Moving Beyond Degrees: Why competency is currency

Moving Beyond Degrees: Why Competency is Currency Michael Bettersworth Texas State Technical College Follow on Twitter @bettersworth michael.bettersworth@systems.tstc.edu www.forecasting.tstc.edu June 2011 BRAZOS VALLEY WORKFORCEFriday, June 17, 2011

Source: CollegeGrad.com. College graduates moving back home in larger number. 22 July 2009!Friday, June 17, 2011

U.S. Credit Card Debt U.S. Student Loan Debt $826.5 billion $829.785 billion An estimated “$300 billion in federal student loan debts have been incurred in the last four years...” 2007 Sub-Prime Mortgage Balance: $1.3 TrillionFriday, June 17, 2011

Four times the rate of inﬂation. Almost twice the rate of healthcare.Friday, June 17, 2011

“There is a growing sense among the public that higher education might be overpriced and under-delivering.” Source: Cronin, Joseph & Horton, Howard. Will higher education be the next bubble to burst? The Chronicle of Higher Education. May 22, 2009.Friday, June 17, 2011

And yet... “American workers’ unmet need for further education and training is exacerbating today’s unemployment problem and portending long-term trouble for workers and businesses -- even after the economy recovers.” -Business Roundtable Source: Business Roundtable, New survey reveals obstacles to training and education are threatening U.S. competitiveness and worker prosperity. October 8, 2009Friday, June 17, 2011

The War on Work The Great Divide The Higher Ed Imbalance Engaging the Talent Pipeline Moving Beyond Degrees: Why Competency is CurrencyFriday, June 17, 2011

“We have declared War on Work” “...the collective effect [...] has been this marginalization of lots and lots of jobs. And I realized [...] to me the most important thing to know and to really come face to face with is the fact that I got it wrong about a lot of things.” Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs Source: TED Speech, December 2008.Friday, June 17, 2011

Median earnings in Alabama employment market, and certiﬁcates/degrees weighted by value to the state and individuals: Source: Kelley, P., The dreaded “P” word: an examination of productivity in public postsecondary education, July 2009.Friday, June 17, 2011

T ED US If you earn a bachelor’s degree, you will earn $1,000,000 more over the course of your life.Friday, June 17, 2011 B

It’s not that you study, but what you study in relation to market demand.Friday, June 17, 2011

There is much talk of “diversity” in education, but not much accommodation of the kind we have in mind when we speak about the quality of a man, or a woman: the diversity of disposition.!Friday, June 17, 2011

“We have come to see labor as something we do in exchange for money and not as an expression of our intrinsic nature. Many a white-collar man works hard but lives in a world of soul-killing abstraction, where what he does, what he feels and who he is have little to do with one another.” Rod Dreher Source: Dreher, Rod. The soft bigotry of high expectations. The Dallas Morning News. May 29, 2009.Friday, June 17, 2011

This “War on Work” has led to the devaluation of certain career and educational pursuits. Yet, up to 3 million highly-skilled technical positions remain unﬁlled as of June 2010. Source: The new competition for america’s jobs. Trends Magazine. June 2010. How did we get here?Friday, June 17, 2011

The Class of Work “Mental” 20% Blue Collar White Collar 80% “Manual”Friday, June 17, 2011

This division has been applied to American education.Friday, June 17, 2011

Smith-Hughes Act 1917 Education Dissected Academic Vocational EducationFriday, June 17, 2011

New Model - Still Off“Cubicles” “Fries with that?” 20% 15% Skilled “Labor” “Professional” “Skilled” Unskilled “Labor” “Experts” “Craftsmen” “Developers” “Engineers” “Technicians” 65% “Hired” “Paid”Friday, June 17, 2011

Laser OpticsLaser Electro Optic Devices • Continuous Wave Lasers • Pulsed lasers • Thin Films • Vacuum Technology • Geometrical and Wave OpticsFriday, June 17, 2011

Instrumentation & Process ControlProportional, Integral and Derivative Control • Loop TuningControl Loop Systems • Computerized Control Systems (AllenBradley & Siemens) • Wonderware Graphics Fronts • Delta Vsystems • MechatronicsFriday, June 17, 2011

Mechanical EngineeringMaterials Classification • Non-Destructive Testing • Alloying • Plastics •Polymers • Composites • Advanced CNC • Tools & Fixtures • ElectricalTheory • Materials Strength • Fluid Mechanics & Applications • MachineDesign • • 3D Solid Modeling • CAD/CAM • Physics • Statistics •Welding Processes • GTAW • GMAW • SMAWFriday, June 17, 2011

