INDIANA’S COLLEGE SUCCESS MENTORING INITIATIVE Presentation to Indiana Commission for Higher Education

ICSM PROGRAM HISTORY

PROGRAM HISTORY 2009: College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) awarded to Indiana (ICHE). 2010: ICHE & IYI developed partnership to oversee the development & management of mentoring initiative. High Schools & Mentoring Programs selected through RFP process.

ICSM PROGRAM COMPONENTS

PROGRAM COMPONENTS 21 st Century Scholars Year-round mentoring Mentoring relationship continues past high school graduation Intensive mentoring focused on college success -Mentor/staff training -Programming -College visits

ICSM PROGRAM PARTNERS

MENTORING PARTNERS Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana (Fort Wayne) Communities In Schools of Lake County (East Chicago) Project Leadership (Marion) Southwest Indiana College Access Network – SICAN (Evansville) Starfish Initiative (Indianapolis) Urban Reach (Gary) YMCA of Greater Indianapolis (Indianapolis)

HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERS Benjamin Bosse High School (Evansville) East Chicago Central High School (East Chicago) Fall Creek Academy (Indianapolis) Heritage High School (Fort Wayne) Leo High School (Fort Wayne) Marion High School (Marion) New Haven High School (Fort Wayne) Pike High School (Indianapolis) University Heights Preparatory Academy (Indianapolis) Woodlan High School (Fort Wayne) 21 st Century Charter School of Gary (Gary)

ICSM PROGRAM DATA

85% of ICSM class of 2012 students enrolled in postsecondary – 80% right out of HS 71% of ICSM class of 2013 students enrolled in postsecondary – 67% right out of HS 65% of ICSM class of 2014 students enrolled in postsecondary right out of HS The majority of ICSM students who enrolled in postsecondary did so right out of high school:

More students in the class of 2012 enrolled than all comparison groups, except for 21 st century scholars in ICSM schools More students in the class of 2013 enrolled than the state average and graduates of ICSM- participating schools, but fewer enrolled than all 21 st century scholars and scholars in ICSM- participating schools When looking at postsecondary enrollment IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:

Academic Year # of Students Enrolling % Enrolled in Indiana % Enrolled 4- year institution % Enrolled 2- year institution % Enrolled Full Time % Enrolled Part Time %70%30%84%14% %70%30%81%19% %63%35%67%13% ALL 18197%68%32%78%16% The majority (97%) enrolled in Indiana 87% enrolled in an Indiana public 9% enrolled in an Indiana private (non-profit) 1% enrolled in an Indiana for-profit 68% enrolled in a four-year institution 78% enrolled full time For students enrolling in postsecondary, in their first year of enrollment:

ICSM Student Persistence (2013 and 2014 entry cohorts) Academic Year of Entry Persisted Year TwoYear Three %49.2% %n/a ALL 74.8%49.2% 84% of ICSM students who entered in 2013 persisted to Comparatively: 69% of all students entering in 2013 persisted to % of scholars entering in 2013 persisted to % of ICSM students who entered in 2014 persisted to 2015 However, only 49% of ICSM scholars who entered in 2013 persisted to 2015 (comparison data not yet available) When looking at student persistence data:

PANEL DISCUSSION