The First Two Years of College: A Very Leaky Pipeline

The First Two Years of University:

A Very Leaky Pipeline

A Redesign of the First Two Years of College

Our mission….

To increase excellence and equity in college completion

through engaging, supportive, rigorous, and

socially responsive education

Metro is reaching the students we set out to reach

It’s working!

Hear from our students!

Vanessa Funes

Coordinator of Metro’s tutoring and resource center and recent graduate from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Science in Health Education.

Hear from our students!

Nicholas Brown

Peer advisor for Metro students and Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) student at San Francisco State University.

Hear from our students!

NyErin DeBron-Marie Buckley

Second year Metro student majoring in sociology at San Francisco State University.

Hear from our students!

James Espinoza

Third year undergraduate student majoring in political science with a minor in Latina/o studies at San Francisco State University.

Comparison FTF at SF State vs Metro

Data represents weighted averages from 2009 to 2012.

SF State: Metro students persist into their 5th and 7th semesters at much higher rates than other URM

SF State:Metro nearly doubles the rate of four year graduation

City College: Metro Health vs. comparison group

Metro Is Cost Efficient at the Community College

Metro Is Cost Efficient at the University

Metro is ScalableAt SF State: Moving to 25% of all FTF

students

At CCSF: Expanding to six transfer academies by AY 2017-18

When gears are not meshed, they are just a bunch of metal lying around.

But when the gears start working together, they can change the speed, torque and direction of a power source – our students!

Thank you!