College Connection
Bastrop Independent School District
Board of Trustees
February 19, 2008
Mary Hensley, Ed.D.
Vice President,
College Support Systems
and ISD Relations
mhensley@austincc.edu
512-223-7618
Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board’s
Strategic Plan
“Closing the Gaps”
Overview
Closing the Gaps
• Closing the Gaps warns that if more Texans do not
receive college degrees by 2030, the State could lose
up to $40 billion in annual household income.
• The goal is to increase student enrollment in higher
education by 630,000 by 2015.
• Most students will elect to start at a community
college.
• Austin Community College District expects 15,000
additional students by 2015.
Source:
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/ClosingtheGaps/ctgtargets_pdf.cfm?Goal=1
College Connection
Overview
Improving High School to
College Transitions
• Provide admission and pre-enrollment services to
seniors on their school campuses
• Create an expectation that “College is in
everyone’s future.”
• Increase percentage of high school seniors who
enter college after high school graduation.
Austin Community College District Service Area
College Transition Rates
Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006
Enrolled in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
School District
Austin
Total High
School
Graduates
Students
Enrolled in
Texas
Universities
Students
Enrolled in
Texas 2-year
Colleges
Students Not
Located in
Texas Higher
Education *
3,856
1,111
29%
737
19%
2,008
52%
Bastrop
460
105
23%
73
16%
282
61%
Blanco
76
36
47%
13
17%
27
36%
319
32
10%
58
18%
229
72%
Dripping Springs
240
95
40%
62
26%
83
34%
Eanes
555
280
50%
59
11%
216
39%
Elgin
169
45
27%
29
17%
95
56%
Fredericksburg
227
88
39%
33
14%
106
47%
Coupland**
Del Valle
Doss**
*Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas colleges or universities in the Fall semester immediately following
graduation, as well as students who were enrolled out-of-state.
**Districts with less than 25 graduates are not included in this report.
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1324.PDF
Austin Community College District Service Area
College Transition Rates
Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006
Enrolled in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
School District
Georgetown
Total High
School
Graduates
Students
Enrolled in
Texas
Universities
Students
Enrolled in
Texas 2-year
Colleges
Students Not
Located in
Texas Higher
Education *
519
214
41%
98
19%
207
40%
46
29
63%
3
7%
14
30%
Hays
559
177
32%
96
17%
286
51%
Jarrell
44
14
32%
8
18%
22
50%
Johnson City
45
16
36%
6
13%
23
51%
Lago Vista
73
32
44%
21
29%
20
27%
Lake Travis
318
144
45%
62
20%
112
35%
1,052
371
35%
263
25%
418
40%
Liberty Hill
120
46
38%
24
20%
50
42%
Lockhart
219
62
28%
36
17%
121
55%
Harper
Leander
*Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas colleges or universities in the Fall semester immediately
following graduation, as well as students who were enrolled out-of-state.
**Districts with less than 25 graduates are not included in this report.
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1324.PDF
Austin Community College District Service Area
College Transition Rates
Texas High School Graduates from FY 2006
Enrolled in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006
School District
Total High
School
Graduates
Students
Enrolled in
Texas
Universities
Students
Enrolled in
Texas 2-year
Colleges
Students Not
Located in
Texas Higher
Education *
Luling
87
24
28%
9
10%
54
62%
Manor
131
26
20%
16
12%
89
68%
65
12
18%
9
14%
44
68%
964
319
33%
234
24%
411
43%
2,158
765
36%
373
17%
1,020
47%
San Marcos
448
98
22%
56
12%
294
66%
Smithville
125
31
25%
28
22%
66
53%
Wimberley
146
44
30%
45
31%
57
39%
13,021
4,216
32%
2,451
19%
6,354
49%
McDade**
Nixon-Smiley
Pflugerville
Prairie Lea**
Round Rock
Total
*Includes students who were not enrolled in Texas colleges or universities in the Fall semester immediately
following graduation, as well as students who were enrolled out-of-state.
**Districts with less than 25 graduates are not included in this report.
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1324.PDF
College Connection
How It Works
College Connection Program
• Many high school students find the college
enrollment process intimidating.
• Austin Community College District provides handson, one-on-one support to assist every student
through each step of the college admissions process.
College Connection Program
• During graduation ceremonies, high school
graduating seniors receive acceptance letters to
Austin Community College District.
• Program is free to the districts except for
transportation costs to tour college campus(es).
