GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY FAST FACTS - FALL 2014 Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT DEGREE SEEKING Undergraduate Graduate Masters (1,803) Doctorate (231)
5,776
Pell Eligible/Financial Aid
5,591
NON-DEGREE SEEKING
3,557 2,034
Undergraduate Graduate
<62% 185 28 157
ENROLLMENT STATUS Full-time Undergraduate Graduate Doctorate
2,463 1,712 565 186
RACE/ETHNICITY
Part-time Undergraduate Graduate Doctorate
3,313 1,873 1,395 45
GENDER
White Black or African American Hispanic Asian American Indian/Alaskan Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Two or More Races Nonresident Alien Race /Ethnicity Unknown
2,278 (43%) 2,222 (42%) 488 (9%) 117 (2%) 15 (0%) 8 (0%) 101 (2%) 118 (2%) 429
AVERAGE AGE OF STUDENTS
Male Female Unreported
1,723 4,037 16
(30%) (70%)
AVERAGE CREDIT HOURS
Undergraduate Graduate
30.2 36.3
Undergraduate Graduate
10 7.3
DEGREES AWARDED (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014) Undergraduate Masters Doctorate
976 589 57
Rev. 10/7/14
GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY
Changing the Community and the World Introduction Governors State University continues to invest in communities throughout Chicago and Illinois. Higher Education plays a critical role in shaping the communities and world we live in. However, the lack of access and affordability of a high quality education continues to be a major barrier for many American families and frankly limits the options of those families in attaining livable sustaining earnings. GSU provides the lowest tuition and fees of any Illinois public university and is combating the obstacles that have traditionally hindered students from pursuing and obtaining a college degree. This prospectus outlines 3 of GSU’s programs that were strategically devised to provide a clear pathway to opportunity and success. These programs include: The Dual Degree Program Men of Color Initiative GSU Promise Dual Degree Program Working to improve college readiness and degree completion, Governors State University places special emphasis on our rigorous, Dual Degree Program (DDP). GSU partners with 17 Chicagoland community college campuses to provide full-time community college students with a seamless, affordable pathway from an associate’s to bachelor’s degree.* With 218 DDP students enrolled at GSU and an estimated 311 DDP students at our partner schools; our program is making great strides in achieving the targeted goals envisioned. Currently, 97% of DDP students have or are on track to graduate from GSU with a bachelor’s degree. DDP students are required to participate in structured advising and peer mentoring beginning in their first year of enrollment at the community college. GSU guarantees admission and tuition “lock in” for students who enroll in the DDP. Those students who are financially eligible may apply for and receive scholarships. Men of Color Initiative GSU is committed to building a model that helps increase retention and graduation rates for lowincome, first generation, male students of color, through our Men of Color Initiative (MOCI).
Leading this initiative in collaboration with our community college partners we are implementing a series of strategic initiatives that have proven to enhance the success of men of color in college. Our Men of Color Initiative is grounded upon the “Eight Standards for Black Male Campus Initiatives” (Harper and Kuykendall, 2012). ** We plan to roll out this model beginning in 2015-2016. GSU Promise GSU is committed to meet the financial need of qualified students by providing a debt-free baccalaureate education for local community college transfer students at the poverty level. Launched by President Maimon and her husband with a generous personal contribution, the GSU Promise awards fulltime students who are Pell Grant eligible and maintain the required GPA, with funding to cover the balance of tuition, fees, and books that are not covered by the Pell and/or the Illinois Monetary Award Program. To date, fifty-two Promise Scholarships have been awarded. These scholarships have impacted a diverse group of recipients including: African Americans (52%), Hispanics (4%), Caucasians (40%), and bi-racial (4%) Because of the generous support of our loyal donors and friends, economically disadvantaged students with high academic initiative are achieving bachelor’s degrees and taking control of their financial vitality and changing their communities. Your involvement will help keep these initiatives moving forward. The Future Reflecting on GSU’s work to date, we have many accomplishments to celebrate. Yet, we know there is much more to be done in order to make Chicago and Illinois communities the best in the world. It is our hope that this prospectus provides a snapshot of the breadth and depth of our transformational programs and how they are helping change the communities and world that we live in, one student at a time. For further information, please contact Will Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Governors State University Foundation, by phone:708.235.7494 or by email: wdavis3@govst.edu.
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Changing the Community and the World Outcomes and Measurements of Success •
Current average GPA of GSU Promise Scholars=3.6
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There are 218 Dual Degree Program students enrolled at GSU (Fall 2014), with an estimated 311 DDP students enrolled at our community college partner schools 12 of 25 current Promise Scholars have zero Expected Family Contributions (EFCs) to help offset their educational expenses. Since inception, 52 Promise Scholarships have been awarded.
