FACT SHEET

January 2015

Access to Success

LEVEL OF INFORMATION

http://www.edtrust.org/issues/higher-education/access-to-success

Level of commitment
to initiative:

Established in 2007, Access to Success (A2S) is an initiative that works with

public higher education systems to cut the college-going and graduation gaps
for low-income and minority students in half by 2015.

Level of data
submitted to initiative: System & Institution

LEADERSHIP: President, The Education Trust: Kati Haycock | Director of

Higher Education Research and Data Analytics: Andrew Nichols

Level of data
reported publicly:

System

System

Executive Director, National Association of Systems Heads:

Rebecca Martin

MO
4

KY
24

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

291

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R E S E NT E

17

HI
10

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FL
11

TICIPATIN

LA
9

MS
8

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TX
9

NC
16

TN
19

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CO
3

CA
23

NJ
31

RI
3

PA
14

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NY
56

WI
14

MN
37

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PARTICIPATION

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NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS BY STATE

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3.45
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KEY RESOURCES

Data collection

Technical assistance

Data tools

Federal policy recommendations

Convenings

State policy recommendations

Best practices

Institutional policy recommendations

Individual System and Institutional Report

Cards
http://www.edtrust.org/issues/higher-education/access-to-success

Publications
http://www.edtrust.org/dc/resources/publications/access-to-success

Data Measures in Access to Success

This is a summary of the measures included in the Access to Success data collection (indicated by a check mark). Text after a
measure gives more specific information about the level of detail collected.

ACCESS

PRICE

Enrollment

Student prices

Grant aid

Debt

COMPLETION

PROGRESS
Persistence: First-year, term-to-term,
year-to-year
Remedial course completion
Gateway course completion

Credit accumulation

Graduation rate

Transfer-out: Two-year to four-year

Time to degree

Still enrolled beyond graduation

timeframe

Credits to degree
Credentials conferred

Other course completion

OUTCOMES

OTHER

Employment rate

Contextual information about state

and/or service area

Earnings

Institution and/or program details

Repayment measures

Student experience, engagement,

satisfaction, and/or behavior
Faculty demographics, courseloads,
and/or student ratios

Course information

Learning outcomes

Academic and student support services

Continuing education outcomes

Student Characteristics
This list denotes which student characteristics this initiative uses to disaggregate the data measures listed above, although
not all measures are necessarily disaggregated by all characteristics noted here.
Enrollment status: First-time, transfer

Gender

Attendance pattern: Full-time, part-time

Age

Degree/certificate-seeking status: Bachelors-seeking,

associate-seeking

Program of study

Income: Pell receipt

Military status
Level of academic preparation

Race/Ethnicity

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