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

Fall Enrollments in U.S. Degree-granting Institutions source: National Center for Education Statistics , , ,659, ,569, ,791,224 today 20 million+ 1910s credit hour

diverse students 1970 top 26% 2015 top 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% % 46% % Source: National Center for Education Statistics 30% 1976

diverse students Utah population of non-white and non-Hispanic: % % % 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 more intellectually demanding. quality preparation portion of U.S. jobs requiring at least a two-year degree % % 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 % “Organizations are looking for employees to use a broader set of skills and have higher levels of learning and knowledge than in the past.” coordination complexity “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 preparation wage premium for skilled labor % 49% 59% 48% 66% 78% 81%

wage premium for skilled labor Claudia Goldin Lawrence Katz Harvard University relative change in supply and demand since % average annual growth 1.5% average annual growth 81% 89% 81% quality preparation wage premium for skilled labor

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Preparing Diverse Students through Faculty Governance and Quality Preparation Preparing Diverse Students through Faculty Governance and Quality Preparation DQP Christopher Cratsley Professor of Biology Director of Assessment Fitchburg 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 Autor MIT “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.”

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