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The Big Picture: Why College and Career Readiness Standards

NAEPDC/NCSDAE National Training Institute October 22-25, 2013 Charleston, SC . The Big Picture: Why College and Career Readiness Standards. Ready. Career. Ready. College. Why Is This Important?. Which Comes First, Educated Workers or Jobs for Educated Workers?. The Challenge.

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The Big Picture: Why College and Career Readiness Standards

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  1. NAEPDC/NCSDAE National Training Institute October 22-25, 2013 Charleston, SC The Big Picture: Why College and Career Readiness Standards • Ready • Career • Ready College

  2. Why Is This Important?

  3. Which Comes First, Educated Workers or Jobs for Educated Workers?

  4. The Challenge Producing a U.S. workforce that is more productive, creative, and better problem-solvers than any other on the planet.

  5. In 2009, Lumina Foundation officially adopted its Big Goal that 60 percent of Americans obtain a high-quality postsecondary degree or credential by 2025.

  6. By 2018, 60% of all jobs in the United States will require some level of postsecondary education. Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University, 2010

  7. Employment Trends by Educational Level 79% High School or Less 41% 45 32% BA and Above 30 27% 11% 15 Some College and AA 10% 0 75 60 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 Source: Current Population Survey, Various Years

  8. Who Gained or Lost Jobs in 2012 “The Qualified Job Applicant, Redefined”, Forbes Magazine , May 2012

  9. A Global War for Good Jobs is Coming. • At the current rate, employers in 2025 will need about 23 million more degree holders than our nation’s colleges and universities will have produced. • Approximately 2/3 of the nation’s college completion goal will come from non-traditional students entering and staying in the pipeline.

  10. A Global War for Good Jobs is Coming. • 3 billion people reported to Gallup they want a job that pays a living wage. • Only 1.2 million jobs in the world currently fit that description. • As the foreign workforce becomes more educated, competition for jobs will be fierce.

  11. Baccalaureate Attainment 25-34 Age Cohort, 1968 United States Kentucky Sources: OECD, Education at a Glance , 1968 CPS

  12. Baccalaureate Attainment, 25-34 Age Cohort, 1968 and 2009 Kentucky United States Sources: OECD, Education at a Glance, 1968 CPS and 2009 ACS

  13. Adult Education of the Future • Reach Higher, America • Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce • “The National Commission on Adult Literacy calls on Congress and state governments to make postsecondary and workforce readiness the new mission of the adult education and workforce skills system.” Source: Report of the National Commission on Adult Literacy, June 2008

  14. Challenges Ahead Estimated that 50-80% students in AE programs have learning disabilities/differences As many as 60% of community college students must take development education courses – only 25% who do, earn a degree in 8 years 41% of students in AE programs are unemployed The Chronicle of Higher Education April 20, 2010 Only 3% of students who start college in AE programs earn degree The Chronicle of Higher Education April 11, 2011

  15. The Importance of Adult Education • “A preemptive focus on adult education actually saves governments money by reducing • societal healthcare, • public assistance • and incarceration costs…” • “The Return on Investment from Adult Education and Training,” a policy paper by the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation, May 2011

  16. The Leaky Pipeline

  17. Re-Engineering Adult Education WHAT ARE WE DOING TO RE-ENGINEER OR TRANSFORM THE NATION’S ADULT EDUCATION SYSTEM?

  18. Conversation has changed from serve and support to re-engineer and results

  19. The Nation’s Adult Education Game Changers: Teacher Quality and Effectiveness Standards-Based Education Integrated Education and Training Models – Career Pathways

  20. “If we expect more from our students ...shouldn’t we expect more from our instructors, ourselves?” Hunter R. Boylan Director, National Center for Developmental Education

  21. Contact: Reecie D. Stagnolia Reecie.stagnolia@ky.gov 502-573-5114 x 124 www.kyae.ky.gov www.twitter.com/kyaereecie

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