Complete Tennessee advocates for students and communities by supporting increased postsecondary access and completion.

Every Tennessean has the opportunity to earn a postsecondary degree that leads to increased economic mobility, community engagement and quality of life.

Tennessee reaches at least 55 percent postsecondary attainment by 2025.

VISION

MISSION

GOAL

Equity. Innovation. Outcomes. VALUES

ATTAINMENTQuality of Life

College CompletionJobs

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COLLEGE COMPLETION

Higher Graduation RatesClosing Equity Gaps

Labor Alignment

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A VIEW FROM MANY WINDOW PANES

• Affordability• Supports for Low-Income and

Underrepresented Students• Community Engagement• Policy & Practice• Employer Engagement• Leadership & Culture

Notable & Emerging Best Practices

• Review of High-Performing Institutions• Analysis of the Georgia State Model

• Sam Gutter, Director of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness, State Collaborative on Reforming Education: SCORE

• Overview of the Tennessee Education Equity Coalition• Alexza Barajas Clark, Ph.D., Research & Communications Manager,

Conexión Américas• Bryce Warden, Policy & Research Fellow, Conexión Américas

Top Performing Universities

Institution Location Enrollment Retention 6-Year Grad Rate

African-American Grad Rate

Hispanic Grad Rate

White Grad Rate

Pell Grad Rate

Arizona State University-Tempe Tempe, AZ 42,477 86% 67% 58% 63% 68% 62%

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32,933 93% 80% 78% 79% 81% 75%

Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 25,228 83% 53% 57% 51% 51% 52%

University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 55,723 89% 69% 68% 68% 70% 65%

The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 40,168 95% 81% 71% 72% 85% 73%

TN 4-year Institutions Tennessee 172,025 73% 51% 42% 50% 55% 45%

Top Performing Community Colleges

Institution Location Enrollment Retention Transfer out-rate

3-Year Grad Rate

African-American Grad Rate

Hispanic Grad Rate

Pell Grad Rate

Broward Community College

Fort Lauderdale, FL 43,700 Not

Reported* 8% 30% 21% 34% 28%

Miami Dade College Miami, FL 55,206 Not Reported* 3% 30% 22% 31% 27%

Odessa College Odessa, TX 6,134 51% 17% 28% 24% 26% 33%San Diego City College San Diego, CA 16,726 64% 7% 21% 15% 18% 19%

Stella and Charles Guttman Community College

New York, NY 995 70% 17% 44% 53% 38% 46%

TN Community Colleges Tennessee 86,681 55% 13% 20% 9% 20% 16%

Controlling for Other Factors

• Income

• Race/Ethnicity

• Age

• College Preparedness

Analysis of the Georgia State Model

• Undergraduate enrollment is diverse with a minority-majority – 40 percent of students are white, and 60 percent are students of color.3

• Predictive analytics software uses data to identify at-risk students and supports the university in matching students with appropriate academic interventions and student support services.

• Additional online and virtual systems are used to efficiently and effectively communicate with students including “Pounce” – an online virtual assistant that assists students through the admissions process.

• Graduates more black students with bachelor’s degrees than any other schools in the U.S. including HBCUs

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Tennessee Education Equity Coalition

• Ensure access to rigorous curricula, early postsecondary opportunities, and effective, high-quality school personnel for underserved students in high school.

• Report data in a clear, transparent, accessible way. Ensure student data is disaggregated by subgroups.

• Pursue and promote access to institutions of higher education by reducing financial barriers for underserved students.

• Create diverse and inclusive college environments by ensuring campuses take action to reduce isolation and provide targeted academic and social supports.

• Invest in high-quality postsecondary correctional education.

Increasing Postsecondary Opportunity for the Incarcerated

Tennessean

Bryce WardenPolicy & Research FellowConexión Américas

Source: ACS 5-Year Estimates; TDOC Annual Statistical Reports, 2016-17

1.8%

0.8%

Source: TDOC

Source: TDOCAbout 1 in 2 formerly incarcerated persons in Tennessee will recidivate.

OverviewHistory• 1960s - 1994

• Pell GrantNational Overview

• Pell Grant Experimental SitesState

1. Including the Incarcerated Tennessean2. Easing the Taxpayer Burden3. Benefitting Postsecondary Institutions4. Improving Local Communities

Questions?

Source: TDOC

Tennessee spends an estimated 2.5 times more per incarcerated

Tennessean than K-12 and postsecondary education

combined.

Source: TEEC Analysis of Budget Summaries, 2014-15 to 2016-17

College Enrollment in State Facilities, 2016-17 Fiscal YearINSTITUTION CORRECTIONAL FACILITY STUDENTS SERVED

Adams State UniversityOhio University

Mountaineer Baptist CollegeCovington Presbyterian College

Stratford University

Morgan County Correctional Complex 42

Ashworth College Mark Lutrell Transition Center 2

Ohio State UniversityAshworth College

Blackstone Career InstituteNortheast Correctional Complex 4

Dyersburg State Community College Northwest Correctional Complex 29

*TBD* Riverbend Maximum Security Prison 19

Adams State University South Central Correctional Facility 1

Lipscomb University Tennessee Prison for Women 50

Nashville State Community College Turney Center Industrial Complex 116

Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeTBD West Tennessee State Penitentiary 63

Source: TDOC Annual Statistical Reports, 2016-17