Gatekeeper Success - Special Populations
Increase success in gatekeeper courses
- Special populations (developmental, young male, black non-Hispanic) increase by 5%
over the baseline.
Final Target Status > >Not Achieved
- Students who originally placed into developmental math in the 2011 cohort had gatekeeper
math success rates 2.0% lower than students who placed into developmental math starting
in the baseline cohort.
- Students who originally placed into developmental reading in the 2011 cohort had gatekeeper
English success rates 0.5% higher than students who placed into developmental reading
starting in the baseline cohort.
- Students who originally placed into developmental writing in the 2011 cohort had gatekeeper
English success rates 0.5% lower than did students who placed into developmental writing
starting in the baseline cohort.
Source: Achieving the Dream Official Data Submission. Years are based on AtD cohorts;
results are through year three. Successful completions include those earning a C or
better in that course.
- Gatekeeper math success rates decreased 15.6% since the baseline cohort.
- Gatekeeper English success rates decreased 7.3% since the baseline cohort.
Source: Achieving the Dream Official Data Submission. Years are based on AtD cohorts;
results are through year three. Successful completions include those earning a C or
better in that course.
Note that the small number of students in this group increases the likelihood of variability
in the data. Young male refers to students age 20-24 at the time of their first credit
course enrollment at Harper College.
- Gatekeeper math success rates increased 0.6% since the baseline cohort.
- Gatekeeper English success rates increased 3.3% since the baseline cohort.
Source: Achieving the Dream Official Data Submission. Years are based on AtD cohorts;
results are through year three. Successful completions include those earning a C or
better in that course.
Note that the small number of students in this group increases the likelihood of variability
in the data.
