Implementation and Outcomes at Two Diverse Colleges

Implementation and Outcomes at Two Diverse Colleges

What is the Tennessee Promise? Last Dollar Scholarship Covers tuition and mandatory fees 5 semesters Connects community to students through requirement of mentors Connects students to needs of others through a volunteer requirement for each semester enrolled

Why the Tennessee Promise? The Promise is part of a State of Tennessee Initiative: Drive to 55 55% of the population with a postsecondary credential by 2025 Source: NCHEMS presentation: THEC, Affording Our Aspirations. Roundtable, 1.15.16

Who Can Participate? A Tennessee Resident who graduates from eligible high school, home school, or earns a GED/HISET HS Graduates seeking an Associate Degree, Technical Certificate, Vocational Diploma HS Graduates who will be enrolled full-time 12 hours HS Graduates who complete 8 hours of community service 2.0 GPA to remain eligible

Tennessee Promise Qualifications 1. Apply to program by November 1, 2014 2. Complete FAFSA by February 15, 2015 3. Apply to eligible institution Spring 2015 4. Attend 2 mandatory meetings with mentors 5. Complete 8 hours of community service by August 1, 2015 6. Complete FAFSA verification, if required, by August 1, 2015 7. Comply with College s deadline for submission of all admissions requirements (transcripts, shot records, ACT or placement test scores)

Who is Impacted by the Tennessee Promise? Public and Private High Schools in Tennessee Eligible Post-Secondary Institutions Students Parents Community Members Business Community Universities - Colleges

14-15 Public and Private HS Seniors: Nov 1 Application Closes Jan-Feb 5 First mandatory meeting February 15 FAFSA Completion Deadline Mar-April Second Mandatory Meeting August 1 Community Service Deadline

Profile Columbia State Community College

Columbia State s Service Area South Central Tennessee

Headcount Total * Full-Time/Part-Time Enrollment Total Full-Time Part-Time 6000 5000 5460 5322 5225 5117 5297 4000 3000 2000 2463 2997 3030 2961 3025 2292 2264 2092 2580 2717 1000 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 FTE went from 3,117 to 3,500

Number Headcount * FTE * Part-/Full-Time 6000 5000 4000 HC/FTE grew proportionally 3000 2000 FT Increased PT Decreased 1000 Outcome: Students taking more hours faster completion 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Fall Semester Total FTE Full-Time Part-Time

Male/Female Enrollment 4000 3500 3000 3239 2500 2000 2058 1500 1000 500 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Male Female

Average Age at Columbia State Average Age 25 24.5 24 23.5 23 22.5 22.7 22 21.5 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Steady Growth in Graduates Graduates 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15

$10,000 Average Revenues Per FTE Adjusted for inflation to 2015 $ $9,000 $8,000 $7,000 $6,000 $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 Average student fees per fte Average state appropriations per fte Total Revenue per fte $2,000 $1,000 $-

Complete College Tennessee Act Outcomes Based Funding Formula Tennessee Transfer Pathways Drive to 55 Veterans TENNESSEE Tennessee Promise Tennessee Reconnect Gainful Employment Student Engagement Cleary Compliance VAWA SAVE FEDERAL CTE partnerships with High Schools Introduction to College course Learning Support Co- Requisites High Impact Practices C-Star Advising System Vidyo Conferencing for Distance Learning Special Grants/ Fundraising Academic Mapping Time to Completion New Certificate MLT IST Mobile App 50 th Celebration TBR Academic Focus Business Process Modeling Operation Planning of Williamson Campus Columbia State Strategic Plan Safety Security

2015 TN Promise at Columbia State

2015 Tennessee Promise Class Service Area Counties A B C D E F G # HS Statistical Growth # Promise Enrollment Fall 2014 HS Expectation of Fall 2015 TP Enrolled less Apps Per less % Growth Enrollment Enroll w\o Enrollment Statistical County Promise Promise Expect App Giles 267 258 9 33 28-5 -18% Hickman 297 263 34 39 40 1 3% Lawrence 503 450 53 127 105-22 -21% Lewis 141 145-4 35 26-9 -35% Marshall 377 313 64 75 103 28 27% Maury 759 767-8 176 261 85 33% Perry 101 102-1 9 15 6 40% Wayne 153 154-1 36 35-1 -3% Williamson 2,688 1,595 1,093 193 310 117 38% Other Total 5,286 4,047 1,239 723 923 200 22%

