Transcript CCS Institutional Research Decision

Collaboration, Partnerships, and Data Sharing in Action
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Project Background
Current Status
Nuts & Bolts
Where we’re headed
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CCS has largest CC service area in WA:
 12,302 square miles – six counties
 Largely rural
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Initially, collaborative project between CCS IR
and CCS Outreach offices
Simple Concept:
 High schools in WA don’t have access to high-quality,
targeted data on their students after they leave
 We can provide our feeder HSs with data:
 Reports
 Specific research projects
 Two-way data-sharing
 Do it at no cost to high schools
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Planned Benefits:
 High schools & colleges will know more about their
students they serve
 Helps identify barriers to college matriculation &
success
 Permits additional ways for high schools to assess
their programs
 Opens lines of communication between k-12 and
college educators
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Proof-of-concept
study – Fall 2010
High schools
included:
• 3 urban
• 10 rural
Community
colleges included:
• Spokane
• Spokane Falls
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Summer 2010:
 established data sharing agreements
 Collected basic demographic data on HS students –
10-year history
(e.g., last year in HS, sex, race, HS GPA)
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Fall and Winter 2010:
 Tracked HS students through NSC Student Tracker
 Tracked HS students in CCS student records for their
1st year
 Created reports for each district and one aggregate
 Outreach presented reports to high schools
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Type of Higher Ed. Institution First Attended
Aggregated for All Cohort Years
and All Districts
34.2%
38.5%
2yr Public
4yr Private
20.3%
6.9%
4yr Public
Didn't Attend College
 N of over 8400 students in aggregate
 Of students who attend college, over half attend a CC as first choice
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Type of Higher Ed. Institution First Attended
By Type of College and HS GPA Groups
• College attendance
increases with HS
GPA
Aggregated for All Cohort Years and All Districts
100%
90%
79.7%
80%
70.5%
70%
57.5%
60%
50%
41.9%
40%
• The lower the HS
GPA, the higher the
likelihood of
attending a CC.
• Surprise: Even with
HS GPA as high as
3.49, majority
choose CC first.
31.9%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0.00-1.99
2.00-2.49
2.50-2.99
3.00-3.49
3.50-4.00
HS Grade Point Average Groups
2yr Public
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% of GPA Group Attending College
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Percentage of HS GPA Groups who Apply For
and Receive Financial Aid
Percentage of GPA Group Cohort
Fall Starts Aggregated for All Cohort Years and All Districts
100.0%
80.0%
60.0%
40.0%
20.0%
0.0%
0.00-1.99
2.00-2.49
2.50-2.99
3.00-3.49
• 60-70% of aggregate apply for aid
• Slightly higher with higher GPA
• About 85% of applicants received
aid of some kind.
• Lower HS GPA receive slightly
more Pell & Need Grants.
3.50-4.00
High School GPA Groups
Received Aid of Some Kind
Received State Need Grant
Received Pell Grant
Applied For Aid
• Rural school, small sample (n≈50)
• Different trends
• May inform advising practices at
the high school
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 a, i, and n are urban districts, the rest are rural
 What are e and m doing that the rest aren’t?
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Spring & Summer 2011:
 Expanded collaboration to include Rural Alliance for
College Success
 College Spark-funded alliance of 35 rural districts in
eastern Washington
(http://ruralallianceforcollegesuccess.org)
 Awarded 3-year College Spark Grant and 1-year
Washington STEM Grant
 Add IT hardware and personnel
 Hold two regional conferences per year to share results
and inform the next round of report development.
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Preparing a more comprehensive report (v 2.0)
Project expansion
 Enlist additional HS districts – currently at 25
 Establish collaboration with other WA CCs.
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Developing STEM data collection methodology
Preparing for first conference – Nov 9
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FERPA issues?
Data sharing agreements
 Simple
 Negotiated
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HS Data submission template
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Goal—By the end of 2014, cover all of eastern
and central Washington:
 Incorporate 6 of the 7 community college data sets
 Expand school district participation throughout region
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ERDC P-20 data set
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Official Web Site: www.ccs.spokane.edu/STIP
College Spark Washington www.collegespark.org
Washington STEM www.washingtonstem.org
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Contacts:
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 Community College of Spokane  College Success Foundation
Travis Merrigan
Mark Macias
[email protected]
509-434-5240
 Trina Miller
[email protected]
206-724-7731
[email protected]
509-434-5160
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