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Smarter Choices, Faster Completion : Indiana’s Complete College America Grant Initiative

Smarter Choices, Faster Completion : Indiana’s Complete College America Grant Initiative. Complete College America. National nonprofit founded in 2009 Focused on state policy reforms that boost college completion: Increasing the number of students earning college degrees and certificates

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Smarter Choices, Faster Completion : Indiana’s Complete College America Grant Initiative

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  1. Smarter Choices, Faster Completion:Indiana’s Complete College America Grant Initiative

  2. Complete College America • National nonprofit founded in 2009 • Focused on state policy reforms that boost college completion: • Increasing the number of students earning college degrees and certificates • Closing the college attainment gap for underrepresented student populations

  3. 29 Member States Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana KentuckyLouisiana MaineMaryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri Nevada New MexicoOhio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont West Virginia

  4. The Completion Innovation Challenge • National grant competition open to all 50 states • 33 states entered contest, 10 states selected • Winning states receive $1 million grant to support high-impact completion initiatives

  5. Smarter Choices, Faster Completion KEY STRATEGIES: • Redesigning remediation • Streamlining student support structures • Aligning state policies and incentives IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS: • Indiana University (Regional Campuses) • Ivy Tech Community College • Indiana Commission for Higher Education

  6. Essential College Partners Indiana’s Regional Campuses & Community College: • Serve the majority of ALLIndiana college students • Serve the majority of LOW-INCOMEIndiana college students • Serve the majority of FIRST-GENERATION Indiana college students

  7. Ivy Tech: Redesigning Remediation CHALLENGE: • More than two-thirds of Indiana’s community college students require remediation • Fewer than 25% of students placed in remedial courses ever earn a degree OPPORTUNITY: • Clearer identification of students’ remediation needs • Tiered intervention model: • Co-Requisite Component • Modular/Emporium Component

  8. IU: Streamlining Student Support Structures CHALLENGE: • Less than a third of Indiana’s public college students graduate within four years (29.5%) • Less than 10 percent of full-time students graduate on-time on many Indiana campuses OPPORTUNITY: • “Smart Choices” on-time degree maps and advising • Block scheduling and cohort-based enrollment

  9. CHE: Aligning State Policies & Incentives • New Strategic Plan: Reaching Higher, Achieving More • Completion • Productivity • Quality • New Performance Funding Metrics (proposed) • Completion: Overall, At-Risk, High-Impact • Progress: Persistence, Remediation Success • Productivity: On-Time Graduation, Institution-Defined • New Degree Completion Targets • Degrees and Certificates • State, Institution and Campus

  10. Indiana’s CCA Initiative Timeline • 2011: Planning & Design • 2012: Implementation & Evaluation • 2013: Replication & Scaling

  11. THANK YOU

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