High School Diversity Experiences of Entering Gallaudet Students (2010-2011)

1. High School Diversity Experiences of Entering Gallaudet Students(2010-2011) Report prepared for Dr. Angela McCaskill by Ross E. Mitchell, Ph.D. in cooperation with the Gallaudet Research Institute. Annual Survey team: Sue Hotto, Kay Lam, John Woo

2. The study builds on existing strengths Used available data to inform our understanding of the relationship between student diversity and enrollment. Pilot Demonstration: First time linking GRI’s “Annual Survey” with OAQ’s enrollment data

3. Increasing our capacity at gaining evidence-based insights • Collaboration: • Office for Diversity and Inclusion • Office of Academic Quality (OAQ) • Gallaudet Research Institute (GRI)

4. Purpose of Study Understanding Diversity Experiences • Deaf and Hard of Hearing High School Students in 2009-2010: • The range of ethnoracial and other diversity experiences • Gallaudet University Freshmen in 2010-2011: • The ethnoracial and other diversity experiences of Gallaudet applicants and matriculants • Prospects for increasing and maintaining enrollment diversity at Gallaudet

5. IDEA Child Count This report looks at Annual Survey (GRI) Gallaudet OAQ

6. Gallaudet OAQ Variables • Students information: • Ethnoracial identification • Geographic region of high school • Enrollment statuses • Applied (2009-2010) • Admitted (2009-2010) • Deposit Paid (2009-2010) • Matriculated (2010-2011) as freshman • Returned (2011-2012) as sophomore

7. Annual Survey Variables (2009-2010) • High school age students information: • Ethnoracial identification • Hearing loss or deafness • Economic disadvantage status • Geographic region • Instructional setting

8. Annual Survey Variables (2009-2010) • High schools information: • Deaf and hard of hearing peer group size • Hearing loss or deafness diversity • Ethnoracial diversity • Instructional setting diversity • Economic disadvantage status diversity

9. IDEA Child Count Variables* • Students with hearing impairment information: • Ethnoracial identification • Geographic region * U.S. Department of Education (2010), 29th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act, 2007, Volume 2.

10. Major Findings Focus on: Application, Enrollment, and Persistence among Deaf and Hard of Hearing High School Students Seeking to Become Gallaudet Freshmen in 2010-2011

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12. Overall Patterns • Students who apply, enroll, and persist are: • More likely to be white at each decision point • From geographically proximal locations • Largely from residential schools for the deaf • From less disadvantaged circumstances

13. Trending More White (Table 2.1, p. 36)

14. Consistently Closer to DC

15. From Schools for the Deaf (Table 2.3, p. 38) Schools for the Deaf

16. Where Intervention May Be Needed • Students who are disproportionately not admitted: • Solitaire* applicants *Only deaf or hard of hearing student in high school (no peers)

17. Fewer Solitaires Admitted

18. Intervention Needs & Successes • Students who are disproportionately not admitted: • Black applicants • Students who disproportionately do not persist: • Asian/Pacific Islander matriculants • Students who notably enroll: • Hispanic applicants, particularly, from the West

19. Declines and Successes (Table 2.1, p. 36)

20. Next Steps Understand more about: Deaf and hard of hearing high school students who may apply Facilitating successful matriculation of diverse applicants Gallaudet student experiences with an emphasis on retention

21. High Schools Serving Deaf Students • Learn more about mainstream high schools that serve deaf and hard of hearing students: • Link National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) school databases to the Annual Survey • Public schools: Common Core of Data • Private schools: Private School Survey • Describe total school setting for deaf education in mainstream

22. Transition to College Support • Identify and encourage successful transition from high school to college for students of color: • Academic preparation • Familial understanding and attitudes about postsecondary education • High school college and career counseling • Financial aid application support and assistance

23. College Success at Gallaudet • Identify and encourage successful behaviors and respond to identified needs for support: • Obtain students’ perceptions of diversity experiences • Provide social and academic support for students of color • Facilitate on-campus residential opportunities • Promote and maintain ethnoracial diversity through curriculum and extra-curriculum

24. Coordinated Database Development • Jointly monitor high school student interest in Gallaudet, and the undergraduate experience of those who enroll, by coordinating among: • Office of Academic Quality • Office of Enrollment Management • First Year Experience Program • Gallaudet Research Institute

25. Maintaining Strength Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth Unique source of detailed information More current than any other deafness-specific study Consistent design permits trend monitoring

26. Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth • 40+ years of data collected on children & youth across the U.S. • Large-scale- Avg. 40,000 responses • Give Gallaudet the “eyes” to see conditions and future trends: • Ethnoracial diversity • Maternal rubella “bulge” of 1980’s

27. GRI’s Annual Survey Contributions • Family hearing loss study • Transition study • Cochlear implant studies • Students with autism • SAT norming