Fall 2018 California State University Updates

1. Fall 2018California State UniversityUpdates

2. Student Outcomes & Impact • Over 478,600 students enrolled in fall 2016 • 137,174 new undergraduates enrolled • 95% were California residents • Over 110,000 degrees awarded in 2016-2017 • 87% of first-time freshmen came from a California public high school • 92% of new undergraduate transfers came from California community colleges

3. CSU Students

4. The Last 4 Fall Freshmen Admissions Cycles

5. The Last 4 Fall Transfer Admissions Cycles

6. Freshman Admission Eligibility • No change to admissions eligibility • High school graduation • A-G completion • Eligibility index • Transfer Admission Eligibility • No change to admissions eligibility • 60 semester/90 quarter units • 30 units of general education • 4 basic skill courses (Area A & B4) • Grades of “C” or higher • 2.0 cumulative GPA in transferable college work

7. New Counselor Portal Quarterly E-mails and Notifications Access to important information Latest news for High School and Community College Counselors Upcoming Deadlines Applicant Videos Subscribers will receive an email with log-in info for personal URL and account information. New subscribers visit: counselor.calstate.edu

8. New Academic Preparation Policy Improves Assessment and Placement Strengthens Early Start Program Restructures Developmental Education Promotes Four Years of High School Math/Quantitative Reasoning

9. Assessment and Placement Retires the ELM and EPT Retains all other measures used to determine college readiness (SBAC, ACT, SAT, AP, etc.) Incorporates the use of available student data into a new multiple measures model

10. Overview • Student placement in courses that satisfy CSU GE Mathematics/ Quantitative Reasoning (B4) and Written Communication (A2) will be based on the following four categories: • Category I: Has fulfilled the GE area A2 or B4 requirement • Category II: Placement in a GE area A2 or B4 course* • Category III: Placement in a supported GE area A2 or B4 course* • Category IV: Placement in a supported GE area A2 or B4 course or the first term of an applicable stretch course • Early Start required *There will be a bifurcation for math

11. Overview • Placement into the categories will be determined by using traditional and new multiple measures, including: • Test Scores (AP, SAT, ACT, CAASPP/EAP) • High School Coursework • High School Grade Point Average (GPA) • High School Math GPA

12. Student System Updates - 2018 • Phase I: Adapting the remediation process • Use test scores for placement into one of the four categories • Phase II: Developing a new academic preparation process • Will use HS coursework and HS GPA or Math GPA for placement into one of the four categories • Will use students major - STEM, Algebra Dependent, Non-STEM, Statistics Dependent, and Undecided for placement • Will use data from Cal State Apply application

13. Phase II New Academic Preparation Process • Updates include: (continued) • Calculating Math GPA • Will use Area C courses from HS coursework loaded from Cal State Apply application • Will calculate 9th, 10th, and 11th GPA for math • Area G not used in 2018 • High school coursework GPA will include 10th and 11th grade

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