Thanks to
Our Sponsors
University of South Alabama
Mobile County Public Schools
Mobile Area Education
Foundation
United Way of Southwest AL
The Education Commission
A coalition of civic,
educational, and business
leaders organized to oversee
the alignment of policies and
practices affecting education
in Greater Mobile.
Richard L. Hayes, University of South Alabama
Educational Oversight
The Education Commission
will monitor progress, communicate findings
to the public, engage and convene key
informants around issues of public interest
in education and workforce development,
and serve as the coordinating body for key
partners in ensuring every child is prepared
for entrance into college or a career upon
high school graduation.
Richard L. Hayes, University of South Alabama
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[Re-]
A Lesson Learned
What is needed is
What
is needed is the systemic
the systemic
integration andand alignment of our
integration
alignment of our
efforts
intoanan educational
efforts into
educational
ecosystem
aligned with a central and
ecosystem aligned
compelling
vision
of
what
it
means
to
with a central and
be an educated
citizen of Mobile
compelling
vision
of what it means
to be an educated
citizen of Mobile.
Richard L. Hayes, University of South Alabama
In Memoriam
James Lowe, Jr.
President
Bishop State
Community College
ALABAMA
by the numbers
Educational Attainment in AL
• 31.9% of 2.5 million working-age adults (25-64)
hold a two- or four-year degree.
• 33.4% of young adults (25-34) hold a two or four
year degree.
• At the current rate, 38% of Alabama’s adult
population will hold a college degree in 2025 by
adding 514,000 degrees to the total.
IN JUST THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS
373,00 of the expected 680,000
job vacancies in Alabama will
require post-secondary education
and 55% of all jobs will require
post-secondary education.
Who and How Many are Graduating?
In school year 2011–12, some 3.1 million public
high school students, or 81 percent, graduated
on time with a regular diploma.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Total
White
Hispanic
Black
Asian/PI
Alabama
75
81
69
67
85
USA
81
85
76
68
93
Are Alabama’s High School
Graduates Prepared?
• Of Alabama’s 44,751 high school graduates in
2013, 22,915 enrolled in an Alabama public
college or university.
• Yet, 31.8% of these students were enrolled in
remedial classes in math, English, or both during
the Fall 2013 college semester.
• Of Mobile County’s 3,362* graduates that year,
34.1% (range = 17.3%-69.8%) of those who
enrolled in a college or university in Alabama
tested into one or more remedial classes.
* Based on 12 high schools
AL 4-year Graduation Rate
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
College
Graduate
College
Freshman
High School
Graduate
9th Grade
14
38
75
100
A CHANGING LANDSCAPE FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION
• Global growth of unemployment
• Declining number of jobs for
unskilled and semi-skilled workers
• Diminishing financial support for higher education
• Innovative experimentation with technology
• Increasing pressure to increase enrollment
• Increasing use of IP-based educational digital
content, social networking, open licensing
• Growing demand for life-long learning
College isn’t what it used to be …
and won’t be again.
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Increased Demand for Informal Short Courses
Proliferation of Certification Programs
Increased Access to Intellectual Capital
Diversification of Teaching Methods
Diversification of Learning Styles
Variability in Time and Place
SO WHAT’S TO BE DONE?
Articulate Goals and Expectations
Create Pathways and Supports
Develop Measurable Outcomes
WHAT IS THE ROLE FOR POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATION IN IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT OF ALL OUR STUDENTS?
The College of Education Founders Day
lecture was established in 2007 to
recognize the significant contributions by
its faculty, students, and alumni to the
well-being of the citizens of Alabama by
hosting an annual lecture on a critical
issue in education by a distinguished
national expert.
Previous presenters have included:
Kati Haycock,
Executive Director, The Education Trust
Martin Haberman
Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Linda Darling-Hammond
Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University
Carl Glickman
President, Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy
Sharon Robinson
President and CEO, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Nancy Zimpher
Chancellor, State University of New York
DR. GREGORY G. FITCH
Executive Director