Post on 12-Dec-2021
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Why Community Colleges Matter
• By 2018, over 60% of jobs will require some college or postsecondary training
• Only 1/3 of jobs open to high school graduates will pay more than $35,000 per year
(Georgetown Center for Workforce and Education)
Community College’s Critical Role
• 45% of all undergraduates in the US are in about 1100 community colleges
• 7.7 million credit students
Affordability is Critical
• Almost 40% of community college students nationwide are Pell eligible
• Over 57% receive some form of financial aid
• Average Annual Tuition
• Community College: $3,260
• 4-year colleges (public, in-state): $8,890
Students Face Many Challenges
• First Generation: 36%
• Single Parent: 17%
• Veterans: 4%
• Students with Disabilities: 12%
Two Key Pathways
• Transfer to the Bachelor’s (about 60% of students)
• Workforce Education (about 40%)
• Associates of Applied Science
• Certificates
• Non-credit Skills Training
Pathway 1: Transfer
• Transfer students are generally as successful as native students at four-year colleges
• About 60% graduate within four years
• 19% of all PhD graduates in 2009 started at a community college (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• 45% of all Bachelor’s awarded to CC transfers (National Student Clearinghouse)
Pathway 1: Transfer
• Too many never make it
• Only about 25% of community college students intending to transfer do so
• Only 15% of students who enter intending to transfer graduate with a Bachelor’s in 6 years. (CCRC)
Improving the Transfer Pipeline
• Key role for legislatures
• Statewide Intervention Critical
• Poor transfer policy is a key impediment to student success
• Only 58% of CC students were able to transfer 90% of credits
• 14% lost over 90% (Attewell and Monaghan, EEPA)
Improving the Transfer Pipeline:
Colorado Examples
• HB 01-1263 and HB 01-1298: Common Course Numbering and Guaranteed Core Transfer
• HB 10-1028: Statewide Articulation (14 degree pathways)
• HB 10-1088: Degrees with Designation for Statewide Articulation Pathways
Policies to Promote Better Transfer
• Count Transfers in Performance Funding
• Give 4-year colleges incentives to transfer the full A.A. degree
• Better link HS and College testing
• Fund academic support for underprepared students (solid support works!)
• Incentivize HS for concurrent enrollment
Associates Degree Importance
• Transfer students who complete associates degrees are more likely to get their bachelor’s in four years (71% to 54% in one study)
• State policy can make a big difference
• Can students transfer the entire AA/AS easily?
Partnership Example: Gateway to College
• Drop out recovery partnerships • Nationwide in 45 community
colleges • Locally, FRCC partners with 6
school districts • Drop-outs earn a high school
diploma and college credit • 60% continue on in college • Legislative Support (HB 12-
1146)
Pathway 2:Workforce
• 33% to 47% of all new jobs through 2020 require less than a BA, but more than high school education
• Earnings typically $35,000 to $75,000 per year
• Sometimes called “Middle Skills” jobs
See Kochan et al, HBR, 12/12
Do Middle Skills Jobs Still Matter?
• In 2011, Colorado AAS Degree holders earned more on average than BA degree holders in their first year of employment
•Based on more than 60,000 Colorado grads
• Similar in other states studied (FL, TX, VA)
•www.collegemeasures.org
Meeting the Middle Skills Challenge
• Strong Technical Education Programs
•Partnerships/Coordinated Efforts
• K-12
• Industry – Sector Partnerships
• Workforce Centers/State Labor Department
• Career Pathways
Partnership Example: Precision Machining
• 8 manufacturing firms partnering with Front Range Community College
• Convened in part by Sector Process • Companies provide instructors,
some students, curriculum, consulting
• Led to Statewide TAAA grant • New state of the art training
centers
Partnership Example: Health Information Technology
• 5 major employers including Kaiser, major hospital systems
• Collaborated on curriculum, grant applications
Partnership Example: Columbine Health Systems Practical Nursing
Program
• Partnership with a single large employer
• CNA to LPN • College provided
credit training on employer site
Possible Initiatives and Next Steps
• Promote Sector Initiatives • Career Planning and Career Pathways • Promote Technical Education
o Facilities o Programs o Buzz
• B.A.S. Degrees
Having a Career Goal and Plan makes a HUGE difference in PS success!
• Preliminary findings showed desired learning outcomes were the best predictors of student success.
• Students whose desire was to “Explore courses to decide career,” had the lowest graduation rate, 21%.
• This compares to a graduation rate for students who intend to, “Prepare to change careers,” of 78%.
Career Pathways and Plans: Key Steps in Colorado
• P-20 Council (2006) • Establish Mandate of Post-Secondary and
Workforce Readiness (SB 08-212) • Require Individual Career and Academic
Plans (ICAP) (SB 09-236) • Strengthen and Expand Concurrent
Enrollment (HB09-1319, SB09-285)
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The ICAP journey…
Awareness & Dissemination
2010 - 2011
Building bridges and readiness,
training and planning
Implementation
2011-2012
Making meaning of the ICAP, engaging in
activities and process
Implementation Continued
2012-2013
Reviews and Revisions where
necessary
Transformation
2013 – 2014
ICAPs fully implemented
Embedded into new legislation
2011-2013
Source CDE 2013
Seamless Transitions
Elementary: Career Awareness
Middle:
Career Exploration
High: Career Concentration
Post Secondary: Career Preparation
Lifelong: Career Advancement and Management
ASCA Standards:
Career Development A: Students will acquire the skills to
investigate the world of work in
relation to knowledge of self and to
make informed career decisions.
B: Students will employ strategies
to achieve future career success
and satisfaction
C: Students will understand the
relationship between personal
qualities, education and training ,
and the world of work.
Bachelor of Applied Science Degrees
• Pathways for AAS graduates are often cut off • New law allows B.A.S. degrees by Community
Colleges in Colorado • Some Bachelor’s degrees allowed at
community colleges in 22 states (but most are very restricted)