Equity MattersWCET Annual

Meeting

San Antonio, Texas

November 2, 2012

Presentation by:

David Longanecker

President, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

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Equity Matters A lot

• For fairness and justice

• For global competitiveness

• For institutional survival

Deborah A. Santiago, Co-founder & Vice President, Excelencia in Education

WCET

San Antonio, TX

November 2, 2012

Equity: The Answer to Completion

Overview• Equity gaps in degree attainment • Profiles of opportunity • Equity gaps in technology • Profiles of opportunity• Excelencia’s efforts to seize opportunity

Guiding principles:

-Data only as good as it is used to improve condition, not just measure condition

-Intentionality matters: Awareness, Analysis, Action

-The U.S. cannot reach national degree attainment goals without a tactical plan implemented to increase Latino degree attainment amongst all served

-At the point Latinos are increasing representation in K-12 and higher education, policy conversations are evolving from access to productivity

-Investment in education today at all levels will determine the nation’s returns in near future

-States efforts are key to increasing degree attainment

-Using data to inform policy and practice is critical

Key points informing LCC: 50 states

Completion metrics – Graduation rate

Total Graduation within 150% of Program Time (%)

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2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Whites Latinos

Gap: 10.4

Gap: 13.7

5 states: widest gaps in completion

2 states: no gap (LA) or reverse gap (ME)

Completion metrics – Credentials per 100 FTE

5 states: negligible gaps in credentials per 100 FTE

2 states: highest equity gaps in AR (15%) and IA (11%)

Total Undergraduate Credentials Awarded per 100 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Students - All Colleges

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Whites Latinos

Gap: 3.6

Gap: 3.7

Completion metrics – Credentials per 1,000 adults with no degree

11 states: higher gaps than national gaps

2 states: reverse gap for Latinos (VT & WV)

Total Undergraduate Credentials Awarded per 1,000 Adults with No College Degree (Aged 18 to 44)

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Gap: 24.6

Latinos are younger

10 states: Latino median age of 22 or 23

5 states: Latino median age over 27 (none over 33)

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Latinos growing share of K-12

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3 states: Latino K-12 enrollment 50% or more

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Gaps in Technology Use

Technology use: internet access, home broadband connection, cell phone

Nativity: Native-born Latinos are more likely than foreign-born Latinos to be online (81% vs. 54%); to have a home internet connection (71% vs. 45%); to have a home broadband connection (60% vs. 35%); and to own a cell phone (86% vs. 70%).

Language: Spanish-dominant Hispanics trail bilingual and English-dominant Hispanics in internet use, home internet access, home broadband access and cell phone ownership.

Age: Among Latinos, internet use, home internet use, home broadband access, and cell phone ownership are less prevalent at older ages.

Education and Income: Among Hispanics, higher levels of educational attainment and household income are linked to higher rates of internet use, home internet access, having a home broadband connection, and cell phone ownership.

Answers to completionExcelencia’s answer to completion• Inform the broader public on efforts

-Roadmap for Ensuring America’s Future (60 partners, 7 sectors)-Ensuring America’s Future Benchmarking Guide: 2010 to 2020

• Increase engagement and collaboration-Ensuring America’s Future by Increasing Latino College Completion initiative-support for Lumina Foundation’s Latino Student Success effort

• Increase knowledge of effective tactics-Examples of Excelencia (www.EdExcelencia.org/examples)-Growing What Works database

www.EdExcelencia.org

www.EdExcelencia.org/EAF/50states

Ensuring America’s Future by Increasing Latino College Completion: 50 state analysis can be accessed at: