1. President’s Council April 20, 2011

2. CPCC’s Value and Challenges Community colleges are integral to workforce preparation and economic recovery What is the “middle-skills” gap? What challenges do community colleges face in accomplishing their mission?

3. Community Colleges Many Missions Second chance high schools Remediation on-ramp to postsecondary education Transfer degrees Career and technical education degrees Incumbent worker training Adult basic education Dislocated worker training

4. Myths about the Labor Market Myth 1: Most jobs in the future will require a four- year degree Of the 166M jobs available in 2018, only 22% will require a four-year degree or higher Among all education and training categories, the fastest growth will occur in occupations requiring an associate degree Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010.

5. Myths about the Labor Market Myth 2: Income increases with degrees In fact, earnings are not just a function of postsecondary attainment 25% of workers with a B.A. earn less than workers with an AA degree 23% of workers with a B.A. earn less than workers with a license or certificate Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018, June 2010, Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce

6. Myths about the Labor Market Myth 3: Most new jobs will be in technical areas that require a four-year degree Openings for nurses and health technologists with an associate degree is expected to grow by more than 1,000,000 by 2018 Demand for middle-skilled professionals is exploding Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018, June 2010, Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce

7. Middle-Skills Gap By 2014, 2,700,000 job openings in middle-skills fields require a post-secondary credential Fields include construction, manufacturing, healthcare, EMT, law enforcement, etc. Community colleges are the providers of middle- skills training Community colleges currently credential nearly 80% of first responders and 60% of health-care professionals Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018, June 2010, Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce

8. Pathways to Prosperity Community colleges are the largest providers of postsecondary education in the nation, serving 12,400,000 students a year Community colleges serve many struggling young adults and the greatest proportion of underrepresented students Source: Pathways to Prosperity, Harvard Graduate School of Education, February 2011.

9. Pathways to Prosperity Community colleges received just 27% of total federal, state, and local revenues for public degree–granting institutions in 2007–2008 while serving 43% of undergraduate students Two-year colleges are grossly under-resourced compared to four-year colleges Source: Doing More With Less: The Inequitable Funding of Community Colleges

10. Education Sector Comparison Source: Fiscal Research Division; Dec. 15, 2010, FY 2011-12 General Fund Revenue and Budget Outlook; Dec. 9, 2010 Exhibit 5 “Per Student Expenditures”

11. 11 Budget Funding $ 24,492,884 $23,900,000 $26,611,768 CPCC County Funding Per FTE

12. CPCC Operating Budgets - Funding Sources Operating Budget $64.4m $84.6m $159.2m* *Based on Governor’s proposed budget cut to Community Colleges and a 10% increase in tuition for FY2012.

13. Major CPCC Initiatives Student success Dislocated workers’ training New fundraising campaign

14. Suggestions? Questions?