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Covers definitions based on parental degree attainment, enrollment trends across fall 2014–fall 2020, and three-year student outcomes for fall 2014–fall 2017 cohorts. 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MCCS uses associate degree attainment, while UMS and MMA use bachelor’s degree attainment; the report also includes MCCS students without a parent bachelor’s degree for consistency.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What enrollment trends does the report show for MCCS first-generation students?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The percentage of entering MCCS students who are first-generation declined from fall 2014 to fall 2020. For neither parent having an associate degree, it falls from 49% to 44%, and for neither parent having a bachelor’s degree it falls from 67% to 62%.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What student outcomes are reported, and how did COVID-19 affect them?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The report details three-year outcomes (150% time to completion) including graduation, transfer, and still-enrolled rates for students entering in fall 2014–fall 2017. Beginning with the Spring 2020 semester, COVID-19 significantly affected persistence and completion, especially for low-income students who are often first generation.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},584770,1792209900,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":29,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":39,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":46,"preview_page_count":4},137451208677,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","December 22, 2020  \nJoint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs c/o Hillary Risler, Esq.  \nOffice of Policy and Legal Analysis  \n13 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333  \nDear Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs:  \nThe Maine Community College System is providing this letter in accordance with 20-A MRSA §10013 . This law requires the Maine Community College System (MCCS), University of Maine System (UMS), and Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) to provide the following information about first-generation college students by January 15th of each year:  \nA. Data regarding enrollment of first-generation college students and educational outcomes, including graduation rates for first-generation college students compared with other college students;  \nB. A summary of strategies used and activities undertaken to increase enrollment and graduation rates of first-generation college students and any available data indicating the effect of those strategies and activities; and  \nC. Plans for or recommendations regarding new strategies or actions designed to increase enrollment and graduation rates of first-generation college students.  \nTo meet the requirements of the legislation, MCCS worked with the University of Maine System and Maine Maritime Academy to coordinate data collection and reporting in order to promote a common framework for determining enrollment and educational outcomes of first-generation college students. Additionally, the three institutions agreed that for the purpose of this report, we would define a first-generation student as one with neither parent having completed a college degree. Each institution determined the level of college completion appropriate to its mission. For MCCS, a student is first-generation if neither parent has earned an associate degree. For UMS and MMA, a student is first-generation if neither parent has earned a bachelor’s degree. For consistency, we are also providing data on MCCS students with neither parent having earned a bachelor’s degree.  \nThe three institutions agreed that questions on applications for admission related to parents’highest level of education should provide students the opportunity to be specific about the degree completed by each parent. Since previously this information had not been consistently requested  \nor collected by MCCS, our colleges revised their applications for new students entering in the fall of 2014.  \nEnrollment by first-generation college status  \nCommunity colleges serve more first-generation students than any other sector of  \nU.S. higher education. According to a 2018 study by the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly half of all first-generation college students attend a community college.1  \nAlthough approximately one-third of students entering two-and four-year colleges in the United States each year are first-generation (as defined by parental attainment of a bachelor’s degree), that figure is nearly twice as high at Maine’s community colleges where 62% of entering students (2,103) meet this definition of first generation.  \nThe percentage of entering MCCS students who are first-generation has declined in the years since we began tracking this data in fall 2014. The following table provides an overview of Systemwide data from fall 2014 to fall 2020. This decline is consistent with national data. As the percent of Americans with a college degree increases, the share of children who are firstgeneration college continues to shrink. Nevertheless, MCCS continues to serve a significantly higher percentage of first-generation students than the national average.  \n\n| MCCS Entering Students | Fall 2014 | Fall 2015 | Fall 2016 | Fall 2017 | Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Neither parent has an associate degree | 49% | 51% | 47% | 47% | 46% | 46% | 44% |\n| Neither parent has a bachelor’s degree | 67% | 68% | 66% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 62% |\n\nStude","cbCaiejwteOiZdM6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiejwteOiZdM6","pdf",409357,"English","# Enrollment by first-generation college status\n# Student outcomes","[{\"question\":\"How does the report define a first-generation student?\",\"answer\":\"A first-generation student is defined as one with neither parent having completed a college degree. 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