Goal 2025: The Path to Equity and Economic

Success For Our Cities

Presented by

Dr. James L. ApplegateVice President, Lumina Foundation

Goal 2025To increase the percentage of Americans

who hold high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by 2025.

What We Must Do To Reach Goal 2025?

Participation

Completion

Attainment

WHY IS ACHIEVING GOAL 2025 IMPORTANT?

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Canada/Japan

Korea

Massachusetts

Minnesota

North Dakota/Iowa/Connecticut

Colorado

New Hampshire/NebraskaSouth Dakota/Illinois/Pennsylvania/Vermont

Wisconsin/Washington/Hawaii

Virginia/Kansas/Rhode Island

Indiana/CA/DE/NC/MI/IDFlorida/Oregon/South Carolina/Maine

Wyoming/Georgia

Mississippi/AlabamaKY/TN/OK/AZ/AK/TX

New MexicoNevada

Louisiana/West VirginiaArkansas

Ireland

FinlandNetherlands/Switzerland

Greece

Luxembourg

Poland/Chile

Germany

United States

Norway/New Zealand

France/Israel

Iceland

Hungary

US states25 to 34 year olds

Missouri/Montana/Ohio

New York

New JerseyMaryland United Kingdom/Australia/Denmark

Belgium/Sweden

SpainEstonia

Slovenia

Utah

Income by level of education Source: US Census, Current Population Survey

master’s

bachelor’s

associate

high school

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

Less than high school

Income inequality grows along with the postsecondary skills gap

To Succeed We Must Focus On 21st Century StudentsOf the 17.6M undergrads now enrolled

75% are juggling work, family, and school

To Succeed We Must Focus on Adults

To Succeed Ohio Must Focus on Adults

To Succeed We Must Achieve Equity

To Succeed Ohio Must Achieve Equity

Source:

To Succeed We Must Serve Our Future

Population Division, Population Projections, U.S. Census Bureau. Released 2008.

Millions

African American

Asian / Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

Latino

American Indian / Alaska Native

White

0 20000000 40000000 60000000 80000000 100000000

Projected Population Increase, 2010 to 2050

Data for all races exclude Hispanics.

Source:

To Succeed We Must Close Income Gaps

B.A. Rate by Age 24 (2010)

Young People from

Highest Income Quartile

79%

Young People from

Lowest Income Quartile

11%

Postsecondary Education Opportunity, “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970 to 2008.

Source:

Yet We Serve Those Least Who Need Us Most

College Board

Total Cost of Attendance Covered by Maximum Pell Grant Award

Public 2-Year Public 4-Year Private 4-Year

99%

77%

36%

62%

36%

15%

1979-80 2006-07Source: American Council on Education (2007). “ Status Report on the Pell Grant Program, 2007” cited in EdTrust (2010) Opportunity Adrift.

Change in Distribution of State Grants Based on Need

Source: NASSGAP Report 2007-08: Undergraduate Grant Aid in Constant 2007-08 Dollars:1997-98 through 2007-08 (in millions of dollars).

83.3 %

16.6 %

1997-1998

72.5 %

27.4 %

2007-2008

Need-Based

Non-Need Based

Source:

Flagships give the same amount of aid to high-income students as they do to low-income students

“Opportunity Adrift,” The Education Trust, 2010.

. Family Income (2007) Total Institutional Grant Aid (2007)

$0 – 30,200 $394.2

$30,201 - 54,000 $388.3

$54,001 - 80,400 $368.4

$80,401 – 115,400 $399.9

$115,400 + $361.4

To Succeed Our Cities Must Succeed

2010 U.S. Population

37.4% in Top 20 Metros

To Succeed Cleveland Must Educate Its People

To Succeed Cities Must Collaborate (http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/channeling_change_making_collective_impact_work)

Scaling Effective PracticePublic Policy Advocacy

Public Will Building

To Succeed We Need Catalytic Approaches

So What is a City to Do?

1. Set audacious goals2. Focus on results and

have the difficult conversations

3. Forbid blame games and excuses

4. Create aligned value chains from pre-K to workforce

5. Target 21st century students

6. Collaborate for collective impact (beyond the usual suspects)

6. Tackle academic, financial, and social college readiness

7. Serve the underserved8. Measure learning and

demand quality9. Increase system

productivity 10. Align resources and

priorities

2000 2003 2007 2008

45

37 36

2931

37

5055

Qualified students have the opportunity to go to college

College is necessary

Source: Public Agenda and National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

Goal 2025: Its About Their (and Our) Future