Southern Regional Education Board SREB Overview of SREB Data Services Joseph L. Marks Director of Education Data Services SAIR Annual Conference New Orleans, Louisiana September 26, 2010

Southern Regional Education Board SREB SREB History 1948 – SREB founded 1956 – Fact Book 1960 – “Within Our Reach” 1969 – SREB-State Data Exchange 1981 – “The Need for Quality” 1988 – “Goals for Education: Challenge 2000” 1991 – 24/7 online data center 2001 – “Goals for Education: Challenge to Lead” 2010 – “No Time to Waste: Policy Recommendations for Increasing College Completion”

Southern Regional Education Board SREB SREB-State Data Exchange History 1969 …faculty salaries 1970 …state appropriations per FTE 1975 …tuition and fee charges 1983 …local appropriations & e-filing 1989 …faculty benefits amounts 1991 …24/7 online data center 1995 …tuition policies & benefits descriptions 1999 …graduation and progression rates 2001 …tuition and fee revenue per FTE 2002 …freshman first-year persistence rates 2004 …e-learning (modes of instruction) 2009 …college credit hours taken by high school students 2010 …time to degree / credits to degree

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Customized and Diversified Data Products

Southern Regional Education Board SREB SREB-State Data Exchange,

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Southern Regional Education Board SREB Uses of Data comparing states institutional types institutions developing presentations; telling a story

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Telling a Story & Comparing States Is progress in degree completion at risk?

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Years When Projected Number of Public High School Graduates Reach All-Time Highs See also Table 9 in Fact Book U.S  SREB   ----   -- AL   -- AR   -- DE    -- FL   -- GA   -- KY   -- LA  MD  MS  NC   -- OK  SC   -- TN   -- TX    -- VA   -- WV 

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Projected Changes in Public High School Graduates SREB States, 2008 to 2022 Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 9.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Black & Hispanic Representation Public High School Graduates, 2008 and 2018 Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 9.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB 18- to 24-Year Olds Attending College United States, 2008 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. The fastest- growing population has the lowest percentage enrolled.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB ________________________________________ *First-time, full-time, bachelor’s or equivalent degree seekers completing bachelor’s or equivalent degree at the Institution where they first enrolled within 150 percent of normal time. The fastest- growing population has a lower graduation rate. Graduation Rates* Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities United States, 2008 (2002 cohort) Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 39.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Why degree completion is more important than ever. Telling the Story

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Adults Average Annual Earnings United States, 2008 Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Projected Increases in Jobs United States, 2008 to 2018

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Source: U.S. Census Bureau, and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. State Incomes Related to Adults with Bachelor’s or Higher Degrees 2008 Few states with a low proportion of Bachelor’s degrees have a high per capita income. Few states with a high proportion of Bachelor’s degrees have a low per capita income.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Will a postsecondary education be affordable enough to provide the kind of access needed in the coming decade? Comparing States, Institutional Types and Institutions

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Annual Tuition and Fees Public Four-Year, Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 52.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Tuition and Fees as a Percent of Median Family Income Public Four-Year Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 52.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Annual Tuition and Fees Public Two-Year, Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 52.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Tuition and Fees as a Percent of Median Family Income Public Two-Year Colleges Source: SREB Fact Book, Table 52.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Tuition and Fees Public Four-Year 1 Universities Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Percent of Income Required to Pay for One Year Public University, United States Annual household incomePercent required for one year’s tuition, fees, room and board Sources: National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. 3 points up 14 points up 60 points up

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Pressure to raise tuition is not likely to cease. Telling the Story

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Appropriations and Tuition Growth Public Colleges, SREB States, 2004 to 2009 Two-Year Colleges Four-Year Colleges $990 million $1.8 billion $5.2 billion $3.7 billion See SREB Fact Book, Table database. Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB With all this additional money the colleges’ budgets should be in good shape, Right? Telling the Story

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Enrollment and Funding Increases Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities SREB States, Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

Southern Regional Education Board SREB Enrollment and Funding Increases Public Two-Year Colleges SREB States, Source: SREB-State Data Exchange.

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