The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator. System Level Accountability Measures October 18, 2004

Slide 2 ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATOR: ACCESS TO PROGRAMS & COURSES Measure 1D: Student Retention Rates –Core Measures Measure 1D1 – Percent Graduated Measure 1D2 – Percent Retained Measure 1D3 – Percent Transferred Measure 1D4 – Success Rate –Contextual Measures Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for similar institutions Retention rates will be available in the future

Slide 3 MEASURE 1D: DATA SOURCES & REPORTING LEVELS Three data sources –ISRS Student Subsystem –National Student Clearinghouse –Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Reporting Levels –System level –Institution Type –Admission status –Full-Time & Part-Time –Race-Ethnicity –Low Income

Slide 4 MEASURE 1D: DEFINITIONS Cohort: Entering students in a specified term. Graduated: The cumulative percentage of students in the cohort that have graduated by the end of the specified term. Retained: The percentage of students in the cohort that have not graduated and are enrolled during the specified term.

Slide 5 MEASURE 1D: DEFINITIONS Transferred: The cumulative percentage of students in the cohort that have not graduated and are not enrolled but have enrolled at another U.S. institution. Success: The cumulative percentage of students in the cohort that have graduated or transferred plus the percent enrolled during a specific term.

Slide 6 FALL ENTERING STUDENT COHORTS Measure 1D Cohort

Slide 7 COHORTS INCLUDE FOUR SUB-COHORTS Total Entering Students = 69,451 in Fall 2003

Slide 8 SUCCESS RATES DIFFER BY SUBCOHORT Fall 2001 Success Rates in Second Spring

Slide 9 SUCCESS RATE OF FALL 1997 COHORT DURING 6 YEARS FOLLOWING ENTRY: COLLEGES FULL-TIME Fall 1997 UG Regular 41.9%41.4%41.7% 44.2% 53.7% 87.5%

Slide 10 SUCCESS RATE OF FALL 1997 COHORT DURING 6 YEARS FOLLOWING ENTRY: UNIVERSITIES FULL-TIME Fall 1997 UG Regular 62.1% 57.7% 55.5%54.6% 71.6% 95.8%

Slide 11 INCREASING RETENTION & SUCCESS RATES AFTER TWO YEARS: COLLEGES FULL-TIME UG Regular – Five Cohorts Rate at Second Spring 53.7%55.1%54.8%56.3%57.6%

Slide 12 INCREASING RETENTION & SUCCESS RATES AFTER TWO YEARS: UNIVERSITIES FULL-TIME UG Regular – Five Cohorts Rate at Second Spring 71.6%72.1%72.4% 73.2%

Slide 13 SUBSTANTIAL UNKNOWN RACE-ETHNICITY Total FT UG Regular = 28,427 in Fall 2001

Slide 14 STUDENTS OF COLOR Total FT UG Regular Students of Color = 2,104 in Fall 2001

Slide 15 SUCCESS RATES VARY BY RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP COLLEGE FULL-TIME Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring 57.6% 42.8% 60.1% 54.0% 61.3% 48.5% 49.2%

Slide 16 SUCCESS RATES VARY BY RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP COLLEGE PART-TIME Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring 31.4% 25.0% 36.1% 35.5% 36.2% 35.8% 21.1%

Slide 17 SUCCESS RATES VARY BY RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP UNIVERSITY FULL-TIME Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring 73.2% 61.2% 68.8%67.8% 74.5% 63.0% 71.7%

Slide 18 ONE-QUARTER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME LOW INCOME = PELL GRANT Total FT Entering Students = 37,816 in Fall 2001

Slide 19 SUCCESS RATES BY INCOME CATEGORY COLLEGE FULL-TIME & PART-TIME Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring 57.6%57.1%57.8% 45.1% 29.0% 31.4%

Slide 20 SYSTEM GRADUATION RATES ARE HIGHER THAN THOSE OF SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS IPEDS 2001 Graduation rates

Slide 21 NEXT STEPS Develop contextual data for similar institutions on retention rates Measure 1C3: Cumulative Debt Burden of Graduates Measure 5B: Course Transfer