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Source: Complete to Compete; Nat. Gov. Assoc. 36% 38% 43% 47% Wyoming U.S

Challenge Source: HigherEdInfo.org (2008 data) 4 State9 th gradersHigh school graduates Enter college anywhere in U.S. Iowa Massachusetts Wyoming (numbers of students) 100 (7355) 75 (5494) 44 (3262)

Source: HigherInfoEd.org (2008 data) StateEnter college Full-time students still enrolled sophomore yr. Graduate within 150% of time Iowa Massachusetts Wyoming UW needs to retain students who persist into the sophomore year UW loses students in the first year 5

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Sources: On average, high school students who completed a core curriculum* scored 2.2 to 3.1 points higher on the ACT than those who did not. Students who took advanced math, biology, chemistry and physics do even better. *4 years English, 3 years Math, Science, Social Studies 7

Sources: UW OIA, Fall 2009 data 8

Sources: WY Dept. of Ed.; UW Office of the Registrar 9

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13 Wyoming HS graduation/c urrent UW admissions Proposed UW assured admissions Hathaway Success Curriculum US Dept of Ed and College Board recommendations English4444 Math3444 Science3443 Social Studies3333 Foreign Language 223 Arts1 Honors/APyes

15 Source: UW OIA—Fall 2010 first-time first-year students n=5 n=101 n=247 n=193* *Number of students entering UW in 2010 with this level HS math

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Students enroll in special sections of: ENGL 1010: English composition UWYO 1450: Intellectual community POLS 1000: Political Science COJO 1010: Communications And receive peer mentoring, supplemental instruction, cohort community Compared to conditionally admitted students without Synergy, Synergy students demonstrate: higher first semester GPA (2.14 vs. 1.78), lower probation rates (40% vs. 60%) and higher fall-to-fall retention (55.6% vs. 51.8%). The program currently serves ~150 students per year. 21

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InstitutionACTGPAMinimum Curriculum: English/Math/Science/Soc. Stud./Foreign language Black Hills State182.64/3/3/3/0 University of Nebraska20--4/4/3/3/2 New Mexico State212.54/3/2/0/1 North Dakota State212.54/3/3/3/0 Oregon State--3.04/3/3/3/2 University of Wyoming proposed standards213.04/4/4/3/2 Montana State-Bozeman222.54/3/2/3/0 University of Nevada-Reno223.04/3/3/3/0 Colorado State /4/3/3/2 University of ArizonaTop 25% of class4/4/3/2/2 Washington State--3.54/3/2/3/2 University of Denver (average student) /4/4/4/4 Colorado College (average student)31; top 5% of class20 solid academic courses

Sources: UW OIA Fall 2009 data 308 of 1561 students 25

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