Our Compelling Challenge Preparing Diverse Students through Faculty Governance and Quality...

Our Compelling ChallengePreparing Diverse Students through

Faculty Governance and

Quality Preparation

Preparing Diverse Students through

Faculty Governance and

Quality Preparation

Fall Enrollments in U.S. Degree-granting Institutionssource: National Center for Education Statistics

186952,2861909

355,2131949

2,659,0211979

11,569,8991999

14,791,224

today20 million+

1910scredit hour

diverse students1970top 26%

2015top 42%

enrollment rates of 18- to 24-year-olds in degree-granting institutions

enrollment by Hispanics, African-Americans, and Asians:

enrollment by students eligible for financial aid:

15% 19%

1976 1990 2009

34%

46%

1990 2009

66%

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

30%

1976

diverse studentsUtah population of non-white and non-Hispanic:

1950

2%

2000

15%

2050

20%

Source: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Utah

“Only a subset of ethnic groups have been captured in this official accounting system, and this has resulted in the consistent portrayal of the

population as being more culturally and ethnically monolithic than it is.”Utah Economic and Business Review Volume 68 Number 3, 2008

Preparing Diverse Students through

Faculty Governance and

Quality Preparation

Preparing Diverse Students through

Faculty Governance and

Quality Preparation

Jobs have become moreintellectually demanding.

quality preparationportion of U.S. jobs requiring at least a two-year degree

197328%

201845%

Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce

“Organizations are looking for employees to use a broader set of skills and have higher levels of learning and knowledge than in the past.”

89%

rising expectations of employers

Source: Raising the Bar, Hart Research Associates

197328%

“Organizations are looking for employees to use a broader set of skills and have higher levels of learning and knowledge than in the past.”

coordinationcomplexity

“Organizations are looking for employees to use a broader set of skills and have higher levels of learning and knowledge than in the past.”

quality preparationwage premium for skilled labor

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

37%

49%59%

48%

66%

78% 81%

wage premium for skilled labor

Claudia GoldinLawrence KatzHarvard University

relative change in supply and demand since 1970

2%average annual growth1.5%

average annual growth

81%

89%

81%

quality preparationwage premium for skilled labor

DQP

Preparing Diverse Students through

Faculty Governance and

Quality Preparation

Preparing Diverse Students through

Faculty Governance and

Quality Preparation

DQP

Christopher CratsleyProfessor of Biology

Director of AssessmentFitchburg State University

“We’ve seen that some assignments are sometimes not as good as others at eliciting these skills [such as quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and writing].

“That helps us think about how we create a balance in the instruction we give.”

“We’ve seen that some assignments are sometimes not as good as others at eliciting these skills [such as quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and writing].

“That helps us think about how we create a balance in the instruction we give.”

David AutorMIT

“If it's just technical skill, there's a reasonable chance it can be automated, and if it's just being empathetic or flexible, there's an infinite supply of people, so a job won't be well paid.

“It's the interaction of both that is virtuous.”

Our Compelling ChallengePreparing Diverse Students through

Faculty Governance and

Quality Preparation

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