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COLLEGE CHANGES EVERYTHING:IT REALLY DOES!!
October 5, 2012
Haley GloverDirector, Convening StrategyLumina Foundation
Goal 2025:
To increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.
The land of opportunity?
Children will have better lives than their parents?
6-Year Graduation Rates at 4-Year Colleges and Universities: 2009
Overall Average: 57%
Source: IPEDS First Look: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009; Graduation rates 2003 and 2006 cohorts
3-Year Graduation Rates at 2-Year Colleges
Source: NCES (April 2010). IPEDS First Look: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009; Graduation rates 2002 and 2005 cohorts
Overall Average: 32.4%
BA Rate by Age 24
20101970
Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970-2009”
The top income quartile hold more than half of all Bachelor’s degrees—the lowest quartile hold only 9.4% of Bachelor’s degrees.
Percentage of Adults 25-64 with Associate’s Degree or Higher
US Ranks 4th
Source: Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators
Intergenerational Attainment: 2011
Source: Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators
For 25-34 cohort, US ranks 13th.
Source: US Census, ACS, Table B15001, 2011 ACS 1-Year Estimates
Educational AttainmentFor the US 2011 Age 25-64
38.73% Current % of adults with postsecondary credentials(2011)
1.5M working-age Illinois residents have attended college but don’t have a degree.
Source: US Census, ACS, Table B15001, 2011 ACS 1-Year Estimates
41.7%Current % of adults with postsecondary credentials(2011)
Educational AttainmentFor Illinois 2011 Age 25-64
Educational AttainmentFor Peoria 2011 Age 25-64
38.1%Current % of adults with postsecondary credentials(2011)
51,000 working-age Peoria residents have attended college but don’t have a degree.
Source: US Census, ACS, Table B15001, 2011 ACS 1-Year Estimates
Income by level of education Source: US Census, Current Population Survey
master’s
bachelor’s
associate
high school
Less than high school
US Census, ACS, 2011
US Census, ACS, 2010
US Census, ACS, 2011 1-year estimate
College Changes EverythingSo Be an Agent for Change!
• Who – the rapidly increasing numbers of 21st century students who form the backbone of our economy: the growing numbers of adult students, first-generation and minority students who must redefine the middle class in this nation.
• What - a quality postsecondary education that is well-defined, transparent and focused on the learning that a degree or credential represents.
• How - an affordable, productive system of higher education—a redesigned system that efficiently delivers the learning they need to succeed.
• Set a goal• Share this information • Be a mentor• Business—help your employees help you• Forge good relationships with higher
education, and hold institutions accountable• Leverage the great work already happening
College Changes EverythingSo Be an Agent for Change!
College Changes…•Individuals•Families•Business•Communities•Society
EVERYTHING
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