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CCRC BROWNBAG / FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Shanna Smith Jaggars, Ph.D.

Research Affiliate, CCRC, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityDirector of Student Success Research, ODEE, Ohio State University

American Honors Evaluation Study

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Overview • About the Study • Quantitative Teasers

– Who are AH students?– Where do they go?

• Upcoming Fall Visits & Survey– Your perspective

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About the Study

• By CCRC, funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation• Qualitative:

– Site visits to 6 colleges (2 last spring, 4 this fall)– AH & non-AH student survey (6 colleges, this fall)

• Quantitative:– AH-purchased ACT/SAT data matched with National

Student Clearinghouse– Focused on recent domestic HS grads– This summer: preliminary analysis with Fall 2014

entrants– 2018: final analysis with Fall 2014 – 2016 entrants

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Categorization by “Stage” (mutually exclusive)Purchased = 67.6K

“Active” Lead = 9.5K

Started AH app = 2.6K

Submitted app = 1.6K

Accepted = 347

ITE

= 195

Enrolled = 285

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SAT/ACT percentile, by Stage

Purch ActLd StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

68%73%

60%56%

66%61%

68%

Average Test Percentile

Percentile

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HS GPA, by Stage

Purch ActLd StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll2.00

2.20

2.40

2.60

2.80

3.00

3.20

3.40

3.60

3.80

4.00

3.35 3.41

3.08

3.03

3.56 3.49 3.44

Average HS GPA

HS GPA

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Socioeconomic Quartile by Stage

Purch ActLd StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

7%

10%

14% 14% 14%16%

7%

12%14%

20% 21%

18%

21%

14%

% Q1 (lowest) and Q2 (next-lowest)

Q1 Q2

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1st-Generation College, by Stage

Purch ActLd StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

0.550.51

0.42 0.4 0.42

% Female

1st Generation

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Full-time Intent, by Stage

Purch ActLd StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll75%

80%

85%

90%

95%

100%

0.86 0.88

0.98

0.95 0.95

% With Intent to Enroll Full-Time

Full-Time Intent

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Similar Students sent to NSCStarted AH

app = 252

Submitted app = 281

Accepted =

347

ITE = 195

Enrolled =

285

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Where did they go in Fall 2014?

StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

45%

30% 31%

17%

7%

33%

44%50%

59%

81%

4-yr 2-yr only None yet Not found

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Students accepted/ITE but not enrolled AH:popular destinations

Intended AH

College of enrollment, fall 2014

Spokane 4 2-yr colleges: Spokane (33%), Spokane Falls (63%)13 4-yr colleges: E WA (38%), WA St (16%), Cent WA (9%)

Pierce 4 4-yr colleges: Pierce (91%), Tacoma (5%)15 4-yr colleges: UW Seattle (25%), Cent WA (17%), Hiline (8%)

Ivy Tech 2 2-yr colleges: Ivy Tech (99%)23 4-yr colleges: Purdue U. (35%), IU Bloomington (9%), ___Purdue W. Laf. (9%), Ball St (5%), Purdue N.C. (4%)

Mercer 3 2-yr colleges: Mercer (96%)14 4-yr colleges: Coll of NJ (12%), Montclair (12%), Rider (12%)

Union 3 2-yr colleges: Union (93%) 8 4-yr colleges: Kean (18%), NJIT (18%), Seton Hall (18%)

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•Usual AH online survey adapted for non-AH students

•Understand how college experience differs for the two groups

•Trying to balance:–Somewhat similar to AH students–Accessibility of respondents–Good response rates (Motivation of students to

complete survey)

Fall 2016 Survey

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•Get list of high-GPA students from college; email unsolicited

•Enlist student government & PTK leaders to recruit their membership

•Ask AH faculty to recruit students in non-AH sections of their AH course(s)

Potential Options for non-AH recruitment

Please point your cell phone / laptop browser to:http://sjaggars.participoll.com/

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Would you be willing to ask (and remind) your non-AH students to complete the survey?

A: YesB: NoC: Not Sure

0A B Chttp://sjaggars.participoll.com/

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Do you think one or more non-AH colleagues would be willing to do the same?

A: Possibly, and I’m happy to ask them toB: Possibly, but I wouldn’t want to ask themC: No, not even if I asked nicely

0A B Chttp://sjaggars.participoll.com/

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Ethnicity by Stage

Purch ActLd StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

0.240.22

0.10.12 0.11

0.210.19 0.16

0.13

0.24

% Black, Hispanic

Black Hispanic

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Gender by Stage

Purch ActLd StartApp Submit Accepted ITE Enroll0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

54%

66% 64% 65% 66%

55%

% Female

Female