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DDP Honors Scholarship students for 2013 and 2014 were past Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award recipients. The Lincoln Laureate Award is the state’s highest honor. *** 2013 Ricca Louissaint (African American female) and 2014 Stefany Sigler (Caucasian female)
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GSU’s DDP partner school, Joliet Junior College student Board of Trustee members were DDP students: Kayla Randolph Clark (African American female) and Keith Bryant (African American male)
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Past GSU student Board of Trustee member Kayla Randolph Clark (African American female)
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12 DDP graduates from our first three cohorts have already enrolled in graduate programs at GSU
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Student from first cohort, Dan O’Gradney, graduated early in SP13 and immediately enrolled in doctoral program at Chicago School of Psychology
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DDP was awarded “Student Success and College Completion Award” by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) (2014)
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DDP was awarded the “Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award” by the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition (NRC) (2014)
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December 2014 Governors State University President Elaine P. Maimon joins President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden along with hundreds of college presidents and other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college at The White House College Opportunity Day of Action
Hear from our Students…… “The DDP made a huge difference in my life. Things like this just don't happen to guys like me. I would not have come to college if I had not gotten the Promise scholarship.” ~Returning adult African American male
“The Dual Degree Program has made it possible to transfer all my credits from Moraine Valley Community College seamlessly. The Transfer Specialists have been especially helpful with helping me choose the perfect classes to take. I have received so much support educationally, professionally, and emotionally through everybody in DDP. The Dual Degree Program, along with the Peer Mentor Program, has become my family.” ~ Cecilia Diaz
GSU Community College Partners * College of DuPage, Harold Washington College, Harper College, Harry S Truman College, Joliet Junior College, Kankakee Community College, Kennedy-King College, Malcom X College, Moraine Valley Community College, Morton College, Olive-Harvey College, Prairie State College, Richard J. Daley College, South Suburban College, Triton College, Waubonsee Community College, and Wilbur Wright College Eight Standards for Black Male Campus Initiatives** 1. Inequities are transparent and data are used to guide institutional activities. 2. Black undergraduate men are meaningfully engaged as collaborators and viewed as experts in designing, implementing, and assessing campus initiatives 3. Actions are guided by a written strategy document that is collaboratively developed by various institutional stakeholders, ranging from undergraduate students to the college president. 4. Learning, academic achievement, student development, and improved degree attainment rates are prioritized over social programming. 5. Initiatives are grounded in published research on college men and masculinities in general and on black male undergraduates in particular. 6. Efforts are enhanced by insights from black male student achievers. 7. Institutional agents engage in honest conversations about racism and its harmful effects on black male student outcomes. 8. At every level, institutional agents are held accountable for improving black male student retention, academic success, engagement, and graduation rates.
Harper, S. R., & Kuykendall, J. A. (2012). Institutional efforts to improve Black male student achievement: A standards-based approach. Change, 44(2), 23-29
Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award*** Created to honor individuals whose contributions to the betterment of humanity have been accomplished in or on behalf of the State of Illinois, or whose achievements have brought honor to the State because of their identity with it, whether by birth or residence, or by their dedication to those principles of democracy and humanity as exemplified by the great Illinoisan whose name we bear. The Illinois Academy of Illinois (www.thelincolnacademyofillinois.org)
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The New Face of Honors GSU has always served a diverse population, preparing students for 21st Century careers. Our honors program encourages them to go further than they imagined.
Students: Freshman Class: HP as a % of Freshman Class:
HS Class Rank
Not Reporting: 5.6%
2014 Freshman Honors Program 18% 237 (confirmed as 8/12/2014) 7.59%
21%+: 16.7% 11-20%: 16.7%
Top 10%: 61.1%
Gender
Women: 72.2%
Men: 27.8%
Ethnicity Caucasian: 5.56% African American: 44.4%
Hispanic: 44.4%
Asian: 5.56%
Academic Demographics Avg. HS GPA Unweighted: 3.452 Avg. HS Honors Classes Taken: 6.67 Avg. ACT Composite: 19.6 2014 Freshman Honors Program Students’ High Schools CPS – Instituto: Hillcrest: CPS – South Shore: Thornton Fractional North:
7 3 1 1
Rich Central: Buffalo Grove: Thornton Township:
1 1 1
CPA – Christian Fenger: Plainfield: CPS – Bronzeville:
1 1 1