1. Achieving the Dream: Baseline Data Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment December 2007 Research Report No. 30-07

2. Overview of Fall 2004 Cohort Data  Section I: Profile of Fall 2004 Cohort  Section II: Gatekeeper Courses  Section III: Course Completion  Section IV: Developmental Courses  Section V: Retention/Persistence  Section VI: Graduation  Section VII: Pell Eligible Students

3. Section I: Cohort Profile - First-time to NOVA in Fall 2004 10,233 Students

4. Fall 2004 Cohort by Campus

5. Fall 2004 Cohort by Gender

6. Fall 2004 Cohort by Age

7. Fall 2004 Cohort by Race/Ethnicity

8. Fall 2004 Cohort by Enrollment Status* * Enrollment status during Fall 2004.

9. Fall 2004 Cohort by Program Placement Status

10. Section II: Cohort Data on Gatekeeper Courses

11. Gatekeeper Courses Gatekeeper Courses:  Critical courses posing as major barriers to success  Courses with the largest enrollments and lowest success rates NOVA’s Selection: I. ACC 211II. ENG 003 BIO 101 MTH 003 ENG 111 MTH 004 MTH 151 MTH 163

12. Cohort Enrollment in Gatekeeper Courses - I

13. Cohort Enrollment in Gatekeeper Developmental Courses - II

14. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in Gatekeeper Courses - I 2134431,64334392

15. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in Gatekeeper Developmental Courses - II 319265153

16. Section II.A: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in ACC 211 by Subgroups Success is defined as completing a course with a grade of “C” or better.

17. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ACC 211 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 391

18. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ACC 211 by Gender 108105

19. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ACC 211 by Age 396233643 12 *No enrollment.

20. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ACC 211 by Race/Ethnicity 11020502310

21. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ACC 211 by Enrollment Status 111102

22. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ACC 211 by Program Placement Status 61861650

23. Section II.B: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in BIO 101 by Subgroups

24. Success Rate of Fall 2004 in BIO 101 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 778

25. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in BIO 101 by Gender 195248

26. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in BIO 101 by Age 1734130235261

27. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in BIO 101 by Race/Ethnicity 26441635025

28. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in BIO 101 by Enrollment Status 95348

29. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in BIO 101 by Program Placement Status 265629107

30. Section II.C: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 111 by Subgroups

31. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 111 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 2,496

32. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 111 by Gender 806837

33. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 111 by Age 1161,305756715641

34. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 111 by Race/Ethnicity 986149210196 100 2

35. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 111 by Enrollment Status 5011,142

36. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 111 by Program Placement Status 860 35863362

37. Section II.D: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 151 by Subgroups

38. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 151 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 575

39. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 151 by Gender 163180

40. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 151 by Age 1430213824 *No enrollment.

41. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 151 by Race/Ethnicity 21829 41251

42. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 151 by Enrollment Status 62281

43. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 151 by Program Placement Status 195 75 18 55

44. Section II.E: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 163 by Subgroups

45. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 163 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 200

46. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 163 by Gender 46

47. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 163 by Age 672545 *No enrollment.

48. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 163 by Race/Ethnicity 534211031

49. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 163 by Enrollment Status 2567

50. Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 163 by Program Placement Status 4230317

51. Section II.F: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 003 by Subgroups

52. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 003 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 498

53. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 003 by Gender 167152

54. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 003 by Age 828314410 *No enrollment.

55. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 003 by Race/Ethnicity 151624244119

56. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 003 by Enrollment Status 25861

57. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in ENG 003 by Program Placement Status 162981940

58. Section II.G: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 003 by Subgroups

59. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 003 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 692

60. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 003 by Gender 116149

61. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 003 by Age 4212231013 3 *No enrollment.

62. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 003 by Race/Ethnicity 129372843226

63. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 003 by Enrollment Status 68197

64. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 003 by Program Placement Status 14377936

65. Section II.H: Success Rates of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 004 by Subgroups

66. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 004 TOTAL ENROLLMENT = 338

67. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 004 by Gender 6588

68. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 004 by Age 41337441 *No enrollment.

69. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 004 by Race/Ethnicity 731727315

70. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 004 by Enrollment Status 12231

71. Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in MTH 004 by Program Placement Status 8543718

72. Section III: Course Completion of 2004 Cohort by Subgroups

73. Course Completion Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort Total Number of Courses = 26,999 Data represents the proportion of courses successfully completed out of all courses taken by the Fall 2004 cohort.

