The Chancellor's Office California Community Colleges Technology, Research, and Information Systems Division Student Right-To-Know Reporting Project Student Right-To-Know: Rates and Analysis for the 2004 Cohort May 2008 Tonia Lu Student Right-To-Know Reporting Program Coordinator (916) 322-2802 tlu@cccco.edu www.cccco.edu/divisions/tris/mis/srtk.htm
CHANCELLOR S OFFICE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES 1102 Q STREET SACRAMENTO, CA 95814-6511 (916) 445-8752 Student Right-To-Know (SRTK): Rates and Analysis for the 2004 Cohort Executive Summary As mandated by the Federal Government and performed under the terms of the "Student Right-To-Know Subscription Agreement" entered into between the Chancellor's Office and individual districts of the California Community College (CCC) system, the following is a summary report of the April 2008 IPEDS-GRS (Graduation Rate Survey) submission. The aggregate SRTK rates for the entire CCC system are as follows: Completion Rate: 24.9% Transfer Rate: 25.1% Derivation Methodology: Who is Counted? The Federal IPEDS-GRS report has very strict definitions of the cohort that is used in creating these rates. The cohort consists of: -all first-time freshman students who enrolled in a Fall, 2004 primary term, who are identified as -enrolled in courses that are creditable towards a degree, diploma, certificate, or other award OR -enrolled in Non-credit vocational courses In the past the IPEDS-GRS collected information on the cohort in two different catagories. The full-time cohort and the part-time cohort. The part-time cohort is nolonger reported in the IPEDS-GRS. the full-time cohort consists of those students who, in the Fall, 2004 primary term, attempted twelve (12) units or more of credit-degree applicable coursework as of the first-census date of the college. The outcomes of these students are reported in the IPEDS-GRS. Once a student is placed in the cohort, they remain in that cohort over the tracking period, even if their credit load goes up or down throughout this period. Derivation Methodology: Tracking Period. The students in both the part-time and full-time cohorts are tracked over a period of 6 primary terms, including the Fall 2004 term. Therefore the tracking period encompasses the period beginning Fall 2004 and ending Spring 2007.
Derivation Methodology: What to Track? In the full time cohort, student outcomes are tracked over this three-year period. The outcomes include: whether the student earned an award (AA/AS or Certificate) at the same community college whether the student became "transfer-prepared" (earned a minimum of 60 UC/CSU transferable credits within the CCC system with a minimum GPA of 2.0) whether the student transferred to a four-year college or university whether the student transferred to another two-year college or community college These outcomes are represented by various line counts in the IPEDS-GRS. Outcome Tracking Hierarchy. The IPEDS-GRS provides an implicit hierarchy of outcomes. In order, these are: 1. Student earned an AA/AS 2. Student became "Transfer-Prepared" 3. Student earned a Certificate award 4. Student transferred to a four-year college or university 5. Student transferred to another two-year college or community college Counting Methodology. The IPEDS-GRS calls for a very explicit counting methodology whereby students are counted according to the aforementioned tracking hierarchy and can only be counted once. No double counting of student outcomes is allowed, even though the tracking hierarchy is not mutually exclusive. The process of counting outcomes is outlined as follows: 1. Start with original cohort. 2. Subtract from these all students who were shown as having enrolled in the U.S. Armed Forces during the cohort tracking period and who did not earn any type of award, become transferprepared, or transfer to any other two- or four-year institution. These are the allowable exclusions; subtract them from the original cohorts to determine the adjusted cohorts. We currently have no data for this exclusion. 3. Of the adjusted cohorts, count students who earned an AA/AS or a certificate or who became "transfer-prepared". If a student's outcome satisfies more than one of these conditions (i.e. earned an AS and became transfer-prepared, or earned two AA degrees), their outcome is only counted once. This group is called the completers. For the full-time adjusted cohort only, divide the number of completers by the full-time adjusted cohort to calculate the SRTK Completion Rate. Remove the completers from further calculations.
