Georgia Partnership for
Excellence in Education
January 2014
TCSG By the Numbers 2013
Technical Education Enrollment:
151,150
Full Time Equivalent Students:
79,009
Graduates
28,387
Trained in QuickStart Programs:
60,155
Jobs Created - QuickStart:
9,431
Jobs Saved - QuickStart:
2,997
Students Served in Adult Education:
GED® Diplomas:
Note: Technical Education data includes one university system college with a technical division.
70,997
15,450
Fall 2013 Status Update – 3.0 GPA
Status of Students Who Regained HOPE Eligibility After the GPA Requirement Was Reset to
2.0
13,000
11,471 TOTAL
12,000
11,000
5,571
10,000
Not Enrolled Fall Term /
Did Not Graduate
9,000
49%
8,000
7,000
(10% of 11,471)
6,000
5,000
31%
4,000
3,000
51%
2,000
(5,900)
1,000
0
1,101 of the 5,571 were
employed full-time during
January-March 2013
20%
3,559
Enrolled Fall Semester
2,341
Graduated Before Fall
Complete College Georgia
The Challenge
 By 2020, it is estimated that over 60% of jobs in
Georgia will require some form of college education –
a certificate, diploma, associate’s degree, or
bachelor’s degree
 Currently in Georgia, only 42% of the state’s young
adults (ages 25-34) have such credentials
 Georgia must produce 250,000 more post-secondary
graduates above the expected number to meet the
need by 2020
Game Changers for Student Success
Learning Support Redesign
Restructuring Programs
Military Support
Full-time is 15
Articulation
& Transfer
Accelerating Opportunity
Performance Funding
A Competitive Workforce
For Georgia
Higher Education Funding Formula
The Focus is on Outcomes not Inputs like Enrollment
Progression
Remedial Success
Transfer
Awards
New formula tested in 2015 and implemented in 2016
Performance Funding is a CCA Game Changer
Learning Support Redesign
All 24 TCSG Colleges Redesigned Learning Support
System-wide data is not available, but preliminary results
from some colleges look good:
 Completion rates in Reading have increased
 Completion rates in English have increased
 Completion rates in Math have increased
Improving Learning Support is a key factor in TCSG’s
Complete College Georgia
improvement plans
Restructuring TCSG Programs
Can we shorten the length of our
programs with no reduction in quality?
Taskforce Currently In Progress –
Restructuring Will:
1. Save Time
2. Reduce Cost
3. Improve Retention and Graduation
TIME is the enemy of completion
- Complete College America
Full-time is 15 (hours)
To graduate on-time, students need to take
15 hours per semester.
1. Develop 15 to Finish Marketing Plan
2. Evaluate Early Alert Advisement Systems
3. Restructuring Programs Will Reduce Time
TIME is the enemy of completion
- Complete College America
Accelerating Opportunity
Adult Education Students Working Toward a GED®
Enroll Like Joint Enrollment Students at TCSG
GED®
Adult
Education
Certificate,
Diploma,
Degree
Quality
Jobs
Current: Eight Colleges Participating
Albany Technical College
Atlanta Technical College
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Central Georgia Technical College
Gwinnett Technical College
Lanier Technical College
Athens Technical College
Savannah Technical College
Goal: All TCSG Colleges Participating
Support for the Military
TCSG Supports Georgia’s
Military Bases, Active Duty Personnel, Veterans and
DOD Employees
• TCSG Military Affairs Coordinator
• Georgia Military and Veterans Education and Training
Support Center
• Prior Learning Assessment – academic credit for previous
training
• Service-members Opportunity Colleges – currently 67% of
TCSG colleges are SOC members
TCSG Graduate Placement
TCSG Training Guarantee
If one of our graduates educated under a standard program or his/her
employer finds that the graduate is deficient in one or more
competencies as defined in the standards, the technical college will
retrain the employee at no instructional cost to the employee or the
employer