Governor Brown’s Department of Finance yesterday presented the first draft of performance targets for the state’s public four-year universities, tied to budget increases. The seven measures are described on these slides, with data (when available) showing the historical trends and the Governor’s expectations.

1. Governor Brown’s Performance
Targets for the UC & CSU Systems
California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy
April 25, 2013

2. Context

3. The Road Ahead
 2.3 million degrees short by 2025
 1 million bachelors degrees (PPIC)
 Career-Technical associate’s
degrees and certificates
 Need a 4.4% increase annually, on
average
 CSU and UC confer 73% of
California bachelor’s degrees
 About 20% independent (non-profit)
 7% for-profit

4. Gov. Brown’s Higher Education Agenda
 20% funding increase over four years.
 At California Community colleges:
 Fund course completion
 Unit caps
 Require FAFSA for BOG waiver and inclusion of parental
income
 At CSU/UC:
 No enrollment targets, but expectations for improved
performance
 No tuition/fee increases

5. CSU and UC Performance Targets
 Number of Graduates…
 …who started there as freshmen
 …who transferred from CCCs
 …who are low-Income
 Graduation Rates
 Of freshmen: four years
 Of transfers: two years
 Number of Transfers in from CCCs
 Degrees per 100 FTE Enrollment

6. Graduates

7. Bachelor Degree Recipients
 Definition: Each year, the number of bachelor’s
degree recipients who:
 …had started as freshmen at the university.
 …had transferred in.
 …came from a low-income family (Pell Grant recipient).
 Goal: By 2016-17, improve the totals by 10% over
the 2011-12 total.
Note: Counts of degree recipients are standard reports to the federal
government, but with no differentiation for whether students started as
freshmen or transferred in, or are low income

11. Graduation Rates

12. On-time Graduation Rates: Freshmen
 Definition: Of the new freshmen who start in the fall,
the proportion who graduate within four years.
 Goal: Increase by 10% between the rate achieved
for the entering Class of 2012 and the entering Class
of 2017.
 Data not available for some years; actual targets
would be updated for 2011-12 actual.
Note: this is a standard measure reported to the federal government,
though campuses often focus on six-year rates.

15. On-time Graduation Rates: Transfers
 Definition: Of the incoming transfers from community
colleges, the proportion who graduate within two
years.
 Goal: Improve by 10% the rate achieved for those
entering in Fall 2013 (graduating by Spring 2016)
compared to those who entered in Fall 2009
(graduated by Spring 2012).
Note: this is not a standard measure already reported to any agency

17. Transfers-in from California
Community Colleges

18. Number of Transfers
 Definition: In any single year, the total number of
California resident students enrolling as transfers in
CSU and UC, from California Community Colleges.
 Goal: Improve by 10% the total for 2016-17
compared to 2011-12.
 Data available do not precisely match the Governor’s
definition.
Note: This measure is not derived from standard data.

21. Degrees per Enrollment
(Completion Ratio)

22. Completion Ratio
 Definition: In any single year, the total number of
bachelor degrees awarded for every 100 enrolled
undergraduates (full-time equivalent).
 Goal: Improve by 10% the ratio achieved for 2016-17
compared to 2011-12. ‘
Note: This measure is derived from standard data.