SoCal PDSCalifornia State University

Update

Carolina C Cardenas

Director, Academic Outreach and Early Assessment

CSU Office of the Chancellor

• Enrollment Updates• Funding and Resources• Admissions and Impaction

• Graduation & Student Success• Preparation & Readiness• EAP

• Retention & Graduation

• Resources

Enrollment

Updates

CA Budget: $142M in new state funding• Incremental investment in higher education

• New funding permitting modest enrollment growth ~ about 9,000 more students systemwide in 2014-15

• Record numbers of applications are being received; greater demand from CSU-eligible applicants than state funding supports

• Both new funding and improved graduation rates will generate capacity

Student Outcomes & Impact• Over 446,000 total students enrolled in fall 2013

• 115,000 new undergraduates enrolled• 96% of new students were CA residents

• Over 101,000 degrees awarded in 2012-2013

• Nearly 3 Million CSU Alumni!

Tuition and Financial Aid• Current Undergraduate Tuition (CA Residents)• $5,472 per year*

• Current Average Tuition & Fees• $6,698 per year

*The CSU makes every effort to keep student costs to a minimum. Fees listed in published schedules or student accounts may need to be increased when public funding is inadequate. Therefore, CSU must reserve the right, even after initial fee payments are made, to increase or modify any listed fee, without notice, until the date when instruction for a particular semester or quarter has begun. All CSU listed fees should be regarded as estimates that are subject to change upon approval by The Board of Trustees.

Financial Aid Impact• Last year, over $3.8 billion was distributed to more

than 306,000 students.

• Nearly 76% of all CSU students receive some form of financial assistance.

• 51% of CSU students graduate with zero student debt.

• The average loan debt for CSU students was $18,460 in 2012, compared with the national average of $29,400.

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CSU Students

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

ONLYAPPLICANTS

(UNDUPLICATED)

OFFERS OF ADMISSION

(UNDUPLICATED) ADMIT RATEENROLLMENT

(UNDUPLICATED) YIELD RATE

Fall 2012 167,321 124,555 74.4% 55,090 44.2%

Fall 2013 175,421 130,730 74.5% 59,229 45.3%

Fall 2014 177,110* 131,742*

The Last 3 Fall Freshmen Admissions CyclesThe Last 3 Fall Freshmen Admissions Cycles

*Reflects actions through July 2014

Freshmen Admission Eligibility• No change to admissions eligibility• High school graduation• A-G completion• Eligibility index

• CSU does not include Writing section of ACT or SAT to determine eligibility index

• 1/4 of CSU campuses admit freshman applicants based only on CSU eligibility

Campus Impaction• Campus Impaction: A campus receives more eligible

applications in the initial filing period than there are enrollment spaces available for the class level (freshman or upper division transfer).

• Campuses fall into 3 categories:• Admit using CSU eligibility• Campus impaction (freshman/transfer)• Impacted in all programs (all majors)

Program/Major Impaction• Program Impaction: A campus receives more eligible

applications for a specific undergraduate program in the initial filing period than there are enrollment spaces available.

• Most campuses have at least one impacted major/program• Typically impacted at upper-division level• Students must meet criteria such as specific

core/major prep courses, GPA in those courses, cumulative GPA, or a combination of factors

Admit Using CSU Eligibility (FTF)

• Bakersfield• Channel Islands• Dominguez Hills• East Bay

• Maritime Academy• Stanislaus

Campus Impaction (Freshman)

• Chico• Fresno• Humboldt• Los Angeles• Monterey Bay• Northridge

• Pomona• Sacramento• San Bernardino• San Francisco• San Marcos• Sonoma

Impacted In All Programs

• Fullerton• Long Beach• San Diego• San Jose• San Luis Obispo

Graduation &

Student

Success

Preparation & Readiness• Transition with Common

Core Standards & California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

• “a-g” College Preparatory Requirements have not changed, but curriculum changes may prompt school districts to submit courses to UC

Preparation & Readiness• Early Assessment Program (Spring 2015)• Use of California Assessment of Student

Performance and Progress (CAASPP))• CAASPP will assess students in English and

mathematics.• CAASPP grade eleven exams will continue to

provide a college content readiness result by the end of the junior year based on the new assessment instrument.

EAP Spring 2014

• CDE administered the Smarter Balanced field test and the English and mathematics EAP (which included CST) to grade eleven students.

• This was the last year of EAP testing in its current configuration.

