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For Kentucky to achieve these goals, the issues that threaten its competitiveness must be confronted. TWO OVERARCHING GOALS FOR 2020 IN KENTUCKY POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION REFORM ACT (HB1) 1997. A highly skilled workforce with the education and training necessary for the
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For Kentucky to achieve these goals, the issues that threaten its competitiveness must be confronted. TWO OVERARCHING GOALS FOR 2020 IN KENTUCKY POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION REFORM ACT (HB1) 1997 A highly skilled workforce with the education and training necessary for the state’s businesses and industries to successfully compete in the global economy Provide every citizen with prosperity and standard of living that exceeds the national average
Confronting Threats to Kentucky Competitiveness Underprepared Students Too many students enter college underprepared in English, math, and reading. 55% attend KCTCS Insert Table 1 here
Confronting Threats to Kentucky Competitiveness Low Educational Attainment Kentucky ranks 48th in adults with 4-year degree; 44th in high school graduates. Insert Table 2 here
Confronting Threats to Kentucky Competitiveness Skills Gap Kentucky employers report a serious shortage of qualified, non-technically, technically skilled, and supervisory employees
Confronting Threats to Kentucky Competitiveness Jobs Requiring 4-year degree or more Demand for “Middle Skills Jobs” The majority of jobs in Kentucky over the next decade will require more than a high school diploma but less than a baccalaureate degree. Middle Skills Jobs Jobs Requiring high school diploma
Confronting Threats to Kentucky Competitiveness Aging Workforce By 2025, Kentucky’s younger workers will decline by 8%. Kentuckians 65 years and older will increase by 64%. Insert Table 3
KCTCS is Kentucky’s Largest Postsecondary Educational Institution 48% of all public postsecondary undergraduates are enrolled in KCTCS
KCTCS Funding Picture KCTCS is the only public institution receiving less state appropriation per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) student than it did in 1998-99 Source: CPE Source: CPE
KCTCS Funding Picture Insert Table 6
ACHIEVING HB1 GOALS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH From Now to 2020
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY Educated and Trained Workforce Global Competitiveness KENTUCKY CITIZENS Standard of Living Above National Average Lifelong Learning KCTCS MISSION AND MANDATES IN HB1 WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
HB1 MANDATES TO KCTCS Increase the technical skills and professional expertise of Kentucky workers through associate and technical degrees, diploma, and certificate programs Develop a pool of educated citizens to support the expansion of existing business and industry and the recruitment of new business and industry Enhance the flexibility and adaptability of Kentucky workers in an ever-changing and global economy through continuing education and customized training for business and industry WORKFORCE EDUCATION
HB1 MANDATES TO KCTCS Increase the access for students to complete the pre-baccalaureate associate degree in arts or associate degree in science for ease of transfer to four (4) year institutions; Facilitate transfers of credit between certificate, diploma, technical, and associate degree programs TRANSFER EDUCATION
HB1 MANDATES TO KCTCS Increase the basic academic and literacy skills of adults through adult basic education and remedial education services Enhance the relationship of credentials between secondary and postsecondary programs which permit secondary students to enter programs through early admission, advanced placement, or dual enrollment COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
THE KENTUCKY PICTURE: Jobs Requiring Education and Training at the Associate Degree or Below between 2004-2014 WORKFORCE EDUCATION 83% (1.8 Million jobs) in Kentucky between now and 2014 will require an Associate Degree, postsecondary vocational training, work experience and/or on-the-job training. TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS Source: Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment Job Outlook to 2014
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING KCTCS will develop programs for new jobs being created in FIVE STRATEGIC SECTORS OF POTENTIAL JOB GROWTH Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Department for Commercialization and Innovation WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BIOSCIENCES COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
INCREASING KENTUCKY’S PER CAPITA INCOME WORKFORCE EDUCATION • KCTCS educates workers for good paying jobs that contribute to the per capita income goals of Kentucky • 14 occupations earn above the national wage average • 24 occupations earn above the Kentucky wage average TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS See Table 8, Page 13 Source: Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment
INCREASING KENTUCKY’S PER CAPITA INCOME KCTCS Associate Degree Leads to: $245,000 lifetime increase in earnings compared with only a high school diploma Men – 31% increase Women – 66% increase KCTCS Economic Impact Study: Individual, Regional and State Economic Impacts of Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges, 2006 Economists - Dr. Ken Troske, University of Kentucky & Dr. Paul Coomes, University of Louisville
INCREASING KENTUCKY’S PER CAPITA INCOME KCTCS Graduates Stay and Work in Kentucky Certificate/Diploma Graduates 93% Associate Degree Graduates 96%
WORKFORCE EDUCATION WORKFORCE ISSUES Based on CEO Dialogue Sessions December 2006- May 2007 TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
CEO Dialogue Sessions • WORKFORCE CHALLENGES • In the next three years, a limited availability of qualified: • technically-skilled employees • non-technically skilled employees • supervisory-level employees WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
CEO Dialogue Sessions • MOST SEVERE EMPLOYEE SHORTAGES • Nursing • Medical technical professions • [PT, OT, ST, Pharmacist, Hygienist] • Teachers/educators • Skilled trades-electrical, HVAC, etc. • Information Technology WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
Strategic Initiative #1 KCTCS will focus on the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to meet the projected openings in high growth, high wage jobs identified by the Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment and the Cabinet for Economic Development. WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
KCTCS Strategic Workforce Competitiveness Initiative KCTCS will re-engineer its workforce education and training divisions to be more responsive to the needs of business and industry.
