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Colorado College Completion
Bruce Vandal, Vice PresidentComplete College America
Too few students graduate — even when they have twice as much time
1-year certificate within 2 years 2-year associate within 4 years
4-year bachelor’s within 8 years
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Colorado Graduation Rates (200% time)
(2006 cohort)
Full Time Part Time
1 Year Certificates (2 years) 33.4% 7.6%Associate Degrees (4 years) 18.6% 5.7%Bachelor’s Degree Flagship Universities (8 years)
63.4% 26.6%
All other Four Year Institutions (8 years)
33.1% 12.5%
Nontraditional students are the new majority.
75% of students are college commuters, often juggling families, jobs, and school.
25% of students attend full-time at residential colleges.
75%
25%
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Understanding the Barriers to Completion
Part time students rarely earn a credential
Students take too long and too many credits to graduate
Long remedial education sequences for a majority of students end college before it begins
Part-Time Students Rarely Earn a College Credential . . .
1-year certificate within 2 years 2-year associate within 4 years
4-year bachelor’s within 8 years
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… and most students take too much time to earn a degree.
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Colorado Time to Degree (years)(2006 cohort)
Full Time Part TimeOne Year Certificate
2.7 3.9
Associate Degree 3.1 5.0Flagship Universities
3.9 4.9
Other Four-Year Colleges
4.1 5.6
Students are wasting time (and money) on excess credits …
75%
25%
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Colorado Credits to Degree(2006 cohort)
Full Time Part Time
One Year Certificates (30 credits) 71 67
Associate Degree (60 credits) 88 86
Flagship Universities (120 credits) 135 138
All Other Four Year Colleges (120 credits)
138 137
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Too many entering freshmen need remediation.
51.7%of those entering a 2-year college enrolled in remediation
19.9%of those entering a 4-year college enrolled in remediation
Source: Fall 2006 cohorts
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Most remedial students don’t make it through college-level gateway courses.
Source: Fall 2006 cohorts
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Most remedial students never graduate.
Source: Completion data: fall 2006 cohorts; graduation data: 2-year, fall 2004 cohorts; 4-year, fall 2002 cohorts
College success for Remedial Students (200% time)
Full Time Part TimeCertificate 10.7% DK2-year colleges 12% 4%Flagship Universities
60.6% DK
Other 4-year colleges
28.1% DK
Game Changer #1
Deliver remedial instruction for gateway college-level course content — as a co-requisite, not a pre-requisite.
Single Semester Co-Requisite One-Year Course Pathway Embedded or Parallel Remediation in
Career Technical Programs
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Single Semester Co-Requisite Model
Traditional- DSPM 0800
Traditional – DSPM 0850
Traditional College Ready
Redesign
Math Thought and Practice
11.6% 43.5% 85% 76.3%
Fundamentals of Statistics
7.5% 28.8% 56.2% 61.2%
Austin Peay’s Structured Assistance Program
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Embedded Remediation
Washington I-BEST Model Integrate ELL and Adult Basic Skills
Instruction into career certificate courses
I-BEST students 50% more likely to complete a certificate than traditional students
Expansion to degree programs
Game Changer #2
Deliver college placement exams in high school
Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness Test
California Early Assessment Program Common Core College and Career
Readiness Standard
Game Changer #3
Use dual enrollment/dual credit strategies during the senior year for gateway math and English courses College ready students – enroll in college-
level courses Students below college-level take full year
gateway course – with academic support