EAP Spring 2014• Students who opted to participate in the 2014

EAP• received a 2014 EAP Score Report with EAP

results only, from the district.• school districts received a District Roster that

includes results for their students.• school districts will receive CD Rom with EAP

information only sometime this fall.• a reduced file was available through QTR

(Quick Turnaround Reporting).

Transition to 2015

• CSU EAP structure will remain the same• CSU will continue to:• provide professional development for educators

in ERWC and mathematics;• encourage students to use the 12th grade year

proactively;• provide outreach and information to schools via

the EAP coordinators; and• provide ready and conditional ready exemptions

in English and mathematics

Transition to 2015

• Smarter Balanced Consortium is in the process of recommending achievement level cut scores.• Achievement levels, when endorsed by faculty,

will be used for EAP results.• The new EAP system will continue to provide

grade eleven students an early indication of readiness for college-level work in English and mathematics.

Additional Pathway

• Due to the transition, CSU anticipates fewer students demonstrating readiness due to the change in the structure of the assessment.• This may increase the number of students

needing remediation and to take placement tests.• CSU wants to ensure all students receive a fair

assessment of their college readiness status.

Additional Pathway

• CSU currently has a Determination of Competence in English and Mathematics policy that uses SAT/ACT scores. • Beginning in spring 2015, CSU will also use

SAT/ACT results to indicate a conditional college-readiness status in English and mathematics.• This allows for students to be placed in

appropriate senior year English and/or mathematics courses.

Additional Pathway Using SAT/ACT SubScores for EAP Conditional Status

Test

Existing

CSU Readiness Cut Score

(Exempt from ELM/EPT)

New CSU Conditionally

Ready Cut Score

(Conditionally Exempt from ELM/EPT)

SAT Math 550 490

SAT Reading 500 460

ACT Math 23 20

ACT English 22 19

CSU recommends students take ACT/SAT tests by the end of the junior year.

Meeting the Conditional Status• CSU will continue to use approved English and

math courses to meet the EAP conditional status in the senior year.• *English: ERWC, AP, Honors, IB• Math: courses with Alg. II as a pre-requisite

• Common Core Math • CSU will also use adopted common core math

sequences to meet the conditional status• Courses above the Math III will qualify

• Courses must have been adopted through the UC Doorways process.

Example 1

• Student earns an Achievement Level Descriptor (ALD) of 1 or 2 (not ready) in English• However, receives a 480 on SAT Reading• (or a 20 on ACT English.)• Student will be considered conditional ready in

English and must take appropriate senior year English course, earn a grade of C or higher, to maintain exemption from taking the CSU English Placement Test.

Example 2

• Student earns an ALD of 2 (not ready) in math• However, receives a 510 on SAT Math.• Student will be considered conditional ready in

math and must take appropriate senior level math course, earn a grade of C or higher, to maintain exemption from taking the CSU Entry Level Math test.

Examples of Mathematics Sequences Which Fulfill the Subject “c” Requirement for Eligibility

• Algebra I → Geometry → Mathematics III• Mathematics I → Mathematics II → Mathematics III• Mathematics I → Geometry → Algebra II• Mathematics I → Geometry → Mathematics III• Mathematics I → Mathematics II → Algebra II• Geometry → Mathematics II → Mathematics III• Mathematics I → Mathematics II → Advanced Mathematics• Geometry → Mathematics III• Mathematics II → Mathematics III

Academic & Student Success

• Graduation Initiative

• High Impact Practices

• Course redesign

• eAdvising

• CourseMatch

• Slowly seeing increases in numbers of transfer students entering with AA-T/AS-T degrees• Considered in admission as well as remaining

degree requirements at CSU• Need to build broader awareness and ability to

identify students pursuing this pathway well in advance of transfer• www.adegreewithaguarantee.com

Associate Degrees for Transfer

Resources for

Success

• New site launched in January 2014• Statewide outreach tool• Extensive planning tools• Free test preparation• Apply directly to CSU• Lesson plans available• Electronic HS transcripts*

CaliforniaColleges.edu

*4 pilot school districts in 2014-15

CSU Mentor

Resources for CounselorsHow to Get to College• www.calstate.edu/college• Order free posters• English & Spanish versions• New student videos

Student Academic Services• www.calstate.edu/sas

Admission & Impaction

TRIO• All 23 campuses host TRiO Programs• Over 28M in TRiO funds on CSU campuses• CSU campuses host 87 TRIO Programs• 16 – ETS (10,919)• 37 - UB and UBMS (2,093)• 2 – EOC (2,180)• 24 – SSS (5,289)• 8 – McNair (210)

• Serve 21K students

Thank you!