74. Course Completion Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort by Gender 8,6939,079

75. Course Completion Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort by Age 5861,54611,8301,5831,71446053

76. Course Completion Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort by Race/Ethnicity 9,3822,1602,2292,830 99 1,072

77. Course Completion Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort by Enrollment Status 11,5116,291

78. Course Completion Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort by Program Placement Status 8,5463,9684,400858

79. Section IV: Cohort Data on Developmental Courses

80. Cohort Enrollment in Developmental English Courses

81. Cohort Enrollment in Developmental Math Courses

82. Section IV.A: Success Rate of Fall 2004 Cohort in Developmental English and Math Courses

83. Success of Fall 2004 Cohort in Developmental English Courses 263319168329515

84. Success of Fall 2004 Cohort in Developmental Math Courses 3110326515332

85. Section IV.B: Progress from Developmental to College-Level Math

86. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 003 Successfully Completing MTH 151 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 151 = 105Cohort Enrolled in MTH 003 = 692 Completed MTH 151 = 80 Enrolled in MTH 151 = 105

87. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 003 Successfully Completing MTH 163 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 163 = 62Cohort Enrolled in MTH 003 = 692 Completed MTH 163 = 44 Enrolled in MTH 163 = 62

88. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 003 Successfully Completing MTH 166 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 166 = 27Cohort Enrolled in MTH 003 = 692 Completed MTH 166 = 13 Enrolled in MTH 166 = 27

89. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 004 Successfully Completing MTH 151 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 151 = 63Cohort Enrolled in MTH 004 = 338 Completed MTH 151 = 48 Enrolled in MTH 151 = 63

90. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 004 Successfully Completing MTH 163 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 163 = 113Cohort Enrolled in MTH 004 = 338 Completed MTH 163 = 75 Enrolled in MTH 163 = 113

91. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 004 Successfully Completing MTH 166 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in MTH 166 = 57Cohort Enrolled in MTH 004 = 338 Completed MTH 166 = 40 Enrolled in MTH 166 = 57

92. Section IV.C: Progress from Developmental to College-Level English

93. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 001 Successfully Completing ENG 111 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 111 = 179Cohort Enrolled in ENG 001 = 381 Completed ENG 111 = 138 Enrolled in ENG 111 = 179

94. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 003 Successfully Completing ENG 111 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 111 = 298Cohort Enrolled in ENG 003 = 498 Completed ENG 111 = 233 Enrolled in ENG 111 = 298

95. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 004 Successfully Completing ENG 111 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 111 = 106Cohort Enrolled in ENG 004 = 256 Completed ENG 111 = 77 Enrolled in ENG 111 = 106

96. Fall 2004 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 005 Successfully Completing ENG 111 in 2007 Cohort Enrolled in ENG 111 = 303Cohort Enrolled in ENG 005 = 496 Completed ENG 111 = 240 Enrolled in ENG 111 = 303

97. Section V: Retention/Persistence

98. Retention Rate for Fall 2004 Cohort: Fall 2004 to Spring 2007 10,233 6,2394,5383,8392,9652,684 Retention rates include students who either enrolled at NOVA during the specified semester or graduated during that academic year.

99. Retention Rate for Fall 2004 Cohort by Gender: Fall 2004 to Spring 2007 1,2571,427 Retention rates by subgroups represent the proportion of students from the cohort who either graduated between Fall 2004 and Spring 2007 or were enrolled at NOVA in Spring 2007.

100. Retention Rate for Fall 2004 Cohort by Age: Fall 2004 to Spring 2007 1,91288 190166 244768

101. Retention Rate for Fall 2004 Cohort by Race/Ethnicity: Fall 2004 to Spring 2007 1,21834318524397184

102. Retention Rate for Fall 2004 Cohort by Enrollment Status: Fall 2004 to Spring 2007 1,5301,154

103. Retention Rate for Fall 2004 Cohort by Program Placement Status: Fall 2004 to Spring 2007 2,168516

104. Section VI: Graduation

105. Graduation Rate for Fall 2004 Cohort: 2004-05 to 2006-07 21163457633 *Total represents an unduplicated headcount of students from the cohort who graduated between 2004-05 and 2006-07.

106. Section VI.A: Fall 2004 Cohort Graduation Rate by Subgroups

107. Fall 2004 Cohort Graduation Rate by Gender 243 390

108. Fall 2004 Cohort Graduation Rate by Age 2242453546218 *No enrollment.

109. Fall 2004 Cohort Graduation Rate by Race/Ethnicity 3236413665342

110. Fall 2004 Cohort Graduation Rate by Enrollment Status 453180

111. Fall 2004 Cohort Graduation Rate by Program Placement Status 76 557

112. Section VII: Pell Eligible Students at NOVA 688 Students

113. Pell Eligible Students by Gender

114. Pell Eligible Students by Age

115. Pell Eligible Students by Race/Ethnicity

116. Pell Eligible Students by Enrollment Status* * Enrollment status during Fall 2004.

117. Section VII.A: Pell Eligible Students in Gatekeeper Courses

118. Pell Eligible Students in Gatekeeper Courses

119. Success Rate of Pell Eligible Students in Gatekeeper Courses 8471522210

120. Section VII.B: Pell Eligible Students in Developmental English Courses

121. Pell Eligible Students in Developmental English Courses

122. Success of Pell Eligible Students in Developmental English Courses 3343344070

123. Section VII.C: Pell Eligible Students in Developmental Math Courses

124. Pell Eligible Students in Developmental Math Courses

125. Success of Pell Eligible Students in Developmental Math Courses 8162719