April 2013

 Certified data now available  Next year of career college data available  Inclusion of flex-entry students

With new data, prospect for reaching participation goal improves December Totals April Totals Public Universities576,712576,693 Public Two-Year Colleges732,293732,112 All Health-Related24,59324,562 Independent Col. & Univ. 125,248124,135 Career Colleges 101,026124,465 Self Funded1,9601,495 Flex Entry 43,470 Total1,561,8321,626,932

630,000 Texas needs 42,000 additional students to reach 2015 goal

Texas is still far behind on the Hispanic target Most Recent Total Needed to Reach Goal African American233,682(56,600) Hispanic514,980165,000 White657,86522,700 Other 220,405(90,000) Total1,626,93242,000

 Weekly meetings with staff  Central location for up to date analysis  Programs being addressed: ◦ GenTX Day ◦ Summer Melt ◦ Meetings with Enrollment Managers ◦ Reverse Transfer ◦ GradTX Expansion

 19 councils and colleges hosting application drives – University of North Texas is waving the application fee if a student wears a GenTX shirt.  2 community partners are hosting college tours  “GenTX Day College Sign Up” contest – nonprofit with most completed applications wins a College Tour package

 “Summer Melt” – the difference between the number of students who intend to enroll in college and the actual number who enroll.  Students encounter enrollment barriers the summer immediately following high school graduation which reduces the number that show up  Lower income students tended to be more vulnerable to its effects.

Accepted Enrolled at pub univ Enrolled at ICUT Enrolled at CC Summer Melt * White45,97228,9922,5182, % African American 18,5079, , % Hispanic42,25124,8701,6335, % Asian8,5555, % Intern'l4,7681, % Other4,8922, % Statewide124,94572,6515,3819, % * does not take into consideration students who were accepted to a public institution but enrolled out-of-state

 Use Student Exit Survey, ApplyTexas, and FAFSA data to target transition support to high school graduates  Hire 19 part-time high school counselors  Communicate with students/parents via phone, , text, social media, and in- person to provide targeted services

 Preliminary student enrollment results will be published by University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center  Harvard & Johns Hopkins will produce White Paper examining impact of program interventions/counselor activities on college enrollment  Program results will be published in Chamber Education Progress Report Series  Results will be presented at state conferences

 Allocation of Closing the Gaps Participation Goals  Flex growth is associated with changes in late registration and other policies  Students with jobs are taking fewer hours because of increased employment demands  Programs to explain the benefits of higher education and the differences in financial aid

Including Career Colleges – Texas has reached Success goal December Totals April Totals Bachelors108,228 Associates58,988 Certificates29,420 Career Colleges40,046 Total196,636236,682

THECB 1/ , ,682

THECB 1/2012 * Not targeted in the Plan. White* Hispanic African Am.

 Issues: ◦ When a transcript is sent, an institution doesn’t know why (new or reverse transfer)  Work to establish a code for identification (short term)  Establish general guidelines for information to be sent with required information (short term) ◦ Volume of transcripts being sent requires individual attention  Use degree audit software to allow only questionable plans to be sent to institutions (long term)

 Degree completion pilot program  Students with 90 SCH / 55 SCH that do not have an award  Try to work with other agencies to get better addresses for contacting students  Send information on degree completion and online programs

 Need 42,000 additional students by fall 2015 to reach the goal  Hispanic target still far behind  Success goal has already been met, but this is not the time to be complacent