ERIC ED607563: Iowa Community Colleges Joint Enrollment: Academic Year 2018-2019. Annual Report

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Iowa Community Colleges
Joint Enrollment
Annual Report
ACADEMIC
YEAR
2018-2019
COMMUNITY COLLEGES &
WORKFORCE PREPARATION
PROSPERITY THROUGH EDUCATION
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Iowa Department
of Education State of Iowa
Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
400 E. 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146

State Board of Education

Brook Axiotis, President, Des Moines
Bettie Bolar, Marshalltown
Grimes State Office Building
Joshua Byrnes, Osage
Phone: [phone] Brian Kane, Dubuque
Fax: [phone] Michael L. Knedler, Council Bluffs
www.educateiowa.gov Mike May, Spirit Lake
John Robbins, Iowa Falls
Ryan Wise
Georgia Van Gundy, Waukee
Director, Iowa Department
Kimberly Wayne, Des Moines
of Education
Hannah Groos, Student Member, Norwalk
515-281-3436

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Administration
Jeremy Varner
Administrator, Division of Ann Lebo, Director and Executive Officer
Community Colleges and of the State Board of Education
Workforce Preparation
515-281-8260 Division of Community Colleges
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and Workforce Preparation

Paula Nissen
Jeremy Varner, Division Administrator
Acting Chief, Bureau of

Community Colleges
Bureau of Community Colleges
515-418-8273
[email protected]
Paula Nissen, Acting Bureau Chief
Dennis Harden
Chief, Bureau of Bureau of Career and Technical Education
Career and Technical Education
515-281-4716
Dennis Harden, Bureau Chief
[email protected]
Eric St Clair, Education Consultant
Eric St Clair
Consultant, Bureau of
Career and Technical Education
515-725-0127
[email protected]
Published: 2020
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ii Iowa Department of Education
Executive Summary
The Iowa Department of Education collects information on joint enrollment from Iowa’s 15
community colleges. Jointly enrolled students are high school students enrolled in community
college credit coursework. Most jointly enrolled students enroll through Senior Year Plus programs
such as Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) and concurrent enrollment. Other students
enroll independently as tuition-paying students, or enroll in courses delivered through contractual
agreements that do not meet the definition of concurrent enrollment. For more information about
Senior Year Plus programs, please refer to the Department’s website.
This report consists of academic year (AY) and trend data on joint enrollment, including headcount
enrollment, credit hours taken, student demographics, and enrollment by program type and offering
arrangement. All data included in this report is taken from the Community College Management
Information System (MIS) and confirmed by each college, unless otherwise noted.
Some of the highlights of this Academic Year (AY) 2018-19 report include:
• Enrollment decreased slightly from 51,001 students last year to this year 50,587, a 0.8 percent
decrease. However, nine (9) community colleges experienced increased enrollments; four
(4) colleges experienced an increase in the number of credits taken by high school students.
• Average annual growth over the last five has been 3.5 percent.
• High school students participating in joint enrollment programs accounted for 39.3 percent
of total community college enrollment. Approximately 45 percent of the participants were
high school seniors and 33 percent were juniors.
• Joint enrollment programs account for 24.8 percent of total credit hours.
• Among high school students, 96.7 percent participated in joint enrollment courses delivered
through a contractual agreement between a community college and a school district. PSEO
and tuition-paid courses accounted for the remaining 3.3 percent of total joint enrollment.
• More than half (51.8 percent) of participants in joint enrollment programs were female,
compared to 55.1 percent for total credit student enrollment.
• Just over 17 percent of participants in joint enrollment programs reported a minority racial
or ethnic background compared to 23 percent of total credit student enrollment.
• The most common subject areas in which students jointly enrolled were English, social science
and history, mathematics, healthcare, and life and physical sciences.
Joint Enrollment Report: 2019 iii
Table of Contents
Executive Summary .......................................................................................iii
Joint Enrollment ..............................................................................................1
Joint Enrollment Offering Arrangements ......................................................5
Joint Enrollment Student Demographics ......................................................6
Grade Level of Joint Enrollment Students ....................................................7
Concurrent Enrollment and PSEO by Subject Area .....................................8
Revenue from Concurrent Enrollment and PSEO ......................................10
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Joint Enrollment as a Percentage of All Students
by College: 2019 ............................................................................3
Figure 2. Joint Enrollment as a Percentage of All Credit Hours
by College: 2019 ............................................................................3
Insert: Percent of HS Students In Iowa Community Colleges (map): 2019
Figure 3. Credit Hours per Student by College: 2019 ..................................4
Figure 4. Joint Enrollment by Offering Arrangement: 2019 .........................5
Figure 5. Jointly Enrolled Student Gender by College: 2019 ......................6
Figure 6. Jointly Enrolled Student Racial and Ethnic Background: 2019 ...7
Figure 7. Joint Enrollment Participation by High School Class: 2019 .........8
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Joint Enrollment (Headcount) by College: 2015-2019 .................2
