1. Helios Education Foundation – Florida Strategy
06/04/2019       NATIONAL COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES CONFERENCE 

3. Who We Are
Helios Education Foundation is dedicated to creating opportunities for individuals in Arizona and Florida to succeed in postsecondary education. Created through the sale of Southwest Student Services Corporation, a student loan services company, our roots are in education and in helping individuals gain access to postsecondary education. The Foundation's community investments are made across the full education continuum from early grade success, through college and career readiness into postsecondary completion.

4. Florida Regional Student Success Strategy
Focuses in three metropolitan regions of the state — Miami, Orlando and Tampa — which have largest percentage of first-generation, low-income and minority student populations.
Four Key Strategies :
Strategic Investing
Building and Reforming Systems
Public and Political Will Building
Collaborating and Convening
Our Ultimate Goal
Ensuring more underrepresented students are prepared to pursue and complete a postsecondary education and acquire the skills necessary to obtain high-demand, high-paying jobs. 

5. A $2,000,000 investment from 2016-2020 to help accelerate the college access movement in Florida
Formerly Enlace Florida at the University of South Florida
Statewide network that catalyzes and supports communities to improve college & career preparation, access, and completion for all students
Lead in supporting Florida 60 % attainment goal by 2030

6. Student Success Center for Florida Colleges
$1,000,000 investment from to serve as a resource of evidence-based, innovative practices and just-in-time information for Florida colleges
Five pillars of Student Success Center:
Convening and Engagement
Student Success Strategy Alignment and Coherence
Data Use to Guide Priorities and Investments
Research and Knowledge Management
Policy Development and Advocacy
Partnership with Jobs for the Future, The Kresge Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Focus: Guided Pathways for Mathematics Work

7. $800,000 investment from
The Consortium accelerates the adoption of effective student success policies and practices by creating synergies between the state’s three large metropolitan public research universities
- Florida International University
- University of Central Florida
- University of South Florida
floridaconsortium.com

8. Consortium of Florida Metropolitan Research Universities - Continued
Collaborative Focus Areas include:
Predictive Analytics
Student Supports
Career Readiness

10. Reimagining the State Role in Higher Education:
Tennessee’s Perspective
James Snider, Tennessee Promise Director
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11. Current THEC/TSAC Efforts
A visual to introduce all the current efforts in Tennessee to provide student’s access and success to postsecondary opportunities. Success in TN looks like so much more than tuition-free college through Tennessee Promise and Tennessee Reconnect. All current initiatives in Tennessee are focused on student access and success as we move forward toward 55% attainment and beyond.

12. Tennessee Promise Scholarship History and Framework
Started as privately funded, grassroots vision (c/o ‘09)
$362M from TN Education Lottery Scholarship and TSAC Operating Fund to create Irrevocable Trust
Intentionally simple process
Last dollar
Communication is key to success

13. Tennessee Promise Scholarship Update

14. Tennessee FAFSA Filing Rates
2018
81.7%
2017
73.5%
2016
70.3%
2015
69.5%
2014
60.4%

16. Tennessee Student Debt is Dropping

17. 2008 Cohort (newly released data)
71,403 Students
2008 Cohort of High School Freshmen
9,089 students did
not graduate
from high school
22,444 students graduated from high school and entered the workforce and earn an average salary of $9,161 annually
39,748 students enrolled
in postsecondary.
75 percent were still enrolled in one year (or 26,149 of the 34,691 who enrolled immediately after graduation).
1,811** had completed a certificate or degree within two years.

18. Tennessee Reconnect Model
Intentionally Simple Process – mirrors Tennessee Promise
Adult learner initiative
No academic requirements to qualify
Full-time enrollment and SAP to maintain
Communication is key to success
Regional student support networks
Early outcomes are very promising

19. Supporting Postsecondary Attainment in Rural Counties (SPARC)
Increase access in Distressed and At-risk counties
$75k Micro-grants supporting efforts

20. James.snider@TN.GOV 615-532-3503 @TNHigherEd @TNReconnect @TNPromise
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