NanotechnologyNanotech Characteristics • Image characterization • NanotechProcesses • Scanning Electron Microscopy • Atomic Force Microscopy •Transmission Electron Microscopy • Class 100 Clean Room • ContinuousWave • Pulsed Laser • Geometrical Optics • Wave Optics •Semiconductor ManufacturingFriday, June 17, 2011

Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research “CASPER”Hypervelocity Impacts and Dusty Plasmas Lab & Space ScienceLab (SSL) are supplied with full time technical support using TSTCfaculty and students with CASPERs technical support staff.National laboratory model with Baylor/TSTC.Friday, June 17, 2011

Higher education must serve all of these segments; however, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, “colleges are taking on too many roles and doing none of them well well.” Source: Hacker, A & Dreifus, C. Are colleges worth the price of admission. The Chronicle of Higher Education. July 11, 2010.Friday, June 17, 2011

“Over the next ten years, 26 of the top 30 fastest growing jobs will require some postsecondary education or training...The training demand for skilled workers is outpacing supply, resulting in attractive, high-paying jobs going unﬁlled.” Emily Stover DeRocco President, The Manufacturing Institute, National Center for the American Workforce Former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Education and TrainingFriday, June 17, 2011

The need for more skilled employees has driven a national effort to increase college attendance and completion numbers. In Texas we call this, “Closing the Gaps Closing Gaps.” What Gaps Are We Closing?Friday, June 17, 2011

Texas Public Two-Year Colleges Awards Texas Public Four-Year Universities Awards110000 82500 55000 College graduation is increasing in Texas. 27500 That’s a good thing. 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Friday, June 17, 2011

Texas Technical Public Two Year Awards Texas Academic Public Two-Year Awards 50000 37500 25000 12500 Technical awards are ﬂat/declining. Academic awards are now the most common. This is incongruent with job demand. 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Friday, June 17, 2011

Academic AwardsFriday, June 17, 2011

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What Level of College is Needed? Level of education required by employers 2007 2018 Associate’s degree, 27% 29% certiﬁcate, or some college Bachelor’s degree 21% 23% Graduate degree 11% 10% Source: Carnevale, A., Smith, N, & Strohl, J. Help Wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018. A study prepared at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Washington D.C. June 2010.Friday, June 17, 2011

Source: McNichol, Oliff, and Johnson. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. States continue to feel recession’s impact. October 7, 2010Friday, June 17, 2011

REALITY: REALITY State and federal budget cuts will lead to further reductions in technical training capacity capacity... ...despite the need for employable college graduates with these technical skills skills.Friday, June 17, 2011

When discussing education supply and workforce demand, it is not the level of education that is most important but the alignment of competencies in response to employer demand. Simply increasing the number of college graduates will not solve our state and nation’s competency shortages.Friday, June 17, 2011

“…I believe that our education system should make a shift to one that is market-driven and takes into account the skills needed by employers.” Tom Pauken Commissioner Texas Workforce CommissionFriday, June 17, 2011

The colleges that most students attend "need to streamline their programs, so they emphasize employability employability.” Anthony P. Carnevale Director, Georgetown Center Georgetown UniversityFriday, June 17, 2011

“If educators dont provide people with employability all the other missions, the more grand missions that are talked about at colleges and universities, they are not going to achieve those either.” either Anthony P. Carnevale Director, Georgetown Center Georgetown UniversityFriday, June 17, 2011

“If you cant make people employable, they are not going to participate fully in the life of their times in this system.” Anthony P. Carnevale Director, Georgetown Center Georgetown UniversityFriday, June 17, 2011

“At the post-secondary level, we need a concerted effort to link work and learning by providing far more opportunities for work-based learning.” William C. Symonds Director, Pathways to Prosperity Harvard Graduate School of EducationFriday, June 17, 2011

We must develop talent pipelines aligned with market demand, not simply increase enrollment and completion... ..and measure performance throughout.Friday, June 17, 2011

Solution #1: Metrics What you Measure Counts.Friday, June 17, 2011

What’s Measured What Counts Enrollments Placement Rate Demographics Earnings Contact Hours Student Satisfaction Course Completion Employer Satisfaction Graduates New Companies Numbers of Awards Return on Investment Award Levels Value to Taxpayer National Benchmarks Efﬁciency Activity PerformanceFriday, June 17, 2011

