Iowa Community College Completion Initiative

1. Iowa Community College Completion Initiative Sponsored by Iowa Association of Community College Presidents Iowa State University Community College Leadership Program May 23, 201210:30am – 11:00am

2. Special Thanks Session: Proposed Metrics Part I: The NGA Metrics Janice Nahra Friedel, Ph.D. Associate ProfessorCommunity College Leadership Program Iowa State University Part II: Generating Iowa Community College Statewide and College Data on the NGA Metrics Vladimir BassisEducationalConsultant MISDivision of Community Colleges Iowa Department of Education

3. Declining State Support for Higher Education • The downturn of the US economy has resulted in large budget cuts to public community colleges One-Year Percent Changes in State Fiscal Support for Higher Education (FY2011 – FY2012) Illinois State University for the Study of Education Policy Grapevine Fiscal Year 2011-12 Data – Updated March 15, 2012. Table 2 -One-Year (FY11-FY12), Two-Year (FY10-FY12), and Five-Year (FY07-FY12) Percent Changes in State Fiscal Support for Higher Education, by State and by Source of Fiscal Support

4. Completion Initiative Workshop • Limited resources have caused many states to seek greater accountability in exchange for funding • State higher education policymakers also want to improve student educational outcomes • The White House wants to produce a workforce that will be able to compete globally

5. President Obama’s 2020 Goal

6. Higher Education is Imperative Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce Help Wanted (2010), p. 14

7. Completion Initiative Workshop • Performance funding (PF) is gaining traction as an effective model for prodding institutions to be more effective and efficient • Performance funding is a method of funding public institutions based on outcomes such as retention, job placement, and degree/certificate completion • Completion has emerged as the primary performance indicator among many 2-year colleges

8. Completion Initiative Workshop • President Obama has focused his attention on the "college completion" agenda College Scorecard http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/scorecard

9. College Scorecard http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/scorecard

10. The US has Fallen Behind Globally Percentage of Adults Age 25-34 with Postsecondary Education (Associate Degree or Higher in US per 2008 Population Survey, US Census Bureau) OECD Education at a Glance 2011 Indicator A1: To what level have adults studied? Table A1.3a Population with tertiary education (2009)

11. Completion Initiative Workshop • By 2018 there will be a shortage of 3 million workers who have associate degrees or higher • This shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers

12. Completion Initiative Workshop • By 2018 there will be a shortage of 3 million workers who have associate degrees or higher • This shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers

13. Completion Initiative Workshop • College completion is essential to the nation’s ability to compete in the new millennium

14. The Completion Arch http://completionarch.collegeboard.org/preparation

15. Completion Initiative Workshop • The National Governors Association (NGA) launched an initiative to help all states improve performance NGA (2010). Complete to Compete, Common College Completion Metrics. Washington, D.C.: NGA Center for Best Practices.

16. Outcome Metrics The outcome metrics quantify the end-product of the educational process, informing policymakers and the public on how students, institutions, and the state are performing on the goal of increased postsecondary attainment.

17. NGA College Completion Metrics NGA (2010). Complete to Compete, Common College Completion Metrics. Washington, D.C.: NGA Center for Best Practices.

18. Progress Metrics Progress metrics measure student movement from semester-to-semester and year-to-year toward the completion of an academic program. Such measures help policymakers identify specific challenges and opportunities for improvement in higher education. The measures also enable institutions to target intervention and support services to increase the likelihood of completion.

19. NGA College Completion Metrics NGA (2010). Complete to Compete, Common College Completion Metrics. Washington, D.C.: NGA Center for Best Practices.

20. Context Metrics to Consider NGA proposes additional context measures to help states analyze and apply the outcome and progress metrics, providing governors and other state leaders with more information on which to base policy decisions.

21. Context Metrics to Consider • Enrollment • Completion ratio • Market penetration

22. Recommendations • Formation of a state-wide data metrics team to work with the DE and ISU in refining the definitions, methodologies, and reporting of outcomes. • Regular monitoring of performance on the metrics. • Development of strategies to improve performance on the metrics. • Sharing of initiatives that result in improved performance on the metrics. • Develop a communications plan to disseminate positive outcomes.

23. Sources • Bess,  James  L.,  &  Dee,  Jay  R.  “Organizational  Learning.”  In  Bess  &   Dee, Understanding College and University Organization (Stylus, 2008), vol. 2, chap. 6. • CollegeBoard. The completion arch: Measuring community college student success. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://completionarch.collegeboard.org/preparation • Carnevale, A. P., Smith, N., & Strohl, J. Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce. (2010). Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018. Retrieved from website: http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/FullReport.pdf • Dougherty,  Kevin  J.  &  Esther  Hong.  2006.    “Performance   Accountability as Imperfect Panacea: The Community College Experience.”  In  Thomas  Bailey  and  Vanessa  Smith  Morest  (eds.),   Defending the Community College Equity Agenda (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press), pp. 51-86. • Dougherty, Kevin J. & Rebecca S. Natow. 2009. The Demise of Higher Education Performance Funding Systems in Three States. Working Paper #17. New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=693

24. Sources • Dougherty, Kevin J., Rebecca S. Natow, & Blanca E. Vega. 2012. Popular but Unstable: Explaining why state performance funding systems in the United States often do not persist. Teachers College Record 114 (3) (2012). • Dougherty, Kevin J., Rebecca S. Natow, Rachel Hare Bork, Sosanya M. Jones, & Blanca E. Vega. 2011. The Politics of Performance Funding in Eight States: Origins, Demise, and Change. Final Report to Lumina Foundation. New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=875 • Grapevine. Summary Tables, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://grapevine.illinoisstate.edu/tables/index.htm • Jenkins, Davis, Todd Ellwein, & Katherine Boswell. 2009. Formative Evaluation  of  the  Student  Achievement  Initiative  “Learning  Year.” New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=655 • Kanter, Martha. (2012). An America Built to Last. (powerpoint)

25. Sources • NGA (2010). Complete to Compete, Common College Completion Metrics. Washington, D.C.: NGA Center for Best Practices • OECD (2011), Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eag-2011-en • Reyna, Regina. 2010. NGA Center for Best Practices Education Division. http://www.nga.org/cms/center • Shulock, Nancy & Davis Jenkins. 2011. Performance Incentives to Improve Community College Completion: Learning from Washington State's Student Achievement Initiative. New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?uid=880 • Snyder, Martha J. 2011. Role of Performance Funding in Higher Education’s  Reform  Agenda:  A  Glance  at  Some  State  Trends. Washington, DC: HCM Strategists.

26. Special Thanks Session: Proposed Metrics Part II: Generating Iowa Community College Statewide and College Data on the NGA Metrics Vladimir BassisEducationalConsultant MISDivision of Community Colleges Iowa Department of Education