Research Reports
This page will serve as a repository for research reports compiled by the Porterville College Office of Institutional Research. It will include some reports that are created annually and others that may be done on an ad hoc basis.
Annual Reports
Awards and Transfers. Three documents are provided here. The first lists Porterville College degrees and certificates by year and major. The second provides degree and certificate information for the past several years, including a couple of demographics. It is compiled for all three colleges in the Kern Community College District. The third file contains annual transfer data for all three KCCD colleges.
Degrees and Certificates by Year and Major, 1999-2007
Profile of Entering High School Students. This document provides demographic information on entering high school students. In addition, student assessment test scores in reading, writing, and mathematics are compared for the three Porterville high schools.
Profile of Entering High School Students, Fall 2005
Profile of Entering High School Students, Fall 2004
Profile of Entering High School Students, Fall 2003
Persistence. Persistence measures the percent of students who remain at the college from one term to another. While some students leave because they graduate, or otherwise achieve their goals, persistence is one measure of the college's ability to keep students who enroll. These reports includes the overall (fall to fall) persistence rate and the rate for various demographic and other groups.
Persistence Report, Fall 2004-Fall 2005
Persistence Report, Fall 2003-Fall 2004
Persistence Report, Fall 2002-Fall 2003
Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges (ARCC). This report provides accountability information Porterville College on several important measures and is compiled by the Chancellor's Office with a self-assessment provided by the college. The link below is to the customized version for Porterville College. For information on other colleges or statewide data, go here.
Student Right To Know. This report provides data on completion and transfer rates as required by the Student-Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-542). Because the SRTK cohorts are very small, the data in these reports is of limited usefulness.
Student Right To Know, Fall 2002 cohort
Ad Hoc Reports
Baby Boomer stats This report, provided for the president in fall 2004, describes demographics and other information regarding Porterville College students of the 'baby boomer' generation (those born between 1946 and 1964).
Alternative Calendar Survey Report This document is a copy of a paper presented by Porterville College's Director of Institutional Research, Michael Carley at the Research and Planning Group of the California Community Colleges conference in Spring 2005. It presents the results of a student and faculty survey regarding possible implementation of an alternative (compressed) 16-week calendar.
Partnership for Excellence Status Report This report was completed in fall 2001 as a way of updating the KCCD Chancellor's Cabinet on the progress the district and its colleges have made toward meeting the goals of the Partnership for Excellence program.