Central Texas Summer Melt Program Overview Outcomes THECB

Central Texas Summer Melt Program Overview & Outcomes THECB Board Briefing 1/21/16

Chamber 2018 Strategic Plan VISION: Austin has country’s most prosperous business community MISSION: Provide leadership to facilitate creation of prosperous economy/effective advocacy for our partners regional CORE PURPOSE: Chamber takes on biggest challenges so you can focus on growing your business CORE VALUES: Results Oriented, Open, Transparent, Driven, Empowered, Opportunity‐filled, Flexible, Collaborative www. austinchamber. com

Austin MSA 47 k Available Jobs 63 -70% require Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted Online ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015

35% Increase in Direct College Enrollees from Cen. Tex 12000 10000 8000 6000 10, 431 7, 748 4000 2000 0 Class of 2007 Class of 2013 www. austinchamber. com

Cen. Tex, State Direct College Enrollment Rate Flat, Lags Nation www. austinchamber. com

Strategy developed to combat summer enrollment barriers College Aspiration vs Direct-to-College Enrollment 29% www. austinchamber. com

Summer Melt Strategy: 2013 Randomized Control Trial 1. First-generation students receiving counselor outreach (7 percentage points)--This effect was particularly strong for males (10 percentage points). 2. African American students receiving digital messages saw higher enrollment rates in 2 -year colleges and Hispanic students in 4 -year colleges. 3. Low-income students receiving digital messages (3. 5 percentage points). www. austinchamber. com

Summer Melt Strategy: 2014 Prioritized Student Groups by Order of Effect Direct to College Enrollment Rates 70% 64% 60% 50% 40% 63% 61% 49% 43% 30% 42% 28% 20% 10% 0% Overall Low Income First Generation* DTC Rate Never received a text Received text but never replied Received text and replied at least once www. austinchamber. com

School District Perspective 1. Hays committed to improving DTC rate from 53% for Class of 2014 to 62% for Class of 2016 2. Lehman DTC improved by 2 percentage points (46% to 48% in 2013 -2014) over all ISD DTC increased from 52% to 53% between 2013 -2014. 3. 2015 outcomes are still pending, but we are optimistic about outcomes and planning for a 2016 summer melt intervention. www. austinchamber. com

Questions Thank You. Source: UT-Austin Ray Marshall Center 2015 www. austinchamber. com