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The Future of Arkansas Higher Education

The Future of Arkansas Higher Education. Jim Purcell. Thomas Jefferson: “I was a revolutionary so that my children could farm and so their children could do art.”. Davey Crockett.

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The Future of Arkansas Higher Education

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  1. The Future of Arkansas Higher Education Jim Purcell

  2. Thomas Jefferson: “I was a revolutionary so that my children could farm and so their children could do art.”

  3. Davey Crockett "If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth."

  4. DC No state with a low proportion of Bachelor’s degrees has a high per capita income. CT NJ MD MA VA NH NY DE MN RI CA AK CO WA IL NV HI WI PA VT MI GA WY OR FL No state with a high proportion of Bachelor’s degrees has a low per capita income. IA ME OH AZ NC IN KS TN ND MO NE TX SD AL MT KY SC UT NM WV LA ID AR MS State Per Capita Personal Income v. Share of Adult Population with Bachelor's Degree or Higher (2005) OK

  5. Investing in Higher Education • Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) proposed a compact with the state’s eighth-graders: Stay out of trouble and get Bs in high school, and we’ll give you a college education. Napolitano also pledged to double the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded by her state’s colleges by 2020. • Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) also set a goal of doubling the number of college graduates. She wants to expand a pilot program that gives students an associate college degree after a five-year high school program and reward colleges that manage to graduate students, as opposed to just enrolling them. • West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III (D) includes $50 million for the “Bucks for Brains” initiative to recruit faculty and build infrastructure with the goal of finding success in fields that could result in profits. • Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D): wants to pay for students to spend their final year of high school on a college campus for free. He also wants to make Ohio one of the 10 least-expensive states to attend college. • Tennessee’s Phil Bredesen (D) suggested lowering the GPA threshold that college students must maintain to keep their Hope Scholarship from a 3.0 to 2.75. • South Dakota’s Mike Rounds (R) said another 200 students could join the 3,465 who already receive the state’s Opportunity Scholarships if the ACT score requirement were lowered from 24 to 23 • Missouri’s Matt Blunt (R) asked for $100 million for Access Missouri scholarships, a sum that would quadruple the state’s investment in need-based grants. • Idaho’s C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) proposed in his address Jan. 7 spending $50 million for scholarships for low-income students.

  6. Investing in Higher Education • More impressive is that governors are proposing the funding increases in what promises to be a tough budget year. Usually in times of financial distress, higher education is one of the first areas to suffer spending cuts. • “A lot more governors now realize that their systems of higher education are really their major economic strategy for the future, … that (companies) go to where you have highly skilled workers,” • Raymond Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Association (NGA).

  7. The 2010 MeltdownSolving the Impending Jobs Crisis • up to 50 percent of America’s adult population today lacks the advanced skills that are the foundation for most future high-paying jobs in today’s complex knowledge economy. Arkansas: • BLS assures us that over the long term, labor supply and demand will balance. (pg 18) Edward E. Gordon

  8. Strengthening the Arkansas Education Pipeline

  9. Fall 2000 College Freshmen Percent 96-97 Arkansas 9th Grader’s Progression into High School and College (percent) 100% 71% 28%

  10. Fall 2000 College Freshmen 96-97 Arkansas 9th Grader’s Progression into High School and College (number) 100% 71% 28%

  11. 40,906 240,485 3,152,000 9,500,000 Competing Globally • 28,532 Arkansas high school graduates • How many high school graduates in Dallas/Fort Worth MSA? • All of Texas • US • China

  12. Catching Up • What can be done? What is possible? What are the issues? • What is the solution? • Will Arkansas seek to participate in the modern-global-technological society in a capacity other than being a provider of low-skilled cheap labor?

  13. Reading Remediation Rates by CountyFall 2007 % Needing Remediation First-time entering (full- and part-time) students seeking an associate or baccalaureate degree.

  14. English Remediation Rates by CountyFall 2007 % Needing Remediation First-time entering (full- and part-time) students seeking an associate or baccalaureate degree.

  15. Math Remediation Rates by CountyFall 2007 % Needing Remediation First-time entering (full- and part-time) students seeking an associate or baccalaureate degree.

  16. Unduplicated Remediation Rates by CountyFall 2007 % Needing Remediation First-time entering (full- and part-time) students seeking an associate or baccalaureate degree.

  17. Cost of Remediation $53,800,000 Equivalent to the combined budget of seven of Arkansas’s community colleges.

  18. During the 1980’s what percent of college and university budgets consisted of State Funds? 69 to 70% 1992? 64% 2001? 60%

  19. DC OK00 No state with a low proportion of Bachelor’s degrees has a high per capita income. CT NJ OK05 MD MA VA NH NY DE MN RI CA AK CO WA IL NV HI WI PA VT MI GA WY OR FL No state with a high proportion of Bachelor’s degrees has a low per capita income. IA ME OH AZ NC IN KS TN ND MO NE TX SD AL MT KY SC OK UT NM WV LA ID AR MS State Per Capita Personal Income v. Share of Adult Population with Bachelor's Degree or Higher (2005) From 2000 to 2004, Oklahoma increased in the number of bachelor’s degrees for Oklahomans age 25 and older from 20.2 to 22.2 and from 46th to 42nd in the state rankings. OK