Table 2. Joint Enrollment Credit Hours by College: 2015-2019 ..................2
Table 3. Joint Enrollment as a Percentage of All Students
and Credit Hours: 2015-2019 ..........................................................4
Table 4. Joint Enrollment and Credit Hours by Offering Arrangement
by College: 2019 .............................................................................5
Table 5. Concurrent Enrollment and PSEO Courses Taken
by Subject Area: 2019 .....................................................................9
Table 6. Instances of Career and Technical Education and Arts &
Sciences Courses Taken by High School Students: 2019 ..........10
Table 7. Enrollment and Revenue of Concurrent Enrollment: 2019 .........11
Table 8. Enrollment and Revenue of PSEO: 2019 .......................................12
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List of Community College Profiles
Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) .............................................13
Table 9. NICC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ........14
North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) ........................................15
Table 10. NIACC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ....16
Iowa Lakes Community College (ILCC) ....................................................17
Table 11. ILCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 .......18
Northwest Iowa Community College (NCC) .............................................19
Table 12. NCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 .......20
Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) ................................................21
Table 13. ICCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ......22
Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) ....................................23
Table 14. IVCCD PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ..24
Hawkeye Community College (HCC) ........................................................25
Table 15. HCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 .......26
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) ................................................27
Table 16. EICC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 .......28
Kirkwood Community College (KCC) ........................................................29
Table 17. KCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ........30
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) .....................................31
Table 18. DMACC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ..32
Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) ....................................33
Table 19. WITCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ....34
Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) ...............................................35
Table 20. IWCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ......36
Southwestern Community College (SWCC) ..............................................37
Table 21. SWCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 .....38
Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) .....................................................39
Table 22. IHCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 .......40
Southeastern Community College (SCC) ..................................................41
Table 23. SCC PSEO and Concurrent Enrollment by Subject Area: 2019 ..........42
Joint Enrollment Report: 2019 v
Joint Enrollment
JOINT ENROLLMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Each year, tens of thousands of Iowa high school
students enroll in community college credit Slight
Decline
Decline
coursework. The Department of Education Year-to-Year
50,587
0.8%
refers to these students as “jointly enrolled.”
students
In Iowa, high school students enroll in
community college credit courses in a variety
of ways, including through Postsecondary
Enrollment Option (PSEO) courses, college 39.3% 24.8% 48/52
courses offered through a contract between
of total of total male/
a local school district and a community enrollment credit hours female
college, and enrollment in a college course
independently as a tuition-paying student. districts), career and regional academies,
While sometimes referred to as “dual credit,” Advanced Placement®, and Project Lead the
joint enrollment does not necessarily entail Way®.
credit being issued at both the secondary and
postsecondary levels. Some programs, such Joint enrollment in Iowa community colleges
as PSEO and concurrent enrollment, require continues to be a popular option for high school
that credit be issued at each level, while other students, with a total of 50,587 unduplicated
joint enrollment opportunities have no such students enrolling in academic year (AY) 2018-
requirement. 19, which represents a 0.8 percent decrease
(414 students) from the previous year. In this
Most joint enrollment opportunities fall under year, jointly enrolled students accounted for
the purview of Senior Year Plus. This legislation, 39.3 percent of total enrollment. Headcount
passed in 2008, consolidated and standardized enrollment increased at just nine community
several existing programs involving college colleges (Table 1), while the number of credits
credit opportunities for high school students taken by high school students increased at
including PSEO, concurrent enrollment (which eleven colleges (Table 2).
entails supplementary weighting for local school
JOINT ENROLLMENT POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
OPTIONS (PSEO)
Joint enrollment is defined as a high school The concurrent enrollment program, also
student enrolled in one or more community The Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act known as district-to-community college
college courses. The Community College was enacted in 1987 to promote rigorous sharing, promotes rigorous academic and
Management Information System academic pursuits by providing high career and technical pursuits by providing
(MIS) captures joint enrollment in three school students enrollment access to part- opportunities for high school students to
