The workforce tipping point

Dr. R. Scott Ralls, President

NC Community College System

THE WORKFORCE TIPPING POINT:NC COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO COMPLETION RATES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1959, NC per Capita Income ~ 63% of US

1999, NC per Capita Income ~ 94% of U.S.

Customized Training Program

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Merck & Co., Inc.Durham, North Carolina

NCCCS 07/15/10

Initial Project: June 1, 2006 – April 30, 2009• 200 Jobs• Average Annual Salary: $55,000• Capital Investment : $350 million•Total Trainees: 204

Expansion Project: May 15, 2009 – March 31, 2011• 143 Jobs• Average Annual Salary: $60,000• Capital Investment: $400 million• Total Trainees: 152**Due to the excellent results of the training project, Merck has asked if NC Community College System (BioNetwork and Durham Tech) could serve as their primary training provider

Economic Impact of Associate's Degree CompletersBy reducing the number of non-completers in North Carolina (2008-2009 cohort) by half…

Annual Potential Salary Gains = $74,672,000

Annual Added Federal Tax = $11,200,000

Annual Added State Tax = $5,227,000

National Totals (2008-2009 cohort) – reducing the non-completers by half…

Annual Potential Salary Gains = $1,414,273,000

Annual Added Federal Taxes = $209,750,000

Annual Added State Taxes = $59,237,000

Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, April 2012

Student Success Framework

Connection

Career and College Promise

Common Core Alignment Career & Technical Education

High School to College Articulation

Entry

Financial Aid Simplification

ProgressMinority Male Mentoring

Code Green Super CIP (Curriculum Improvement

Project)

Comprehensive Articulation Agreement

Revision & Reverse Transfer Credit

CompletionP-20 Student Longitudinal Data

System

Completion by Design

Data Initiative

SuccessNC Improving Access Enhancing Quality Increasing Success

Developmental Education Initiative

Identify & Mitigate Barriers to Student SuccessPerformance Measures/Funding

Integrated Teaching & Learning Gateway

Basic Skills Plus(Accelerating Opportunity)

Completion by Design/ First Year Experience

Math Pathways CIP(Curriculum Improvement

Project)

Career and College Promise

STEM Pathways

English Courses

Humanities Courses

Social Sciences

Biology I & II

Chemistry I & II

Pre-Calculus Algebra

Community College: Life Science

High School

English Courses

Humanities Courses

Social Sciences

Pre-Calculus Algebra

Chemistry I

Trigonometry & Calculus

Community College: Engineering Technology

Connection

Entry

Old AssessmentsIntermediate Dev.

Math Course

Lowest Level Dev. Math Course

Highest Level Dev.

Math course

Dev. Math

Module

Old Developmental Math Model – Sequential, semester long courses

Financial Aid Time

Curriculum Math

Entry

Old AssessmentsIntermediate Dev.

Math Course

Lowest Level Dev. Math Course

Highest Level Dev.

Math course

Curriculum Math

Dev. Math

Module

Dev. Math

Module

Dev. Math

Module

Dev. Math

Module

New More Accurate Assessments

Old Developmental Math Model – Sequential, semester long courses

New Developmental Math Model – Modular, Condensed courses

Financial Aid Time

Progress

Applied Curriculum Model

Technical Core

Applied Academic Skills

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Completion

Completion by Design