SB1440-Initial
Outcomes
BRIAN STERN
SENIOR RESEARCH & PLANNING ANALYST
NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
SUNNY MOON
DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH & ANALYTICAL STUDIES
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON
 40,235
Students Enrolled/largest in CSU
 33,042 Undergraduate Students
 4,426 First-Time Freshmen
 4,123 New Transfers / #1 destination for California
Community College transfers
 45% UG Students - Pell Recipients
 57% UG Students 1st gen college students
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Entering Characteristics Composition
Ethnic Composition
Multi
4%
Intl
8%
AmInd
0%
Other
0%
Black
2%
Grad
14%
Unknown
4%
First-time
Freshmen
48%
Hispanic
39%
White
22%
Transfers
38%
Asian/PI
21%
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Transfers Admission
Freshmen Admission
(GPA: 2.70/3.35)
(EI: 3450/3700)
Applied
24,007
21,534 (48%)
Admitted
9,719 (40%)
4,426 (21%)
Enrolled
4,123 (42%)
89%
Retained
44,568
(retention rates)
62%
88%
(retention rates)
Graduated!
(6-yr Grad Rates)
74%
(4-year Grad Rates)
Post-Bac
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Background
•SB 1440-Passed and signed September 29, 2010
• Establishes Associate’s degrees for transfer (ADT)
• Based on IGETC framework with additional major specific courses
• 60 unit Associate’s degree/60 unit upper division pathway to BA
•Amended September 10, 2013-SB 440
• Requires CSU and CCC to establish ADT for most courses of study
• Priority admission to CSU
• Guaranteed admission to a CSU campus
System
System
After Transfer
•Must maintain good standing in Associate’s degree major
• Change major
• Add second major
• Add minor
CSU Fullerton-Initial Fall Cohort
•Four Categories
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•
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STAR students-ADT
Non-STAR-Non-STAR Associate’s Degree
No Degree-CC student without Associate’s
Not CC Transfer
Gender/Ethnicity
Transfer Units/Transfer GPA
Transfer Shock
A decrease in the transfer student’s grade point average during their first
semester at the new institution, in comparison to their grade point average at
their previous institution.
Overall Graduation Rates
Graduation by Gender
Graduation by Ethnicity
Graduation by Ethnicity
First Generation
Total Units
Program
N
Mean
SD
Non-STAR
2827
130.4
13.5
STAR
349
124.2
8.3
Logistic Regression (3-year Grad Rates)
Attribute
B
S.E.
Wald
P
Exp
Star Status
.778
.090
75.070
<.01
2.178
Underrepresented
.057
.067
.734
.392
1.059
First Generation
.232
.068
11.536
<.01
.793
Gender
.604
.066
83.798
<.01
1.829
Transfer GPA
.523
.084
38.548
<.01
1.687
Variable Values
STAR Status- 1=STAR 2=Non-STAR
Underrepresented- 1=URM 0=Non-URM
First Generation- 1=First Generation 0=Non-First Generation
Gender- 1=Female 0=Male
Transfer GPA-Continuous
Graduation Rates & Achievement Gap
4-Year Graduation Rates of Transfers
80.0%
75.0%
70.0%
65.0%
60.0%
55.0%
50.0%
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Next Steps
 Logistic Regression Analysis
 Propensity Score Matching
Gender
Underrepresented
Pell
STEM major
Transfer GPA
Local vs. out of area
Questions, Comments, ???