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OVERVIEW 2/15/2012

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Korea

Canada, Japan

IrelandNorway, New Zealand

United Kingdom, Australia, DenmarkLuxembourgFrance, IsraelBelgium, SwedenUnited StatesNetherlands, SwitzerlandFinlandSpainEstoniaIcelandPoland, Chile

63%

35%

45%

56%The United States is not keeping pace with anticipated need for higher education attainment.

Georgia, in terms of associate’s degree or higher, vies for the bottom 15 group of states.

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2012 2020

60%

43%42%

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Current Path

250,000 additional graduates

By 2020, it’s anticipated that 60% of jobs will require some form of higher education (certificate, associate’s, bachelor’s). Currently, 42% of our young adults (age 25-34) qualify.

*Projected need, assuming current graduation levels are maintained, and population change is met.

*

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56 Graduate High School

24 Start a 4-year College

19 Become Sophomores

13 Start a 2-year College

6 Become Sophomores

3 Graduate Within Time 6 Graduate Within Time

91% Loss

100 Georgia Public 9th Graders

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College completion is an imperative for a prosperous economic, civic, and cultural future in this state. Complete College Georgia—a statewide effort to increase attainment of a high quality certificate or degree.

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We must rethink the idea of a “traditional student” •  Increase high school graduation rate and college readiness •  Improve completion for remedial, low-income, minority, and

students with disabilities •  Design for part-time, adult, and military learners, especially

those with existing credit

White

Hispanic

African American

25 Years and Over

Pell Grant Recipient

Part-time 15

45

18

45

57

60

Bachelor’s Degree Graduation Rate Within Six Years (%)

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The plan focuses on 5 main areas:

College and career readiness in P-12  

Transformation of remediation  

Shortening the time to degree  

Restructuring delivery  

Effective use of

analytics, metrics,

and data  

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•  Major “Launch” event for presidents hosted by Governor Deal (February 28) –  Speakers include: Chancellor Huckaby, Commissioner Jackson,

Stan Jones (Complete College America), James Applegate (Lumina Foundation), and David Spence (SREB)

•  Metrics Working Group led by institutions –  Connections being made to Funding Commission

•  Campus Implementation –  Campus Plan Guidelines distributed –  Major statewide Summit at UGA, March 19-20, led by Dr. Linda

Noble and Dr. Kathryn Hornsby –  Ongoing technical support

We’re making progress:

Design what you need, rather than replicate what exists…

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