PathwaytoCollegeCompletionthroughDualEnrollment

atSouthTexasCollegeandMonroeCountyCommunityCollege

2014ACCTLeadership CongressOctober22‐ 25,2014

Chicago,IL

IntroductionSouthTexasCollegePresenters

•Mr.PaulR.Rodriguez• BoardofTrustee,Secretary

• Dr.ShirleyA.Reed• President,SouthTexasCollege

• Dr.AnahidPetrosian• InterimVicePresidentforAcademicAffairs

• BriefHistory• AchievementsandAccomplishments• OverviewofDualEnrollmentInitiatives• PathwaytoCollegeCompletionthroughDualEnrollment

Outline

BriefHistoryoftheCollege

Presenter:PaulR.RodriguezBoardofTrustee,Secretary

Located in Deep South Texas

LegislativelycreatedinSeptember1993toserveover678,000peoplewithoutaccesstoacommunitycollege

Formulatedasaneconomicdevelopment strategy

CommunityvotedtoapproveataxingdistrictforoperationoftheCollegeand$118.7millioninconstructionbonds(2001) In2014,communityvotedtoapprove$159milliondollarstoexpandclassrooms,STEMlabs,Nursing&AlliedHealthtrainingfacilities,andstudentsupportarea

Six Campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley

StudentEnrollmentHistoryFall1993toFall2014

1st inthestateofTexasand 2ndintheNation forHispanicstudentenrollment 4th intheNation forAwardingAssociateDegreesto

Hispanics 47th inAssociateDegreesAwarded Highest graduationrateofthetenlargestcommunity

collegesinTexas OneofthreeCommunityCollegesinTexasSACS

Accreditedtoofferappliedbachelordegrees

SouthTexasCollegeisRanked

2009LEADERCOLLEGEDESIGNATION

2012LEAHMEYERAUSTINAWARD

FINALIST:2013STUDENTSUCCESSEXCELLENCEAWARD

WINNEROFTHE2012M.DALEENSIGNTRUSTEELEADERSHIPAWARD

Awarded a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Title V, $2.5 Million Grant

OverviewofSouthTexasCollegeDualEnrollmentInitiativesPresenter: Dr.ShirleyA.Reed,President

InvestmentinDualEnrollment

BoardPolicy#3235‐Enactedin2000TuitionandFeeswaivedforDualEnrollmentstudents

SouthTexasCollegehasservedover85,000studentssince2003– tuitionfree.SavingfamiliesinSouthTexasover$85million.

HistoricalDualEnrollmentHeadcountFallSemester1997‐2014

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2000

4000

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10000

12000

14000

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

8 214 4411,199

3,795

7,373

12,505DualEnrollmentHeadcount

Dual Count Unduplicated by Term

Spring 2000, STC Board Policy

# 3235 enacted

• STChasthelargest DualEnrollmentProgramintheStateofTexas• Serving two counties(HidalgoandStarr)• 23SchoolDistricts• 70 HighSchoolsites• Over12,500 Students• Over 1,500 Sections• Over480 faculty

STCDualEnrollmentProgram

• DualEnrollmentProgram• Over12,500 students

• MiddleCollegeAcademies• 6 Academies(STEMandCTE)

• EarlyCollegeHighSchools• 26 ECHS• Over10,000 studentsinthepipeline

• HighSchoolRecoveryProgram• Over4,000graduatessince2007

• 9thGradeInitiatives• TexPREP Program

• Rising7th ‐ 10th gradestudents

DualEnrollmentInitiatives

ImpactofDualEnrollmentProgram

• Accelerates theCollegeReadinessofHighSchoolStudents• BecomeCollegeReadyEarly• Receivewaivedtuitionandfeesforcollegecourses• Becomebetteracclimatedtotherigorofcollegeclasses

• Experiencethecollege‐goingculture• Outperforminguniversitystudentswithoutpriordualenrollment

SouthTexasCollegeStudentSuccessData

Presenter:Dr.AnahidPetrosianInterimVicePresidentforAcademicAffairs

WorkforceCertificatesStackableCredentials

• Since2010,STChasdevelopedworkforcecertificatesbasedonindustryneeds.

• Theseworkforcecertificateshavebecomepartofthestackablecredentialsthatdualenrollmentstudentscanearnwhiletheyarestillinhighschool.

HighSchoolGraduateswithCertificates2010‐2014

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400

600

800

1000

1200

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

110188

416

610

1,038

Number of Certificates

MiddleCollege(Academies)EarlyCollegeHighSchools

MiddleCollegeAcademiesEnrollment&Graduates2011‐2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2011 2012 2013 2014

116 113

154 143

87

105 104 108

Enrollment Graduates

Designed for High Achieving 11th and 12th high school students in the following areas: Medical, Engineering, Computer Science, and Criminal Justice. 

EarlyCollegeHighSchoolGrowth2006‐2014

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2006 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014

1 1 1 1 1 1

4 4 4 4 4

1 1 1 1

3 3 3

6 6

11

2006 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014

Total 26

Total 15

Total 9

Total 6Total 5

Total 1

EarlyCollegeHighSchoolsAssociateDegreeGraduates2011‐2014

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2011 2012 2013 2014

37

362

508

755

28

201242

334

High School Diploma Associate Degree

• The chart below indicates the number of high school seniors who earned high school Diploma  and an Associate Degree from South Texas College.

GraduateswithAssociateDegreesEarlyCollegeHighSchools&Academies2010‐2014

* Number of Associates Degrees as of August 2014

050100150200250300350400450

2011 2012 2013 2014

28

201242

334

87

105104

108

Early College High School (ECHS) Dual Enrollment Academies

Total442Total

346Total306

Total115

2018

1,500

PROJECTED

ECHS

ECHSSuccessesAcademicYear2013‐2014

25

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100

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HighSchoolSeniors

HighSchoolDiploma

12 credit 30 credit 45 credit Associate

# of Students 764 755 734 558 340 334Percentage 99% 97% 74% 45% 44%

764 755 734

558

340334

On average 44% of ECHS Graduates Earned an Associate Degree from STC.  The national average is 30% (Jobs for the Future, 2013). Among 8 ECHS with graduates the percentage ranged from 15% to 72%

ProgramQuality&StudentSuccessOriginalResearch(2013‐2014)

• Gradecomparison• Onaveragedualenrollmentstudentshad17.4%highersuccessrates(A,B,C)comparedtotraditionalSTCstudents.

• PerformancebyFaculty• StudentsuccessratesinDualandTraditionalcoursestaughtbythesamefaculty• Overall,dualstudentssuccessratewas14%higher thantraditionalstudents

• Studentsuccessinhighenrolleddualcourses• Overall,in13highenrolleddualcourses,studentsuccessratesfordualstudentswashigherthanSTCtraditionalstudentsregardlessofthefacultytype.

StrongPerformanceuponTransfer toUniversityofTexas‐PanAmerican(UTPA)ComparisonofstudentsatUTPAwithpriordualenrollmentfromSTC,ascomparedtostudentsatUTPAwithnopriordualenrollment:

• Retention18%higher1styear• CumulativeGPA.75pointhigher• 4yeargraduationrate24%higher• 6yeargraduationrate30%higher

www.southtexascollege.eduContactInformationDr.AnahidPetrosianInterimVicePresidentforAcademicAffairs(956)872‐ 8339anahid@southtexascollege.edu