4. Of the remainder ([adjusted cohorts] - [completers]), count students who were shown as having enrolled at another four- or two-year institution after the original term of the cohort (the 2004 cohort includes transfers to UC, CSU, other CCC schools and for NSLC members, transfers to other Public and Private Colleges.). Multiple transfers are counted as one transfer only. This group is called the transfers; for the full-time cohort only, divide transfers by the full-time adjusted cohort to calculate the SRTK Transfer Rate. Remove transfers from further calculations. Please note that the SRTK Rates are derived from the FULL-TIME COHORT ONLY. The full-time cohort was 86,982 (after exclusions) students for Fall, 2004. No rates are derived from the part-time cohort. Commentary: Applicability of Rates and Limitations of Methodology. The calculation of SRTK rates using the IPEDS-GRS methodology has some obvious anomalies when applied to the California Community College system. These include: Small cohorts in relation to overall student population. The limitation of counting only first-time, degree-, certificate-, or transfer-seeking students greatly reduces the tracking pool. Statewide, only 86,982 students are tracked of a total of over 1.65 million students (approximately 5%) attending the CCC system in Fall, 2004. As aresult, some colleges' cohorts are less than 100 students which can cause large fluctuations in rates based upon the success of an individual student. Counting hierarchy. The implied hierarchy of outcomes (completers first, then transfers, with no double-counting allowed) is not necessarily representative of the mission of many of the California Community Colleges, some of whom actively promote themselves as "transfer centers". Such colleges' transfer rates may be penalized because they have to count many of their transfers as completers. Combination of transfer counts. The combination of transfers to four-year colleges and transfers to other two-year colleges into one reported rate creates a potentially misleading statistic. This is amplified when colleges in multi-campus districts report their transfer rates because they tend to have higher levels of transfer and concurrent enrollment within colleges in their district. Differences in mission and focus. It may be difficult to justify the comparison of rates between one CCC and another because colleges may focus their efforts in areas outside those that are measured by SRTK rates. Public Disclosure. It is a federal requirement that the SRTK rates generated from the 2004 cohort be made public by July 1, 2008. Public disclosure guidelines include: Disclosure must be made available to all current and prospective students and high school counselors upon request Disclosure is to be made in such places as admissions literature, brochures, catalogs, and websites. A Statewide website for SRTK rates can be found at http://srtk.cccco.edu/index.asp Disclosure is to be made anytime a student enters into a financial obligation with the institution (does not include the acceptance of application fees)