Traditional higher education is a linear progression built on contact hours, courses, semesters, and degree plans with a primary focus on enrollment growth and, to a lesser degree, completion. We can do better.Friday, June 17, 2011

Solution #2: Packaging Modularized workforce curriculum with embedded certificates in flexible schedules aligned with employer competencies where student success is defined first as job placement, placement not simply completing a course or earning an award.Friday, June 17, 2011

TSMCFriday, June 17, 2011

Fast-Track ModelFriday, June 17, 2011

Solution #3: Funding Value-based funding models where state appropriations are based on the economic return generated by placement rather than the amount of time in seats.Friday, June 17, 2011

Funding output means basing state appropriations on Return on Investment. Placed in Generates More Earning High- More Skilled Premium Demand Tax Talent Wages Careers RevenueFriday, June 17, 2011

Solution #4: Sourcing Given reductions in capacity, employers will need to engage and invest directly into talent pipelines critical to their success.Friday, June 17, 2011

Standard Talent Pipeline Hire Position Full Time Interview Enroll College Career - Quality assurance of new hire is limited. - Retention can suffer if bad ﬁt. - Time to full productivity delayed. - Stronger candidates have been cherry picked. - Insufﬁcient volume of candidates.Friday, June 17, 2011

Improved Talent Pipeline Early Advisory Position Interview Hire Full Time Look Enroll College Career - Quality assurance of new hire is limited. - Retention can suffer if bad ﬁt. - Time to full productivity delayed. - Stronger candidates have been cherry picked. - Insufﬁcient volume of candidates.Friday, June 17, 2011

Extended Talent Pipeline Early Scholar- Advisory Intern Position Interview Hire Full Time Look ship Enroll College Career - Quality assurance of new hire is limited. - Retention can suffer if bad ﬁt. - Time to full productivity delayed. - Stronger candidates have been cherry picked. - Insufﬁcient volume of candidates.Friday, June 17, 2011

Advanced Talent Pipeline Scholar- Hire ship Early Advisory Intern Position Co-Op Interview Full Time Look Enroll College Career - Quality assurance of new hire is limited. - Retention can suffer if bad ﬁt. - Time to full productivity delayed. - Stronger candidates have been cherry picked. - Insufﬁcient volume of candidates.Friday, June 17, 2011

Sponsorship Elements Scholar- ship Advisory Position Sponsor Co-Op Interview Hire Full Time Intern Enroll College Career Visits Part Time Employment Reimbursed Tuition Employment Pay Remaining Tuition Beneﬁts, etc. Candidate Pays Tuition Performance 2 Year Contract - Stronger candidates have been cherry picked. - Insufﬁcient volume of candidates.Friday, June 17, 2011

Capacity Building Talent Pipeline College Advisory Intern Sponsor Co-Op Interview Hire Full Time College Career Secondary Dual Career Tours Camps Enroll Credit Compete Certs Position Interview Scholar- ship Middle School High SchoolFriday, June 17, 2011

Aerospace Capacity PipelineFriday, June 17, 2011

High SchoolFriday, June 17, 2011

MilitaryFriday, June 17, 2011

CollegeFriday, June 17, 2011

CareerFriday, June 17, 2011

Workforce education is not about keeping students in seats. It’s about getting people out of seats and on their feet. Competency is Currency Currency.Friday, June 17, 2011

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Placement is more important than enrollment. Return on investment is more important than a contact hour. Employability is more important than a degree alone.Friday, June 17, 2011

“An excellent plumber is inﬁnitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher philosopher.” Source: Gardner, J. "Excellence: Can We "Excellence: Can We BeToo?", p. 86 (1961) Too?", p. 86 (1961) Source: Gardner, J. Be Equal and Excellent Equal and ExcellentFriday, June 17, 2011

“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy.” Source: Gardner, J. "Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?", p. 86 (1961)Friday, June 17, 2011

“Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” John W. Gardner Source: Gardner, J. "Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?", p. 86 (1961)Friday, June 17, 2011

Moving Beyond Degrees: Why Competency is Currency Thank You Michael Bettersworth Texas State Technical College Follow on Twitter @bettersworth michael.bettersworth@systems.tstc.edu www.forecasting.tstc.edu June 2011 BRAZOS VALLEY WORKFORCEFriday, June 17, 2011

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