IMPACT
Rising Star continues to have a significant
impact on its scholarship recipients, giving them many opportunities
as they pursue their educational goals. Success rates in colleges
and universities are measured over a 6-year period. Using
this method, Rising Star students have progressed equal to
or better than their peers in most categories measured (as
of Spring 2007). Of the 952 Rising Star students who
enrolled their first year in fall 2001 (Class III), approximately
60 percent have graduated with a degree or certificate, have
transferred, or are stilled enrolled. We have also confirmed
that 118 Class III Rising Star students have received a bachelor’s
degree and seven of them have gone on to complete a master’s
degree within the 6-year period!
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Among other highlights:
- Thirty two percent(303) of Class
III Rising Star students graduated with an associate’s
degree, 8 percent(80)received a certificate and 16 percent(149)
were still enrolled in a DCCCD college. According
to the most recent 6-year tracking report by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board of first-time entering undergraduates
in fall 1999, 10 percent of Texas public community/technical
college students received an associate’s degree, 5
percent completed a certification and 7 percent were still
enrolled in their educational institutions.*
- Overall, 17 percent of Class III
Rising Star scholars have transferred to four-year institutions.
Of that group, 72 percent have received at least a bachelor’s
degree. These students are realizing the promise
of Rising Star and maximizing their college experience by
graduating at the university level with a baccalaureate
degree or higher.
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The
above statistics are typical ways of measuring success among
traditional college students. There are other ways to evaluate
success among community college students based on their respective
goals, such as completing the essential training to join the
workforce.
* Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board. “Community and Technical Colleges: 6-Year Graduation
Rates of First-Time Entering Undergraduates, Fall 1999.”
Page 76. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/PDF/1274.PDF
* Southern Methodist University Office
of Institutional Research. “Common Data Set: 2005-2006.”
http://smu.edu/ir/CDS/cds_200506B.pdf |
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