1.Presenters Contract Is there a higher education crisis? Why do we have more degrees and less social and economicmobility? Tweet me, quote me, question me, argue with mevehemently

2. Higher Education Is In Crisis! 3. Shifting Higher Ed Landscape More college students than ever before 19902000, total college enrollment grew by 11 percent 2000-2010, total college enrollment grew by 41 percent Over 5 million more college students in 10 years Tuition increases across all sectors of higher education Financial aid shifted from grants to student loans = $1TRILLION in student loan debt Economy replaced good jobs with McJobs Increasing inequality = Mo Degrees, Mo Problems 4. More Education, Less MobilityPew Economic Mobility Project. 2010. 5. Todays College Student? 6. Todays College Student 7. Constrained Choices 8. Where are Minority Students? Hing, Julianne. July 2012. Heres How Students of Color Fit Into Higher Eds Shifting Ecosystem Colorlines. http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/07/the_shifting_higher_education_ecosystem_and_how_students_of_col 9. WHOS LEARNING WHO? Although only one in 20 students who attend degreegranting institutions attend for-profits, 1 in 10 blackstudents, 1 in 14 Latino students, and 1 in 14 first generationcollege students is enrolled at a for-profit college For-profit students do not just come from families withlower average income, they are also more likely to comefrom families that are quite poor 16 percent of for-profit students came from families receivingsupport from the welfare system (in comparison just 2.6% ofpublic and 1.6% of private not-for-profit students ) 10. So What? B.A. from Harvard in 2010 = $145,220 in 2010 B.A. from ITT Technical Institute = $110,848 The Price-Prestige Index has been broken Students from all walks of life borrow a lot of money for a shot ata good job. Especially true for women, mothers who are already at or belowthe poverty line. If we care about the cycle of poverty we must care about how andwhere women are being educated and for what ends. 11. How Did We Get Here? Decrease in state subsidies of public education Neo-liberal education policy = more loans, fewer grants Private sector shifts human capital development toindividuals Traditional colleges abandoned any pretense of egalitarianservice Labor market: expansion of service economy There are fewer good jobs and fewer avenues to get there 12. Solutions? Massive Open Online Courses Coursera, 2Tor, Private-public partnerships More for-profit colleges More job-focused degrees 13. ITS THEECONOMY, STUPID Degrees dont create jobs. JOBS CREATE JOBS! www.tressiemc.com@tressiemcphd tcottom@emory.edu