Virginia Community College System Dateline 2009 Half-Time Report

Virginia's Community Colleges Dateline 2009 --- Update 2007
Enrollment	Workforce	Tuition	Graduation & Retention	Transfer	Dual Enrollment	Private Funding	2006 Half-Time Report

Enrollment
The VCCS must serve at least 16,000 new students by 2009.

2007 Update

There have been annual increases in enrollment since 2003, and projections show that if the pattern continues, the VCCS will exceed the target set in Dateline 2009.

Workforce Training
The VCCS will provide workforce training programs for 225,000 individuals annually, an increase of nearly
eighty percent -- from 125,000 to 225,000.

2007 Update

The VCCS is well on its way to meeting its Dateline 2009 goal of serving 225,000 individuals. We have gone form 125,000 to 180,461 and we're on target to reach our goal of 225,000.

Affordable Tuition
VCCS tuition will not exceed half of the average cost to attend a public four-year institution in Virginia.

2007 Update

Since 2003, guided by Dateline's tuition goal, students in Virginia's community colleges have seen modest, predictable increases. In 2007, in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the VCCS were $2,270. Average tuition and fees at Virginia's public senior institutions were $7,083

Graduation, Retention, and Placement Rates
To expand its capacity and provide greater economic opportunity, the VCCS will rank in the top ten percent in the nation with respect to graduation, retention and job placement rates.

2007 Update

The VCCS graduation rate as reported in the national IPEDS database was 16.0 percent for the fall 2003 cohort of students. The average among the VCCS peer institutions for that same cohort was 18.9 percent.

While VCCS colleges compared favorably to national peer colleges, VCCS still needs to improve to reach top-ten status. VCCS colleges collectively managed a retention rate of 59% for full-time students in Fall 2006. However, the 90th percentile rate for all peers was 65%.

Nationwide, retention rates are better for full-time students than for part-time students. VCCS colleges had a retention rate of 39% for part-time students. Again, this rate compared well with peer colleges, but was shy of the 90th percentile.

Transfer to 4-Year Colleges and Universities
The VCCS will triple the number of graduates who successfully transfer to four-year colleges and universities.

2007 Update

The VCCS has made great strides in developing partnerships that will help achieve the transfer goal.

The transfer rate for 2005-2006 was 64% for transfer program graduates. This number is expected to increase over the next few years.

Dual Enrollment with High Schools
The VCCS will triple the number of high school students who take college courses and receive college credits, raising the number from 14,000 to 45,000.

2007 Update

The aggregate number of high school students taking dual enrollment courses has steadily increased since 2002 with the 2006-07 enrollment reaching 28,731. The trend places the VCCS on a track that is just short of the Dateline 2009 goal.

Private Funding
The VCCS will become more proactive in securing private support to ensure its capacity to respond to the needs of the Commonwealth. Collectively, the VCCS foundations will double their holdings, moving from $75 million to $150 million.

2007 Update

The collective value of VCCS foundations has grown more than $42.3 million. Having achieved nearly 78 percent of the Dateline goal, this increase in foundation holdings does not take into consideration the millions of dollars that have been expended by foundations for scholarships, facilities, and faculty development.