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Complete College America. January 10, 2013. The United States has declined in Degree Completion From 1 st to 16 th in the World. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PAY. 140. 80. 0. 20. 40. 160. 100. 60. 120. 0. 5%. 10%. 15%. PROFESSIONAL DEGREE. $146,659. 2.4. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 2010.
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Complete College America January 10, 2013
The United States has declined in Degree Completion From 1st to 16th in the World
EDUCATION AND TRAINING PAY 140 80 0 20 40 160 100 60 120 0 5% 10% 15% PROFESSIONAL DEGREE $146,659 2.4 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 2010 DOCTORATE DEGREE 1.9 $116,305 MASTER’S DEGREE 4.0 $87,913 BACHELOR’S DEGREE 5.4 $68,812 ASSOCIATE DEGREE ANNUAL SALARIES IN 2009 7.0 $49,835 SOME COLLEGE NO DEGREE $47,484 9.2 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE $39,937 10.3 LESS THAN HIGH SCHOOL $30,958 14.9 Source: Bureau of the Census; Bureau of Labor Statistics
Median Net Worth for Households By Education Attainment Source: US Bureau of the Census $300,000 $245,763 $200,000 $142,518 $100,000 $80,000 $60,000 $58,861 $43,580 $42,223 $40,000 $20,000 $7,270 $0 Graduate/Prof Degree Some College No Degree Associate’s Degree High School Only Bachelor’s Degree No High School Diploma
Workers with a high school diploma bore the brunt of the recession’s job losses. Job gains in the recovery are almost exclusively confined to those with education beyond high school. Source: Georgetown University Center for Education and the Workforce
COMPLETE COLLEGEAMERICA Increase in Annual Degree’s Earned Goal 20,400 students or 67% Increase 50,900 30,500 2011 2023
Complete College America A Plan for Increasing Postsecondary Credentialsto Fuel a Strong Economy
Focus on readiness • Higher education and K-12 will work together to: • Develop and implement a strategy that seeks to identify students not on target to be college-ready by graduation; • Target activities in the 11th and 12th grades to reduce remediation demands in the transition from high school to college.
Focus on readiness • Identify Feeder High Schools and Communicate with Administration/Faculty About Standards • Gear-UP • EPAS • ACE/Common Core Curriculum • Summer Math and Science Academies • Develop Transition or Bridge Math Courses
Focus on readiness Developmental Education and High School Core Curriculum
Focus on readiness First-Time Freshmen Enrolled in Developmental Courses by Subject Area
Transform remediation • Testing and Assessment Reform- Regents Assessment study. • Better linkages at the campus level between assessment and placement for the correct course. • Make sure that study materials, adequate time and a good testing environment are available for placement testing. • Link to funding formula – 24 credit hours in first academic year with no remediation, grad rates, degrees and certificates.
Transform remediation • Accelerate remediation and time to degree • Shorten courses and get to credit bearing courses sooner (OCCC model) • Co-requisite model • Better diagnostics and targeting of problems • Math labs • New math sequences (applied statistics-Statway model) • New funding formula emphasis- 24 hours in first academic year with no remediation • Stretch financial aid
Build bridges to certificates and degrees • Meet CCA Degree and Certificate targets to meet Oklahoma workforce needs. • Develop and implement a “Program Equivalent Project” that bridges Career Tech credit hour completion to certificate and AAS degree completion in the community colleges.
Build bridges to certificates and degrees • -Degree and Certificate Bridges • -Cooperative Alliances with Career Tech • - Certificates count as completion • -Associate degrees count as completion • -Embed certificates in degrees and as • bridges to degrees • - Guided Student Pathways to Success • (GPS) and Learning Resource • Management Systems (LRM) • - Link to the funding formula – CCA goals, • degrees and certificates, graduation rates
Reach Higher • Further expand and develop Reach Higher as a degree and certificate completion effort that involves the entire system of postsecondary education.
Reach Higher • Other Adult Degree Completion Options • Course availability to working adults • On-line options • Link to the funding formula – CCA goal, degrees and certificates
OSRHE Council on Student Affiars January 10, 2013