Transcript College Connection Liberty Hill Independent School District January 22, 2007 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Strategic Plan “Closing the Gaps” Overview.

College Connection
Liberty Hill Independent School District
January 22, 2007
Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board’s
Strategic Plan
“Closing the Gaps”
Overview
Closing the Gaps in
Participation
• Closing the Gaps warns that if more
Texans do not receive college degrees
by 2030, the State could lose up to
$40 billion in annual household income.
• The goal is to increase student enrollment
in higher education by 630,000 by 2015.
• Most students will elect to start at a
community college.
• Austin Community College expects
15,000 more students by 2015.
Education Beyond High School
Increases earning potential and
employment opportunities
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College Connection
Overview
Improving High School to
College Transitions
• Create an expectation that “College
is in everyone’s future.”
• Increase percentage of high school
seniors who enter college after
high school graduation.
Austin Community College Service Area
College Transition Rates
Texas High School Graduates from FY 2005
Enrolled in Texas Higher Education Fall 2005
School District
Austin
Total High
School
Graduates
Students
Enrolled in
Texas
Universities
Students
Enrolled in
Texas 2-year
Colleges
Students Not
Located in
Texas Higher
Education *
3,732
1040
28%
687
18%
2,005
54%
Bastrop
446
105
24%
102
23%
239
54%
Blanco
63
18
29%
14
22%
31
49%
360
57
16%
67
19%
236
66%
Dripping Springs
234
114
49%
54
23%
66
28%
Eanes
576
256
44%
53
9%
267
46%
Elgin
211
58
27%
42
20%
111
53%
Fredericksburg
228
90
39%
30
13%
108
47%
Coupland**
Del Valle
Doss**
*Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas colleges or universities in the year immediately following
graduation, as well as students who were enrolled out-of-state.
**Districts with less than 25 graduates are not included in this report.
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1161.PDF
Austin Community College Service Area
College Transition Rates
Texas High School Graduates from FY 2005
Enrolled in Texas Higher Education Fall 2005
School District
Georgetown
Total High
School
Graduates
Students
Enrolled in
Texas
Universities
Students
Enrolled in
Texas 2-year
Colleges
Students Not
Located in
Texas Higher
Education *
530
189
36%
95
18%
246
46%
33
17
51%
4
12%
12
36%
Hays
531
164
31%
77
15%
290
55%
Jarrell
38
10
26%
10
26%
18
47%
Johnson City
58
23
40%
9
16%
26
45%
Lago Vista
65
21
32%
8
12%
36
55%
Lake Travis
320
150
47%
54
17%
116
36%
1,016
312
31%
282
28%
422
42%
Liberty Hill
138
42
30%
30
22%
66
48%
Lockhart
241
66
27%
28
12%
147
61%
Harper
Leander
*Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas colleges or universities in the year immediately following
graduation, as well as students who were enrolled out-of-state.
**Districts with less than 25 graduates are not included in this report.
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1161.PDF
Austin Community College Service Area
College Transition Rates
Texas High School Graduates from FY 2005
Enrolled in Texas Higher Education Fall 2005
School District
Total High
School
Graduates
Students
Enrolled in
Texas
Universities
Students
Enrolled in
Texas 2-year
Colleges
Students Not
Located in
Texas Higher
Education *
Luling
81
17
21%
7
9%
57
70%
Manor
140
27
19%
26
19%
87
62%
59
10
17%
13
22%
36
61%
940
334
36%
202
21%
404
43%
2,202
747
34%
398
18%
1,057
48%
San Marcos
400
102
26%
64
16%
234
59%
Smithville
105
25
24%
24
23%
56
53%
Wimberley
160
65
41%
34
21%
61
38%
12,907
4,059
31%
2,414
19%
6,434
50%
McDade**
Nixon-Smiley
Pflugerville
Prairie Lea**
Round Rock
Total
*Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas colleges or universities in the year immediately following
graduation, as well as students who were enrolled out-of-state.
**Districts with less than 25 graduates are not included in this report.
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1161.PDF
College Connection Program
• Many high school students find the college
enrollment process intimidating.
• Austin Community College provides hands-on,
one-on-one support to assist every student
through each step of the college admissions
process.
• During graduation ceremonies, high school
graduating seniors receive acceptance letters to
Austin Community College.
Students Receive Services
at the High School:
Required
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Admission application
ASSET or COMPASS
Pre-advising
Academic advising
Graduation letter
Recommended
• Senior
presentation
• Financial aid
application
Optional
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Student life info
Teleconference
Campus tours
Registration
Other
School Districts Participating in the
College Connection Program
2003-2004 (Year 1)
2004-2005 (Year 2)
2005-2006 (Year 3)
2006-2007 (Year 4)
San Marcos CISD
Austin ISD
Austin ISD
Bastrop ISD
Bastrop ISD
Del Valle ISD
Del Valle ISD
Leander ISD
Hays CISD
San Marcos CISD
Leander ISD
Austin ISD
Blanco ISD
Bastrop ISD
Del Valle ISD
Elgin ISD
Fredricksburg ISD
Harper ISD
Hays CISD
Jarrell ISD
Johnson City ISD
Lago Vista ISD
Leander ISD
Liberty Hill ISD
Lockhart ISD
Luling ISD
Manor ISD
Nixon-Smiley CISD
Pflugerville ISD
Prairie Lea ISD
Round Rock ISD
San Marcos CISD
Smithville ISD
Manor ISD
Pflugerville ISD
San Marcos CISD
“Attaining advanced levels
of education for
disadvantaged students
cannot be done without
developing a college-going
culture in every middle
school and high school in
the state of Texas...then
suddenly, (going to college)
changes from being a
possibility to an
expectation.”
Raymund Paredes
Commissioner, Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board
January 6, 2005
“The state must look for successful
programs with statewide potential, such as
ACC’s College Connection program, in
which seniors in participating high schools
are given help with financial aid forms and
required to fill out applications.”
Raymond Paredes
State Higher Education Commissioner
Austin American Statesman, April 16, 2006
College Connection Program
National Acclaim & Recognition
Program Recognition
• THECB Star
Award
• Excelencia in
Education
Award
Award Recipient
• Bellwether
Award
November 2006
Semi-Finalist
October 2006
Finalist
December 2006
The College Connection
Web Site
www.austincc.edu/isd
• Information for parents
• Information for students
• Information for school district personnel
• Calendars
• Links to pertinent Austin Community College sites
Austin Community College welcomes
Liberty Hill ISD into the
College Connection Program
Mary Hensley
Austin Community College
Vice President College Support
Systems and ISD Relations
5930 Middle Fiskville Road
Austin, TX 78754
Office: (512) 223-7618
Fax: (512) 223-7895
[email protected]
For a copy of this presentation:
www.austincc.edu/isd/liberty_hill_isd/
012207BoardPresentation.ppt