12 –Year Total: 345,500 ANNUAL WORKFORCE CREDIT ENROLLMENTS OUTCOME: Strategic Initiative #1 WORKFORCE EDUCATION 57,374 2020 TRANSFER EDUCATION 43,687 COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS 2007
WORKFORCE EDUCATION Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) • CPE STEP#3: • INTERVENTION PLAN • Funnel more first-time students through KCTCS • STRATEGIES TO 2020 • Improve general education credit transfer • Keep KCTCS tuition low • Increase the number of students transferring from KCTCS to four-year universities from 3,100 to 11,334 TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
Kentucky High School GraduatesProjections, 2005-2018 WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS Note: WICHE projections of public and private high school graduates. Source: Higheredinfo.org
To “Double the Numbers” will require KCTCS to transfer more than the number of students it does today WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
KENTUCKY MUST OVERHAUL ITS TRANSFER SYSTEM WORKFORCE EDUCATION Research indicates the difference between high-performing baccalaureate degree producing states and low-performing states is the design of comprehensive state policies that support transfer from two-to-four year institutions. TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS Jane Wellman, State Policy and Community College-Baccalaureate Transfer, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2002
KEY ELEMENTS TO • SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER SYSTEM • Guaranteed admissions for KCTCS students who complete an Associate degree • Guaranteed General Education common core courses • Statewide common course numbering system • Consistent evaluation of transfer credit for all KCTCS courses WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS Continued…
KEY ELEMENTS TO SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER SYSTEM, • Continued… • Junior status at 4 year institutions for KCTCS associate degree • Consistency in KCTCS credits applied toward four-year degrees • Transfer Student Bill of Rights or Dispute Resolution Mechanism • State need-based and merit-based financial aid programs for transfer students WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE #2 Eliminate barriers to KCTCS students transferring to Kentucky’s four-year colleges and universities in order to achieve 11,334* transfer students from a CPE headcount enrollment goal of 115,800 KCTCS students in 2020. WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS * CPE Definition = includes only KCTCS students who declare themselves as transfer students to Kentucky four-year institutions
12 –Year Total: 351,700 TRANSFER STUDENTS OUTCOME: Strategic Initiative #2 WORKFORCE EDUCATION 11,334 2020 TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE READINESS 3,100 2007
CORE RECOMMENDATIONS • Update college admissions regulations. • Create an integrated accountability system tied to performance funding [P-16]. • Fund infrastructure improvement. • Align college readiness standards and link those standards to educator professional development. • Better link educator preparation to college readiness. • Develop early student interventions. WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS • KY Developmental Education Task Force 2007 • Kentucky must reduce the number of underprepared students coming to college.
LEAKAGE IN KENTUCKY’S SECONDARY SCHOOLS WORKFORCE EDUCATION For every 100 Kentucky 9th graders: TRANSFER EDUCATION • 65graduate from high school • 37enter college • 24are still enrolled in sophomore year • 12graduate with a four-year degree in 6 years COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS Source: Tom Mortenson, Public School Graduation and College-Going Rates of Students Directly from High School, 2004; NCES, IPEDS Fall 2004 Retention rates and 2004 Graduation Rate Survey; U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey (ACS)
Cost of High School Dropouts Each year nearly 17,200 students in Kentucky do not graduate with their peers... Dropouts from the class of 2006 cost Kentucky more than $4.5 billion in lost wages, taxes, and productivity over their lifetimes. Alliance for Excellent Education Washington DC June 2007 WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
“Best Fit” for High School Seniors Teachers and Guidance Counselors’ Perceptions of Graduating Students KCTCS Market Research 2006 WORKFORCE EDUCATION No Postsecondary Schooling 15% 63% KCTCS needs to reach this group to achieve Kentucky’s 2020 goals Four-year College 37% TRANSFER EDUCATION Private Business or Trade School 16% COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS Community or Technical College 32%
KCTCS is the leading provider of dual/credit & dual enrollment courses for high school students WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE #3A KCTCS will implement early student intervention strategies in collaboration with school districts to better prepare high school students entering KCTCS. WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
DUAL CREDIT/DUAL ENROLLMENT KCTCS will increase the percentage of high school dual credit/dual enrollment from 9 percent in 2006-07 to 15 percent by 2020, with a greater emphasis on general education courses.
DUAL CREDIT/DUAL ENROLLMENT OUTCOME:Strategic Initiative #3A WORKFORCE EDUCATION 30,500 2020 TRANSFER EDUCATION 14,500 COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS 2007
83% OF ENTERING KCTCS STUDENTS ARE UNDERPREPARED FOR COLLEGE WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
Due to limited resources and the high volume of students, KCTCS is only able to provide remediation to 76% of KCTCS students demonstrating a need for remediation services. FOR KENTUCKY TO HAVE A WELL EDUCATED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE, ALL STUDENTS WHO NEED REMEDIATION SHOULD BE SERVED. WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE #3B KCTCS will offer remediation services to all KCTCS students who enroll with a demonstrated need for remediation in order to successfully complete college-level courses. WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRANSFER EDUCATION COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS
12 –Year Total: 556,000 REMEDIATION SERVICES OUTCOME:Strategic Initiative #3B WORKFORCE EDUCATION 93,566 2020 TRANSFER EDUCATION 16,500 COLLEGE & WORKFORCE READINESS 2007