USHE's role in Career and Technical Education

USHE’s Role in CTEJoint Working Meeting for Regents and Trustees

July 30, 2015

Blair Carruth Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs

Utah System of Higher Education

Federal Perkins ActDefinition of CTE

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The term ‘careerand technical education’ means organized educational activitiesthat—‘‘(A) offer a sequence of courses that—‘‘(i) provides individuals with coherent and rigorouscontent aligned with challenging academic standardsand relevant technical knowledge and skills neededto prepare for further education and careers in currentor emerging professions;‘‘(ii) provides technical skill proficiency, anindustry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associatedegree; and‘‘(iii) may include prerequisite courses (other thana remedial course) that meet the requirements of thissubparagraph; and‘‘(B) include competency-based applied learning thatcontributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoningand problem-solving skills, work attitudes, generalemployability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specificskills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry,including entrepreneurship, of an individual.

Utah Code CTE Definition

Utah Code Annotated 53B-1-101.5. Definitions. As used in this title: (1) "Board" means the State Board of Regents established in Section 53B-1-103. (2) "Career and technical education" means organized educational programs offering sequences of courses or skill sets directly related to preparing individuals for paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging occupations that generally do not require a baccalaureate or advanced degree.

USHE Institutions with a CTE Role

• Utah State University• Weber State University• Southern Utah University• Snow College• Dixie State University• Utah Valley University• Salt Lake Community College

Institutional CTE Directors

USU- Bruce Miller, Russell GoodrichWSU- Julie SnowballSUU- Eric FredenSnow- Mike MedleyDSU- Victor HasfurtherUVU- Kim ChiuSLCC- Rick Bouillon

Regional CTE Coordination CouncilsUSHE, UCAT, School Districts

Bear River- USUUnitah Basin- USUWasatch Front North- WSUWasatch Front South- SLCCMountainland- UVUCentral- SnowSoutheast- USUESouthwest- SUU, DSU

Post-secondary CTE Student FTE Distribution by Institution

Typical CTE Credentials Awarded by USHE Institutions

Certificates of Proficiency Two types Awarded under authority of the institution Approved by SBR, eligible for financial aid

Certificates of CompletionAssociate of Applied Science Degrees

Carnevale’s Report on Certificates

Carefully targeted certificates of less than one year can have economic valueCertificates can make people more employableCertificates add value to degrees- 6% wage premium for associate’s degree, 3% wage premium for bachelor’s degreesInformation taken from Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees Carnevale, Rose, and Hansen, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, July 2012.

CTE Prepares People for Middle Jobs

Taken from Career and Technical Education: Five Ways That Pay Along the Way to the B.A., Carnevale, Jayasundera, & Hanson, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute,September 2012

Educational Attainment for Workforce Preparation is Shifting

Taken from Career and Technical Education: Five Ways That Pay Along the Way to the B.A., Carnevale, Jayasundera, & Hanson, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, September 2012

USHE Institutions have Developed more than 80 New CTE Certificates

Over the last several years, USHE CTE directors and others have:• Assessed current CTE offerings in the region• Submitted a regional plan to the state offices at the USHE, the Utah

State Office of Education, and the Utah College of Applied Technology• Identified certificates and other programs that could be offered in

high demand, high wage occupations and that are important to the ‐region

• Identified how these credentials will stack to additional certificates, associate’s degrees, or other programs

• Identified ways these programs, or portions thereof, might be provided for delivery in high schools through concurrent enrollment

• Developed an implementation plan• Created more than 80 new CTE certificates

A current USHE study is examining the some college, no degree category. Information from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample allows us to break this category into two groups:• Some college, but less than one year of

college• One or more years of college, no degreeThe following two charts provide earnings information within these categories

Utah Estimated Lifetime Earning by Education Attainment Level Full-time Workers (35+ hours a week) as percent of HS Graduate

