The Future of Dual Credit

The Future of Dual Credit

What is College?

A degree or credential beyond the high school level, including:

Bachelors degree programs and beyond

Apprenticeships Certificates Associates degree programs

What is College Access?

Assistance to encourage and help individuals successfully complete education beyond high school

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Require a PS Education

Why College Access?

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Why College Access?

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Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018

The Challenge

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The Challenge

Highest college dropout rate

The College Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education

The Challenge

Declining college completion rate

The College Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education

The Challenge

Present course - 40% drops to 29% by 2025

The College Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education

The Challenge

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The Obstacles

College information in middle schools

Rigor in high school curriculaAlignment between high school

and college requirementsConfusing application and

financial aid

The College Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education

The Obstacles

Insufficient need-based financial aidFailure to give sufficient priority to teacher

prep programsFailure to address high rates of college

attritionPoverty

The College Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education

Completion Rates by Income

College Graduates by Age 26

Young People from High Income Families 60%

Young People from Low Income Families 7%

Source: Tom Mortenson, Research Seminar on Public Policy Analysis of Opportunity for Post Secondary, 1997

Family Incomes of Families withSchool-Age Children

Source: American Community Survey

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Idaho Need-Based Aid

State Need-Based Grants per Student, 2007-2008State Need-Based Grant

Dollars per Undergraduate Student

Washington $756California $509Colorado $283New Mexico $278Oregon $255Nevada $196Montana $124Utah $53North Dakota $50Arizona $37Alaska $33Idaho $17Hawaii $10Wyoming $7South Dakota $0

*Among WICHE states

Idaho $17

What about Idaho?

Idaho’s high school graduation rate is high

College going rate is lowIdaho postsecondary retention

rates are last in the nation at 62.4%

Source: National Center for Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)

Simply Stated

So What?

Impact of Education on Income

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Enhances Individual Income

Some College – 19% higherAssociate degree – 28% higherBS degree – 61% higher

What should we do to affect change in college access and

success?

How do we get there?

The Board Goal

60%by

2020

Current Direction

PolicyComplete College Idaho

Success Remediation On-time Aid to Students Common Metrics

College Access Challenge Grant

Foster partnershipsIncrease college-going

rateFocus on low-income

students

College Access Challenge Grant

Increase awarenessConduct outreach activitiesFAFSA completionProvide need-based aidProfessional development

College Access Challenge Grant

Provide need-based grant aidIncrease student accessFoster statewide educational collaborationProvide professional development

opportunities

College Access Challenge Grant

Advanced Opportunities

Dual Credit Tech Prep Advanced Placement

College Access Challenge Grant

Advanced Opportunities

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College Access Challenge Grant

Statewide FAFSA Completion Event

College Access Challenge Grant

College Access Network Network of key stakeholders

Accomplish 60% goal Promote College Access & Success Develop Strategies

College Access Challenge Grant

Professional Development Comprehensive Counselor Training Initiative

Secondary Audiences College Admission Counselors Financial Aid Administrators Teachers as Advisors Principals

College Access Challenge Grant

Comprehensive Counselor Training Initiative

Using Data to Guide Academic Planning College/Postsecondary Choice Guiding Parents and Students Through the

Complexities of Financial Aid Preparing for College Admission Tests College Admissions: Application Process

Common Core State Standards

Technology in the Classroom