Office of Institutional Research
March 1, 2013
[Comments]
Declared Goals of Basic Skills Students
Declared Degree/Cert by Academic Year
The percent of students declaring an academic goal has increased substantially in recent years. The majority of students
did not have a student goal prior to 2009. In 2011-2012, only 32.3% did not have a declared goal in the system. The
following report examines new students in 2010-2011, where the majority of students had a declared goal. The basic skills
enrollments of these students were tracked in 10-11 and 11-12.
Missing DSG by Academic Year
% With NO Declaration
85.0
81.0
73.3
67.1
63.8
54.9
41.4
32.3
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
Number of student
enrolled
9,836
9,018
8,457
9,211
10,199
10,758
9,598
8,206
2010-2011 Cohort
There were 1,685 new students in the 2010-2011 Cohort year. Seventy-six students were removed because they had
previously been enrolled at CR as a high school concurrent student (MNR).
MNR
New
2010 Fall
33
1117
2011 Spring
39
485
2011 Summer
4
85
Total
76
1609
Declared Degree/Cert for the 2010-2011 Cohort
An AA/AS CTE degree was the most common declared student goal, followed by an AA/AS transfer degree. Certificates
of Recognition (CR) were declared least frequently, although we need to find out if students are able to declare all CR’s,
or just a subset.
Coding Details by Degree/Cert (2010-2011)
Degree/Cert Type
Description of Selection
Missing
No goal was declared
AA/AS CTE
Any AA/AS not leading to transfer
CTE Certificate
Any Certificate
AA/AS Transfer Degree
Any transfer AA or AS program
CR
Any program with .CR
% of Students
26%
35%
11%
27%
2%
Office of Institutional Research
March 1, 2013
[Comments]
Declared Goals of Basic Skills Students
English Placement
Most students who declared a goal such as AA/AS Transfer Degree, AA/AS CTE, and CTE Certificate took the English
assessment. Almost half of students who did not declare a degree/cert did not take the English assessment. Students
placing into basic skills (300-level) English declared an AA/AS CTE degree more than any other degree or certificate, at
40.2 percent, but over a quarter of students placing into basic skills English declared an AA/AS Transfer degree.
English Level Placement by Degree/Cert (2010-2011)
English Level
Placement
Transfer-level
100-Level
300-level
No tests on file
Total
No
Declaration
52 21.2%
97 19.8%
92 17.4%
174 50.9%
415 25.8%
AA/AS CTE
81
180
212
86
559
33.1%
36.7%
40.2%
25.1%
34.8%
CTE
Certificate
14
5.7%
43
8.8%
72
13.6%
38
11.1%
169
10.5%
AA/AS Transfer
Degree
96
39.2%
164
33.4%
140
26.5%
33
9.6%
433
26.9%
CR
2
7
12
11
32
0.8%
1.4%
2.3%
3.2%
2.0%
Total
245
491
528
342
1608
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Math Placement
Almost half of students who did not declare a degree/cert did not take the math assessment. Declarations of students based
on math placement gave the same pattern as English placement, although a slightly higher percentage of students placing
into 300-level math declared an AA/AS Transfer degree (30.4%) than did those placing into basic skills English (26.5%).
Those largest group of students placing into transfer level math declared an AA/AS CTE degree (35.6%), while the largest
group of students placing into transfer level English declared an AA/AS Transfer degree (39.2%).
Math Level Placement by Degree/Cert (2010-2011)
Math Level
Placement
Transfer-level
100-Level
300-level
No tests on file
Total
No
Declaration
36
26.7%
27
25.0%
173 17.2%
176 49.3%
415 25.8%
AA/AS CTE
48
30
391
89
559
35.6%
27.8%
38.9%
24.9%
34.8%
CTE
Certificate
2
1.5%
12
11.1%
115
11.5%
40
11.2%
169
10.5%
AA/AS Transfer
Degree
47
34.8%
39
36.1%
305
30.4%
42
11.8%
433
26.9%
CR
2
0
20
10
32
1.5%
0.0%
2.0%
2.8%
2.0%
Total
135
108
1004
357
1608
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Office of Institutional Research
March 1, 2013
[Comments]
Declared Goals of Basic Skills Students
Enrollment and Course Success
The following table shows the number of new students in the 2010-2011 cohort who have enrolled in the English or math
sequence, and how successful they were in the course. Students were most successful in READ-360 and ENGL-350 with
an AA/AS Transfer Degree declaration, with the exception of high success of students in READ-360 without a
declaration, 60 percent of which were successful. The same is true of students in MATH-376. Those without a declaration
had the highest success in the course (50%).
Englsih and Math Enrollments and Success Rate by Degree/Cert (2010-2012)
English
Level
No Declaration
AA/AS CTE
CTE Certificate
Enrolled Success Enrolled Success Enrolled
31
57%
67
71%
5
English 1A
36
43%
103
58%
16
English 150
18
43%
65
46%
15
English 350
12
60%
24
50%
9
Read 360
13
36%
49
64%
10
Math 120
24
45%
66
52%
16
Math 380
19
50%
59
45%
19
Math 376
2
33%
9
53%
3
Math 372
Note. This tables shows total attempts, not unduplicated head count.
Success
56%
57%
39%
43%
59%
52%
46%
50%
AA/AS Transfer
Degree
Enrolled
Success
81
61%
97
54%
66
55%
11
52%
57
59%
77
51%
49
48%
10
77%