More Information. Additional information regarding the IPEDS-GRS, SRTK Rates, derivation methodology, and anything related to SRTK may be acquired from the State CCC SRTK Homepage (http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/tris/mis/srtk.htm) or by contacting Tonia Lu at 916-322-2802 or via e-mail at tlu@cccco.edu.
Student Right-To-Know Rates (CCC Statewide) for 2004 Cohort Cohort Calculation Calculation of SRTK Completion Rate Calculation of SRTK Transfer Rate olumn Description: See Below A B C D E F G H J K L Initial Cohort, Full-Time Students Only (A-C) Adjusted Cohort Complete rs of <2 yr. Programs (E+F) Total Complete rs (F / C) SRTK Completio n Rate Transfers from CCC to 4yr Inst. Transfers from CCC to 2yr Inst. Complete rs of 2-yr. Programs, incl. Xfer- Prepared Transfer- Out Students (Total) (K / C) SRTK Transfer Rate Allowable District Name Exclusions ALLAN HANCOCK CCD ALLAN HANCOCK 711 0 711 202 36 238 33.5% 25 89 114 16.0% ANTELOPE CCD ANTELOPE VALLEY 863 0 863 205 6 211 24.4% 68 84 152 17.6% BARSTOW CCD BARSTOW 169 0 169 31 31 18.3% 7 14 21 12.4% BUTTE CCD BUTTE 982 0 982 138 53 191 19.5% 68 143 211 21.5% CABRILLO CCD CABRILLO 695 0 695 164 3 167 24.0% 41 105 146 21.0% CERRITOS CCD CERRITOS 1363 0 1363 242 11 253 18.6% 53 247 300 22.0% CHABOT-LAS POSITAS CCD CHABOT HAYWARD 879 0 879 164 6 170 19.3% 52 160 212 24.1% LAS POSITAS 677 0 677 212 4 216 31.9% 60 122 182 26.9% CHAFFEY CCD CHAFFEY 1199 0 1199 202 17 219 18.3% 67 176 243 20.3% CITRUS CCD CITRUS 1000 0 1000 209 54 263 26.3% 62 209 271 27.1% COAST CCD COASTLINE 52 0 52 8 3 11 21.2% 2 10 12 23.1% GOLDEN WEST 988 0 988 225 34 259 26.2% 48 251 299 30.3% ORANGE COAST 2168 0 2168 752 10 762 35.1% 126 488 614 28.3% COMPTON CCD COMPTON 434 0 434 39 2 41 9.4% 8 67 75 17.3% CONTRA COSTA CCD CONTRA COSTA 300 0 300 39 17 56 18.7% 12 44 56 18.7% DIABLO VALLEY 1273 0 1273 372 15 387 30.4% 141 202 343 26.9% LOS MEDANOS 499 0 499 85 1 86 17.2% 28 76 104 20.8% COPPER MOUNTAIN COPPER MOUNTAIN 129 0 129 20 1 21 16.3% 3 19 22 17.1% DESERT CCD DESERT 668 0 668 160 8 168 25.1% 42 82 124 18.6% EL CAMINO CCD EL CAMINO 1550 0 1550 410 11 421 27.2% 70 212 282 18.2% FEATHER RIVER CCD FEATHER RIVER 156 0 156 49 2 51 32.7% 12 44 56 35.9% FOOTHILL CCD DEANZA 1549 0 1549 862 5 867 56.0% 62 256 318 20.5% FOOTHILL 696 0 696 349 4 353 50.7% 41 92 133 19.1% GAVILAN CCD GAVILAN 435 0 435 93 6 99 22.8% 13 72 85 19.5% GLENDALE CCD GLENDALE 1022 0 1022 311 6 317 31.0% 88 131 219 21.4% GROSSMONT CCD CUYAMACA 467 0 467 90 90 19.3% 28 143 171 36.6% GROSSMONT 1592 0 1592 363 4 367 23.1% 107 425 532 33.4% HARTNELL CCD HARTNELL 387 0 387 89 89 23.0% 14 53 67 17.3% IMPERIAL CCD IMPERIAL 426 0 426 49 1 50 11.7% 12 25 37 8.7% KERN CCD BAKERSFIELD 1494 0 1494 296 44 340 22.8% 106 252 358 24.0% CERRO COSO 285 0 285 49 2 51 17.9% 15 37 52 18.2% PORTERVILLE 239 0 239 42 2 44 18.4% 15 33 48 20.1% LAKE TAHOE CCD LAKE TAHOE 46 0 46 14 14 30.4% 2 7 9 19.6% LASSEN CCD LASSEN 204 0 204 22 3 25 12.3% 23 51 74 36.3% LONG BEACH CCD LONG BEACH 1246 0 1246 209 55 264 21.2% 39 177 216 17.3% LOS ANGELES CCD LA CITY 633 0 633 105 14 119 18.8% 22 89 111 17.5% LA HARBOR 477 0 477 94 2 96 20.1% 20 63 83 17.4% LA MISSION 324 0 324 35 9 44 13.6% 12 70 82 25.3% LA PIERCE 1073 0 1073 242 6 248 23.1% 77 173 250 23.3% LA SWEST 275 0 275 26 26 9.5% 10 79 