Moving At Roller Coaster Speed NEWN 10th Annual Conference Mount Wachusett Community College Friday, October 11, 2019

NEWN’s History of Partnerships 10 convenings; 10 strong messages for partnering Looking at regional solutions Innovative Business/Higher Ed partnerships built on labor market demands Engagement with the WIA/AIOA system

Why is it so hard for Higher Education to change? Rooted in quality, standards, accreditation Some students want a traditional experience Creating quality curriculum takes time Most institutions are tuition dependent Employers have liked our graduates in the past! What has changed?

What has changed High School graduates have changed Learning Options Hiring The first job out of college has become more critical

How Technology is disrupting Education and the workForce 84% of all jobs have a high potential for technology augmentation (Accenture, 2019) Automation and AI will affect tasks in all occupational groups in the future by the intensity will vary (Brookings, 2019) Rural areas will be more greatly impacted (Moody, McKinsey) Men, young workers and underrepresented groups work in more automatable jobs

How Technology Can work to improve Higher Education-Retention In 2018 only 41% of students who enrolled full time graduated in 4 years Predictive analytics: using past data to forecast future behavior and design interventions Civitas work with colleges Proactive advising Chatbots 24/7 Starfish Retention Services(Trinity), Signal Vine(UTAustin, UNM), Admit-Hub (GSU)

How Technology Can Help Higher Education – Time to Degree Competency Based Education Developmental Education: 48% of students who are in developmental ed move to credit bearing course (Columbia) Corequisite Education Targeted Assessment Labor market information Skills cross walks Work-based learning integration

Why Education Has to change It’s who you are It’s a business imperative Unparalleled competition Our alums are rating and talking about it Lifelong learning is now a reality Business will do what they have to do BUT not as well as they could do it with education

Proven Partnership Practices COOP Apprenticeship On the Job training with academic engagement Internships Embedded credentials Mentoring Stackable credentials

Leave this conference with a Plan Do an environmental scan of your partnerships Do an informal/formal of local businesses to determine in-demand SKILLS Engage faculty to see where those SKILLS are taught and/or where they can be added Determine concentrations where embedded credentials exist or could be added Make students more aware of labor market information Evaluate your career advisement programs and use your partners No student should leave your institution with JUST a degree how do you make that happen?

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