Governor Brown’s Performance Targets for the UC & CSU Systems

California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy

April 25, 2013

Context

The Road Ahead 2.3 million degrees short by

2025 1 million bachelors degrees

(PPIC) Career-Technical associate’s

degrees and certificates Need a 4.4% increase annually,

on average CSU and UC confer 73% of

California bachelor’s degrees About 20% independent (non-

profit) 7% for-profit

Gov. Brown’s Higher Education Agenda 20% funding increase over four years. At California Community colleges:

Fund course completion Unit caps Require FAFSA for BOG waiver and inclusion of

parental income At CSU/UC:

No enrollment targets, but expectations for improved performance

No tuition/fee increases

CSU and UC Performance Targets

Number of Graduates… …who started there as freshmen …who transferred from CCCs …who are low-Income

Graduation Rates Of freshmen: four years Of transfers: two years

Number of Transfers in from CCCs Degrees per 100 FTE Enrollment

Graduates

Bachelor Degree Recipients Definition: Each year, the number of bachelor’s

degree recipients who: …had started as freshmen at the university. …had transferred in. …came from a low-income family (Pell Grant recipient).

Goal: By 2016-17, improve the totals by 10% over the 2011-12 total.

Note: Counts of degree recipients are standard reports to the federal government, but with no differentiation for whether students started as freshmen or transferred in, or are low income

Graduation Rates

On-time Graduation Rates: Freshmen Definition: Of the new freshmen who start in the

fall, the proportion who graduate within four years. Goal: Increase by 10% between the rate achieved

for the entering Class of 2012 and the entering Class of 2017.

Data not available for some years; actual targets would be updated for 2011-12 actual.

Note: this is a standard measure reported to the federal government, though campuses often focus on six-year rates.

On-time Graduation Rates: Transfers Definition: Of the incoming transfers from

community colleges, the proportion who graduate within two years.

Goal: Improve by 10% the rate achieved for those entering in Fall 2013 (graduating by Spring 2016) compared to those who entered in Fall 2009 (graduated by Spring 2012).

Note: this is not a standard measure already reported to any agency

Transfers-in from California Community Colleges

Number of Transfers Definition: In any single year, the total number of

California resident students enrolling as transfers in CSU and UC, from California Community Colleges.

Goal: Improve by 10% the total for 2016-17 compared to 2011-12.

Data available do not precisely match the Governor’s definition.

Note: This measure is not derived from standard data.

Degrees per Enrollment(Completion Ratio)

Completion Ratio Definition: In any single year, the total

number of bachelor degrees awarded for every 100 enrolled undergraduates (full-time equivalent).

Goal: Improve by 10% the ratio achieved for 2016-17 compared to 2011-12. ‘

Note: This measure is derived from standard data.