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Closing the Gaps Progress Report. July 29, 2010. What types of new institutions are now included?. Two-year technical colleges (e.g., ITT) Four-year academic institutions (e.g., U. of Phoenix and DeVry U.) Bible colleges and seminaries that are not members of ICUT.
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Closing the Gaps Progress Report July 29, 2010 THECB 6/2010
What types of new institutions are now included? Two-year technical colleges (e.g., ITT) Four-year academic institutions (e.g., U. of Phoenix and DeVry U.) Bible colleges and seminaries that are not members of ICUT THECB 6/2010
Most Career/Proprietary Institutions that reported to CB are small THECB 6/2010
What does this mean for Closing the Gaps in Participation? THECB 6/2010
Closing the Gaps in Success THECB 6/2010
Participation Rates are higher for Females THECB 6/2010
STEM Awards Good News: 2009 showed the largest increase since 2003 – with 17% Bad News: STEM awards would need to increase 100% to reach the 2015 target. THECB 6/2010
New Teacher Certifications In FY 2009, initial teacher certifications from all sources dropped for the first time since FY 2000. Certification of new math and science teachers dropped 5% THECB 6/2010
Summary of Findings Hispanics had the largest increases, but still lag with only 4.4% participation rate African American Females have the highest participation rate (7.8%) of any group Overall Female participation rate outpaces males 6.5% to 5.0% STEM degrees had largest increase yet, but still need to double to reach target Certifications of new math and science teachers dropped 5% THECB 6/2010