Theresa Anderson
Lauren Eyster
Robert I. Lerman
The Urban Institute
Maureen Conway
Marcela Montes
The Aspen Institute
Carol Clymer
Penn State University
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Across 30 colleges (3 excluded):
TOTAL
Average per College
Median per College
$9,115,032
$303,834
$277,577
The distribution:
Personnel Consultants
72.4%
0.1%
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Courses
Support
Services
Tuition/
Scholarships
Advertising
Other
23.3%
0.4%
1.6%
0.7%
0.6%
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Note: The average cost
per student was
misreported in the original
webinar. The number
presented here is correct.
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Much of the first year was devoted to start-up
activities
AO seems to be serving the target population,
but many students have secondary school
credentials
The change in Pell rules affected recruitment
strategies
Pathways were primarily concentrated in
manufacturing and healthcare
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Many students in AO expressed satisfaction with
the program and tried to recruit others to join
Some colleges IL and NC used bridge programs
for AO-eligible students in the 6th to 8th grade
adult education levels
Team teaching approaches ranged from a high
level of integration to the adult education
instructor acting as a teacher’s aide
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Team teaching presented a financing challenge to
states and colleges
Many support services were provided, but
differentiation for AO was moderate
Almost all colleges had connections with
workforce agencies, but information about
employer engagement was mixed
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Personnel was the most expensive aspect of AO
programs
The cost per student is approximately $4,546, and
the cost per credit is likely somewhere between
$226 and $565
The cost data are still being developed and will
improve throughout the evaluation Note: The average cost
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per student was
misreported in the original
webinar. The number
presented here is correct.
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What were student outcomes? How many completed
pathways, obtained credentials, became employed in
their area of training, and experienced wage increases?
How did AO impact the student outcomes relative to
what they would have achieved otherwise?
Did cultural change occurred as a result of AO, on
either the state or college level? Did AO result in
policy changes?
Did AO achieve scale? Which aspects of AO were
seen as most sustainable?
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Theresa Anderson
AO Project Manager
The Urban Institute
tanderson@urban.org
(202) 261-5847
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Excluded: 0
100%:
3
0%:
1
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Excluded: 3
100%:
1
0%:
2
Excluded: 4
100%:
0
0%:
0
Excluded: 7
100%:
0
0%:
7
Excluded: 14
100%:
4
0%:
10
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82% of colleges used Complementary-Supportive
Teaching
70% of colleges used Monitoring Teacher
55% used Traditional Team Teaching
4 colleges reported that there was no team
teaching in Year 1, all in NC
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Colleges
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