1. Central Texas Summer Melt Program Overview & Outcomes THECB Board Briefing 1/21/16

2. Chamber 2018 Strategic Plan
VISION:
Austin has country’s most prosperous business community
MISSION:
Provide leadership to facilitate creation of prosperous regional economy/effective advocacy for our partners
CORE PURPOSE:
Chamber takes on biggest challenges so you can focus on growing your business
CORE VALUES:
Results Oriented, Open, Transparent, Driven, Empowered, Opportunity‐filled, Flexible, Collaborative

3. 47k Available Jobs Austin MSA 63-70% Associate’s Degree or
require
Associate’s Degree or
Bachelor’s Degree
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted Online ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015

4. 35% Increase in Direct College Enrollees from CenTex
10,431
7,748

5. CenTex, State Direct College Enrollment Rate Flat, Lags Nation

6. Strategy developed to combat summer enrollment barriers
College Aspiration vs Direct-to-College Enrollment
29%

7. Summer Melt Strategy: 2013 Randomized Control Trial
First-generation students receiving counselor outreach (7 percentage points)--This effect was particularly strong for males (10 percentage points).
African American students receiving digital messages saw higher enrollment rates in 2-year colleges and Hispanic students in 4-year colleges.
Low-income students receiving digital messages (3.5 percentage points).

8. Summer Melt Strategy: 2014 Prioritized Student Groups by Order of Effect

9. School District Perspective
Hays committed to improving DTC rate from 53% for Class of 2014 to 62% for Class of 2016
Lehman DTC improved by 2 percentage points (46% to 48% in ) over all ISD DTC increased from 52% to 53% between
2015 outcomes are still pending, but we are optimistic about outcomes and planning for a 2016 summer melt intervention.

10. Thank You. Questions www.austinchamber.com
Source: UT-Austin Ray Marshall Center 2015