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HB8 Outcomes
Quote from Steve Jackobs on June 5, 2025, 5:22 pmIt was concerning to hear in the budget presentations this month and last that our outcomes and HB8 revenues have been flat, while our peers continue to move ahead. We have fallen from 6th in HB8 revenues to 9th among our 10 peer colleges. Our associate degree completions lag especially behind our benchmark colleges, San Jacinto and Alamo. It is important to understand the dynamics as we set budget and expectations for next year.
The attached slides drill down into our current performance. My top-level takeaway is that we have two main opportunities for improvement:
- Help students move from part-time to full-time, as in our Theory of Change pillar. We are lowest in contact hours per student. San Jacinto and Alamo each has approximately 20 percent more contact hours per student. While an increase will not directly increase the outcomes rewarded by HB8, it is a necessary intermediate step to increasing and accelerating the completions which are rewarded by HB8.
- Help dual credit students acquire 15+ credit hours. This is rewarded directly by HB8. We have 20 percent reaching the standard; our peers have 23 to 30 percent.
We seem to be doing relatively okay on transfers – only slightly below our peers.
I look forward to discussion.
It was concerning to hear in the budget presentations this month and last that our outcomes and HB8 revenues have been flat, while our peers continue to move ahead. We have fallen from 6th in HB8 revenues to 9th among our 10 peer colleges. Our associate degree completions lag especially behind our benchmark colleges, San Jacinto and Alamo. It is important to understand the dynamics as we set budget and expectations for next year.
The attached slides drill down into our current performance. My top-level takeaway is that we have two main opportunities for improvement:
-
- Help students move from part-time to full-time, as in our Theory of Change pillar. We are lowest in contact hours per student. San Jacinto and Alamo each has approximately 20 percent more contact hours per student. While an increase will not directly increase the outcomes rewarded by HB8, it is a necessary intermediate step to increasing and accelerating the completions which are rewarded by HB8.
- Help dual credit students acquire 15+ credit hours. This is rewarded directly by HB8. We have 20 percent reaching the standard; our peers have 23 to 30 percent.
We seem to be doing relatively okay on transfers – only slightly below our peers.
I look forward to discussion.
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