Dispelling Myths about Concurrent Students Dustin Maroney Associate Dean of Institutional Research Rio Salado College AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Who We Are Part of Maricopa District Founded in 1978 College without walls Serve non-traditional students First courses online in 1995 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Who We Are One course, many sections Small cohort of residential faculty 40+ start dates each year Financial Aid block calendar AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Rio Belief: Up to 50% of our students are “Swirlers” Fact or Myth? AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Fact or Myth? Why is this important? What challenges will they face? How do we advise them? How will we treat them? Where do they belong? AZ Transfer Summit 2017
FY16 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
All Students – FY16 32% intend to earn a credential 44,908 Credit-seeking Students 9,131 Degree-seeking 5,154 Certificate-seeking 30,623 Non-seeking 32% intend to earn a credential AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Non-seeking Block Calendar Non Degree Seeking (44%) Dual Enrollment (24%) Courses for University (15%) Transfer to a Bachelor Degree Program (10%) Enhance Job Skills (4%) Post-Bac Teacher Preparation Program (2%) Undeclared (<1%) Block Calendar AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Online Students – FY16 33% intend to earn a credential 29,229 Online Credit-seeking Students 8,659 Degree-seeking 1,009 Certificate-seeking 19,481 Non-seeking 33% intend to earn a credential AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Advising Visits 10,972 met with an advisor 24% of all FY16 students 9,642 Online students met with an advisor 33% of FY16 Online students AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Advisor to Student ratios 1 advisor for every 1,200 – 1,500 students Limited pro-active advising AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Persistence rates 38% according to IPEDS 29% according to VFA AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Transfer-out rates 28% according to IPEDS 32% according to VFA AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Graduation rates 4% according to IPEDS 14% according to VFA AZ Transfer Summit 2017
MythBusters Discovering the Truth AZ Transfer Summit 2017
National Student Clearinghouse Financial Aid Servicing MCCD reports students at only 1 college Not all Rio students are in NSC Only access known Rio students Delays in reporting AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST Only access to Rio students Only state institutions Ad hoc query Delays in reporting Anonymized data AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST Identify all online course section numbers Identify all online Rio students Check for concurrent enrollment AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag Semester ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag SPRING-2013 FALL-2013 SPRING-2014 FALL-2014 SPRING-2015 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag Semester ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag SPRING-2013 16,778 FALL-2013 15,278 SPRING-2014 15,213 FALL-2014 14,147 SPRING-2015 14,333 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag Semester ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag SPRING-2013 16,778 16,780 FALL-2013 15,278 SPRING-2014 15,213 FALL-2014 14,147 SPRING-2015 14,333 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag Semester ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag SPRING-2013 16,778 16,780 1,213 7% FALL-2013 15,278 1,127 SPRING-2014 15,213 1,234 8% FALL-2014 14,147 1,264 9% SPRING-2015 14,333 1,344 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag Semester ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag SPRING-2013 16,778 16,780 1,213 2,498 7% 15% FALL-2013 15,278 1,127 2,210 14% SPRING-2014 15,213 1,234 2,301 8% FALL-2014 14,147 1,264 2,154 9% SPRING-2015 14,333 1,344 2,278 16% AZ Transfer Summit 2017
ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag Semester ASSIST IRIS UV Flag CC Flag Any Flag SPRING-2013 16,778 16,780 1,213 2,498 3,621 7% 15% 22% FALL-2013 15,278 1,127 2,210 3,269 14% 21% SPRING-2014 15,213 1,234 2,301 3,443 8% 23% FALL-2014 14,147 1,264 2,154 3,337 9% 24% SPRING-2015 14,333 1,344 2,278 3,523 16% 25% AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Rio Belief: Up to 50% of our students are “Swirlers” Fact or Myth? AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Prefix Rio Online Enrollment Enrollment from ASU Enrollment from MCCD % of Rio Enrollment ACC 989 220 91 31% ECN 491 83 60 29% CHM 761 33 160 25% MAT 2,897 156 413 20% COM 1,403 81 153 17% PSY 1,320 62 16% BIO 1,603 48 205 GBS 969 69 76 15% ENG 2,119 35 240 13% CIS 2,447 50 169 9% Fall 2014 Data AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Rio Credits ASU Credits 01-03 04-06 07-09 10-12 13-15 16+ 23 20 15 5 3 31 26 13 2 1 25 27 10 78 55 6 154 85 12 16-18 165 80 16 19+ 21 19 4 Total 497 312 72 17 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
70% are more than full-time Rio Credits ASU Credits 01-03 04-06 07-09 10-12 13-15 16+ 23 20 15 5 3 31 26 13 2 1 25 27 10 78 55 6 154 85 12 16-18 165 80 16 19+ 21 19 4 Total 497 312 72 17 70% are more than full-time AZ Transfer Summit 2017
GPA by Class Standing Uv Term Gpa Uv Cumul Gpa Cc Term Gpa Freshman Uv Term Gpa Uv Cumul Gpa Cc Term Gpa Freshman 2.72 2.77 2.70 Sophomore 2.93 3.02 2.53 Junior 2.83 2.94 2.12 Senior 3.01 3.06 2.36 AZ Transfer Summit 2017
Now what? AZ Transfer Summit 2017
What has changed Reframing of thinking New dialog (administrators & faculty) Better understanding Additional outreach AZ Transfer Summit 2017