the future of employability and living wage the role of the community college
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The Future of Employability and Living Wage The Role of the Community College. Presented to the Minnesota Futurists 22 August 2009 By Lorna Sherman. Introduction. Community colleges important role Provide certificates, diplomas and associate degrees to fill jobs in the middle labor market - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Future of Employability and Living Wage
The Role of the Community College
Presented to theMinnesota Futurists
22 August 2009By Lorna Sherman
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Introduction
• Community colleges important role• Provide certificates, diplomas and
associate degrees to fill jobs in the middle labor market
• Middle-skill jobs – Require some training or education beyond
high school, but less than a 4 year degree– Yet will pay family supporting wages
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Introduction• Community colleges
– Enroll 45% of college students – Only about 50% of those succeed
• Minnesota– 29 community colleges (10 in metro area)
• Program examples– Veterinary tech., physical therapy assistant,
dental hygienist, environmental science, protection technician, health care services, and replacement for impending retirements of large # of auto repair, welding and electrical power maintenances, construction
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http://education.state.mn.us/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=034034&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&Rendition=primary
Minnesota Department of EducationCareer Fields, Clusters and Pathways
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Strategy, Planning and Accountability
• Building evidence about employment opportunities based on career fields, clusters and pathways
Distribute data sheets
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Cost of Living – Minnesota2006 data
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Cost of Living – Minnesota2006 data
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Cost of Living – Minnesota2006 data
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Community College Represents
An• affordable, • accessible route • to those students who have • faced significant barriers to success
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Open Enrollment
• Serves an essential function• To those who have attained a diploma but
not on track for college level courses.
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Under Achievement
• Is related to both – The individual– The institution
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MCTC Vision
Minneapolis Community and Technical College has a lofty vision
- to be an institution that transforms its community by educating students who are globally aware, engaged citizens, skillful at their work, and lifelong learners
- and sets high expectations for student and organizational achievement.
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/home
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MCTC Fast Facts
vs. 64% 2007-2008
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/mctc-student-profile
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MCTC Fast Facts
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/mctc-student-profile
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MCTC Fast Facts
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/mctc-student-profile
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MCTC Fast Facts
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/mctc-student-profile
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MCTC Fast Facts
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/mctc-student-profile
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MCTC Fast Facts
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/mctc-student-profile
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MCTC Fast Facts
http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/mctc-student-profile
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Question
• What factors influenced your college success?
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Creating a Future of Learning
• Education in a rapidly changing world
• Education likely to take place outside traditional institutions
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Creating a Future of Learning
• Shifting to a culture of creation
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Creating a Future of Learning
• Learners will need guides who will take a fundamentally different role than the present teacher/educator
• Significant cross-cultural intelligence for citizenship and economic leadership
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Exploring the ForcesShaping Our World
• Knowledge– Technology produces new kinds of data– Advances in neuroscience– Other medical advances like replacement of
body parts
• Economics– Tools and knowledge of how to produce
custom goods
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Exploring the ForcesShaping Our World
• Society– A sense of community and shared world– Global society– Social networking
• Organization– New generation of connected innovative people
• Self– Alter your mind and body in ways we never imagined
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http://accountability.minneapolis.edu/documents/HighWageandHighDemandJobsinTwinCitiesRegion2009-2019Scan.pdf?attredirects=0
Future Jobs for Associate Degree
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Conclusion
• If the Community College program were more successful, it would help build human capital, narrow disparities by race and income and grow a more robust and diverse American middle class.
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Discussion