Lifetime Earnings

Less than HS HS Grad Some college, but less than 1

year

1 or more years of college credit,

no degree

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Grad or Prof Degree

0%

50%

100%

150%

200%

250%

74%

100%108% 112%

120%

160%

218%

Utah Median Incomes by Select Education Attainment and Age for Full-time Workers

Less than HS HS Grad Some college, but less than 1 year

1 or more years of college credit, no degree

Associate's degree$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$28,000

$38,000

$42,000

$45,000$47,500

25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64

USHE Utah Wages Information Dashboard

Located at http://higheredutah.org/data/utah-wage-informationUses DWS, USHE and UDA DataHas some limitations but is a good indicator of wage data for USHE graduatesExample of 5th year following graduation for graduates from all USHE institutions

Credential 75th Percentile Median 25th Percentile

Cert > 1 yr $ 42,417 $ 28,673 $ 21,041

Cert 1-2 yrs $ 49,312 $ 34,543 $ 24,060

Associate Degree $ 58,137 $ 42,220 $ 28,664

Current Legislative Items

• CTE Performance Audit- August 28, 2014 Request from the Education Task Force

• CTE Study and Board- HB 0337S02 from the 2015 Legislative Session

• Joint agency request to 2016 Legislature to Support Aerospace and Defense Entry-level Workforce Development

Transfer Study Between USHE and UCAT

A study is currently being planned by USHE and UCAT to examine:• Students who transfer from UCAT to USHE and

use their UCAT certificate to earn a USHE credential

• Data matching to begin Fall 2015 with preliminary results in early 2016

FY16 Perkins Funding Distribution by USOE (Fiscal Agent)

Total Grant Funds for Utah 12,501,001– Adm 5% 625,050– State Leadership 10% 1,250,100– Districts and Post-secondary 85% 10,625,851• Minus Reserve 112 (c) 400,000• Net to districts and post-secondary 10,225,851• Secondary 60% 6,135,511• Post-secondary 40% 4,090,340– UCAT 583,211– USHE 3,507,129

2014 Perkins Funding to USHE Institutions

• SLCC 1,250,893• UVU 885,461• WSU 685,272• DSU 229,813• Snow 123,585• USU 117,567• SUU 111,782• USUE 102,756• Total 3,507,129

Funding Formulas

State LevelBased on state per-capita income and population in three age cohorts (15-19,20-24, and 25-65)

Post-secondaryBased on participants in CTE courses who fall into any of the following three groups:

PELL grant recipientsStudents who receive assistance from BIA Students who receive assistance from DWS

Perkins Accountability

• Technical Skill Attainment• Completers• Retention• Employment• Non-traditional Participation• Non-traditional Completion

CTE Maintenance of Effort(2015 USHE Data Book, Tab D Table 9)

Institution

Actual Expenditures*

2010-11

Actual Expenditures*

2011-12

Actual Expenditures*

2012-13

Previous 3 Year Average

Actual Expenditures*

2013-14

% Change in Expenditures from 2012-13

2013-14 M O E Com parison

% of Expenditures

to Previous 3 year Average

U U - - - - - - - U S U $4,696 ,620 $9 ,037 ,740 $11 ,819,448 $8 ,517 ,936 $8 ,966 ,260 -24 % 105 % W S U $10,396 ,591 $10,784 ,621 $11,346 ,164 $10,842 ,459 $13,167 ,876 16% 121 % S U U $2,786 ,182 $3 ,359 ,589 $3 ,342 ,156 $3 ,162 ,642 $3 ,163 ,981 -5 % 100 % S N O W $4,011 ,339 $3 ,260 ,010 $3 ,597 ,826 $3 ,623 ,058 $3 ,469 ,873 -4 % 96% D S U $2,842,126 $2 ,639,031 $2 ,870,727 $2 ,783,961 $3 ,616,050 26% 130 % U V U $20 ,175,623 $20 ,971,551 $19 ,975,631 $20 ,374,268 $21 ,895,974 10% 107 % S LC C $26,186 ,227 $26,438 ,106 $26,662 ,523 $26,428 ,952 $26,666 ,797 0% 101 % T ota l $44 ,908,481 $50 ,052,542 $52 ,951,952 $49 ,304,325 $54 ,280,014 2 .5% 110 .1% *Represents direct expenses. Expenditure data taken from USHE Data Book Tab I Table 7 .