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

2. Fall Enrollments in U.S. Degree-granting Institutions source: National Center for Education Statistics 1869 52,286 1909 355,213 1949 2,659,021 1979 11,569,899 1999 14,791,224 today 20 million+ 1910s credit hour

3. 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% 1976 1990 2009 34% 46% 1990 2009 66% Source: National Center for Education Statistics 30% 1976

4. diverse students Utah 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

5. Preparing Diverse Students through Faculty Governance and Quality Preparation Preparing Diverse Students through Faculty Governance and Quality Preparation

6. Jobs have become more intellectually demanding. quality preparation portion of U.S. jobs requiring at least a two-year degree 1973 28% 2018 45% 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 1973 28% “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.”

7. quality preparation wage premium for skilled labor 1950196019701980199020002010 37% 49% 59% 48% 66% 78% 81%

8. wage premium for skilled labor Claudia Goldin Lawrence Katz Harvard University relative change in supply and demand since 1970 2% average annual growth 1.5% average annual growth 81% 89% 81% quality preparation wage premium for skilled labor

9. DQP

10. 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.”

11. “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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