July 29, 2010
Closing the GapsProgress Report
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What types of new institutions are now included?
Two-year technical colleges (e.g., ITT)
Four-year academic institutions (e.g., U. of Phoenix and DeVry U.)
Bible colleges and seminaries that are not members of ICUT
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Most Career/Proprietary Institutions that reported to CB are small
TypeNo. of
Institutions Enrollments
2-Year 64 31,678
4-Year 18 22,879
Total 82 54,557
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Institutions Enrollment
17 Institutions > 800 30,079
65 Institutions < 800 Enrollments 24,478
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Fall 2009Total
Annual Change
% Change
Public Universities 532,226 23,090 4.5%
Public Two-Year Colleges 692,845 75,338 12.2%
All Health-Related 21,354 933 4.5%
Independent Col. & Univ. 120,011 2,789 2.4%
Career Colleges 54,557 19,785 na
Total 1,420,993 121,935 9.4%
What does this mean for Closing the Gaps in Participation?
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Fall 2009Total
To Reach 2015
Target
Per Year Increase
Bachelor’s 99,463 13,037 2,173
Associate’s 42,329 13,171 2,195
Bach, Assoc, Cert 164,715 45,285 7,548
Hispanic Awards 43,158 23,842 3,974
African-Amer. Awards 17,287 7,013 1,169
Doctoral Degrees 3,692 208 35
Closing the Gaps in Success
Participation Rates are higher for Females
Female Male
African American 7.8% 5.1%
Hispanic 5.2% 3.6%
White 6.4% 5.2%
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STEM Awards
Good News: 2009 showed the largest increase since 2003 – with 17%
Bad News: STEM awards would need to increase 100% to reach the 2015 target.
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New Teacher Certifications
In FY 2009, initial teacher certifications from all sources dropped for the first time since FY 2000.
Certification of new math and science teachers dropped 5%
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Summary of Findings Hispanics had the largest increases, but still
lag with only 4.4% participation rate
African American Females have the highest participation rate (7.8%) of any group
Overall Female participation rate outpaces males 6.5% to 5.0%
STEM degrees had largest increase yet, but still need to double to reach target
Certifications of new math and science teachers dropped 5%
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