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Community College 101: An Iowa Perspective

Community College 101: An Iowa Perspective. Presentation at the Family Literacy RFP Workshop The Hotel at Gateway Center Ames, Iowa Frankie Santos Laanan Principal Investigator Iowa State University May 23, 2005. Acknowledgements. Guest Speakers

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Community College 101: An Iowa Perspective

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  1. Community College 101:An Iowa Perspective Presentation at the Family Literacy RFP Workshop The Hotel at Gateway Center Ames, Iowa Frankie Santos Laanan Principal Investigator Iowa State University May 23, 2005

  2. Acknowledgements • Guest Speakers • Iowa Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation • Workshop Participants • ISU Research Team ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

  3. Iowa State UniversityResearch Team • Frankie Santos Laanan, Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor (laanan@iastate.edu) • Soko Starobin, Postdoctoral Research Associate (starobin@iastate.edu) • Elizabeth Cox, Research Associate (coxe@iastate.edu) • Jonathan Compton, Research Associate (jcompton@iastate.edu) ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

  4. www.public.iastate.edu/~laanan/doe/doe.html

  5. + 4.20% + 5.70% + 7.22% Iowa Community CollegesFiscal Year Unduplicated Credit Enrollment • Credit Enrollment has increased 18.09% from 2001 to 2004. • Growth appears to be slowing but still follows an upward trend.

  6. Iowa Community CollegesEnrollments in Arts & Sciences Programs and Career & Technical Education Programs Percentage of Enrollment • Arts & Science • Fiscal Year 2001- 67.93% • Fiscal Year 2004- 64.56% • Career and Technical Education • Fiscal Year 2001- 29.28% • Fiscal Year 2004- 31.90% • Both Arts & Science and Career & Technical • Fiscal Year 2001- 2.79% • Fiscal Year 2004- 3.54%

  7. Iowa Community CollegesCondition of Community Colleges: 2004 Highlights Non-Credit Enrollments • Unduplicated non-credit student enrollment totals 302,994, having decreased approximately 13% from FY01 to FY04. • Part of this decrease is due to changes in reporting requirements that were implemented during FY04. • Total contact hours decreased 25% from FY01 to FY04. Part of this decrease is also due to changes in reporting requirements implemented in FY04. ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

  8. Iowa Community CollegesCondition of Community Colleges: 2004 Highlights Non-Credit Enrollments • The largest enrollment type in non-credit are in the “Enhance Employability/Academic Success” (EE) area. • “Enhance Employability” is defined as the intent and content of courses which are designed for the specific purposes of upgrading the skills of persons presently employed and retraining persons for employment. • “Academic Success” is defined as the advancement of a person’s knowledge in traditional educational studies. ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

  9. Iowa Community CollegesCondition of Community Colleges: 2004 Highlights Adult Literacy Program • 76% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was to obtain employment achieved that objective. • 88% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was to retrain employment achieved that objective. • 74% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was to obtain a GED or adult secondary school diploma achieved that objective. • 46% of the enrollees who indicated their program goal was to enter postsecondary education or training achieved that goal. ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

  10. Iowa Community CollegesCondition of Community Colleges: 2004 Highlights Adult Literacy Program • The most significant educational benchmark gains were observed for the English-as-a Second Language instructional program. • 90% educational gains benchmarks met or exceeded the negotiated benchmark levels. • 90% of Iowa’s adult basic education learners are between the ages of 16-44 (17% between 16-18; 32% between 19-24; and 41% between 25-44) • Adult literacy program enrollment by gender is 47% male. • Minority populations represented 45% of the total served in Iowa’s adult basic education program. ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

  11. Iowa Community CollegeMinority Enrollment Fiscal Year 2001-2004 • Black enrollment is the largest minority group as well as the fastest growing. • Hispanic enrollment has surpassed the Asian enrollment during the period shown.

  12. Iowa Community CollegesUnduplicated Non-Credit EnrollmentFiscal Years 2001-2004 • Unduplicated Non-Credit Enrollments continue to decline. Note: New Fiscal Year 2004 Reporting Requirements instituted the exclusion of ineligible programs such as: conferences, special events, testing, and staff development

  13. Iowa Community CollegesDuplicated Non-Credit EnrollmentFiscal Years 2001-2004 • Duplicated Non-Credit Enrollments continue to decline. Note: New Fiscal Year 2004 Reporting Requirements instituted the exclusion of ineligible programs such as: conferences, special events, testing, and staff development

  14. Iowa Community Colleges “The mission of Iowa’s System of Community Colleges in the 21st Century is to provide a world-class educational and community services to meet the needs of the people of Iowa.” Source: Shaping the Future: A Five-Year Plan for Iowa’s System of Community Colleges, 2001. ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

  15. Family Literacy Listserve famlit-iowa@iastate.edu To join the Family Literacy-Iowa Listserve, email Elizabeth Cox at coxe@iastate.edu

  16. For More Information Iowa Department of Education William Silag, Ph.D. Administrative Consultant Office: 515.281.3615; Fax: 515.281.6544 E-mail: bill.silag@iowa.gov Sally Schroeder Consultant, Adult Education Office: 515.281.3640; Fax: 515.281.6544 E-mail: sally.schroeder@iowa.gov Iowa State University Frankie Santos Laanan, Ph.D. Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor Office: 515.294.7292; Fax: 515.294.4942 E-mail: laanan@iastate.edu Elizabeth Cox Research Associate Office: 515.294.7391; Fax: 515.294.4942 E-mail: coxe@iastate.edu ISU-Iowa Department of Education Partnership

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