PLEASE SEE THE ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS BELOW.

As an indication that T-Mobile phone users accurately represent the overall student body, the demographics of these T-Mobile phone users parallel the overall fall 2021 student body in several ways:

The make-up of T-Mobile phone users requiring Learning Support (45%) compared to the overall student body (44%).

The age classifications of T-Mobile phone users in the Traditional <21 (73%), Traditional 2124 (7%), and Non-Traditional 25> (20%) groups compared to the overall student body in the same groups (69%, 9%, and 22%).

The campus location of T-Mobile phone users for Online (40%), Smyrna (30%), Moore County (11%), and Fayetteville (3%) compared to the overall student body’s breakdown by campus for Online (45%), Smyrna (29%), Moore County (13%), and Fayetteville (4%).

However, T-Mobile phone users’ demographics do differ from the overall fall 2021 student in body in the following notable ways:

Students from the McMinnville Campus are more represented in T-Mobile phone users (16%) than in the overall student body’s campus breakdown (10%).

More T-Mobile phone users are Pell eligible (50%) vs. the overall student body (43%). Male students make up a higher percentage of T-Mobile phone users (44%) vs. the overall student body (37%).

More full-time students are T-Mobile phone users (66%) vs. the overall student body (49%). White students make up a smaller percentage of T-Mobile phone users (62%) vs. the overall student body (72%), meaning that students of color are more represented in T-Mobile phone users (14% Hispanic / 13% Black / 4% Asian) vs. the overall student body (10% Hispanic / 10% Black / 2% Asian).

First-Time-Freshmen make up a higher percentage of T-Mobile phone users (39%) vs. the overall student body (27%).

Motlow State Community College travels toward its future with this in mind, Powering Student Success 2040. As an institution, we believe in the following strategic initiatives, 1) Open Access, 2) Completion, 3) Community & Workforce. In alignment with our sister institutions across the state of Tennessee, these efforts will lean heavily upon our ability to forge strong collaborative partnerships, enhance our institutional and operational capacity, harness innovation, and fulfill the equity necessary for both urban and smalltown rural Tennessee. This is an exercise in being focused and steadfast with a mindset cemented on continuous improvement. T-Mobile for Education believes in their brand of “unconventional thinking and partnerships with higher education institutions are helping us build an infrastructure for the future of learning” (T-Mobile for Education Guide, n.p.).

The T-Mobile for Business creative matter of fact approach aligns with Motlow State Community College and we are pleased to have engaged in a partnership that is impactful