YORKCOLLEGE/ / CUNY PROFILE OF STUDENTS ON PROBATION FALL 2007 Office of InstitutionalResearch and Assessment Office of Institutional Research and Assessment 01/11/2008
SUMMARY In Fall 2007, there were 551 students on probation.* Of the students on probation, 63% were female and 37% male. The ethnicity of the probation cohort is as follows: Black 51%, Hispanic 16%, Other 12%, Asian or Pacific Islander 9%, and 12% of unknown ethnicity. Of the students who were on probation, 24% were born in the United States, 8% in Guyana, 6% in Jamaica, 5% in Trinidad, and the rest in other countries. 62% of these students have English as their native language and 9% have Spanish. As for majors, 18% major in Business Administration, 14% Liberal Studies, 8% Accounting, 7% Psychology, 5% each in Biology BS and Occupational Therapy BS/MS, and 4% each in Marketing, Social Work, Physician Assistant or undecided. 85% of the students on probation are non SEEK and 15% are SEEK students. 10% of the probations students enrolled through appeal from the admissions committee, 1% are York Scholars, and 2% are ESL students. In addition, 21% have fulfilled the General Education requirements, 5% entered with AAS degree and 3% each with AA and AS degrees. When looking at the high school information, 33% had high school averages between 75 79.9, 32% between70 74.9, 18% less than 70, and 8% between 80 84.9. In addition, 4% of the students earned a GED and 4% each from Jamaica High Sh School and Murry Bergtraum High School. Sh There were 3% each from Richmond Hill, Boys and Girls, Hillcrest, Thomas Edison, and Martin Van Buren High Schools. Among those on probation, 50% entered York originally as first time freshmen and 46% as transfer students. Of those who entered as transfer students, 45% entered as lower freshmen, 22% as lower juniors, 13% as upper sophomores, and 10% as upper freshmen. 23% of the transferstudentsstudents transferred from Queensborough Community College, 11% from Borough of Manhattan Community College, 8% from Kingsborough Community College, and 7% each from LaGuardia Community College and New York City College of Technology. In addition, 29% of them had attended QCC, 13% BMCC, 12% KCC, and 10% LaGuardia CC. The mean number of transfer credits was 41, with a maximum of 85 and a minimum of 0. There were 4 transfer students who entered with an academic deficit. *These 551 students were placed on probation based on grades at the end of the Spring 2007 semester. Grade changes that may have occurred after a student is placed on probation will be reflected in the probation status indicator after the Fall 2007 grades are entered. 2
TABLE 1: GENDER TABLE 2: ETHNICITY FEMALE 345 62.61 MALE 206 37.39 AMERICAN INDIAN, NATIV 3 0.54 ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLAN 50 9.07 TOTAL 551 100 BLACK, NON HISPANIC 279 50.64 CHOOSE NOT TO ANSWER 9 1.63 HISPANIC 86 15.61 MISSING 46 8.35 OTHER 65 11.80 WHITE, NON HISPANIC 13 2.36 TOTAL 551 100 3
TABLE 3: COUNTRY OF BIRTH TABLE 4: NATIVE LANGUAGE TOP COUNTRIES USA 130 23.59 GUYANA 43 7.80 JAMAICA 34 6.17 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 26 4.72 BANGLADESH 17 3.09 HAITI 13 2.36 TOP LANGUAGES ENGLISH 344 62.43 MISSING 57 10.34 SPANISH 47 8.53 BENGALI 17 3.09 CREOLE 15 2.72 YORUBA 7 1.27 DOMINICAN REPUBLICAN 12 2.18 NIGERIA 8 145 1.45 INDIA 7 1.27 PAKISTAN 5 0.91 4
TABLE 5: SEEK STATUS (CURRENT SEMESTER) ) SEEK STATUS (CURRENT SEMESTER) NO 466 84.57 YES 85 15.43 TOTAL 551 100 TABLE 6: COMMON PROGRAM CODES COMMON PROGRAM CODES AC (ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE) 53 9.62 YS (YORK SCHOLAR) 6 1.09 ES (ESL STUDENT) 12 2.18 5
TABLE 7: MAJOR (CURRENT SEMESTER) ) BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 100 18.15 LIBERAL STUDIES 77 13.97 ACCOUNTING 43 7.80 PSYCHOLOGY 37 6.72 BIOLOGY BS 26 4.72 OCC THERAPY BS/MS 26 4.72 MARKETING 24 4.36 SOCIAL WORK 24 4.36 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 23 4.17 UNDECIDED 22 3.99 INFORMATION SYSTEMS 17 3.09 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 15 2.72 6
TABLE 8: (ALL)COLLEGES) (TOP)) PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 73 28.74 BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 32 12.60 KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 30 11.81 LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 26 10.24 NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 20 7.87 NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE 17 6.69 QUEENS COLLEGE 12 4.72 7
TABLE 9: ORIGINALLY ENTERED STATUS FIRST TIME FRESHMEN 278 50.45 TRANSFER STUDENT 254 46.10 OTHER 19 345 3.45 TOTAL 551 100 8
STUDENTS WHO ORIGINALLY ENTERED AS FRESHMEN TABLE 10: HIGH SCHOOLS (TOP) TABLE 11: HIGH SCHOOL AVERAGE (CAA) GED 10 3.60 JAMAICA HIGH 10 3.60 MURRY BERGTRAUM 10 3.60 RICHMOND HILL 9 3.24 BOYS & GIRLS 8 2.88 HILLCREST 8 288 2.88 UNUSABLE 9 3.24 <70 49 17.63 70 74.9 89 32.01 75 79.9 93 33.45 80 84.9 23 8.27 85 89.989 9 14 504 5.04 THOMAS EDISON 8 2.88 >=90 1 0.36 MARTIN VAN BUREN 7 2.52 TOTAL 278 100 CLARA BARTON 6 2.16 NEWTOWN HIGH 6 2.16 BAYSIDE HIGH 5 1.80 JOHN BOWNE 5 1.80 SHEEPSHEAD 5 1.80 9
STUDENTS WHO ORIGINALLY ENTERED AS TRANSFER STUDENTS TABLE 12: COLLEGE TRANSFERRED FROM QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 58 22.83 BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 27 10.63 KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 20 7.87 LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 19 7.48 NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 17 6.69 FOREIGN ADVANCED 8 3.15 NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE 8 3.15 SAINT JOHHS UNIVERSITY 6 2.36 10
TABLE 13: ENTERED LEVEL LOWER FRESHMAN 114 44.88 UPPER FRESHMAN 26 10.24 LOWER SOPHOMORE 13 5.12 UPPER SOPHOMORE 33 12.99 LOWER JUNIOR 56 22.05 UPPER JUNIOR 9 3.54 LOWER SENIOR 0 0.00 UPPER SENIOR 1 0.39 SECOND DEGREE 2 0.79 TOTAL 254 100 11
TABLE 14: TRANSFER CREDIT MEAN 41.31 MINIMUM 0.00 MAXIMUM 85.00 TABLE 15: TRANSFER COMMENTS 45 LA ALL GEN EDUC R 48 8.71 ALL GEN EDUC REQ FUL 68 12.34 TOTAL GEN ED FULFILLED 116 21.05 TOTAL ENTERED AS TRANSFER 254 46.10 12
TABLE 16: ACADEMIC DEFICIT TRANSFER ENTERING WITH ACADEMIC DEFICIT 4 0.73 TABLE 17: DEGREE ENTERED WITH AA 15 2.72 AS 18 327 3.27 AAS 24 4.90 BACCALAUREATE 2 0.37 13