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Today’s Goals
• Level-set college completion challenges
• Provide an overview of the ASAP program,
its impact and replication at 3 colleges
• Share what led 2 funders, a college, and the
Ohio Board of Regents to join the project
• Explore community-based collaboration
opportunities to increase college completion
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Postsecondary Attainment in Ohio
• 37.5 percent of Ohio adults currently
have an associate degree or higher
• 64 percent of Ohio jobs will require
postsecondary education by 2025
• Ohio needs an additional 1.2 million
residents to earn postsecondary credentials
above and beyond current attainment rates
by 2025 3
Question
• How many additional Ohioans
have postsecondary credentials
if we maintain the current:
• High school graduation rate
• College entrance rates
• % of adults pursuing college
• College completion rates
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Ohio College Completion
• Ohio public universities
− 58% of students who were under 25 when they
started earned any certificate or degree within
6 years
− 27% of students who were older than 25 when
they started earned any certificate or degree
within 6 years
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Six year cohort for students starting in 2008
Ohio College Completion
• Ohio community colleges
− 24% of students who were under 25 when they
started earned any certificate or degree within
6 years
− 18% of students who were older than 25 when
they started earned any certificate or degree
within 6 years
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Six year cohort for students starting in 2008
State of Ohio College Completion
Efforts
• Performance-Based Funding
• Campus Completion Plans
• Student Success Initiatives
Accelerated Study in Associate
Programs
• Designed to help more low-income
community college students not only
graduate, but graduate sooner
• Combines many existing student supports
into a comprehensive, integrated program
• No change to the curriculum or the way
courses are taught
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CUNY’s ASAP Model
Student Responsibility
• Enroll Full-time
• Take Dev. Ed. Early
• Graduate in 3 Years
Financial Supports
• Tuition Waiver
• MetroCards
• Textbooks
Student Services
• Advising
• Tutoring
• Career Services
Course Enrollment
• ASAP Seminar
• Block-Schedule
• Early Registration
Source: MDRC
ASAP’s Impact at CUNY
• Boosted enrollment rates
• Increased credits earned
• Nearly doubled 3-year graduation rates
• Increased transfers to four-year colleges
• Lowered the cost per degree
ASAP Replication in Ohio
• Location:
– Lorain County Community College
– Cuyahoga Community College District
– Cincinnati State Technical
and Community College
• Time Period:
– Students enrolling for the 2015-2016
academic year will be followed for 3 years
ASAP Replication in Ohio
• Partners:
– 3 colleges
– MDRC CUNY
– Ohio Board of Regents
• Funders:
– Great Lakes
– Consortium of Ohio-based funders
– National education funders
Amy Kerwin
Vice President
Great Lakes Higher Education
Guaranty Corporation
akerwin@glhec.org
Contact us
Helen Mattheis
Program Director
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
mattheish@gcfdn.org
Anne Foster
Senior Director
Cincinnati State Technical
and Community College
anne.foster@cincinnatistate.edu
Brett Visger
Associate Vice Chancellor
Ohio Board of Regents
bvisger@regents.state.oh.us
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