Students Receive Services
at the High School:
Required
•
•
•
•
•
Admission application
ASSET or COMPASS
Pre-advising
Academic advising
Graduation letter
Recommended
• Senior
presentation
• Financial aid
application
Optional
•
•
•
•
•
Student life info
Teleconference
Campus tours
Registration
Other
Lifetime Acceptance “at ACC”
• Application never discarded
• Provide a permanent
college home
• Students come to ACC:
▫
▫
▫
▫
▫
▫
Full-time
Part-time
In Summer for transfer
After military service
After career changes
Co-enroll while attending
4-year institution
Program Results
Bastrop ISD
Students Enter ACC
From College Connection
Fall 2003
Fall 2004
Fall 2005
Fall 2006
Fall 2007
0
0
70
55
46
Into Early College Start
Fall 2003
Fall 2004
Fall 2005
Fall 2006
Fall 2007
12
23
55
70
68
Receive Tech Prep Articulated Credit
Total Students
Collecting Credit
2004-05
Total Students
Collecting Credit
2005-06
Total Students
Collecting Credit
2006-07
Total Hours
Collected
2006-07
3
1
44
184
As of 10/15/2007
College Connection Student
Demographics
Fall 2007
DIVERSITY:
 Anglo
 African American
 Hispanic
 Other
GENDER:
 Female
 Male
32
1
11
2
32
14
Bastrop ISD Top Majors Fall 2007
Bastrop ISD
Major
3D Animation Specialization Visual
Communication Design
8-12 Grade Level Specialization
Accounting Technician
Biology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Criminal Justice Law Enforcement
Culinary Arts
Early Childhood-4 Grade Level Specialization
General Studies
General Studies in Science
Geology
Journalism
Marketing Fashion Merchandizing
Nursing (professional)
Nursing (vocational)
Personal Fitness Trainer Certificate
Physical Therapist Assistant
Physics-Astronomy
Pre-Medical
Pre-Pharmacy
Psychology
Radio-Television-Film
Sociology
Undeclared
Welding Tech Code Welding
ISD Total
#
%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
2
4.3%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
2
4.3%
4
8.7%
8 17.4%
3
6.5%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
2
4.3%
2
4.3%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
1
2.2%
5 10.9%
1
2.2%
46 100.0%
Bastrop ISD
Students in Developmental and/or
College Level Courses Fall 2007
Number of Developmental Courses Taken by Students
High School
Bastrop
ISD Total
Number of
Number of
Students
Students in
Enrolled in Fall College-Level
2007
Coursework
46
39
46
39
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
Students Taking Students Taking Students Taking Students Taking
Only One
Only Two
Only Three
Four or More
Developmental Developmental Developmental Developmental
Course
Courses
Courses
Courses
19
4
2
1
19
4
2
1
Skill Areas
Number of
Students Taking
Number of
Number of
Number of
One or More Students Taking Students Taking Students in
Developmental One or More
One or More
Other College
Reading
Developmental Developmental
Support
Course*
Writing Course* Math Course*
Courses **
4
2
24
7
4
2
24
7
* Students can be enrolled in more than one Developmental course but are only counted once in each column.
** Transition to College and Study Skills courses.
Note: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding.
College Connection
Expansion
National, State, and Regional
Expansion
College Connection Program
National Acclaim & Recognition
“Attaining advanced levels
of education for
disadvantaged students
cannot be done without
developing a college-going
culture in every middle
school and high school in
the state of Texas...then
suddenly, (going to college)
changes from being a
possibility to an
expectation.”
--Raymund Paredes
Commissioner, Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board
January 6, 2005
Texas College Connection
Expansion 2007-2009
• Ten Colleges Receive Implementation Grants
($100,000)
• Alamo Community College District
• Blinn College
• Del Mar College
• Houston Community College System
• Lee College
• Odessa College
• Richland College
• South Texas College
• Tarrant County College District
• Weatherford College
Texas College Connection
Expansion 2007-2008
• Five Colleges Receive Planning Grants
($5,000)
• Cedar Valley College
• Cisco Junior College
• Northeast Texas Community College
• Paris Junior College
• Victoria College
Texas College Connection
Expansion
• Texas Colleges Already Adopting College
Connection
• Alamo Community College District
• Central Texas College
• Coastal Bend Community College
• Del Mar Community College
• Houston Community College District
• Temple Community College
• Vernon College
• Victoria Community College
National Interest:
Programs started in:
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Hawaii
Maine
New Hampshire
Virginia
Regional College Connection
Expansion
• 27 school districts
• 56 high schools
• College Connection Scholarships
• Fundraising
• Mobile Go Centers
ACC’s Two Mobile Go Centers
• MGC #1
▫ Length, 34 Feet
▫ Air-Conditioned
▫ 14 Computer Stations
• MGC #2
▫ Length, 42 Feet
▫ Air-Conditioned
▫ 16 Computer Stations
• Equipped with:
▫ Printers
▫ Scanner
▫ Copier
▫ Satellite Internet
ACC’s Mobile Go Centers
• Visit:
▫
▫
▫
▫
▫
▫
Festivals
Sports Events
Supermarkets
Shopping Malls
Schools
Other
• www.austincc.edu/go
ACC’s Mobile Go Centers
• Virtual one-stop,
college-information
facility
▫ College catalog and
schedule information
▫ College applications
▫ FAFSA
▫ Other
• Staffed by ACC student
services personnel
Austin Community College
College Connection Website
www.austincc.edu/isd
• Access to scheduled
activities for students,
parents, and school officials
• Calendars
• Links to pertinent ACC
school district sites
Questions and Answers
For a copy of this presentation:
www.austincc.edu/isd/bastrop_isd/021908BoardPresentation.ppt