LA GRAD Act October 26, 2010 Creating a Culture of Student Success

1. LA GRAD Act October 26, 2010 Creating a Culture of Student Success Louisiana Innovation Council

2. CORE MISSION • Educating Students • Delivering Workforce • Improving Our State 2

3. LA GRAD Act Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas

4. Governor Jindal, Speaker Tucker, President Chaisson, Senator Nevers Acadiana Economic Development Council Ascension Chamber of Commerce Baton Rouge Area Chamber Blueprint Louisiana Bossier Parish Chamber of Commerce CENLA Advantage Partnership Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100 Council for a Better Louisiana East Feliciana Economic Development District East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce GNO Inc. Hammond Chamber of Commerce Jefferson Business Council Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Lafayette Economic Development Authority Livingston Economic Development Council Monroe Chamber of Commerce New Orleans Business Council New Orleans Chamber of Commerce Northshore Business Council Plaquemine Parish Economic Development & Tourism River Region Chamber of Commerce Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Shreveport Chamber of Commerce South Central Industrial Association South Louisiana Economic Council Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce St. Charles Department of Economic Development St. Helena Parish Office of Economic Development St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation St. Tammany Healthcare Alliance St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce Tangipahoa Economic Development Foundation Terrebonne Parish Economic Development Authority West Baton Rouge Chamber Council of Student Body Presidents Thank YOU!

5. Institutional Responsibility 34 Institutions participating this fall.

6. Primary Performance Areas

8. Graduation Rate 150 Percent of Time Only counts traditional students

9. Student Success

10. Articulation and Transfer

11. Education and the Workforce

12. Workforce and Economic Development

14. Measuring Research Productivity • Percentage of Science and Technology faculty with active R&D grants • Amount of research expenditures • Technology transfer and research commercialization measures

15. Efficiency and Accountability

16. GRAD Act Progress Watch: • Years 1-2 • Improved retention rates • Adopted policies/initiatives to support improved graduation rates • Eliminated associate degree programs (at 4-year institutions) • Eliminated programs (low completers/state needs) • Increased high school/postsecondary interaction

17. GRAD Act Progress Watch: • Years 3-4 • Improved transfer/retention rates • Increased admissions standards • Increased completers • Increased research productivity, • workforce alignment, and economic development • Increased licensure/certification • passage rates

18. GRAD Act Progress Watch: • Years 5-6 • Increased completers • Improved graduation rates • Elimination of developmental education • (4-year institutions) • Increased transfer/student retention & • graduation • Improvement in high school outreach • Focused tracking of graduates into the workforce

19. Institutional Autonomy

20. Monitoring and Renewal

22. Creating a Culture of Student Success