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Community Colleges: The Key to Meeting the Attainment Challenge

Community Colleges: The Key to Meeting the Attainment Challenge. Dennis P. Jones SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference Providence, Rhode Island August 11, 2010. The Size of the Challenge.

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Community Colleges: The Key to Meeting the Attainment Challenge

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  1. Community Colleges:The Key to Meeting the Attainment Challenge Dennis P. Jones SHEEO Higher Education Policy ConferenceProvidence, Rhode Island August 11, 2010

  2. The Size of the Challenge If the target is 60% of 25-34 year olds having a college degree by 2020 (the Obama goal), the gap (beyond current production levels) is 8.2 million. If the target is 60% of 25-64 year olds having a college degree by 2025 (the Lumina goal), the gap is 22.9 million.

  3. Reaching the Obama Goal: Average Annual % Increase in Degree Production Needed Source: NCHEMS

  4. Closing the gap – assuming target is 25-64 year olds – will require getting many more adults to point of program completion

  5. Share of Undergraduate FTE Enrollment in Public Two-Year Institutions (2006-07)

  6. Total Funding per Degree/Certificate, Community Colleges (2007-08) 157,772 Source: NCES, IPEDS Finance and Completions Surveys

  7. Adults with Some College (No Degree) as a Percent of Adults with Associate and Bachelor's Degrees (25 to 44 Year Olds) Source: ACS, 2006-08 Public Use Microdata Sample

  8. Educational Attainment By Degree of Entry Delay: General Trends % degrees attained Source: BPS-96 survey.

  9. Educational Attainment by Degree of Entry Delay: By Race White Black Hispanic

  10. Educational attainment by degree of entry delay: By income Lowest income quintile Second income quintile Third income quintile Fifth income quintile Fourth income quintile

  11. Policy Issues • The absence of policy leadership regarding state-level attainment goals • High-value certifications • Definitions • Data • A place at the policy table • WIA • High value certifications a requirement • Attention to adults • Program design • Financing (e.g., incentives for adult completers)

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