databases for studies in student mobility

Databases for Studies in Student Mobility

Where are the Opportunities for Inter-Provincial Collaboration?

2018 PCCAT Conference

June 20, 2018

Anna Tikina, Research OfficerRobert Adamoski, Director

OUTLINE

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

• Three methodologies using:• System data

• Institutional data

• Hybrid data

• Possibilities for Interprovincial studies

System Data

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

21 Public PSIs

4 Research Universities

Central Data Warehouse

Student Transitions

Project

Student Transitions Project Mobility Research

BC Headset (Aggregate

only)

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

Findings:

54,000 + mobilestudents

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

45% of bachelor grads attend more than one institution

57% completed in the region where they graduated high school

Findings:

Institutional data

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

21 Public PSIs

4 Research Universities

Transfer Student Profile and Performance Report

Central Data Warehouse

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

Findings:

Hybrid Data

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

21 Public PSIs

4 Research Universities

Central Data Warehouse

Student Transitions

Project

BC Headset (Aggregate

only)

Credits to Completion Report

Receivers

Senders

Findings

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

Non-Transfer

Transfer

Inter-Provincial Mobility Studies:Opportunities and Options

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

• PCCAT Interprovincial Mobility Report (Institutional data)

• BC Central Data Warehouse credit mobility research (System data)

• BC Student Outcomes Survey research (System data)

• BC Student Financial Aid project (System data)

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

“…(N)o further widespread research based on survey data should be done in the near future …because of difficulties in collecting adequate data.”

Institutional DataPCCAT Mobility Research

System Data

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

21 Public PSIs

4 Research Universities

Credit Mobility Research

Central Data Warehouse

Findings

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer Source: AEST, CDW Fall 2017

• 350,000+ credits assessed per year

• 13,000-15,000 students/year have credits assessed

• ~70% first-year courses

• ~45% assigned credit + 10% block transfer

• Senders: 40% CDW, 17% RIUs, 10% non-BC, some private (and 30% unknown)

355,199 362,034344,134

354,849 347,550

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AY 2011-12 AY 2012-13 AY 2013-14 AY 2014-15 AY 2015-16

Number of Transfer Credits Received by CDW PSIs in AY 2015/16 by Sending Province

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

215,65162,587

28,99924,260

4,0403,0742,7841,9281,6641,04171656818354

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Findings:

Incoming Credits by Province and CIP

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer Source: AEST, CDW Fall 2017

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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AB

QC

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NFL

NB

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Arts and Sciences

Business and Management

Education

Engineering and AppliedSciences

Health

Human and Social Services

Visual and Performing Arts

Findings:

System data: Outcomes Survey Data

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

*21 Public PSIs

4 Research Universities

Certificate, Diploma, Associate

Degree Grads

Baccalaureate Grads

Trades Grads

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

Tikina (2016) Are Former B.C. Post-Secondary Students Moving To Alberta? Tracking Employment Mobility with BC Student Outcomes Surveys, BC Student Outcomes Research Forum.

Findings:

System data

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

21 Public PSIs

4 Research Universities

Student Financial Aid Data

BC SFA

Findings:

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

• Immediate transition rate for BC Gr 12 graduates was 51%. At minimum, an additional 2% enrolled immediately in a BC private post-secondary, and 3% outside of BC.

• Students who delayed transitioning, and those with lower GPAs, were more likely to enroll in BC private PSIs.

• Students identified as ”gifted” had the highest transition rates to non-BC institutions.

• Some regions with lower transition rates to BC PSIs showed higher non-BC transition rates.

• Among those BC graduates who enrolled outside of BC, 20% enrolled outside of Canada, 32% in Alberta, 31% in Ontario, 10% in Quebec and 7% in other provinces.

Final thoughts

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer

• Demonstrate benefits of system data for participating institutions

• Share broadly• Get everyone on-board• Integrate into regular submission schedule

• Pursue and share research based fully or partially on institutional data – at least as an interim step

• Institutions and provincial CATs know most about incoming students. We all need to partner to get the full mobility picture.

THANK YOU!

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer