STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCEFEBRUARY 5, 2010

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What is Reaching Higher?• Indiana Commission for Higher Education

Strategic Plan, outlining specific initiatives and recommendations for action in six key areas– College Completion– Affordability– Preparation– Community College– Major Research Universities– Accountability

“To thrive as a state and as individuals, all Hoosiers will need to achieve a depth and breadth of education never seen in the state’s history.”

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Why Should Indiana Care?• As a nation, the US is 10th among industrialized nations in college completion rates, down from

first place.

• Indiana currently ranks 32nd in the nation in the average personal income of its residents—this is a 35-year low against the national average.

• Over the past year, employment declined by at least 5% in all regions of the state.

• Indiana currently ranks 42nd in the nation in the proportion of adults with a postsecondary credential.

• Indiana’s economy depends highly on manufacturing, an industry that is changing rapidly. While Indiana remains the top manufacturing state in the nation, the state has lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the last decade—since 2000, manufacturing jobs have declined 35%.

• Indiana tax revenues declined by approximately 4.8% in FY2009. From July to December 2009, revenue collections were down $723M, or 11.4%, from the same six month period for the previous year.

• Indiana continues to experience skill shortages in critical occupations.

• Increasing national and international competition requires high levels of knowledge and creative thinking, educated risk-taking and entrepreneurial spirit. 75% of the highest-growth, highest-pay jobs over the next decade will require some form of postsecondary credential.

• Quality of life of the state’s communities are tied directly to the strength of education.

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Why Should YOU Care?College Completion

• From 1986 to 2006, Indiana’s high school-to-college-going rate nearly doubled, from 33% to over 63%. But our completion rates have not kept pace. Only 1/3 of our students graduate on time, and nearly 50% don’t graduate at all, and only about 10% of community college students graduate within three years.

• College graduates can expect to earn over $1M over and above what a high school graduate will earn in a lifetime.

• The career options you will have as a college graduate will be far more stable and lucrative than those available to Hoosiers without college credentials.

Affordability• More than half of Indiana’s students exit college with student loan debt. Students who don’t graduate

are 10 times more likely to default on their loans. • Indiana ranks 15th in the nation in student indebtedness at graduation, with average debt of $23,264—

62% of the state’s graduates have debt. • College costs are outpacing inflation, and are especially outpacing growth in personal income and

wages.

Preparation• About ¼ of your classmates needed remediation when they entered college, ranging up to 65% of the

entering class at the community college.

Accountability• As taxpayers, you support Indiana’s public system of higher education to the tune of $1.2B each year.

Between your tuition and fees and the state’s investment, it costs nearly $80,000 a year to produce a degree.

• Increasing competition from graduates from other countries—colleges and universities need to ensure that academic quality remains high despite increasing financial pressures.

MOVING FROM ACCESS TO SUCCESS

Reaching Higher with

COLLEGE COMPLETION

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Results

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In Indiana’s system, only 55% of students

graduate with a four-year degree within six years.

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Results

14.3% of students graduate with a two-year degree within three years.

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The Lumina Foundation’s “Big Goal” indicates that 60% of the nation’s population should have a

postsecondary credential by 2025 for the United States to remain economically competitive.

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Independent Degrees Projected Public Resident Degrees Projected Additional Degrees Needed from All Sectors

Indiana will produce the equivalent of 10,000 additional Hoosier Bachelor’s degrees per year through 2025.

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College Completion Rates: All Students and Low-Income Students

Reaching Higher with College Completion

Indiana ranks below the national average and most Midwestern states in its number of first-year students who return for a second year.

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Reaching Higher Strategies• New funding formula that incents improved

graduation rates and completions.• Increasing admissions requirements at

flagship institutions and Regional Campuses.• Elimination of remediation at all 4-year

institutions.• Improving the “culture of completion” at all

institutions

Making College Affordable

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AFFORDABILITY

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– Baccalaureate Degree Attainment by Age of 24 by Family Income Quartile (2008)

Bottom Quartile 9.5%Second Quartile 15.8%Third Quartile 34.3%Top Quartile 76.6%

College Completion of Low Income Students

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Average College Debt of Graduating StudentsInstitution % Graduating with Debt Average Debt Level

IU-East 80% $20,182

IU-Northwest 68% $23,024

IU-South Bend 68% $20,540

Ball State University 65% $19,827

Indiana State University 64% $20,868

Purdue-North Central 63% $18,937

IU-Kokomo 61% $19,443

IPFW 60% $19,209

IU-Southeast 57% $19,526

IU-Bloomington 56% $19,763

Purdue-Calumet 56% $17,661

Purdue-West Lafayette 48% $21,636

IUPUI 45% $25,007

University of Southern Indiana 40% $15,623

Source: Project on Student Debt, 2007.

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Indiana College Completion by Family Income

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COLLEGE AFFO

RDABILITYIndiana’s public institutions will rank as the most affordable among peer states by 2015.

Base Year Ranking 6th of 10This Year's Ranking 6th of 10

Base Year Performance 30.0%This Year's Performance 28.8%

Base Year Ranking 6th of 10This Year's Ranking 6th of 10

Base Year Performance 23.9%This Year's Performance 24.3%

Attaining a college degree has a profound impact on socioeconomic mobility in the United States. Indiana institutions must work to control student costs, and the state must continue to increase its commitment to need-based financial aid.

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15State-Level Dashboard of Key Indicators: 2009-10 Update

Indiana will improve 21st Century Scholar success at key transition points by 2015.

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NIndiana will rank in the top 10 states for low-income student

college participation by 2015.Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars represent the state’s at-risk student population. The program has proven very effective as a high school dropout prevention and college-entry strategy, but Scholars are still less likely than the general college population to graduate.

the past, workers could enter a high-paying job without higher education. This is no longer possible. The pathway to economic security and prosperity goes through college.

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Low-Income Student College Participation Rate (2008)

Progress Performance

Base Year Ranking 16th This Year's Ranking 14th

Base Year Performance 26.7%This Year's Performance 31.2%

% Completing a 4-Year Degree in 6 Years

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16State-Level Dashboard of Key Indicators: 2009-10 Update

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Affordability Strategies• Increasing public knowledge of available financial

aid.• Expand the 21st Century Scholar program – now

available to students throughout middle school. • Encouraging institutions to provide wrap-around

support for Scholars and other low-income students.• Ensuring predictability and transparency in setting

tuition and fee rates– Rates must be set for two years– CHE’s “tuition targets”

Preparing K-12 Teachers, School Leaders and Students for College Success

Reaching Higher with

COLLEGE PREPARATION

Too Many Students Are Unprepared For College,But There’s Are Excellent Strategies for Success

Source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education Data Warehouse, 0607 annual SIS data submissions

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Source: Measuring Up 2008.

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College PreparationResults from Indiana End-of-Course Assessments and Pilot College Readiness Indicator

• Pilot College Readiness Indicator (Accuplacer)Participating high school students completing Algebra II course:

– 5% Would place in college-level math– 95% Were not proficient in Algebra II– 57% Were not proficient in Algebra I

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63.4%•Less than 1/3 of students are proficient in math

•Only 1/3 of students take math in the senior year. •2/3 of students go on to college.

Source: Algebra I data from 2007-08 IDOE, Algebra II data from 2006-07 IDOE, Senior year math information from Measuring Up 2008, College-going rate ICHE 2006.

Summary of College Readiness Indicators (Math)Preparation

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Students who enter college unprepared are less likely to complete.

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Completion Rates for Indiana Public Institutions, by Remedial Needs (150% Time)

Students Requiring Remediation All StudentsSource: Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Student Information System, 2007. Source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education.

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Indiana’s 4-year regional campuses, IUPUI, University of Southern Indiana and Indiana State University will reduce the level of remediation provided to not more than 10% of students by 2015.

Progress Performance

Students who need developmental coursework are much less likely to graduate than students who are prepared for college-level work. In addition, students spend time and money on remedial coursework, but earn no credit toward a degree.

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Remediation Needs of Recent High School Graduates, % of Students Requiring Remediation

Base Year: 2007 HS Graduates - % of Students Taking Remediation 2008 HS Graduates - % of Students Taking Remediation

Highlight:IU-East has not only met the Dashboard goal, but has eliminated remediation

entirely, shifting that responsibility to the community college.

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College Preparation Strategies• Increasing admissions standards for Indiana’s

flagship institutions—IU-B, Purdue-WL, and Ball State.

• Defining a common definition of college-readiness, and then communicating it into high schools.

• Providing opportunities for early assessment.• Encourage dual credit and AP coursework.

Focusing on the Role of Community Colleges

Reaching Higher with

IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF INDIANA

College Completion: Public 2-Year Colleges Percent of First-Time, Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Students Earning an Associate’s Degree

3-Year Rate (2004 Cohort) 3-Year Rate (2005 Cohort)

ITCC – South Bend 6% 10%ITCC – Indianapolis 5% 4%ITCC – Columbus 10% 11%ITCC – Muncie 10% 9%ITCC – Kokomo 15% 12%ITCC – Lafayette 11% 9%ITCC – Ft. Wayne 13% 11%ITCC – Sellersburg 13% 6%ITCC – Evansville 12% 12%ITCC – Terre Haute 8% 10%ITCC – Richmond 7% 10%ITCC – Gary 8% 5%ITCC – Madison 8% 13%ITCC – Bloomington 8% 8%Vincennes University 24% 24%Total 2-Year Rate 13% 13%

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Surveys.

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Ivy Tech has grown by 71% in the last Five Years

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certificates earned and students transferred by 50% by 2015.

Performance

Indiana has a vested interest in the number of Associate’s degrees and certificates produced at the Community Colleges, because these individuals are essential to the growth of Indiana’s economy. Over 9,400 annual job openings requiring an Associate’s Degree or Certification are projected in Indiana through 2016.

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Progress

29State-Level Dashboard of Key Indicators: 2009-10 Update

496 Additional Degrees and Certificates Produced

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Community College Strategies

• Development of the “Accelerated Associate Degree Program” at Ivy Tech

• Strengthening Ivy Tech’s College for Working Adults• Restructuring remediation• Ensuring affordability—keeping tuition low and

supporting additional funding for the Part-Time grant• Building an improved transfer system that ensures

courses taken at Ivy Tech count toward 4-year college degree requirements.

Strengthening Indiana’s Major Research Universities

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MAJOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

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Major Research University Strategies

• Expand existing state funding for research• Improve the undergraduate preparedness and

qualifications of students entering the MRUs• Collaboration between IU and Purdue• More corporate/private-sector participation in

university research• Development of MRU metrics – tracks R&D,

Technology Transfer, and institutional reputation

Based on work at Indiana’s Major Research Universities, Indiana will rank in the top half of all Midwestern states in Research and Development Expenditures by 2015.

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Indiana is home to premier public “very high-activity” research universities, Indiana University and Purdue University, that meet the needs of Indiana’s high-tech and high-skill economy, and which serve as major economic engines for the state. Strong research universities are magnets for talented, high-performing students, faculty and knowledge workers.

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Base Year Ranking 6th of 11 This Year's Ranking 6th of 11

Base Year Performance $823,286This Year's Performance $801,930

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