College Connection Midland College January 10 2008 Contact
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College Connection Midland College January 10, 2008
Contact Information Mary Hensley, Ed. D. Vice President, College Support Systems and ISD Relations mhensley@austincc. edu 512 -223 -7618
Students Receive Services at the High School: Required • • • Admission application ASSET or COMPASS Pre-advising Academic advising Graduation letter Recommended • Senior presentation • Financial aid application Optional • • • Student life info Teleconference Campus tours Registration Other
College Connection School Districts 2003 -04 Year 1 2004 -05 Year 2 2005 -06 Year 3 2006 -07 Year 4 San Marcos Austin Bastrop Del Valle Leander Hays San Marcos Leander Austin Bastrop Blanco Del Valle Elgin Fredericksburg Harper Hays Jarrell Johnson City Lago Vista Leander Liberty Hill Lockhart Luling Manor Nixon-Smiley Pflugerville Prairie Lea Round Rock San Marcos Smithville Manor Pflugerville San Marcos 2007 -08 Year 5 Austin Lake Travis Bastrop Leander Blanco Liberty Hill Del Valle Lockhart Dripping Springs Luling Eanes Manor Elgin Nixon-Smiley Fredericksburg Pflugerville Georgetown Prairie Lea Harper Round Rock Hays San Marcos Jarrell Smithville Johnson City Wimberley Lago Vista
School Districts Participating in the College Connection Program 2007 -2008 School District Number of High Schools Number of Seniors Year Started Austin ISD 12 5, 189 2004 Bastrop ISD 2 609 2004 Blanco ISD 1 72 2006 Del Valle ISD 2 544 2004 Dripping Springs ISD 1 265 2007 Eanes ISD 1 650 2007 Elgin ISD 2 264 2006 Fredericksburg ISD 1 247 2006 Georgetown ISD 2 791 2007 Harper ISD 1 62 2006 Hays CISD 3 723 2005 Jarrell ISD 1 48 2006 Johnson City ISD 1 52 2006 Lago Vista ISD 1 89 2006
School Districts Participating in the College Connection Program 2007 -2008 School District Number of High Schools Number of Seniors Year Started Lake Travis ISD 2 415 2007 Leander ISD 4 1, 518 2004 Liberty Hill ISD 1 180 2006 Lockhart ISD 2 387 2006 Luling ISD 1 131 2006 Manor ISD 2 255 2005 Nixon-Smiley CISD 1 57 2006 Pflugerville ISD 4 1, 385 2005 Prairie Lea ISD 1 17 2006 Round Rock ISD 5 2, 790 2006 San Marcos CISD 2 483 2003 Smithville ISD 1 140 2006 Wimberley ISD 1 169 2007 58 17, 532 Total (27)
College Connection Program Growth Over 4 years: 1 school district to 27 school districts 2 high schools to 58 high schools 400 students to 17, 000+ students
The College Connection Program Works! ISD San Marcos Austin Bastrop Del Valle Leander Hays Manor Pflugerville Students NOT located in Texas Higher Education Fall 2003 Students NOT located in Texas Higher Education Fall 2004 Students NOT located in Texas Higher Education Fall 2005 Students NOT located in Texas Higher Education Fall 2006 Number 273 2, 155 286 293 444 281 51 194 Percent 66% 56% 69% 77% 48% 57% 47% 219 2, 066 234 312 459 309 74 201 Blue=Year College Connection started Percent 55% 56% 57% 80% 48% 56% 57% 47% 234 2, 005 239 236 422 290 87 204 Percent 59% 54% 66% 42% 55% 62% 48% 294 2, 014 282 229 418 286 89 156 2006 Increase of Students in Higher Ed Since Implementation Percent 66% 52% 61% 71% 40% 51% 68% 46% 0% 4% -4 % 9% 8% 5% -6 % 2% Red=Year Seniors attend ACC after College Connection 1 -Source: http: //www. txhighereddata. org/Reports/PDF/0961. pdf 2 -Source: http: //www. txhighereddata. org/Reports/PDF/0963. pdf 3 -Source: http: //www. thecb. state. tx. us/Reports/PDF/1161. PDF
College Connection Diversity of Participants 2006 -07
Traditionally Underrepresented in Higher Education - Students Enroll at ACC More than 55% of College Connection enrollees are minorities Higher percentage entering ACC through College Connection than in the general ACC student population
College Connection Results for ACC, 2004 -2007 Positive effect on Fall enrollments ◦ Immediate great results: 37. 6% increase first year ◦ 59% increase over two years Positive effect on Early College Start enrollments ◦ 25. 6% increase in enrollment from ‘ 04 to ’ 05 ◦ 45% increase in enrollment from ’ 04 to ’ 06 ◦ 3, 209 students enrolled Summer 2007 (record-breaking ECS enrollment) Positive effect on Tech Prep enrollments ◦ 4, 336% increase in number of students receiving Tech Prep credit 36 students in 2003 -04 48 students in 2004 -05 293 students in 2005 -06 1, 597 students in 2006 -07
Program Recognition
College Connection Program National Acclaim & Recognition
Awards Received • THECB Star Award Recipient November 2006 • Excelencia in Education Award Semi-Finalist October 2006 • Bellwether Award Recipient January 2007
State and National Interest in Expansion
National Interest: Florida Department of Education Launched state-wide campaign in April 2007 called “Go Higher-Get Accepted” modeled after College Connection Maine Interest in College Connection Proposed law requiring graduating high school seniors to complete at least one college application before getting diploma. Support from “Compact for Higher Education”
“Attaining advanced levels of education for disadvantaged students cannot be done without developing a college-going culture in every middle school and high school in the state of Texas. . . then suddenly, (going to college) changes from being a possibility to an expectation. ” --Raymund Paredes Commissioner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board January 6, 2005
THECB Statewide College Connection Expansion 2007 -2009 • Ten Schools Receive Implementation Grants • • • Alamo Community College District Blinn College Del Mar College Houston Community College System Lee College Odessa College Richland College South Texas College Tarrant County College District Weatherford College
THECB Statewide College Connection Expansion 2007 -2009 • Five Schools Receive Planning Grants • Cedar Valley College • Cisco Junior College • Northeast Texas Community College • Paris Junior College • Victoria College
THECB Statewide College Connection Expansion • Schools Already Adopting College Connection • Alamo Community College District • Coastal Bend Community College • Del Mar Community College • Houston Community College District • Temple Community College • Victoria College
Austin Community College Connection Website www. austincc. edu/isd Access to scheduled activities for students, parents, and school officials Calendars Links to pertinent ACC school district sites
Website Participating Links schools to school pages Link to college pages of interest Press coverage/special events
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