InsideTrack: Non-first-time student enrollment patterns

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Now What?

Finally, Some Real Data on Non-First-Time Student Success!

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The Dataset

11.5 Million students whore-enrolled between 2005-2013

Cohort 1: 4.5M (Aug ‘05 - Aug ‘08)Cohort 2: 7.0M (Aug ’08 - Aug ‘13)

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The Slices

• Age• Gender• Geographic location• Enrollment intensity• Type of institution• Type of degree

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The Big Picture

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One Level Down

4yr for-profits and 2yr non-profits

have the smallest completion gaps between NFT and

FT student

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All Over The Map

Results vary widely, even

among states with similar

student demographics

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Policy Implications?

Mixing full/part-time enrollment improves

associate’s degree

completion…

…and reduces dropouts

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Conflicting Trends

Some states have

dramatically improved outcomes,

others have seen steep

declines

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Interesting TidbitsOutcome gender gaps are

narrower among NFT studentsA handful of states are growing

their NFT market share

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Now What?

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3 Ideas

Dig into the data

Submit more/better data to NSC

Build Trad/Post-Trad bridges

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