Review of Data and Analysis

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Review of Data and Analysis

• Everyones Business Supporting Student Success /
  Improving Retention and Graduation Rates June
  8 9, 2005

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UNC First-Year Retention by Residency Status
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UNC First-Year Retention by SAT and High School
GPA
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UNC First-Year Retention by Financial Aid
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UNC First-Year Retention by Gender
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UNC First-Year Retention by Race/Ethnicity Fall
2000 Fall 2001
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UNC First-Year Retention by Race/Ethnicity Fall
2002 Fall 2003
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Tracking a Cohort for Retention First to Second
Year (Cohort Year 1998)
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Tracking a Cohort for Retention Second to Third
Year (Cohort Year 1998)
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Tracking a Cohort for Retention Third to Fourth
Year (Cohort Year 1998)
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Six-Year Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity and
Gender 1996-02 1998-04
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Six-Year Graduation Rates by SAT and High School
GPA
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Six-Year Graduation Rates by Residency
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers by AA/AS
Status
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers with AA/AS
by Gender
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers without
AA/AS by Gender
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers with AA/AS
by Financial Aid
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers without
AA/AS by Financial Aid
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers with AA/AS
by Race/Ethnicity Fall 2000 ? Fall 2001
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers with AA/AS
by Race/Ethnicity Fall 2002 ? Fall 2003
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers without
AA/AS by Race/Ethnicity Fall 2000 ? Fall 2001
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Year One Retention for CC Transfers without
AA/AS by Race/Ethnicity Fall 2002 ? Fall 2003
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Graduation Rates for CC Transfers with and
without AA/AS
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Sample of Educational Trust Web Site Data ASU
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Sample of Educational Trust Web Site Data ASU
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Sample of Educational Trust Web Site Data ASU
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Sample of Campus-Selected Peers ASU
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Educational Trust Peers ECU
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Educational Trust Peers ECSU
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Educational Trust Peers FSU
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Educational Trust Peers NCAT
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Educational Trust Peers NCCU
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Educational Trust Peers NCSA
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Educational Trust Peers NCSU
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Educational Trust Peers UNCA
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Educational Trust Peers UNC-CH
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Educational Trust Peers UNCC
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Educational Trust Peers UNCG
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Educational Trust Peers UNCP
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Educational Trust Peers UNCW
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Educational Trust Peers WCU
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Educational Trust Peers WSSU
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Educational Trust Thesis

• Can campuses improve student success, retention,
  and graduation rates?
• Wide variance in retention and graduation rates
  among campuses
• Selectivity and other factors impact retention
  and graduation rates
• Establishing peers for campuses shows wide
  variation among similar campuses in
• Rates overall
• Rates for minorities
• We have examples of campuses with similar
  characteristics having significantly higher
  graduations rates than their peers

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Educational Trust Thesis

• What matters in student success?
• It matters whether institutions focus on getting
  their students engaged and connected to the
  campus, particularly in the critical freshman
  year.
• It matters whether there is a genuine emphasis on
  the quality of undergraduate teaching and
  learning, because academic success and degree
  completion go hand in hand.
• It matters whether administration and faculty
  monitor student progress, taking advantage of new
  data systems to tease out patterns of student
  success successful schools use that information
  not only to help individual students but also to
  make needed changes policies and practices.
• It matters a lot whether campus leaders make
  student success a top institution-wide
  priorityand when they stick with that priority
  over multiple years.