89 32.4% LA TRADE 558 0 558 55 52 107 19.2% 10 75 85 15.2% LA VALLEY 742 0 742 148 4 152 20.5% 46 130 176 23.7% EAST LA 943 0 943 207 24 231 24.5% 21 101 122 12.9% WEST LA 277 0 277 35 7 42 15.2% 20 76 96 34.7% LA ITV 7 0 7 0 0.0% 6 6 85.7% LOS RIOS CCD AMERICAN RIVER 1486 0 1486 284 4 288 19.4% 84 291 375 25.2% COSUMNES RIVER 762 0 762 140 7 147 19.3% 35 197 232 30.4% FOLSOM LAKE 378 0 378 93 1 94 24.9% 16 86 102 27.0% SACTO CITY 964 0 964 161 16 177 18.4% 63 257 320 33.2% MARIN CCD MARIN 250 0 250 57 4 61 24.4% 16 53 69 27.6% MENDOCINO CCD MENDOCINO 207 0 207 44 1 45 21.7% 9 29 38 18.4% MERCED CCD MERCED 863 0 863 143 143 16.6% 41 106 147 17.0% MIRA COSTA CCD MIRA COSTA 707 0 707 172 33 205 29.0% 54 110 164 23.2% MONTEREY CCD MONTEREY 352 0 352 77 1 78 22.2% 31 65 96 27.3% MT. SAN ANTONIO CCD MT SAN ANTONIO 1546 0 1546 387 52 439 28.4% 91 259 350 22.6% MT. SAN JACINTO CCD MT. SAN JACINTO 958 0 958 154 5 159 16.6% 56 129 185 19.3% NAPA CCD NAPA 327 0 327 74 10 84 25.7% 25 44 69 21.1% NORTH ORANGE CCD CYPRESS 1006 0 1006 222 14 236 23.5% 44 461 505 50.2% FULLERTON 1692 0 1692 371 30 401 23.7% 97 914 1011 59.8% OHLONE CCD OHLONE 571 0 571 141 5 146 25.6% 45 110 155 27.1% PALO VERDE CCD PALO VERDE 83 0 83 9 9 18 21.7% 1 7 8 9.6% PALOMAR CCD PALOMAR 1888 0 1888 454 18 472 25.0% 127 303 430 22.8% PASADENA CCD PASADENA 1748 0 1748 532 9 541 30.9% 127 284 411 23.5% PERALTA CCD ALAMEDA 200 0 200 44 2 46 23.0% 6 72 78 39.0% BERKELEY CITY 77 0 77 11 11 14.3% 7 26 33 42.9% LANEY 402 0 402 75 20 95 23.6% 17 101 118 29.4% MERRITT 180 0 180 19 8 27 15.0% 9 64 73 40.6% RANCHO SANTIAGO CCD SANTA ANA 1042 0 1042 178 25 203 19.5% 27 221 248 23.8% SANTIAGO CANYON 687 0 687 184 6 190 27.7% 30 237 267 38.9% REDWOODS CCD REDWOODS 481 0 481 67 12 79 16.4% 28 69 97 20.2% RIO HONDO CCD RIO HONDO 785 0 785 141 33 174 22.2% 16 139 155 19.7%
RIVERSIDE CCD RIVERSIDE 2201 0 2201 418 108 526 23.9% 120 276 396 18.0% SAN BERNARDINO CCD CRAFTON HILLS 448 0 448 59 29 88 19.6% 46 106 152 33.9% SAN BERNARDINO 639 0 639 69 10 79 12.4% 30 74 104 16.3% SAN DIEGO CCD SAN DIEGO CITY 444 0 444 51 7 58 13.1% 21 146 167 37.6% SAN DIEGO MESA 1069 0 1069 252 7 259 24.2% 80 357 437 40.9% SAN DIEGO MIRAMAR 345 0 345 90 4 94 27.2% 17 129 146 42.3% SAN FRANCISCO CCD SAN FRANCISCO 1320 0 1320 330 35 365 27.7% 108 437 545 41.3% SAN JOAQUIN DELTA CCD SAN JOAQUIN DELTA 1063 0 1063 221 7 228 21.4% 60 109 169 15.9% SAN JOSE CCD EVERGREEN 327 0 327 80 80 24.5% 13 83 96 29.4% SAN JOSE CITY 301 0 301 52 7 59 19.6% 21 79 100 33.2% SAN LUIS OBISPO CCD CUESTA 962 0 962 270 31 301 31.3% 79 210 289 30.0% SAN MATEO CCD CANADA 212 0 212 28 1 29 13.7% 12 49 61 28.8% SAN MATEO 600 0 600 140 8 148 24.7% 63 177 240 40.0% SKYLINE 268 0 268 77 10 87 32.5% 14 57 71 26.5% SANTA BARBARA CCD SANTA BARBARA 1163 0 1163 351 20 371 31.9% 116 237 353 30.4% SANTA CLARITA CCD CANYONS 1265 0 1265 340 3 343 27.1% 91 226 317 25.1% SANTA MONICA CCD SANTA MONICA 2461 0 2461 652 9 661 26.9% 227 469 696 28.3% SEQUOIAS CCD SEQUOIAS 1185 0 1185 275 47 322 27.2% 62 137 199 16.8% SHASTA TEHAMA CCD SHASTA 611 0 611 125 125 20.5% 40 60 100 16.4% SIERRA CCD SIERRA 1544 0 1544 452 7 459 29.7% 99 213 312 20.2% SISKIYOUS CCD SISKIYOUS 226 0 226 48 11 59 