Colorado College Completion
Bruce Vandal, Vice President
Complete College America
Too few students graduate — even when they have
twice as much time
1-year certificate within 2 years
2-year associate within 4 years
4-year bachelor’s within 8 years
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Colorado Graduation Rates (200% time)
(2006 cohort)
Full Time
1 Year Certificates (2 years)
Associate Degrees (4 years)
Bachelor’s Degree Flagship Universities
(8 years)
All other Four Year Institutions
(8 years)
Part Time
33.4%
18.6%
63.4%
7.6%
5.7%
26.6%
33.1%
12.5%
Nontraditional students are the
new majority.
75%
75% of students are college commuters,
often juggling families, jobs, and school.
25%
25% of students attend fulltime at residential colleges.
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Understanding the Barriers to
Completion
 Part time students rarely earn a credential
 Students take too long and too many credits to
graduate
 Long remedial education sequences for a majority
of students end college before it begins
Part-Time Students Rarely Earn a College
Credential . . .
1-year certificate within 2 years
2-year associate within 4 years
4-year bachelor’s within 8 years
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… and most students take too much time to earn a
degree.
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Colorado Time to Degree (years)
(2006 cohort)
One Year
Certificate
Associate Degree
Flagship
Universities
Other Four-Year
Colleges
Full Time
2.7
Part Time
3.9
3.1
3.9
5.0
4.9
4.1
5.6
Students are wasting time (and money)
on excess credits …
75%
25%
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Colorado Credits to Degree
(2006 cohort)
Full Time
Part Time
One Year Certificates (30 credits)
71
67
Associate Degree (60 credits)
88
86
Flagship Universities (120 credits)
135
138
All Other Four Year Colleges (120
credits)
138
137
Too many entering freshmen need remediation.
51.7% of those entering a 2-year
college enrolled in remediation
19.9% of those entering a 4-year
college enrolled in remediation
Source: Fall 2006 cohorts
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Most remedial students don’t make it through collegelevel gateway courses.
Source: Fall 2006 cohorts
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Most remedial students never graduate.
Source: Completion data: fall 2006 cohorts; graduation data: 2-year, fall 2004 cohorts; 4-year, fall 2002 cohorts
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College success for Remedial
Students (200% time)
Certificate
2-year colleges
Flagship
Universities
Other 4-year
colleges
Full Time
10.7%
12%
60.6%
Part Time
DK
4%
DK
28.1%
DK
Game Changer #1
Deliver remedial instruction for gateway
college-level course content — as a corequisite, not a pre-requisite.
 Single Semester Co-Requisite
 One-Year Course Pathway
 Embedded or Parallel Remediation in Career
Technical Programs
Single Semester Co-Requisite Model
Austin Peay’s Structured Assistance Program
TraditionalDSPM 0800
Traditional – Traditional
DSPM 0850 College
Ready
Redesign
Math Thought 11.6%
and Practice
43.5%
85%
76.3%
Fundamentals 7.5%
of Statistics
28.8%
56.2%
61.2%
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Embedded Remediation
Washington I-BEST Model
 Integrate ELL and Adult Basic Skills
Instruction into career certificate courses
 I-BEST students 50% more likely to complete
a certificate than traditional students
 Expansion to degree programs
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Game Changer #2
Deliver college placement exams in high school
 Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness
Test
 California Early Assessment Program
 Common Core College and Career Readiness
Standard
Game Changer #3
Use dual enrollment/dual credit strategies
during the senior year for gateway math and
English courses
 College ready students – enroll in college-level
courses
 Students below college-level take full year
gateway course – with academic support
Bruce Vandal
[email protected]
Twitter: @BruceatCCA