Report of Achieving the DreamData Team

May 8 , 2008

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Contents

Demographics of Fall 2007 AtD Cohort Gender Age Ethnicity Course Load EFC

Persistence of Fall 2007 AtD Cohort Gender Age Ethnicity Course Load EFC

Comparison of Falls 2004 through 2007 AtD Cohorts

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Methodology

Achieving the Dream (AtD) defines student success in a course as a grade of A, B, C, or S.

All persistence and retention data is based on the ATD cohort, which includes all students who enter OCCC for the first-time in the fall semester.

Persistence is defined as a student in the Fall AtD Cohort attending 1 or more classes in the following Spring. (Fall 2007 to Spring 2008)

Retention is defined as a student in Fall AtD Cohort attending 1 or more classes in the following Fall. (Fall 2007 to Fall 2008)

AtD Fall 2007 Cohort Demographics

3,230 students are first-time to OCCC (Approx. 25% of All Fall 2007)

54% are Female 71% are 18–24 years old Black/African Americans (12%) represent the largest

ethnic/racial minority followed by Hispanic/Latinos (8%) Whites represent 57% of total cohort 53% are part-time (Less than 12 credit hours) 77% fall into one of two EFC groups:

22.8% in $0 - $1,500 54.7% in Did Not Apply for Financial Aid

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AtD Fall 2007 Cohort Demographics

Compared to ALL Fall 2007 students: Slightly higher percentage males (3 percentage points)

Higher percentage 18 – 24 year olds (15 percentage points)

Slightly higher percentage of ethnic minorities (2 percentage points)

Higher percentage are full-time (10 percentage points)

Lower percentage Did Not Apply for Financial Aid (6 percentage points)

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AtD Fall 2007 Cohort Persistence

56% attended one or more classes in Spring 2008 Females persisted at a higher rate (58%) than males

(53%) 18-24 year olds persisted at a higher rate (57.4%)than

the overall persistence rate (55.8%) Asians persisted at a much higher rate (68%) than the

overall persistence rate while Black/African Americans persisted at a lower rate (47%)

Full-time students persisted at a much higher rate (70%) than part-time students (43%)

Student who Did Not Apply for Financial Aid persisted at a much lower percentage (48%) than all other categories of EFC

AtD Fall 2007 Cohort Demographics and Persistence

Fall 2007 AtD Cohort Persistence by Gender

54.4%44.9%

58.4%52.9%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

Female Male

Cohort Persistence

Fall 2007 AtD Cohort Persistence by Age Group

70.8%

14.3%5.6% 3.5%

57.4%50.5% 52.2%

58.9%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

18-24 25-29 30-34 35-39

Cohort Persistence

AtD Fall 2007 Cohort Demographics and Persistence

Fall 2007 AtD Cohort Persistence by Course Load

53.0%47.0%

43.1%

70.1%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

Part-Time Full-Time

Cohort Persistence

Fall 2007 AtD Cohort by EFC

54.7%

22.8%

6.7% 6.0%

48.0%

62.2%67.0% 69.9%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

Did Not Apply for FA $0-1,500 $3,951-$7,500 $1,501-$3,950

Cohort Persistence

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Comparison of AtD Falls 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Cohort Demographics

Male to female ratio remains stable

18-24 year old category continues to decline in number and percentage since Fall 2005.

Trend developing of higher percentage of part-time students since Fall 2005.

Number and percentage of students who Did Not Apply for Financial Aid decreased 1.3 percentage points from Fall 2006.

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Comparison of AtD Falls 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Cohort Persistence

Fall 2007 shows a change in the direction of overall persistence rates

Falls 2005 and 2006 persistence rates declined from our beginning Fall 2004 cohort; however Fall 2007 indicates a change in this downward trend.

Although Fall 2007 females experienced a 3 percentage point increase from Fall 2006, male persistence remained flat.

18-24 year olds experienced a 4 percentage point persistence increase.

Comparison of AtD Falls 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Cohort Persistence

The total ethnic/racial minority increased 3 percentage points in persistence from Fall 2006 while Whites declined 2 percentage points.

Students with an EFC of $0 - $1500 continue to persist at a higher percentage than the overall cohort (approximately 8 percentage points).

Students who Did Not Apply for Financial Aid continue to have the lowest persistence rate of any EFC category (approximately 8 percentage points).

AtD Falls 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Cohort Persistence

AtD Cohort Persistence

50.0%

52.0%

54.0%

56.0%

58.0%

60.0%

62.0%

F04 AtD F05 AtD F06 AtD F07 AtD