Using Statewide Data to Track Students: A New Definition of Student Success

1. Using Statewide Data to Track Students: A New Definition of Student Success Dr. Molly Chamberlin Chief Accountability and Assessment Officer Center for Education and Career Innovation Dr. R.B. (Bob) Wilkinson Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Research and Planning Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne AACRAO SEM Conference November 2013

2. Where We Started What happens to the freshmen who start at IPFW? What happens to the students who transfer to IPFW? What happens to the students who become juniors at IPFW?

3. 36.6% Graduated 18.1% Still Enrolled Source: IPFW/IR and ICHE

4. 38.5% Graduated 12% Still Enrolled Source: IPFW/IR and ICHE

5. 65.7% Graduated 13.6% Still Enrolled 80.7% 79.3% 76.3% 77.7% Source: IPFW/IR and ICHE

6. Data Overview • Commission for Higher Education collects record-level data from Indiana public higher education institutions • Data elements include: • -Enrollment: status, major, credits attempted/earned, remedial credits attempted/earned, cumulative credits, cumulative GPA) • -Degree Conferral: level, major, date • -Student demographics: race, gender, county of origin • CHE obtains additional data from National Student Clearinghouse • CHE longitudinal data system links students across Indiana public colleges, augments with NSC data to link students with Indiana private & out of state colleges • Indiana’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System (IWIS) links high school graduates & high school data with CHE data and workforce data • All of these systems/data points make these models possible

7. The Tools Used • Various data sets: • ICHE yearly Indiana public college data submissions (CHEDSS) • National Student Clearinghouse • Indiana Department of Education (graduates, diploma type, ACT, SAT, AP scores, other demographic characteristics) • Department of Workforce Development (unemployment insurance, new hire data) • Various data systems: • CHE longitudinal data system • Department of education longitudinal data system • DWD longitudinal data system • IWIS (Indiana’s linked K-20W longitudinal data system)

8. Definitions -Freshmen: first time, full time entry students -Transfers: first time transfer students (students entering an institution for the first time in a given year, but who have been previously enrolled in college) -Graduates: students who completed the same degree than they originally sought (e.g., enrolled seeking Bachelor’s, earned Bachelor’s) -Completers: students who completed a lower degree than they originally sought (e.g., enrolled seeking Bachelor’s, earned Associate’s), OR students who complete an “unknown” degree (unspecified degree level at private or out-of-state school) -Still enrolled: students who still had a degree-seeking enrollment record 6 years (150%) post-entry -”IPEDS Rate”: graduation rate as defined by IPEDS (start and finish at same degree level, same institution) -All IN Public Grads Rate: graduation rate when including all students who graduate from an Indiana public (in other words, do not need to start and finish at same institution; can finish at any Indiana public) -Total Completion Rate: completion rate when including all students who graduate or complete anywhere

9. Annual Enrollment Report

10. Student Demographics

11. Freshmen

16. 6 Year IPFW Student Success Data - Freshmen

17. 6 Year IPFW Student Success Data – Freshmen - Continued

25. Transfers

35. Juniors

36. Juniors • First semester as a Junior in a fall semester • Institutional Junior enrollments by degree program • Full/part-time by major • Juniors by institution of origin. • One year retention by major • Retention and graduation rates by years from being a junior – by major. • 2, 4 and 6 year graduation rates • Workforce data by program