2015 Tennessee Promise Class Spring 2016 Progression Service Area Counties A B C D E Fall TP Enrollment # TP Students Earned SCH Fall 2015 # Retained Eligibility and Continued in TP Program Spring 16 # of Fall TP Eligible Enrolled Spring 2016 Progression Rate % Enrolled Spring 2016 Giles 28 25 19 22 78.6% Hickman 40 32 27 29 72.5% Lawrence 105 93 77 90 85.7% Lewis 26 20 17 17 65.4% Marshall 103 90 77 85 82.5% Maury 261 210 171 189 72.4% Perry 15 12 9 9 60.0% Wayne 35 29 24 27 77.1% Williamson 310 252 204 238 76.8% Other 95 81 67 73 76.8% Total 1,018 844 692 779 76.5%

Columbia State s Response Partnered with Chamber - Hosted special events for Mentors & Counselors Assisted Students on completing FASFA Dedicated marketing and advertisement Providing Peer Mentor Coaches Sought volunteer opportunities and posted for Students Organized and manned a volunteer Saturday at all campuses

Columbia State s Response Student Services Held Special Events Held Special Admission Days Conducted Early Registration in High Schools Enhanced Communication Plan Sent letters Phoned E-mail Blocked Students from Dropping Below Full-time

Columbia State s Response Academic Hired 7 new Full-Time Faculty Academic Schedule Held a Tennessee Promise Summer Bridge Program Hired a Student Success Coach Developed a College Success Course Increased Academic Tutors

TN Promise Eligible (Class of 2015) Points of interest 8 TN Promise Eligible students have completed an EMT credential 448 in General Transfer 85 Business 43 Pre-Health Professions 31 Teaching 29 Engineering 140 in Pre-Allied Health 82 Nursing 28 Radiologic Technology 20 Veterinary Technology

Challenges - Lessons Learned No Up Front Finding Mentors Community Service Verification Registration Challenges Orientation Challenges Personnel Intensive Political Implications College Understanding of Success Implications

2016 Tennessee Promise Class Service Area Counties Fall 2015 HS Enrollment Projected Number w/o Promise TnPromise Applicants Tnachieves Number Reported After 1st Meeting Tnachieves Number Reported Completing FAFSA Projections Based on 22% Predicted by TSAC Giles 258 32 259 189 179 57 Hickman 282 40 269 215 205 59 Lawrence 480 124 457 348 332 101 Lewis 143 31 134 96 91 29 Marshall 369 83 335 260 245 74 Maury 725 183 846 628 587 186 Perry** 99 7???????? Wayne 151 34 176 145 140 39 Williamson 2,860 238 1879 1,294 1,238 413 Other 165 Total 5,367 937 4,355 3,175 3,017 958 2015 Class 5286 723 4047 3052 2737 923 Conservative Projected Growth 35

Profile Dyersburg State Community College

Dyersburg State s Service Area Rural West Tennessee

Headcount Total Full-/Part-Time Enrollment 4000 3500 3751 3590 3258 3000 2847 2857 2500 2000 1728 2023 1645 1945 1966 1706 1631 1500 1292 1141 1226 1000 500 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Full-Time Part-Time

Headcount and FTE 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Headcount FTE FT PT

Enrollment by Gender 3000 2500 2598 2388 2165 2000 1859 1852 1500 1000 1153 1202 1093 988 1005 500 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Male Female

Average Age at Dyersburg State 25.5 25 24.5 25.29 25.02 24 24.05 23.5 23 23.37 22.5 22.57 22 21.5 21 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average Age

Number of Graduates 700 600 613 500 467 400 383 388 300 229 255 306 200 100 0 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Initiatives and Activities at DSCC Learning Support Corequisites New Strategic Plan Accreditation Site Visit College Scheduler Dual Enrollment/Labor Education Alignment Program Quality Enhancement Plan Topic Development (required for our decennial review for reaffirmation of our regional accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in 2017) Master Adviser Training DegreeWorks Cohort Pilot

TN Promise at DSCC 12 percent increase in FTF enrollment.2 decrease in average ACT score Slight increase in FTE and headcount

TN Promise at DSCC - GPAs 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% >3.5 3.0-3.49 2.5-2.9 2.0-2.49 Below 2.0 TN Promise Other FT Freshman

TN Promise at DSCC - Retention 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% TN Promise 1st Time Freshman

