Student Data from North Carolinas College Access Portal: CFNC'org SHEEONCES Network Conference and I

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Student Data fromNorth Carolinas College Access
PortalCFNC.org SHEEO/NCES Network
Conferenceand IPEDS WorkshopWashingtonMay 9,
2006

• Robert C. Kanoy
• Senior Associate Vice President for
• Academic and Student Affairs

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Our Primary Goal Access
To increase the college-going rate in North
Carolina with particular attention toward
first-generation college students.
GOAL
Two obstacles facing first-generation college
students (1) Can I really go to college in
NC? (2) Can I afford to go to college?
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College Access Challenges

• Demographics
• Affordability
• Economic Shifts

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Demographics
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Projected Change in High School Graduates by State
2002-2018
Source Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education
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North CarolinaPublic and Nonpublic High School
Graduates2003-04 through 2017-18 (projected)
Source Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education
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College Going Rate By Race (US High school
Graduates)

• White 64
• African American 56
• Hispanic 53
• Source National Center for Education Statistics

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Affordability Issues College Cost and Financial
Aid National Trends
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Federal Pell Grant Aid and State Grant Aid as
percentage of tuition at Public Four Year
Colleges (in Dollars) 1986-2004
Average Pell Grant per recipient as a percentage
of tuition
Average state grant per recipient as a percentage
of tuition
Source College Board
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Economic Changes
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Sourcehttp//www.cerc.com/detpages/aboutus79.html
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Economic and Industrial Shifts

• Historically a manufacturing/agricultural state
• Loss of textiles
• Loss of furniture
• Loss of tobacco
• Future Industries for Growth
• Biotechnology
• Pharmaceuticals
• Pervasive computing
• Nanotechnology
• Service industries

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North Carolinas Response
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www.CFNC.org
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CFNC is the name of a service provided by three
NC entities
State-funded K-16 partnership (DPI, NCCCS, UNC,
NCICU) administered by the UNC Office of the
President
NCs loan originator - 501(c)3
State Guarantor - scholarships, 529 program
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Higher Education in North Carolina

• 1.3 million K-12 public school students
• 110 Colleges
• 58 Community Colleges
• 36 Independent Colleges
• 16 UNC campuses
• 67 college going rate (up 9 in 5 years)
• 90-95 of high school grads that go to college
  stay in NC
• 41 of freshmen at UNC campuses are
  first-generation

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CFNC Access Services
Resource Center
GEAR UP North Carolina
Technology and Internet Services
www.CFNC.org
Low-income (FRL) school students 37 million Two
grants from Dept of Education (2000-2011) 35 NC
counties 14,000 students
1.866.866.CFNC
Career Center Student Planner College Fair Online
Applications and HS Transcripts Paying for
College Saving for College
Toll-free Telephone Hotline for Career, College,
Financial Aid Planning Email from
CFNC.org Publications Training Hispanic Services
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CFNC.org One Stop Shopping in NC
To plan, apply, and pay for college.
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Results
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CFNC Website
Website Usage 2001 Through March 2006
www.CFNC.org
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How can we use data from CFNC?

• Address questions for school districts
• Counselors can track students
• Who is using the site do all my 8th graders
  have accounts?
• Are we changing the behavior of subgroups?
• Colleges and Universities
• Prospecting

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Questions?