Transcript College Connection Austin Community College Foundation Board Annual Meeting September 26, 2006 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Strategic Plan “Closing the Gaps” Overview.

College Connection
Austin Community College
Foundation Board
Annual Meeting
September 26, 2006
Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board’s
Strategic Plan
“Closing the Gaps”
Overview
Closing the Gaps
• 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 - Goals
• 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%
McDade**
Nixon Smiley
Pflugerville
Prairie Lea**
Round Rock
Total
12,907
4,059
31%
2,414
19%
6,434
50%
*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
Excuses For Not
Continuing Your Education
No one in my family has ever gone to college.
I’ve been in school for 12 years. That’s enough! I just want a good job.
I can’t afford it.
I don’t know what I want to do with my life.
College is too hard.
I won’t fit in.
I don’t know how to apply or where I want to go.
Source: Adapted from The College Board’s “Seven Excuses
Not to Go to College and Why They’re Lame”
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.
College Connection
Students Receive On-Campus Activities:
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Access to college and help getting started
Student life information
Admission application
ACC Video Teleconference
Financial aid application
ASSET assessment
Tour of Austin Community College campus(es)
Pre-Advising (ACC 101)
Advising
Acceptance letter to ACC at graduation
Registration for ACC classes
Red=Required
Blue=Recommended
Black=Optional
School Districts Participating in the
College Connection Program
2003-2004 (Year 1)
2004-2005 (Year 2)
2005-2006 (Year 3)
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
Manor ISD
Pflugerville ISD
San Marcos CISD
2006-2007 (Year 4)
Austin ISD
Bastrop ISD
Del Valle ISD
Elgin ISD
Hays CISD
Jarrell ISD
Leander ISD
Lockhart ISD
Luling ISD
Manor ISD
Pflugerville ISD
Prairie Lea ISD
Round Rock ISD
San Marcos CISD
Smithville ISD
School Districts Participating in the
College Connection Program 2006-2007
School
District
Number of
High Schools
Number of
Seniors
Austin ISD
12
4,200
Bastrop ISD
1
560
Del Valle ISD
2
367
Elgin ISD
2
234
Hays CISD
3
665
Jarrell ISD
1
60
Leander ISD
4
1,386
Lockhart ISD
2
376
Luling ISD
1
124
Manor ISD
2
226
Pflugerville ISD
2
436
Prairie Lea ISD
1
20
Round Rock ISD
5
2,597
San Marcos CISD
2
484
Smithville ISD
1
115
41
11,850
Total
College Connection
Participation Data
2004-05
College Connection
Participants 2004-05
School
Districts
Austin ISD
Bastrop ISD
Del Valle ISD
Leander ISD
San Marcos CISD
Total
# of Students
Participating
3,161
405
326
923
448
5,263
College Connection Participants
by Gender, 2004-05
Female
(2,565)
51%
Unknown
(101)
2%
Male
(2,369)
47%
College Connection Participants
by Race/Ethnicity, 2004-2005
Hispanic
(1,920)
38%
African-American
(596)
12%
Anglo
(2,152)
43%
Other
(367)
7%
College Connection
Enrollments Into ACC
Fall 2005
College Connection Enrollment
into ACC, Fall 2005
School
Districts
# of Students
Enrolling
Austin ISD
697
Bastrop ISD
Del Valle ISD
Leander ISD
San Marcos CISD
68
61
234
49
Total
1,109
College Connection Enrollment
into ACC by Gender, Fall 2005
Female
(603)
54%
Male
(506)
46%
College Connection Enrollment
by Race/Ethnicity, Fall 2005
Hispanic
(434)
39%
African-American
(115)
10%
Anglo
(501)
46%
Other
(59)
5%
College Connection
Declared ACC Majors,
Fall 2005
Total
Students*
1105
Academic
Workforce
787
318
* 4 student’s data is unknown
College Connection
Top 10 Majors, Fall 2005
Program of Study
Number of
Students
General Studies
278
Undeclared-Intend to Transfer
83
Business Administration
45
Art
34
Pre-Nursing
34
Pre-Medical
33
Early Childhood Education
32
Engineering General
25
Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement
22
Psychology
20
The Austin Community College
College Connection Program Works!
District
San Marcos
Austin
Bastrop
Del Valle
Leander
Students Not
Located in Texas
Higher Education
Fall 20031
273
2,155
286
293
444
66%
56%
69%
77%
48%
Students Not
Located in Texas
Higher Education
Fall 20042
219
2,066
234
312
459
55%
56%
57%
80%
48%
Students Not
Located in Texas
Higher Education
Fall 20053
234
2,005
239
236
422
Blue=Year after College Connection started
1-Source: http://www.txhighereddata.org/Reports/PDF/0961.pdf
2-Source: http://www.txhighereddata.org/Reports/PDF/0963.pdf
3-Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1161.PDF
59%
54%
54%
66%
42%
% Increase of
Students
Located in
Higher
Education
7%
2%
15 %
11 %
6%
College Connection Results
for ACC, Fall 2005
• Positive effect on fall enrollments
• 37.6% increase in enrollment from College Connection High
Schools from Fall ’04 to Fall ’05
• Positive effect on Early College Start enrollments
• 25.6% increase in enrollment from Fall ’04 to Fall ’05
• Positive effect on Tech Prep enrollments
• 714% increase in number of students receiving Tech Prep credit
from Fall ’04 to Fall ’05
College
Connection
Expansion
College Connection
Related Initiatives
• Mini-College Connection
for Adult Education
• College Connection Scholarships
• $20,000 – Matching Funds
Other Community
Colleges Adopting College
Connection Program
• Currently
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Coastal Bend Community College
Del Mar Community College
Houston Community College
Temple Community College
Victoria Community College
• Beginning Fall 2006
• Central Texas College
• Odessa College
“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
College
Connection
Scholarships
2006 College Connection
Scholarship Recipients
• 11 Scholarships Awarded
• $500 per semester for four semesters
• 5=Austin ISD
• 1 each=Bastrop, Del Valle, Hays, Leander,
Pflugerville, and San Marcos
2006 College Connection
Scholarship Recipients
• Student Majors
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Automotive Technology
General Studies
Jewelry
Music
Pharmacy Tech
Pre-nursing (2)
Pre-dental
Pre-veterinary
3-D Animation
Undeclared
2006 College Connection
Scholarship Fundraising
• Money raised :
• ACC/AFT Silent Auction
$1,525
• Adjunct Faculty Silent Auction $3,036
• Direct Contributions
• Photo Contest
• Raffle at General Assembly
• Santa Photo
• Total Gifts and Pledges
$5,018
$230
$1,001
$440
$11,250
College
Connection
Awards
ACC’s College Connection
Program Recognitions
• Excelencia in Education
• Washington, D.C.
• Semi-Finalist, National Excelencia in Education
Award
• Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board
• State Finalist (1 of 8), STAR Award
• Winners to be announced at a November 6th
ceremony at the Governing Board Conference in
Austin.
College
Connection Web
Site
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
Mary Hensley, Ed.D.
Austin Community College
Vice President College Support
Systems and ISD Relations
5930 Middle Fiskville Road
Austin, TX 78754
(512) 223-7618
(512) 223-7895 (fax)
[email protected]
For a copy of this
presentation:
www.austincc.edu/isd/foundation/
092606Presentation.ppt