1. Using Postsecondary Graduation rates to Improve Outcomes for Low Income Students April 24, 20013

2. Page 2 Nationally, only 11% of low income students graduate college Family income quartile % of population that graduate HS % of population that goes to college % that complete college if they attend Overall college attainment (4 year) Top (over $99k)93%82%97%79% 2 nd ($62k-$99k)88%67%51%34% 3 rd ($33k-$62k)83%58%26%15% 4 th (under $33k)73%46%23%11% College graduation rate for CPS 9 th graders estimated to be 10% for both African American and Hispanic students (27% and 23%, respectively, of 9 th graders enroll in college) Source: Mortenson, Tom. “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970 to 2010.” http://www.postsecondary.org. Underlying data sources: Current Population Survey, U.S. data for 2010 compiled with assistance of Kurt Bauman, Chief, Education and Social Stratification Branch, U.S. Census Bureau. ; Roderick, Melissa, et al. “From High School to the Future: A First Look at Chicago Public School Graduate’s College Enrollment, College Graduation, and Graduation from Four-Year Colleges.” 2006

3. Page 3 Number of alumni 8081989173107 6+ years: 37% graduated (33% 4-year degrees, 4% 2-year degrees), 9% persisting Our results are 3x those for low income students, but lower than our aspirations

4. Page 4 Source: National Student Clearinghouse reports and Alumni Coordinator verification Number of alumni 102 310 502 Classes of 2009-2011 show persistence trends similar to prior years

5. Page 5 Noble alumni have had 6 year bachelor’s attainment similar to the averages for the institutions they first attended *Analysis calculated only for those alumni matriculating directly to college in fall after high school from Classes of 2003-2006; graduations from any college count towards total shown here (this is a comparison of bachelors—including associate’s increases Noble’s total by 4%); Institution used is the first school a student matriculated to, even if multiple schools were eventually attended; 2 year colleges have half their transfer rate added to the value Most Competitive (N=16) Highly Competitive (N=26) Very Competitive (N=44) Competitive (N=93) Less/Non Competitive (N=9) 2 year (N=47)

6. Page 6 Five interrelated factors have been shown to influence college persistence A powerful set of character strengths gritself-control zest optimism social intelligence (including self-advocacy) gratitude The right match: student + school Social and academic integration College affordability and financial understanding Academic readiness

7. Page 7 Noble’s College Team—campus driven with campus choice for structure and program College Counseling: 2-5 people working with 100-170 seniors Some campuses working with juniors Some campuses working with (some) freshmen Some influence on advisory curriculum Alumni Coordination: 1 (mostly) full time person, if have alumni 9 campuses with seniors (1 with juniors, 2 with only freshmen) Right Angle Exec Dir: Works with campus coordinators to send ~25% of sophomores to summer programs (10-50% by campus) Chief College Officer: Support all college work Provide strategic direction Develop tools

8. Page 8 College Success pipeline—definitions are first step to data clarity & transparency 12 th grade profile ACT GPA/Rank Intangibles Schools Applied to # of applications Over/undermatch Application quality Schools accepted to #/% accepted Over/ undermatch Packages School choice (spring) 6 yr grad rates 1 st yr retention College CounselingAlumni Coordination School matricul- ation (fall) % matriculating % change schools 1 st year persist- ence % retention % transfer % leave/ enroll Cohort persist- ence % retention % transfer % re-enroll Gradua- tion % Bachelor’s % Associate’s % Trade/job?

9. Page 9 Class of 2012 proj. grad rate pipeline 12 th grade profile Schools Applied to Schools accepted to School choice (spring) School matricul- ation (fall) Estimated potential of ~65% (if all students match), ~72% (if all reach) Highest admitted: 56% (~half match/half safety, no regard for cost or preference) Second highest for each student:49% (average student at a safety, no regard for cost or student/family preference) 42%, average student a bit below safety 39%, 10% of students not in college

10. Page 10 New tools/data for College Counseling Introduced in August Student matching exploration tool (“Robot”) Introduced in November Application “portfolio” tracking Coming this month Financial aid evaluator 12 th grade profile ACT GPA/Rank Intangibles Schools Applied to # of applications Over/undermatch Application quality Schools accepted to #/% accepted Over/ undermatch Packages School choice (spring) 6 yr grad rates 1 st yr retention College Counseling

11. Page 11 New tools for matching— ”Robot”

12. Page 12 New tools for matching— ”Portfolio tracking”

13. Page 13 New tools/data for Alumni Coordination Alumni Coordination School matricul- ation (fall) % matriculating % change schools 1 st year persist- ence % retention % transfer % leave/ enroll Cohort persist- ence % retention % transfer % re-enroll Gradua- tion % Bachelor’s % Associate’s % Trade/job? Introduced in August New Salesforce Alumni Tracking & Support Database Mentoring pilot (ACI) Introduced in December New streamlined check of National Student Clearinghouse data

14. Page 14 What’s next? Continued analytic focus on college match and financial aid Bring “Hedgehog” to college (standards and assessments for college completion) Deepening college partnerships – City Colleges (cohort, collaboration, path plan) – ACI (mentoring ~150 with ~25 upper class alumni) – University of Illinois (all campuses) – Opportunistic (DePaul, IIT, Oberlin, Wooster) Driving better career focus in students/alums

15. Page 15 New tools/data for Alumni Coordination—Alumni Database

16. Page 16 New tools/data for Alumni Coordination—Alumni Database