Data from the first national effort to benchmark the persistence patterns of non-first-time (NFT) college students.

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Now What?
Finally, Some Real Data on Non-
First-Time Student Success!

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The Dataset
11.5 Million students who
re-enrolled between 2005-2013
Cohort 1: 4.5M (Aug ‘05 - Aug ‘08)
Cohort 2: 7.0M (Aug ’08 - Aug ‘13)

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The Slices
• Age
• Gender
• Geographic location
• Enrollment intensity
• Type of institution
• Type of degree

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The Big Picture

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One Level Down
4yr for-profits and
2yr non-profits
have the smallest
completion gaps
between NFT and
FT student

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All Over The Map
Results vary
widely, even
among states
with similar
student
demographics

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Policy Implications?
Mixing
full/part-time
enrollment
improves
associate’s
degree
completion…
…and reduces
dropouts

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Conflicting Trends
Some states
have
dramatically
improved
outcomes,
others have
seen steep
declines

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Interesting Tidbits
Outcome gender gaps are
narrower among NFT students
A handful of states are growing
their NFT market share

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Now What?

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3 Ideas
Dig into the data
Submit more/better data to NSC
Build Trad/Post-Trad bridges

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