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Thanks to Our Sponsors
University of South Alabama
Mobile County Public Schools
Mobile Area Education Foundation
United Way of Southwest AL
The Education Commission
A coalition of civic, educational, and business leaders organized to oversee the alignment of policies and practices affecting education in Greater Mobile.
Richard L. Hayes, University of South Alabama
Educational Oversight The Education Commission
will monitor progress, communicate findings to the public, engage and convene key informants around issues of public interest in education and workforce development, and serve as the coordinating body for key partners in ensuring every child is prepared for entrance into college or a career upon high school graduation.
Richard L. Hayes, University of South Alabama
A Lesson Learned What is needed is
the systemic integration and
alignment of our efforts into an
educational ecosystem aligned with a central and compelling vision of what it means
to be an educated citizen of Mobile.
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Richard L. Hayes, University of South Alabama
What is needed is the systemic integration and alignment of our efforts into an educational ecosystem aligned with a central and compelling vision of what it means to be an educated citizen of Mobile
Educational Attainment in AL
• 31.9% of 2.5 million working-age adults (25-64) hold
a two- or four-year degree.
• 33.4% of young adults (25-34) hold a two or four year
degree.
• At the current rate, 38% of Alabama’s adult
population will hold a college degree in 2025 by
adding 514,000 degrees to the total.
IN JUST THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS373,00 of the expected 680,000 job vacancies in Alabama will require post-secondary education and 55% of all jobs will require post-secondary education.
Who and How Many are Graduating?
In school year 2011–12, some 3.1 million public high school students, or 81 percent, graduated on time with a regular diploma.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Total White Hispanic Black Asian/PI
Alabama 75 81 69 67 85
USA 81 85 76 68 93
Are Alabama’s High School Graduates Prepared?
• Of Alabama’s 44,751 high school graduates in 2013, 22,915 enrolled in an Alabama public college or university.
• Yet, 31.8% of these students were enrolled in remedial classes in math, English, or both during the Fall 2013 college semester.
• Of Mobile County’s 3,362* graduates that year, 34.1% (range = 17.3%-69.8%) of those who enrolled in a college or university in Alabama tested into one or more remedial classes.
* Based on 12 high schools
AL 4-year Graduation RateSource: National Center for Education Statistics
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38
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1009th Grade
High School Graduate
College Freshman
College Graduate
A CHANGING LANDSCAPE FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION• Global growth of unemployment• Declining number of jobs for
unskilled and semi-skilled workers• Diminishing financial support for higher education• Innovative experimentation with technology• Increasing pressure to increase enrollment• Increasing use of IP-based educational digital
content, social networking, open licensing• Growing demand for life-long learning
College isn’t what it used to be …
• Increased Demand for Informal Short Courses• Proliferation of Certification Programs• Increased Access to Intellectual Capital• Diversification of Teaching Methods• Diversification of Learning Styles• Variability in Time and Place
and won’t be again.
SO WHAT’S TO BE DONE?Articulate Goals and Expectations Create Pathways and SupportsDevelop Measurable Outcomes
WHAT IS THE ROLE FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ALL
OUR STUDENTS?
The College of Education Founders Day lecture was established in 2007 to
recognize the significant contributions by its faculty, students, and alumni to the
well-being of the citizens of Alabama by hosting an annual lecture on a critical issue in education by a distinguished
national expert.
Previous presenters have included:
Kati Haycock, Executive Director, The Education Trust
Martin HabermanDistinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Linda Darling-Hammond Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University
Carl Glickman President, Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy
Sharon Robinson President and CEO, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Freeman A. Hrabowski III President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Nancy Zimpher Chancellor, State University of New York