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System-Level Accountability Scorecard Access & Opportunities Indicator 1: Access to Programs & Courses - Minnesotans have access to an array of MnSCU programs and courses. Measure 1A: Student Participation RatesMeasure 1A-1 reports Minnesota resident students enrolled at a state college or university as a percent Minnesota population. The numerator is Minnesota resident students aged 15 to 84 enrolled at a Minnesota State college or university. The denominator is Minnesota population aged 15 to 84. Measure 1A-2 reports the system’s percentage market share of resident students at all higher education institutions in the state (click here for a printer friendly PDF copy of this page). Significance: Measure 1A-1 and 1A-2 are signficant in that they indicate the extent to which Minnesota State Colleges and Univesities are providing higher education access to the residents of the state. View
dashboards Measure: Minnesota residents enrolled in system institutions during Fiscal Year 2000 represented 7.1 percent of the state’s population aged 15 to 84. Participation in credit courses was 5.1 percent and participation in non-credit courses was 1.9 percent. Context: Contextual information on participation rates in higher education indicate that Minnesota ranks 11th nationally on a measure of enrollment as a percent of the population aged 18 to 64. The state’s rate is 10 percent above the national average. Minnesota’s college going rate for high school graduates ranks ninth nationally and is 13 percent above the national average. - |
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