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#SummerFree!
One Strategy toIncrease
Completion
September 2017
#SummerFree!
One Strategy toIncrease
Completion
September 2017
• Designed as a summer Pell Grant alternative.
• Launched in summer 2016 and continued in summer 2017.
• Three primary outcomes:
Increase summer access, due to the elimination of summer Pell Grants.
Enhance student retention and completion.
Expand summer course offerings.
• Current WNCC full- or part-time degree-seeking students.
• Former WNCC students previously enrolled in credit-bearing classes but who did not graduate.
• Current CollegeNOW! (dual-credit) students.
• An earned cumulative 2.0 or higher GPA.
• In good standing with the Business Office.
• Tuition and fees.
• Textbooks are NOT covered.
• A maximum of two (2) classes up to eight (8) credit hours.
• Only classes required for a degree as identified in the Academic/Student Planning Tool or by degree audit.
• Retakes with prior approval.
Budget: $150,000
Implementation Executive Vice President/CAO
Team: Registrar
Director, Student Financial Aid
Director, Institutional Research
Director, Academic Advising
Director, PR & Marketing
Asst. Director, Accounting Services
• News release• Flier• Web page• Social media• Digital campus signage• E-blast to students• Employee e-newsletter
*Reasons why students were not awarded SummerFree scholarship:• Did not meet GPA requirement of cumulative 2.0• Classes did not qualify for student’s program of study• Incomplete application
2016 2017
# of SummerFree Applicants 346 433
# of SummerFree Applications
Completedn/a 368 (85%)
# of SummerFree Participants 271 263
% of Total Summer Enrollment 53% 47%
Yield (Participants/Applicants) 78%* 61%*
% of SummerFree Participants
with 50 or More Credits33% 33%
Total WNCC Summer Enrollment
2015 2016 2017
Headcount 460 514 554
FTE 103.09 103.73 113.88
SummerFree Persistence: Summer to Fall
2016 2017
# of SummerFree Students
Enrolled in Summer271 263
# of SummerFree Students
Continuing to Fall204 213
% of SummerFree Students
Continuing to Fall75% 81%
% of Total Student Population
Continuing Summer to Fall64% 67%
SummerFree Persistence: Spring to Fall
2016 2017
# of SummerFree Students
Enrolled in Spring221 226
# of SummerFree Students
Continuing to Fall176 185
% of SummerFree Students
Continuing to Fall80% 82%
% of Total Student Population
Continuing Spring to Fall61% 69%
SummerFree Students Completing Summer Semester
(with Grade of D or higher)2016 2017
251 (94%) 223 (85%)
SummerFree GPA Distribution
2016 2017
Summer GPA Count Percent Summer GPA Count Percent
4.0 59 21.8% 4.0 52 19.9%
3.0 – 3.99 96 35.4% 3.0-3.99 101 38.7%
2.0 – 2.99 43 15.9% 2.0 – 2.99 46 17.6%
1.0 – 1.99 24 8.9% 1.0 – 1.99 20 7.7%
0.0 – 0.99 23 8.5% 0.0 – 0.99 25 9.6%
Dropped 26 9.6% Dropped 17 6.5%
TOTAL 271 100.0% TOTAL 261* 100.0%
* Waiting for the submission of grades for two students.
SummerFree Graduation Rates
2016 2017
# of SummerFree Students 271 263
# of Graduating Students (from
total population)24 23
# of Graduating SummerFree
Students18 18
% of Total Population 6.6% 6.8%
% of Graduating Students 75% 78%
Summer Course Offerings
2015 2016 2017
40
• 21 online
• 19 classrooms
43
• 21 online
• 22 classrooms
47
• 26 online
• 21 classrooms
Better classroom utilization
Deeper breadth of courses
Culture shift towards strategic course planning
Total SummerFree Scholarship Dollars Awarded
2016 2017
$136,429.27 $147,407.47
• Many students participating in the program had not attended WNCC for several years. This program gave them incentive to move forward.
• More than a few of the students didn’t realize how close they were to actually graduating. Reports of one semester or two or three classes left to complete were common. One student left WNCC in 2006 with only one class left to complete… he graduated in summer 2016!
• Students were able to take additional classes without incurring additional debt. One full-time, non-traditional student’s assessment –“Awesome!”
• Another student taking advantage of the program indicated that he would not have been able to take a prerequisite math class because his Pell Grant had been exhausted.
• Encouraged faculty to review summer course offerings to enhance completion rates.
• Generated excitement in the service area communities.
• Inspired “stop-out” students to return to complete degree.
• Students anticipated the program being offered a second year and sought it out.
• With the return of summer Pell Grants, consider funding other student success initiatives.
• Consider funding students who don’t qualify for a Pell grant or who have exceeded eligibility.
• Continue to strategically plan summer course offerings to enhance student momentum towards completion.
• Potential future research project related to economics of education.
President, WNCC Board of Governors
Julie Walworth, [email protected]
Member, WNCC Board of Governors
Tom Perkins, Ph.D., [email protected]
WNCC President
Todd Holcomb, Ed.D., [email protected]
WNCC Executive Vice President
Kim Kuster Dale, Ph.D., [email protected]