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Searching for Sweet Potato Greens. Closing the $26.4b shortfall. The risk without revenues. Losing ground. 139,000. Community colleges will not see relative revenue return to 2007-08 levels for several years. From a $6.2 billion system To a $5.9 billion $5.7 billion $5.4 billion.
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Community colleges will not see relative revenue return to 2007-08 levels for several years.
From a$6.2 billion systemTo a$5.9 billion$5.7 billion$5.4 billion
Worst Case: Bigger than 22 State Budgets
All things, all people, whenever • (a) (1) The California Community Colleges shall, as a primary • mission, offer academic and vocational instruction at the lower • division level for both younger and older students, including those • persons returning to school. Public community colleges shall offer • instruction through but not beyond the second year of college. These • institutions may grant the associate in arts and the associate in • science degree. • (2) In addition to the primary mission of academic and vocational • instruction, the community colleges shall offer instruction and • courses to achieve all of the following: • (A) The provision of remedial instruction for those in need of it • and, in conjunction with the school districts, instruction in English • as a second language, adult noncredit instruction, and support • services which help students succeed at the postsecondary level are • reaffirmed and supported as essential and important functions of the • community colleges. • (B) The provision of adult noncredit education curricula in areas • defined as being in the state's interest is an essential and • important function of the community colleges. • (C) The provision of community services courses and programs is an • authorized function of the community colleges so long as their • provision is compatible with an institution's ability to meet its • obligations in its primary missions. • (3) A primary mission of the California Community Colleges is to • advance California's economic growth and global competitiveness • through education, training, and services that contribute to • continuous work force improvement. • (4) The community colleges may conduct to the extent that state • funding is provided, institutional research concerning student • learning and retention as is needed to facilitate their educational • missions.
We need to have a discussion. • Where have we been? • Where are we now? • Where are we going?
Economically necessary America is losing ground internationally • Once first in the world, America now ranks 10th in the percentage of young adults with a college degree. • For the first time in our history, the current generation of college-age Americans will be less educated than their parents’ generation – unless things change quickly.
California is losing groundto other states(Rank Among States in % with College Degrees) Economically necessary
By Race/ethnicity 33% for Asian students 27% for white students 18% for Latino students 15% for black students Morally incumbent California Community College Participation Rates (age 20-24: average 173 per 1,000) American Indian: 220 per 1,000 adults Asian: 296 per 1,000 adults Black: 193 per 1,000 adults Latino: 159 per 1,000 adults White/Other: 184 per 1,000 adults Associate Degree Completion Rates • By Age • 27% - age 17-19 • 21% - age 20-29 • 18% - age 30-39 • 16% for students over 40
Life gets in the way. • 80% of students work, on average 32 hours per week. • 30% of students have dropped a class because they can’t afford a textbook. • 62% of students choose class schedule based on textbook costs. • 42% of students have never seen a financial aid counselor.
Achievable In 2008-09, of the 1,795,248 term headcount (1,217,230 credit FTES), the following numbers of students reached a meaningful completion:
Achievable National average: 19.9/100 FTE California: 15.5/100 FTE
Success: California’s community colleges will increase completions by 1 million by 2020.Access: California’s community colleges will close participation rate gaps. Equity: California’s community colleges will eliminate the achievement gap among enrolled students. Our goals.
