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College Changes Everything: Be an Agent for Change!

Learn about the importance of a quality postsecondary education in today's society and how you can make a difference. Set goals, share information, be a mentor, and forge relationships with higher education institutions. Together, we can change everything!

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College Changes Everything: Be an Agent for Change!

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  1. College changes Everything: It really does!! October 5, 2012 Haley Glover Director, Convening Strategy Lumina Foundation

  2. Goal 2025: To increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.

  3. The land of opportunity?

  4. Children will have better lives than their parents?

  5. 6-Year Graduation Rates at 4-Year Colleges and Universities: 2009 Overall Average: 57% Source: IPEDS First Look: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009; Graduation rates 2003 and 2006 cohorts

  6. 3-Year Graduation Rates at 2-Year Colleges Overall Average: 32.4% Source: NCES (April 2010). IPEDS First Look: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009; Graduation rates 2002 and 2005 cohorts

  7. BA Rate by Age 24 2010 1970 The top income quartile hold more than half of all Bachelor’s degrees—the lowest quartile hold only 9.4% of Bachelor’s degrees. Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970-2009”

  8. Percentage of Adults 25-64 with Associate’s Degree or Higher US Ranks 4th Source: Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators

  9. Intergenerational Attainment: 2011 For 25-34 cohort, US ranks 13th. Source: Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators

  10. Educational Attainment For the US 2011 Age 25-64 38.73% Current % of adults with postsecondary credentials (2011) Source: US Census, ACS, Table B15001, 2011 ACS 1-Year Estimates

  11. Educational Attainment For Illinois 2011 Age 25-64 41.7% Current % of adults with postsecondary credentials (2011) 1.5M working-age Illinois residents have attended college but don’t have a degree. Source: US Census, ACS, Table B15001, 2011 ACS 1-Year Estimates

  12. Educational Attainment For Peoria 2011 Age 25-64 38.1% Current % of adults with postsecondary credentials (2011) 51,000 working-age Peoria residents have attended college but don’t have a degree. Source: US Census, ACS, Table B15001, 2011 ACS 1-Year Estimates

  13. Income by level of education Source: US Census, Current Population Survey master’s bachelor’s associate high school Less than high school

  14. US Census, ACS, 2011

  15. US Census, ACS, 2010

  16. US Census, ACS, 2011 1-year estimate

  17. College Changes EverythingSo Be an Agent for Change! • Who – the rapidly increasing numbers of 21st century students who form the backbone of our economy: the growing numbers of adult students, first-generation and minority students who must redefine the middle class in this nation. • What - a quality postsecondary education that is well-defined, transparent and focused on the learning that a degree or credential represents. • How - an affordable, productive system of higher education—a redesigned system that efficiently delivers the learning they need to succeed.

  18. College Changes EverythingSo Be an Agent for Change! • Set a goal • Share this information • Be a mentor • Business—help your employees help you • Forge good relationships with higher education, and hold institutions accountable • Leverage the great work already happening

  19. College Changes… • Individuals • Families • Business • Communities • Society EVERYTHING

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