Fall 2006 Enrollment Update

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Fall 2006Enrollment Update

• Where were coming from and where were
  headed.

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Attrition and Completion Rates of Selected Groups
Data Source SCC 2005 Retention and Completion
Study, SCC IR. Completion indicates award of a
certificate OR a degree. All cohorts are
comprised of students entering SCC during fall
quarters.
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Risk Factors and Remediation

• Traditional-entry students (entering from HS
  within 2 quarters) make up about 10 of all new
  students each fall quarter.
• Of these, 30 are considered high-risk by US Dept
  of Education criteria, the remaining 70 are
  considered low-risk.
• Based on these same US DOE criteria, 93 of all
  students entering SCC during fall quarters are
  considered high-risk.
• Low-Risk High-Risk Average Age
  18.7 28.8
• 50 of these low-risk students require
  developmental or basic skills training during
  their first year at SCC, whereas
• 25 of these high-risk students re require
  developmental or basic skills training during
  their first year at SCC
• About 1/3 of all new students entering SCC during
  fall quarters are taking developmental math or
  English during their first year. Ten years ago,
  this proportion was less than 1/4.

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Where do we go from here?

• Better data is needed.
• Identify additional sources, and
• develop new systems to collect and track the data
  were currently missing.
• With 1/3 of our students leaving after just one
  quarter, retention obviously needs to be a focus
  for the college. The College Council and EMTF
  have made retention a strategic priority for this
  year.
• A recent study WSU indicates that only half of
  high school graduates in our service area attend
  college. Creative and collaborative efforts to
  increase this proportion could offset or even
  negate the lowering number of HS graduates in
  coming years, and the Outreach groups are
  beginning to work on this.
• Explore why Arts and Science students are taking
  smaller course loads, why enrollments of women
  are declining, etc.

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Resources

• www.scc.spokane.edu/?ir
• Research
• Reports
• mmacias_at_scc.spokane.edu