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Welcome

Bob King

President

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

Personal Reflection

What is your role in helping students succeed?

Institution Mission

State Strategic Agenda

Performance Funding

Student Success

Strategic Agenda: Student Success Goals

• Persistence and timely completion for all students at all levels.

• Number of KCTCS students who complete certificate/associate degree programs and transfer to a four-year university.

• Academic excellence through improvements in teaching and learning.

Performance Funding

Distribution of Allocable Funds

35% Student Success• Degrees and credentials

awarded.• Degrees per 100 full-time

enrollments.• STEM+H degrees.• Degrees earned by

minority and low-income students.

• Student progression.

35% Course Completion• Based on each institution’s

share of sector total student credit hours earned, weighted to account for cost differences b degree level and academic discipline.

10% Maintenance and Operations• Based on each institution’s

share of square footage dedicated to student learning.

10% Academic Support• Based on each institution’s

share of sector total full-time enrollment.10% Institutional Support

• Based on each institution’s share of sector total instruction and student services spending.

Graduation Rates – Four-Year Universities

48.2% 48.2% 48.9% 49.2% 49.4%

34.8%

34.0%

29.2%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Overall Low-Income URM Underprepared

Source: CPE Comprehensive Database.

Graduation Rates - KCTCS

23.6% 23.6% 23.4% 23.7%

26.6%

24.3%

14.7%

18.1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Overall Low-Income URM Underprepared

Note: KCTCS graduation rate calculations now include diplomas, certificates and associate degrees.Underprepared student rates for years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 unavailable.

Source: CPE Comprehensive Database.

Barriers to Progress

• Of those students who don’t complete.

– Financial issues

– Personal/family crisis

– Emotionally or academically not ready

• Predictability of these conditions.

– UK’s unmet financial need assessment tool

– Berea’s student interview model

How can we amplify our efforts for these at-risk students?

• Commitment of institutional resources– Quality, not quantity.

– Return on investment.

• Once students are admitted, we MUST meet their needs.

• If we KNOW we cannot meet their needs, we may want to reconsider who we recruit to ensure success of all – students and campus.

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