  20. OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS • Increasing Awareness, Access & Opportunity – Higher Education Initiatives Academic Challenge, Workforce Improvement Grant, Governor’s Scholars, Concurrent Enrollment, EPSCOR, EPAS, Smart Core, ACHIEVE/NGA Honors State, Career Pathways, YOU Program GEAR-UP, EPAS, ACE, Student Portal, EPSCOR outreach, Concurrent Enrollment, Cooperative Alliances, OHLAP & Academic Scholars • Improving the Educational Experience – Retention strategies, program alignment, Programs of Excellence ACTS, program alignment, SURF, Washington Center Internship • Addressing Economic Development – Oklahoma Research Initiative, EPSCOR, Internships, workforce alliances (Nursing & Allied Health, Tinker, etc.) Workforce Cabinet, Teacher shortages, 2-year College Economic Initiatives • Incentivizing Institutional performance – Rewarding institutions for degree production and on-time graduation, as well as for achieving intermediate benchmarks. ???

  21. Brain GainPerformance Funding Beginning with FY02: These measures emphasize degree production, retention rates, andgraduation rates. Degrees Conferred . . . . . 25% Retention Rates. . . . . . . . 30% Graduation Rates. . . . . . . 25% 2 Institutional-Specific . . 10% each

  22. Oklahoma Degrees Conferred Bachelor’s 22% Associate 28%

  23. OKLAHOMA Since 2000-01, a total of 4,668 additional degrees (+24.5%) have been awarded across the State System. Enrollment during this same time period only increased 10%.

  24. ARKANSAS Since 2001-02, a total of 2,912 additional degrees (+24.7%) have been awarded across the State System. Enrollment during this same time period increased 21%.

  25. Workforce and Economic Development • Workforce Development • $4.5 million to increase academic programs at institutions offering nursing and allied health care programs. • This will produce an additional 300 registered nurses, 130 allied health professionals and 15 additional masters level nursing faculty members annually. • Based upon geography and industry shortages.

  26. Registered Nursing Pipeline(Only Public Colleges and Universities) Only 68% of BSN qualified applicants are admitted into programs Only 43% of qualified ADN applicants are admitted into programs (2004 Data)

  27. A Plan

  28. “Speed to Market and Close to Customer” Ed Barlow, Futurist

  29. “Speed to Market and Close to Customer” • Implement a series of initiatives that expedite the number of degrees produced and the speed at which degrees are produced. • Enhance the production of degrees in high –demand programs that are needed for the modern Arkansas economy. • Incentivize students to complete a degree and to work in Arkansas.

  30. A continuation of the current need-based funding formula with slight equity modifications A separate performance funding formula coordinated by ADHE Emphasis on increasing the # of associate and bachelor degrees as fast as possible. State-wide annual enrollment management workshop Continue improving the college matriculation process: remediation, course articulation, advising Expand concurrent enrollment 10M a 60K a The Plan: “Speed to Market and Close to Customer” • Implement a series of initiatives that expedite the number of degrees produced and the speed at which degrees are produced.

  31. Offer Competitive grants to address geographic workforce shortages. for program expansions -probably healthcare in first cycle –awards will be added to the institution’s base if degree targets are met within prescribed time period. Establish closer ties with Business and Industry for the purposes of becoming more responsive. Offer Competitive grants for the purpose of identifying academic/ technical programs as “Centers of Excellence.” Selected programs would illustrate quality, attract and graduate a large number of students. Awards will be added to the institution’s base if degree targets are met 5.0M y1 a 7.5M y2 a 1.5M a The Plan: “Speed to Market and Close to Customer” • Enhance the production of degrees in high –demand programs that are needed for the modern Arkansas economy.

  32. Degree completion initiatives Adult financial aid or tax credits (?) Streamline state financial aid programs including the reduction of loan repayment programs. Add state funds for work-study programs Transfer scholarships Expand internship/work opportunities Training institutions on how to best package financial aid for maximum impact. 500K a 10M a The Plan: “Speed to Market and Close to Customer” • Incentivize students to complete a degree program and to work in Arkansas. $ 29,560,000 a

  33. Will it work?

  34. Fall Enrollments at AR Public Institutions

  35. Fall Enrollments at AR Public Institutions

  36. Growth in Associate Degrees Awarded by Public Institutions by State from 1999-2000 to 2004-2005 Arkansas ranks 7th in the growth of associate degrees since 1999-2000 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey.

  37. Growth in Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded by Public Institutions by State from 1999-2000 to 2004-2005 Arkansas ranks 11th in the growth of bachelor’s degrees since 1999-2000 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey.

  38. Close to customer and speed to market

  39. State Population Age 25 Years and Older with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher, 2004

  40. civic involvement volunteer activity by education levels 50% 45.6% (60 hours) B.A. or Higher 40% 34.1%(52 hours) Some College 30% 21.7%(48 hours) Percentage Volunteering 20% High School Diploma 9.9%(48 hours) 10% Less Than High School Diploma 0% Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2003). Volunteering in the United States, 2003. USDL03-888. U.S. Department of Labor.

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