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Report on Closing the Gaps Success Progress

Report on Closing the Gaps Success Progress. January 24, 2008. Close the Gaps in Success. By 2015, award 210,000 undergraduate degrees, certificates and other identifiable student successes from high quality programs. Closing the Gaps ’ Success Strategies.

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Report on Closing the Gaps Success Progress

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  1. Report on Closing the Gaps Success Progress January 24, 2008 THECB 1/2008

  2. Close the Gaps in Success By 2015, award 210,000 undergraduate degrees, certificates and other identifiable student successes from high quality programs. THECB 1/2008

  3. Closing the Gaps’ Success Strategies • Focus efforts on increasing graduates in critical fields • Carry out the state’s URRS and other efforts aimed at making enrollment and graduation reflect the population of Texas • Fund colleges and universities to reward increases in retention and graduation from high quality programs • Create incentives and requirements for seamless student transitions • Make partnerships and collaborations between the business community and higher education institutions a part of the culture of these organizations THECB 1/2008

  4. About 35,000 more Bachelor’s, Associate’s & Certificates awarded than in 2000 93,765 35,000 THECB 1/2008

  5. Institutions’ Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree targets exceed 2010 Closing the Gaps Associate’s Bachelor’s THECB 1/2008

  6. Institutional targets for undergraduate minority awards’ are far short White* Hispanic African-Am. THECB 1/2008 * Not targeted in the Plan.

  7. How can we increase graduates in technology? Technology Nursing/Allied Health THECB 1/2008

  8. Technology degree change is not consistent across disciplines THECB 1/2008

  9. UG Allied Health and Nursing Awards have increase over 4,200 since 2000 17,900 13,644 THECB 1/2008

  10. Percentage increase in UG awards at public institutions greatest for underrepresented groups +18.8% +65.7% +44.1% THECB 1/2008

  11. Universities’ Graduation Rates Increasing THECB 1/2008

  12. Ethnic Graduation and Persistence Rates are Closer THECB 1/2008

  13. 10-year Graduation & Persistence Rate for full-time students THECB 1/2008

  14. Two-Year Colleges’Graduation and Persistence Increasing THECB 1/2008

  15. Summary • Implementation of additional Closing the Gaps strategies are being discussed • African American degrees have increased 44% and Hispanic 65% • Focusing on an area along with targeted funding can make a difference • HB1 programs once implemented should make additional improvements THECB 1/2008

  16. Next Steps? • Review degree targets • Implementation of the College Readiness Standards THECB 1/2008

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