TN Promise at DSCC - Retention TN Promise Retention Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 DSCC GPA End of Fall Term # % # Not % Not Total Retained Retained Retained Retained 3.5 and above 91.00 83.00 91.21% 8.00 8.79% 3.0-3.49 76.00 71.00 93.42% 5.00 6.58% 2.5-2.9 47.00 41.00 87.23% 6.00 12.77% 2.0-2.49 39.00 31.00 79.49% 8.00 20.51% Below 2.0 67.00 23.00 34.33% 44.00 65.67% Total 320.00 249.00 77.81% 71.00 22.19%

TN Promise at DSCC - Retention TN Promise Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 HIGH SCHOOL # % # Not % Not Total Retained Retained Retained Retained Brighton High School 40.00 31.00 77.50% 9.00 22.50% Covington High School 11.00 8.00 72.73% 3.00 27.27% Crockett County High School 14.00 12.00 85.71% 2.00 14.29% Dyer County High School 51.00 38.00 74.51% 13.00 25.49% Dyersburg High School 28.00 20.00 71.43% 8.00 28.57% Gibson County High School 7.00 6.00 85.72% 1.00 14.29% Halls High School 19.00 13.00 68.42% 6.00 31.58% Lake County High School 7.00 4.00 57.14% 3.00 42.86% Millington Central High School 6.00 5.00 83.33% 1.00 16.68% Munford High School 40.00 32.00 80.00% 8.00 20.00% Obion County Central Hs 26.00 20.00 76.92% 6.00 23.08% Peabody High School 3.00 3.00 100% 0.00 0% Ripley High School 26.00 23.00 88.46% 3.00 11.54% Union City High School 3.00 2.00 66.67% 1.00 33.33% Westview High School 5.00 3.00 60.00% 2.00 40.00% Other 34.00 29.00 85.29% 5.00 14.71% Total 320.00 249.00 77.81% 71.00 22.19%

TN Promise at DSCC Learning Support Learning Support Competencies TN Promise Students Retention Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 # % # Not % Not Total Retained Retained Retained Retained 0 85 75 88.24% 10 11.76% 2 24 19 79.17% 5 20.83% 3 1 1 100% 0 0% 4 9 8 88.89% 1 11.11% 5 52 42 80.77% 10 19.23% 6 1 0 0% 1 100% 7 53 43 81.13% 10 18.87% 8 2 1 50.00% 1 50.00% 9 65 41 63.08% 24 36.92% 10 21 15 71.43% 6 28.57% 11 7 4 57.14% 3 42.86% Total 320 249 77.81% 71 22.19%

CLASS OF 2015 Enrollment Data Data Per Presentation of Emily House, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, November 19, 2015

14-15 Public and Private HS Seniors: ~74,400 Jan-Feb 5 First mandatory meeting Nov 1 Application Closes 43,105 February 15 FAFSA Completion Deadline 38,165 Mar-April Second Mandatory Meeting August 1 Community Service Deadline 31,985 22,500 58,000 Fall 2015: 16,291 enroll

Tennessee Promise Students Where TN Promise students enroll: 85 percent community colleges (and APSU) 13 percent TCATs 2 percent Promise-eligible TICUA institutions Of those who completed all requirements but did not enroll: Four-year institutions (~1000 at public four-years) Private/out of state Did not enroll

Tennessee Promise Students TN Promise CC students FTF out of HS, Fall 2014 (CCs) FTF at CCs, Fall 2015 FTF at CCs, Fall 2014 Race White 74% 70% 74% 69% African Amer 14% 19% 18% 19% Hispanic 4% 5% 3% 4% Female 56% 56% 56% 56% Average ACT 19.1 18.7 18.9 18.7 Average GPA 3.05 3.04 3.00 3.04 Financial aid VERY preliminary ANY Pell 53% 53% 55% 51% FULL Pell 34% 40% 33% 40% Pell covers T&F 45% 53% 44% 51% TELS 58% 48% 43% 48%

Program Cost Average TN Promise award: $1,020 Less than projected; less than Tennessee Achieves awards in prior years Net program cost for 2015-16: $10.6M Accounts for savings from changes to TELS

First-time Freshmen: Enrollment Fall 2015 Fall 2014 Delta FTF Enrollment TBR CCs 21,679 17,379 24.7% TCATs 10,432 8,691 20.0% TBR Universities 10,977 11,983-8.4% UT 7,611 7,977-4.6% TOTAL 50,699 46,030 10.1%

College-going Rate Changes to college-going rate (CGR) Approximately 4,000 new entrants into higher education in Tennessee Most at CCs and TCATs CGR will likely increase ~5-6 percent

Presenter Information Dr. Janet F. Smith President Columbia State Community College Dr. Karen Bowyer President Dyersburg State Community College janet.smith@columbiastate.edu karen@dscc.edu