Goal 2025: To increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.

21 st Century Students Of the 17.6M undergrads now enrolled 75% are juggling work, family, and school 36M Americans aged have started college, but have no degree There are chronic attainment gaps among racial/ethnic groups, and socio-economic status

Today, we are more educated than ever: In 1973, 28% of jobs were held by workers with postsecondary education. By 2020, that number is projected to be 65%

BA Rate by Age The top income quartile hold more than half of all Bachelor’s degrees—the lowest quartile hold only 10% of Bachelor’s degrees. Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, ”

Employer Based Training is 63% of Postsecondary Learning

ContentCollaborationCommunicationCapacity The 4 C’s in Building a Stronger Workforce

Industry Targeting 7

8 Occupational Targeting

Example: Educational Asset Inventory (Centralina, NC) 9

Example: Credentials by specialty, by institution (Miami, FL) 10 Supporting Programs Florida International University Florida Memorial University Florida National College Johnson and Wales University Miami Dade College M-DCPS Technical Institutions St. Thomas University DeVry university New Professions Technical Institute Culinary Management, Operations C BC, A, B C Event Management and Meeting Planning C BC Tourism Marketing C Hospitality Administration, Management C, B, M, P BAB C, AB BC Travel/Tourism Management C BC, AB Hotel/Lodging Management, Operations C BC Culinary Arts BC C Customer Service Tech C Travel Agent C

11 Metro-Level ALFI Assessment Anna Maria College Assumption College Bryant University Charter Oak State College Clark University Connecticut College Eastern Connecticut State Univ Fitchburg State College Mount Wachusett Community College Nichols College Quinebaug Valley Community College Quinsigamond Community College Three Rivers Community-Tech College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester State College University of Connecticut University of Rhode Island

STEM Bachelor Degrees Remediation Rate Second-Year Retention Rate (n=2012) (n=2300) (n=1916)

STEM Associate Degrees (n=1131) (n=745) (n=887)

Insights from Data Team: Debunking Myths Myth: There is low interest in STEM disciplines Myth: STEM students are different Myth: STEM students drop out because they are not prepared Myth: Math is a good predictor of STEM success

768 jobs $2,078/mo Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Some College or Associate’s Degree High school diploma or equivalent (GED) Less than High School Not available 442 jobs $2,803/mo 1,168 jobs $3,123/ mo 1,078 jobs $3,462/ mo 658 jobs $4,801/ mo 25,837 jobs $2,136/ mo 37,955 jobs $2,696/ mo What education or training will be required? 20,835 jobs $7,105/ mo 31,309 jobs $4,818/ mo 33,876jobs $4,202/ mo 9,574jobs $3,672/ mo 5,680 jobs $2,503 / mo Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Some College or Associate’s Degree High school diploma or equivalent (GED) Less than High School Not available Employment by Education Level: 1 st Quarter 2013 Manufacturing Industry Report : Cincinnati MSA OVERVIEW OF TOTAL JOBS IN THE REGION MANUFACTURING JOBS: 101,274 77% 78,470 jobs 20% 20,326 jobs 2% 22,478 jobs Projected 106,818 Employed in % 4.1% of the total jobs were workers that started a job that lasted at least one full quarter with a given employer. 3% - Post-secondary, non-degree award 16% - Long-term on-the-job training 35% - Moderate on-the-job training 24% - Short-term on-the-job training 12% - Bachelor’s Degree only 6% - Bachelor’s + work experience 2% - Associate’s Degree 25,297 jobs - $2,125/ mo 37,091 jobs 2,692/ mo 17,059 jobs - $3,846/ mo 2,945 jobs - $2,913/ mo 2,277 jobs - $4,026/ mo 12,460 jobs - $5,542/ mo 6,337 jobs - $7,893/ mo. or work experience in related field. or higher education What education or training will be required? Top 5 Occupations 1.Production 2.Office & Administrative 3.Transportation & Material Moving 4.Architecture & Engineer 5.Management