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The Student Right-to-Know Act (P.L. 101-542)
LehighCarbon Community College provides information on the StudentRight-to-Know and Campus Security Act in compliance with federalregulations. The purpose of this pamphlet is to furnish students withinformation that may help them select the higher education institutionthat best meets their needs. In considering this information, studentsshould keep in mind the multiple missions of a community college. Thesestatistics can be most accurately compared to those of other publictwo-year institutions
What is the Student Right-to-Know Act
TheStudent Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act (P.L. 101-542) requiresthat all institutions of higher education in the United States furnishstudents with statistics regarding completion and transfer rates. Theserates are calculated using a system designed to follow or "track" theenrollment behavior of a selected group of students over an establishedperiod of time. The specifications for tracking students are set by thefederal government in the regulations which accompany this Act.
How are completion and transfer rates calculated?
Institutionsof higher education are now required to report on all students whoenroll full-time (12 or more credits), have no prior collegeexperience, and intend to complete a degree or certificate program.Tracking involves monitoring the enrollment status of these studentsfor "150 percent of the normal time" to program completion. Forexample, a two-year college whose programs would normally take twoyears to complete without interruption would monitor its students forthree years, or one- and one-half times the normal length of itsprograms.
Institutions are also required to report any studentsfrom this population who transfer to another institution beforecompleting their program of study. The enrollment of these students atanother institution must be confirmed by the receiving institution.
Institutionsmay exclude from the calculations those students who withdraw for thefollowing reasons: enlistment in the armed services, official churchmissions, or employment with a recognized foreign aid service of thefederal government.
Reporting and disclosure requirements beganin 1998 and are to be updated annually. Completion and transfer ratesmust be disclosed for the whole first-time, full-time, degree-seekingstudent population and by gender and racial categories.
What are LCCC's completion and transfer rates?
Thefollowing table shows the status of those students who enrolled for thefirst time, full time in Fall 1996 and their progress as of the Fall1999 semester.
| Population | Fall 1996 Enrollment | Completed Program | Transferred Before Completing |
| Total 1st time, full-time, degree-seeking | 444 | 21% | 22% |
| Male | 197 | 10% | 23% |
| Female | 247 | 30% | 21% |
| White | 395 | 23% | 23% |
| Hispanic | 32 | 3% | 16% |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 12 | 17% | 8% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | * | ||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | * | ||
| Nonresident Alien | * | ||
| * Rates for other racial categories and subpopulations are unavailable due to insufficient data for reporting purposes. | |||
Of the total first-time, full-time, degree-seeking studentpopulation from the Fall 1996 semester, 10% are continuing in theirprogram of study and another 16% have left LCCC in good academicstanding as of the Fall 1999 semester.
LCCC began its trackingsystem under this Act with the Fall 1994 semester. The following tableshows the status of its first two student cohorts.
| Population | Enrollment | Completed Program | Transferred Before Completing |
| 1994 1st time, full-time, degree-seeking | 486 | 19% | 19% |
| 1995 1st time, full-time, degree-seeking | 439 | 20% | 22% |
| 1996 1st time, full-time, degree-seeking | 444 | 21% | 22% |
It is important to note that the population defined by the Act fortracking represents only 10% of the total number of students enrolledin credit courses at LCCC during the fall 1996 semester. LCCC is acomprehensive community college whose mission encompasses preparationfor transfer and employment, as well as developmental education andprogram-ming to meet the lifelong educational needs of the community.Students may attend LCCC at different times in their lives for variouspurposes; some never intend to pursue a degree or certificate. Morethan half of the students attend classes on a part-time basis.
Theinformation required for disclosure by the Student Right-to-Know andCampus Security Act depicts the enrollment patterns of only one portionof LCCC's varied student body
