Draft presentation for TCC

1. Community College to Career
Demonstration Project
May 29, 2013
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2. Goals of the CCTCD project
• Increase educational attainment among low-income
community college students
• Accomplished by testing the impact of 2 interventions
– Case Management & Emergency Financial
Assistance (EFA)
– EFA only
• Track outcomes for study participants and report
findings
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3. Phase 1: Define Sample
1. Utilize universe of students at TCC after Fall
registration ends
2. Determine who is eligible through
administrative records
3. Have IRPE share list of eligible students with
LEO/CCFW
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4. Eligibility Criteria
• Currently enrolled in at least 9 credit hours
• Currently enrolled in at least 1 non-distance
learning class at Trinity River
• Accumulated <30 credit hours
• Have met at least 1 TSI standard
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5. Eligibility Criteria (continued)
• Degree seeking
• Not Early High School or Dual Credit
• At least 18 years of age
• Filled out a FASFA
• Are Pell eligible or below 200% of the poverty
line
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6. Phase 2: Assign & Enroll Students
• Randomly assign 150 eligible students to each
treatment group
– Students informed via email
– Outline services
– Require students to provide baseline information to
signal their interest in taking up services
• Assign more students to treatment as needed
• Reminder become the control group
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7. Universe of Trinity River Students
Take the Universe of Students, Determine who is Eligible
Student at TR-ineligible Student at TR- eligible
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8. Assign Eligible Students to Study Groups
Treatment Arm 1 Treatment Arm 2 Control Group
Student at TCC-ineligible Student at TCC- eligible
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9. Providing information
• During enrollment period, CCFW will use
multiple methods to communicate with
students about program
– emails
– information sessions
– phone calls
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10. Enrollment Timeline
(Insert once completed)
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11. Phase 3: Provide Services
• CCFW begins providing services on (tbd?)
• Students who are enrolled in the case
management treatment arm meet with case
manager to develop a service plan
• Students in financial assistance treatment arm
can apply for assistance if a need should arise.
– Should we provide more detail about what the EFA
or CM services entail?
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12. Phase 4: Collect Information on Outcomes
• After semester ends, IRPE provides data report
for variables listed in the data sharing
agreement
• CCFW provides additional information on the
use of services for students in 2 treatment arms
• LEO uses data to determine program impact
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13. Overall Project Timeline
• (Insert once completed)
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14. Roles of CCFW
• Design treatment arms
• Educate students about benefits of programs
• Provide services
– Process applications and distribute funds for
emergency financial assistance
– Have case managers work with students to
overcome barriers to obtaining their degrees
• Collect data on program participants
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15. Roles of LEO
• Develop the research design
• Define eligible population
• Design enrollment progress
• Conduct random assignment
• Analyze outcomes for students
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16. Roles of TCC
• Provide data on students
– List of eligible population in late August
– Data on outcomes at end of each semester
• Provide logistic support for the project
– Office space at the Trinity River campus
– Meeting space for information sessions
• Facilitate interaction with eligible students
– Send emails to particular individuals on behalf
of CCFW/ LEO
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17. Issue Being Addressed
• An associate’s degree is a vehicle for income
growth and moving toward a life of self-
sufficiency
• Despite the returns of getting a degree, the
overwhelming majority never complete
• How can we design programs that help low-
income students earn a degree?
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18. Vocation Program
• Started by CCFW in 2012
• Is the model from which the demonstration
project is built
• Program provides tuition, case management,
and access to financial assistance to 17
students looking to obtain an associate’s
degree in accounting or airframe maintenance.
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