categories: PSEO, contracted courses, and time in nonsectarian courses at eligible enroll part-time in eligible nonsectarian
tuition-paying. postsecondary institutions. Now offered courses at or through community colleges.
through Senior Year Plus, the program is Courses which meet all eligibility criterion
available to eligible juniors and seniors, generate supplementary weighting.
as well as freshmen and sophomores who
are identified as gifted and talented,
according to the school district’s criteria
and procedures.
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TABLE 1. JOINT ENROLLMENT (HEADCOUNT) BY COLLEGE: 2015-2019
Average
% Change,
College 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Change
2015-19
5 years, %
Northeast Iowa 2,791 3,027 3,073 2,961 2,971 6.4% 1.7%
North Iowa Area 1,312 1,415 1,531 1,521 1,515 15.5% 3.8%
Iowa Lakes 1,211 1,267 1,197 1,169 1,198 -1.1% -0.2%
Northwest Iowa 941 954 944 925 1,075 14.2% 3.6%
Iowa Central 2,486 2,513 2,580 2,488 2,376 -4.4% -1.1%
Iowa Valley 1,269 1,343 1,402 1,464 1,465 15.4% 3.7%
Hawkeye 2,036 2,331 2,766 2,786 36.8% 8.3%
Eastern Iowa 4,398 4,891 4,930 4,784 4,861 10.5% 2.7%
Kirkwood 4,548 4,753 4,959 5,354 5,407 18.9% 4.4%
Des Moines Area 14,799 16,288 16,856 17,593 16,961 14.6% 3.6%
Western Iowa Tech 2,506 2,652 3,044 3,200 3,186 27.1% 6.3%
Iowa Western 1,983 2,137 2,326 2,523 2,516 26.9% 6.2%
Southwestern 711 773 855 750 794 11.7% 3.2%
Indian Hills 1,730 2,185 2,123 2,112 2,234 29.1% 7.2%
Southeastern 1,313 1,378 1,454 1,391 1,242 -5.4% -1.1%
TOTAL 44,034 47,907 49,868 51,001 50,587 14.4% 3.5%
TABLE 2. JOINT ENROLLMENT CREDIT HOURS BY COLLEGE: 2015-2019
Average
% Change,
College 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Change
2015-19
5 years, %
Northeast Iowa 21,714.0 22985.0 22,801.5 22,159.5 23,273.0 7.2% 1.8%
North Iowa Area 10,030.0 12,010.0 12,641.0 13,138.0 13,376.0 33.4% 7.7%
Iowa Lakes 10,377.0 11,314.0 10,566.0 9,786.0 9,908.0 -4.5% -0.9%
Northwest Iowa 6,503.5 6,406.5 6,398.5 6,633.5 8,053.0 23.8% 5.9%
Iowa Central 21,765.5 21,544.0 23,100.0 22,825.0 21,060.5 -3.2% -0.7%
Iowa Valley 10,694.5 11,041.0 12,153.0 12,271.0 12,985.5 21.4% 5.0%
Hawkeye 12,223.0 14,119.0 16,389.0 17,743.0 17,790.0 45.5% 10.0%
Eastern Iowa 28,171.8 32,572.5 35,159.0 34,089.5 36,315.0 28.9% 6.8%
Kirkwood 32,681.0 36,544.0 38,223.5 41,995.0 43,591.0 33.4% 7.5%
Des Moines Area 125,138.0 138,471.0 146,271.0 155,267.0 151,178.0 20.8% 5.0%
Western Iowa Tech 19,722.0 20,289.5 22,916.0 24,820.0 24,529.0 24.4% 5.7%
Iowa Western 18,327.0 19,826.0 21,661.5 22,987.0 23,009.5 25.5% 5.9%
Southwestern 6,785.0 7,647.0 8,086.0 7,352.0 7,885.0 16.2% 4.2%
Indian Hills 16,291.5 20,064.5 21,370.0 22,027.0 23,039.5 41.4% 9.3%
Southeastern 10,572.7 11,050.5 10,586.5 10,450.0 9,544.0 -9.7% -2.4%
TOTAL/AVERAGE 350,996.5 350,996.5 408,322.5 423,543.5 425,537.5 20.3% 4.7%
Joint Enrollment Report: 2019 2
Because high school students generally enroll The number of credit hours taken by each jointly
part-time at community colleges, they account enrolled student increased slightly from the
for a higher percentage of enrollment at each previous year, with each student enrolling in
college (Figure 1) than credit hours (Figure an average of 8.4 credit hours, compared to 8.3
2). Statewide, in AY 2018-19, joint enrollment credit hours in AY 2018 (Figure 3). Interestingly,
accounted for 24.8 percent of total credit hours the number of credit hours taken per student
(Table 3). Also, the rate at which high school has only increased 0.4 credit hour since AY
students enroll in college coursework varies by 2015.
local school districts and community college
regions (see map insert).
FIGURE 1. JOINT ENROLLMENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL STUDENTS BY COLLEGE: 2019
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FIGURE 2. JOINT ENROLLMENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL CREDIT HOURS BY COLLEGE: 2019
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TABLE 3. JOINT ENROLLMENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL STUDENTS AND CREDIT HOURS: 2015-2019
2015 2016 2017 20187 2019
Students Credit Students Credit Students Credit Students Credit Students Credit
College Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours
Northeast Iowa 46.3 27.1 48.8 29.0 45.3 29.5 49.0 29.5 50.0 31.4
North Iowa Area 36.2 20.4 38.5 21.3 38.9 22.2 39.3 22.2 39.2 22.0
Iowa Lakes 40.0 22.6 39.3 22.1 36.9 21.3 38.5 21.3 40.6 21.9
Northwest 36.3 19.5 34.3 19.1 35.2 20.3 35.0 20.3 38.0 23.5
Iowa Central 32.1 17.4 32.9 18.8 31.7 19.5 33.6 19.5 35.2 19.4
Iowa Valley 37.1 19.3 39.0 21.2 40.4 22.0 41.2 22.0 42.8 24.1
Hawkeye 27.6 12.5 31.3 14.6 32.8 16.5 34.6 16.5 36.9 17.7
Eastern Iowa 37.6 21.9 37.9 23.5 36.7 23.6 37.7 23.6 38.1 25.4
Kirkwood 23.9 12.7 25.5 13.7 26.9 15.3 27.6 15.3 28.4 16.2
Des Moines Area 45.2 31.7 47.5 34.1 48.8 35.6 48.2 35.6 47.2 35.0
Western Iowa Tech 33.0 19.0 40.2 24.0 39.8 25.8 42.4 25.8 42.0 25.8
Iowa Western 21.8 13.7 24.5 16.1 25.7 17.2 26.7 17.2 26.9 18.0
Southwestern 36.0 22.1 38.5 23.7 34.9 21.9 35.7 21.9 39.3 24.1
Indian Hills 34.0 18.7 37.6 21.7 32.9 24.6 41.0 24.6 44.6 26.8
Southeastern 33.9 19.2 36.0 18.5 34.2 19.3 36.6 19.3 34.5 17.9
TOTAL 35.3 20.9 37.6 22.8 37.6 22.8 37.6 24.3 39.3 24.9
FIGURE 3. CREDIT HOURS PER JOINTLY ENROLLED STUDENT BY COLLEGE: 2019
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Joint Enrollment Offering Arrangements
FIGURE 4. JOINT ENROLLMENT BY
Contracted courses had the largest enrollment OFFERING ARRANGEMENT: 2019
of the three types of joint enrollment
Contractual Agreement Tuition PSEO
arrangements, accounting for 96.7 percent
of jointly enrolled students in AY 2019
(Figure 4). Enrollment in contracted courses 2.4%
declined nine percent from the previous year
0.9%
to 49,623 students. Enrollments through
PSEO also decreased to total enrollment of
470 students from the previous year total of
509 students. Enrollment of tuition-paying
students decreased 27 percent from the 96.7%
previous year to a total of 1,210 students
(Table 4), previously 1,653 students.