26.1% 15 44 59 26.1% SOLANO CCD SOLANO 726 0 726 162 9 171 23.6% 48 109 157 21.6% SONOMA CCD SANTA ROSA 1664 0 1664 472 89 561 33.7% 79 178 257 15.4% SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY CCD IRVINE 556 0 556 159 5 164 29.5% 50 150 200 36.0% SADDLEBACK 1426 0 1426 411 16 427 29.9% 110 295 405 28.4% SOUTHWESTERN CCD SOUTHWESTERN 1483 0 1483 299 9 308 20.8% 84 226 310 20.9% STATE CENTER CCD FRESNO CITY 2072 0 2072 314 48 362 17.5% 78 393 471 22.7% REEDLEY COLLEGE 1183 0 1183 211 27 238 20.1% 62 244 306 25.9% VENTURA CCD MOORPARK 1444 0 1444 476 4 480 33.2% 162 199 361 25.0% OXNARD 422 0 422 77 4 81 19.2% 6 94 100 23.7% VENTURA 846 0 846 219 2 221 26.1% 38 166 204 24.1% VICTOR VALLEY CCD VICTOR VALLEY 619 0 619 106 16 122 19.7% 22 70 92 14.9% WEST HILLS CCD WEST HILLS 551 0 551 113 4 117 21.2% 20 192 212 38.5% WEST KERN CCD TAFT 281 0 281 54 1 55 19.6% 10 41 51 18.1% WEST VALLEY CCD MISSION 309 0 309 68 5 73 23.6% 18 85 103 33.3% WEST VALLEY 523 0 523 131 8 139 26.6% 35 148 183 35.0% YOSEMITE CCD COLUMBIA 226 0 226 43 11 54 23.9% 19 42 61 27.0% MODESTO 1419 0 1419 255 8 263 18.5% 87 161 248 17.5% YUBA CCD YUBA 784 0 784 144 35 179 22.8% 25 112 137 17.5% Statewide Total: 86982 0 86,982 20041 1531 21,572 24.8% 5187 16674 21,861 25.1% A Total number of first-time, full-time freshman students who are identified as degree-, certificate- or transfer-seeking in Fall 2004. B Allowable Exclusions to the cohort: Due to the Privacy Act, these matches were not performed this year. C Adjusted Cohort: [Col. A] - [Col. B]. This is the DENOMINATOR of all SRTK Rate calculations. D Completers of 2-yr. Programs (AA, AS, Xfer-Prepared):Of [Col C.], how many either: -earned a 2-year program award, such as an AA or AS degree -earned 60 UC/CSU transferable credits with a GPA >=2.0 within the CCC system (became "Transfer-Prepared") E Completers of <2 yr. Programs (Certificates): Of the cohort less those already counted as 2-yr. Program completers [Col. C] - [Col. D], how many earned a Certificate award between Fall, 2004-Spring, 2007. F Total Completers: [Col. D] + [Col. E]; this is the NUMERATOR to the SRTK COMPLETION RATE. G SRTK Completion Rate: [Col. F] / [Col. C]; this is the percentage of students in the cohort who "completed" between Fall, 2004 and Spring, 2007. H Transfers from CCC to CSU/UC: From the cohort less all completers [Col. C] - [Col. F], how many students were shown as having enrolled at any CSU/UC campu between Spring, 2005 and Spring, 2007. J Transfers From CCC to another CCC: From the cohort less all completers and all transfers to CSU/UC [Col. C] - [Col F] - [Col. J], how many students were shown as having enrolled at another CCC campus between Spring, 2005 and Spring, 2007. K Total Transfers-Out: Sum of all transfers, [Col. H] + [Col. J]; this is the NUMERATOR of the SRTK TRANSFER RATE. L SRTK Transfer rate: [Col. K] / [Col. C]; this is the percentage of students in the cohort (who did not "complete") who were shown as transfering to another CCC CSU/UC campus between Spring, 2005 and Spring, 2007. Questions or Comments about this report can be made to Tonia Lu, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, 916-322-2802, tlu@cccco.edu.