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CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO
5-YEAR PLAN SCORECARD Wilbur Wright College In 2010, City Colleges of Chicago launched Reinvention, a comprehensive reform effort designed to create a student-centered culture of success driven by data, accountability and transparency. The initiative was driven by City Colleges leaders in concert with task forces made up of students, faculty and staff from the seven colleges, including Wright College. Task force members came together to identify obstacles to student success and formulate strategies to remove those barriers. Based on its Reinvention goals, City Colleges selected key metrics to assess academic and institutional health and established annual targets in its FiveYear Strategic Plan released in June 2013. I’m excited to detail Wright College’s performance in key strategic areas in fiscal year 2013 with this first annual Reinvention Scorecard. Wright exceeded or met 10 of the 12 FY2013 targets on the Scorecard, including its official graduation rate. The target rate was 12 percent, but the college’s actual rate was 14 percent. This represents an overall graduation rate increase of 75 percent since the launch of Reinvention. Notably, Wright also exceeded its FY2013 targets for both degrees and certificates awarded. The number of associate degrees awarded increased by 17 percent over FY2012; and since the launch of Reinvention, Wright has nearly doubled the number of degrees awarded. This is a key metric as it captures every student earning a credential, providing a comprehensive representation of the growth rate in the area of student success. In addition to exceeding our targets for graduation rate and degrees and certificates awarded, Wright also exceeded the following targets: Fall-toSpring credit student retention, total enrollment, remediation transitions, and full-time students earning 30 credit hours in one year. We reached 99 percent of our adult education enrollment target and 95 percent of our goal for parttime students to earn 15 credit hours in one year.
Roger Burt
Class of 2013 Valedictorian
We are encouraged by the improvements in these key measures of student success. Looking ahead, there is opportunity for improvement and growth within every strategic metric, particularly in all categories of enrollment. Still, since the launch of Reinvention, credit enrollment has increased by 17 percent; we will continue to work to further this upward trend. Wright College’s extensive work with the Higher Learning Commission’s Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) supports City Colleges’ Reinvention goals. Through its participation in AQIP, Wright College systematically reflects upon and implements quality improvement initiatives that are aligned with these goals. Wright’s successes come as the result of the faculty and staff’s hard work, spirit of continuous improvement, and dedication to student success – a dedication that will help us realize continued improvements in the months and years to come.
David Potash David Potash President, Wilbur Wright College
WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE
SCORECARD All numbers are for Fiscal Year 2013 unless otherwise noted.
Increase the number of students earning college credentials of economic value Wright College realized a 14 percent IPEDS rate (federally defined graduation rate for first-time, full-time students who complete within 150 percent of the designated completion timeframe), surpassing the projected 12 percent IPEDS rate by 17 percent. Wright College also exceeded its goal of total degrees and certificates awarded. Wilbur Wright
COMPLETION WITHIN 3 YEARS TOTAL NUMBER OF DEGREES & CERTIFICATES AWARDED DEGREES
TARGET ACTUAL TARGET
District Wide 12%
TARGET
14% 1,581
ACTUAL TARGET
12% 13% 9,550
ACTUAL
1,631
ACTUAL
TARGET
820
TARGET
3,957
ACTUAL
3,778
ACTUAL
861
10,017 95% OF TARGET
CERTIFICATES
TARGET ACTUAL
761 770
TARGET ACTUAL
5,593 6,239
Retention Retention is critical to ensuring students achieve credentials of economic value and take advantage of careers and further education available to them. Wright College met its target for Fall-to-Spring retention among credit students.
CREDIT STUDENTS FALL-TO-SPRING RETENTION RATE
Wilbur Wright
District Wide
TARGET
70.1%
TARGET
ACTUAL
70.1%
ACTUAL
66.3% 67.6%
College to Careers College to Careers’ (C2C) success is measured by meaningful and gainful employment. Wright College has established baselines for these measures in FY2013. Wilbur Wright
District Wide
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT RATE IN AREA OF TRAINING
TARGET
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ACTUAL
56%
ACTUAL
60%
MEDIAN EARNINGS OF STUDENTS EMPLOYED IN TRAINING AREA
TARGET
----
TARGET
$31,200
ACTUAL
$34,580
ACTUAL
$31,200
Figures for FY13 will serve as the baseline to set future targets.
TARGET
60%
Enrollment with a Purpose Total enrollment at Wright College exceeded its target. Enrollment targets were met or exceeded for credit and continuing education; enrollment for adult education reached 99 percent of its target. Wilbur Wright
TOTAL ENROLLMENT (UNDUPLICATED) CREDIT ADULT EDUCATION
TARGET
District Wide 23,175
TARGET
110,793
ACTUAL
23,313
ACTUAL
114,255
TARGET
12,772
TARGET
62,246 62,391
ACTUAL
12,773
TARGET
6,504 6,495
ACTUAL
ACTUAL 99%
ACTUAL
35,195 36,642
TARGET
16,430
TARGET
OF TARGET
CONTINUING EDUCATION COLLEGE TO CAREERS PROGRAM ENROLLMENT
TARGET
4,416
ACTUAL
4,598
ACTUAL
18,508
TARGET
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TARGET
ACTUAL
1,329
ACTUAL
9,058 9,518
Increase the rate of transfer to bachelor’s degree programs following City Colleges graduation In FY13, 43 percent of credit students transferred to a 4-year institution within two years of completing their degree. This transfer rate will serve as a benchmark for future annual targets. Wilbur Wright
RATE OF TRANSFER TO BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMS WITHIN 2 YEARS OF CCC GRADUATION NUMBER OF FALL NEW STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER TO FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS AFTER EARNING 12 CREDITS
District Wide TARGET
42%
ACTUAL
---43%
ACTUAL
42%
TARGET
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TARGET
663
ACTUAL
132
ACTUAL
665
TARGET
Figures for FY13 will serve as the baseline to set future targets.
Drastically improve outcomes for students requiring remediation The targets were exceeded for both Wright College and the district for successful transitions from remedial work to college-level courses, with Wright surpassing its goal by 11.5 percent. Percentage of students in the cohort (new Wilbur Wright District Wide students enrolled in remedial course) 36.4% 29.8% TARGET TARGET advancing to college-level work within 1 year 40.6% ACTUAL ACTUAL 32% of their first semester
Increase the number and share of Adult Basic Education/GED/English as a Second Language students who advance to and succeed in college-level courses Wright College established a baseline in FY2013 for the number of adult education students reaching their goal to transition to college-credit courses. Total adult education students identified in the fiscal year who transition to at least one credit course after one semester
Wilbur Wright
District Wide
TARGET
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TARGET
ACTUAL
156
ACTUAL
727 989
Increase the quality and effectiveness of student services and support As documented by Complete College America, time is the enemy when it comes to college: the longer students take to earn a credential, the less likely they are to achieve it. City Colleges has focused its investments to offer comprehensive student supports, including advising, tutoring, confidential counseling, transfer, career, and veterans centers, which are essential to ensuring students move quickly toward their goals. Students at Wright College and across the City Colleges are reaching key milestones faster. The number of students at Wright who earned 30 credits within their first year exceeded Wright’s target by nearly 10 percent; for those earning 15 credits in their first year, Wright reached 95 percent of its goal. Percentage of students in the cohort (fall firsttime, full-time degree/cert. seeking students taking >12 credit hours) who earn 30 credits within their first year Percentage of students in the cohort (fall firsttime, part-time degree/cert. seeking students taking
