1. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Overview of SREB Data Services Joe Marks Director of Education Data Services Alicia Diaz Assistant Director SAIR Annual Conference Nashville, Tennessee October 20, 2008

2. Southern Regional Education Board SREB SREB History 1948 – SREB founded 1956 – Fact Book 1960 – “Within Our Reach” 1969 – SREB-State Data Exchange 1981 – “The Need for Quality” 1988 – “Goals for Education: Challenge 2000” 1991 – 24/7 online data center 2002 – “Goals for Education: Challenge to Lead”

3. Southern Regional Education Board SREB SREB-State Data Exchange History 1969 …faculty salaries 1970 …state appropriations per FTE 1975 …tuition and fee charges 1983 …local appropriations & e-filing 1989 …faculty benefits amounts 1991 …24/7 online data center 1995 …tuition policies & benefits descriptions 1999 …graduation and progression rates 2001 …tuition and fee revenue per FTE 2002 …freshman first-year persistence rates 2004 …e-learning (modes of instruction) 2008 …pilot time to degree / credits to degree

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5. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Uses of Data comparing states institutional types institutions developing presentations; telling a story

6. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Telling a Story & Comparing States Is progress in degree completion at risk?

7. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Projected Changes in Public High School Graduates SREB States, 2005 to 2015 Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 8.

8. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Black & Hispanic Representation Public High School Graduates, 2005 and 2015 Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 8.

9. Southern Regional Education Board SREB 18- to 24-Year Olds Attending College United States, 2005 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. The fastest-growing population has the lowest percentage enrolled.

10. Southern Regional Education Board SREB ________________________________________ *First-time, full-time, bachelor’s or equivalent degree seekers completing bachelor’s or equivalent degree at the Institution where they first enrolled. Source: National Center for Education Statistics. The fastest- growing population has a lower graduation rate. Graduation Rates* Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities United States, 2006 (2000 cohort)

11. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Why degree completion is more important than ever. Telling the Story

12. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Adults Average Annual Earnings United States, 2006 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey.

13. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Projected Increases in Jobs United States, 2006 to 2016

14. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2006 and Bureau of Economic Analysis. State Incomes Related to Adults with Bachelor’s or Higher Degrees 2006 Few states with a low proportion of Bachelor’s degrees have a high per capita income. Few states with a high proportion of Bachelor’s degrees have a low per capita income.

15. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Will a postsecondary education be affordable enough to provide the kind of access needed in the coming decade? Comparing States, Institutional Types and Institutions

16. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Annual Tuition and Fees Public Four-Year, 2006-07 Source: SREB-State Data Exchange and IPEDS.

17. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Tuition and Fees as a Percent of Median Family Income Public Four-Year Source: SREB-State Data Exchange and U.S. Census Bureau.

18. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Annual Tuition and Fees Public Two-Year, 2006-07 Source: SREB-State Data Exchange and IPEDS.

19. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Tuition and Fees as a Percent of Median Family Income Public Two-Year Colleges Source: SREB-State Data Exchange and U.S. Census Bureau.

20. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Tuition and Fees Public Four-Year 1 Universities Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

21. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Tuition & Fees Top Public Two-Year 1 Colleges Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

22. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Percent of Income Required to Pay for One Year Public University, United States Annual household income Percent required for one year’s tuition, fees, room and board 1986-87 1996-97 2006-07 Sources: National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. 2 points up

23. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Percent of Income Required to Pay for One Year Public University, United States Annual household income Percent required for one year’s tuition, fees, room and board 1986-87 1996-97 2006-07 Sources: National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. 2 points up 11 points up

24. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Percent of Income Required to Pay for One Year Public University, United States Annual household income Percent required for one year’s tuition, fees, room and board 1986-87 1996-97 2006-07 Sources: National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. 2 points up 11 points up 47 points up

25. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Pressure to raise tuition is not likely to cease. Telling the Story

26. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Appropriations and Tuition Growth Public Colleges, SREB States, 2001 to 2007 Grant or Loan Two-Year Colleges Four-Year Colleges $1.6 billion $1.9 billion $5.8 billion $2.8 billion Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 75-77 database based SREB-State Data Exchange. Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

27. Southern Regional Education Board SREB With all this additional money the colleges’ budgets should be in good shape, Right? Telling the Story

28. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Enrollment and Funding Increases Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities SREB States, 2001-2007 Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

29. Southern Regional Education Board SREB Enrollment and Funding Increases Public Two-Year Colleges SREB States, 2001-2007 Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

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48. Southern Regional Education Board SREB For further information about SREB Data Services, contact Joe.Marks@SREB.org Alicia.Diaz@SREB.org 404-875-9211