higher education in colorado our challenges and our goals colorado commission on higher education
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Higher Educationin Colorado
Our challenges and our goals
Colorado Commission on Higher Education
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Colorado Commission on Higher Education
An 11-member, bipartisan council appointed by the governor, with at least one member from each Congressional district
Responsibilities include:
• Institutional funding • Student financial aid • Long-range planning
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Colorado’s higher education challenges•Workforce needs – We won’t have enough
educated Coloradans to fill our state’s jobs in 2020.
• Education pipeline – Fewer than 25 percent of Colorado 9th-graders earn a college degree.
• Completion gaps – The fastest-growing segments of our population are least likely to earn a degree.
• Shifting financial burden – The share of college costs paid by students has doubled in 10 years.
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Challenge: Workforce needs
2013
2020
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
51%
74%Future jobs re-quiring college degree or cer-tificate
Colorado adults with college credential to-day
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Challenge: Education pipeline
For every 100 9th-graders in Colorado,
•50 go to college
•22 earn a college degree
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Challenge: Degree completion gaps by ethnicity
Enroll in college Prepared for college Graduate college0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
73%78%
52%52% 51%
32%
White
Minority
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Challenge: Shifting burden from state to students
2000-01 2004-05 2008-09 2012-130%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
68%
52% 50%
32%
32%
48% 50%
68% State share of college costs
Student share of costs
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Why higher education mattersPersonal benefits• Earn more• Vote more• Have healthier lifestyles• Value education for children
Community benefits• Attract better jobs• Lower unemployment rates• Lower incarceration rates• Reduced health costs
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Personal Benefit
Median Colorado earnings by degree, 2008-10
High school grad-uate
Associate's degree Bachelor's degree Master's degree$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$32,511
$41,251
$52,595
$65,496
Ann
ual
sala
ries
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Community Benefit
Economic impacts of our campuses
Higher education in Colorado supports …
• 97,563 jobs, which contribute
• $4.25 billion in wages and
salaries, and
• $387 million in state and
local taxes
to Colorado’s economy annually
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Our goals: Meeting the challenges
CCHE’s master plan sets four primary goals:
• Increase degree attainment by at least 1,000 credentials a year to meet workforce demands.
• Improve student success through better remedial education, enhanced support services and reduced average time to degree completion.
• Reduce completion gaps among students from underserved communities by enhancing access to, and through, postsecondary institutions.
• Restore fiscal balance by increasing state support of higher education while promoting affordability, accessibility and efficiency.
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Achieving our goals: Focus on performance
PASTFocus largely on increasing
ACCESS to college:Who’s getting to
campus?
TODAYAdd emphasis on
COMPLETION of degree:
Who’s earning a degree?