TABLE 4. JOINT ENROLLMENT AND CREDIT HOURS BY OFFERING ARRANGEMENT, BY COLLEGE: 2019
PSEO Contracted Tuition Total HS Students *
Students Credit Students Credit Students Credit Students Credit
College Hours Hours Hours Hours
Northeast Iowa 0 0.0 2,954 22,793.0 83 480.0 3.037 23,273.0
North Iowa Area 0 0.0 1,420 11,556.5 250 1,819.5 1,670 13,376.0
Iowa Lakes 369 1,599.0 849 8,194.0 20 115.0 1,238 9,908.0
Northwest 0 0.0 1,053 7,861.0 43 192.0 1,096 8,053.0
Iowa Central 6 22.0 2,376 21,060.5 0 0.0 2,376 21,060.5
Iowa Valley 0 0.0 1,425 12,406.5 81 579.0 1,506 12,985.5
Hawkeye 0 0.0 2,774 17,606.0 34 184.0 2,808 17,790.0
Eastern Iowa 0 0.0 4,778 34,754.5 271 1,560.5 5,049 36,315.0
Kirkwood 0 0.0 5,389 43,250.0 74 341.0 5,463 43,591.0
Des Moines Area 0 0.0 16,808 150,054.0 153 1,124.0 16,961 151,178.0
Western Iowa
91 744.0 3,099 23,785.0 0 0.0 3,190 24,529.0
Tech
Iowa Western 8 59.0 2,500 22,793.5 37 157.0 2,545 23,009.5
Southwestern 0 0.0 778 7,792.0 24 93.0 802 7,885.0
Indian Hills 2 2,224 22,803.5 52 227.0 2,278 23,039.5
Southeastern 0 0.0 1,196 9,135.0 88 409.0 1,284 9,544.0
TOTAL 470 2,411.0 49,623 415,845.0 1,210 7,281.0 51,303 425,537.0
* Duplicated count
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