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Higher Education in Colorado

The Colorado Commission on Higher Education faces significant challenges in improving educational outcomes and meeting workforce demands. Currently, only 50% of 9th graders enroll in college, and just 22% earn a degree. Key issues include completion gaps, shifting financial burdens onto students, and the need to enhance access for underserved communities. The Commission aims to increase degree attainment, improve student success, and restore state support for higher education. Collaborative efforts are essential to ensure more Coloradans benefit from higher education.

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Higher Education in Colorado

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  1. Higher Educationin Colorado Our challenges and our goals Colorado Commission on Higher Education

  2. A brief overview: Watch the video

  3. An 11-member, bipartisan council appointed by the governor, with at least one member from each Congressional district Responsibilities include: • Institutional funding • Student financial aid • Long-range planning Colorado Commission on Higher Education

  4. Workforce needs – We won’t have enough educated Coloradansto fill our state’s jobs in 2020. • Education pipeline – Fewer than 25 percent of Colorado 9th-graders earn a college degree. • Completion gaps – The fastest-growing segments of our population are least likely to earn a degree. • Shifting financial burden– The share of college costs paid by students has doubledin 10 years. Colorado’s higher education challenges

  5. Challenge: Workforce needs

  6. For every 100 9th-gradersin Colorado, • 50 go to college • 22 earn a college degree Challenge: Education pipeline

  7. Challenge: Degree completion gaps by ethnicity

  8. Challenge: Shifting burden from state to students

  9. Personal benefits • Earn more • Vote more • Have healthier lifestyles • Value education for children Community benefits • Attract better jobs • Lower unemployment rates • Lower incarceration rates • Reduced health costs Why higher education matters

  10. Personal BenefitMedian Colorado earnings by degree, 2008-10

  11. Higher education in Colorado supports … • 97,563jobs, which contribute • $4.25 billion in wages and salaries, and • $387 million in state and local taxes to Colorado’s economy annually Community BenefitEconomic impacts of our campuses

  12. CCHE’s master plan sets four primary goals: • Increase degree attainment by at least 1,000 credentials a year to meet workforce demands. • Improve student success through better remedial education, enhanced support services and reduced average time to degree completion. • Reduce completion gaps among students from underserved communities by enhancing access to, and through, postsecondary institutions. • Restore fiscal balanceby increasing state support of higher education while promoting affordability, accessibility and efficiency. Our goals: Meeting the challenges

  13. Achieving our goals: Focus on performance

  14. We welcome your feedback! Where do we go from here?

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