completion" agenda

College Scorecard


College Scorecard

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/scorecard

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OECD Education at a Glance 2011Indicator A1: To what level have adults studied? Table A1.3a Population with tertiary education (2009)



• By 2018 there will be a shortage of 3 million workers who have associate degrees or higher

• This shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers


• College completion is essential to the nation’s ability to compete in the new millennium


The Completion Arch

http://completionarch.collegeboard.org/preparation

http://completionarch.collegeboard.org/preparation


NGA (2010). Complete to Compete, Common College Completion Metrics. Washington, D.C.: NGA Center for Best Practices.

• The National Governors Association (NGA) launched an initiative to help all states improve performance


Outcome Metrics

The outcome metrics quantify the end-product of the educational process, informing policymakers and the public on how students, institutions, and the state are performing on the goal of increased postsecondary attainment.

NGA College Completion Metrics



Progress Metrics

Progress metrics measure student movement from semester-to-semester and year-to-year toward the completion of an academic program. Such measures help policymakers identify specific challenges and opportunities for improvement in higher education. The measures also enable institutions to target intervention and support services to increase the likelihood of completion.

NGA College Completion Metrics



Context Metrics to Consider

NGA proposes additional context measures to help states analyze and apply the outcome and progress metrics, providing governors and other state leaders with more information on which to base policy decisions.


Context Metrics to Consider

• Enrollment• Completion ratio• Market penetration


Recommendations

1. Formation of a state-wide data metrics team to work with the DE and ISU in refining the definitions, methodologies, and reporting of outcomes.

2. Regular monitoring of performance on the metrics.3. Development of strategies to improve performance

on the metrics.4. Sharing of initiatives that result in improved

performance on the metrics.5. Develop a communications plan to disseminate

positive outcomes.


Sources

• Bess, James L., & Dee, Jay R. “Organizational Learning.” In Bess & Dee, Understanding College and University Organization (Stylus, 2008), vol. 2, chap. 6.

• CollegeBoard. The completion arch: Measuring community college student success. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://completionarch.collegeboard.org/preparation

• Carnevale, A. P., Smith, N., & Strohl, J. Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce. (2010). Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018. Retrieved from website: http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/FullReport.pdf

• Dougherty, Kevin J. & Esther Hong. 2006. “Performance Accountability as Imperfect Panacea: The Community College Experience.” In Thomas Bailey and Vanessa Smith Morest (eds.), Defending the Community College Equity Agenda (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press), pp. 51-86.

• Dougherty, Kevin J. & Rebecca S. Natow. 2009. The Demise of Higher Education Performance Funding Systems in Three States. Working Paper #17. New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=693


Sources • Dougherty, Kevin J., Rebecca S. Natow, & Blanca E. Vega. 2012. Popular but

Unstable: Explaining why state performance funding systems in the United States often do not persist. Teachers College Record 114 (3) (2012).

• Dougherty, Kevin J., Rebecca S. Natow, Rachel Hare Bork, Sosanya M. Jones, & Blanca E. Vega. 2011. The Politics of Performance Funding in Eight States: Origins, Demise, and Change. Final Report to Lumina Foundation. New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=875

• Grapevine. Summary Tables, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://grapevine.illinoisstate.edu/tables/index.htm

• Jenkins, Davis, Todd Ellwein, & Katherine Boswell. 2009. Formative Evaluation of the Student Achievement Initiative “Learning Year.” New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=655

• Kanter, Martha. (2012). An America Built to Last. (powerpoint)


Sources • NGA (2010). Complete to Compete, Common College Completion Metrics.

Washington, D.C.: NGA Center for Best Practices• OECD (2011), Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eag-2011-en• Reyna, Regina. 2010. NGA Center for Best Practices Education Division.

http://www.nga.org/cms/center• Shulock, Nancy & Davis Jenkins. 2011. Performance Incentives to Improve

Community College Completion: Learning from Washington State's Student Achievement Initiative. New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?uid=880

• Snyder, Martha J. 2011. Role of Performance Funding in Higher Education’s Reform Agenda: A Glance at Some State Trends. Washington, DC: HCM Strategists.

Special Thanks

Session: Proposed Metrics

Part II: Generating Iowa Community College Statewide and College Data on the NGA

Metrics

Vladimir BassisEducational Consultant MIS

Division of Community CollegesIowa Department of Education

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