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Graduation Rates and Student Success
Squaring Means and Ends |
Recommendations
Policymakers
• Establish relevant student success measures (including definition of purpose and policy application) by working collaboratively with the higher
education community. These should include student graduation and progression indicators as well as indicators of student learning.
• Audit state and system data infrastructures, focusing specifically on existing data gaps, remedies for those gaps, and potential costs and
benefits of proposed remedies.
• Identify and evaluate policy levers significantly impacting student access and success (early outreach, admissions, financial aid, transfer/articulation,
etc.), with an emphasis on policies that may be working at cross-purposes.
Presidents and Chancellors
• Assess the institution’s or system’s past, current, and projected student population, focusing on the percentage of students presenting
one or more risk factors for non-completion and the nature of those risk factors.
• Perform institutional and system graduation rate calculations using the HERI/CIRP and Education Trust models and compare with the institution
and/or system GRS rate.
• Audit institutional and state data systems, focusing on the identification of untapped existing capacity and options for enhancement or improvement.
• Evaluate institutional and/or system applications of student success data (including student learning), with an emphasis on how the institution
performs relative to peers and exemplars. If the institution is performing better than expected, identify the reasons for this success, commit to
continued investment in these programs or factors, and share the findings. If the institution is average or under-performing, seek explanations and
ways to improve, and develop and share proposed strategies for improvement. |
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