The future of community based services and education. Taking a look 5 - 10 years from now.

1. TheFutureofCommunity-
BasedServicesandEducation
Holly Billings
AET 508
April 9, 2018
Jill Van Allen

2. Detailsto
Consider
KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN
ANTICIPATED CHANGES
 Technological Advances
 Diversity
 Population expectations
 Elderly population
 Other special populations
 Possible funding
scenarios
continuing increase in need for
community-based education and
services -

3. 5to10YearOutlook:
futureof
Community-
BasedServices
Changes for the future include:
 Technological Advances
 Higher elderly population as baby boomers continue to
age
 More diverse population including immigration,
doubling of Asian and Hispanic population
 Increase in other special populations, such as
mentally/physically challenged individuals, LGBT
 populations will need to be considered in community-
based educational planning

4. 5to10YearOutlook:
futureof
Community-
BasedEducation
Changes for the future include:
 Increasing emphasis on lifelong learning
 Shorter adult educational programs and courses •
More emphasis on computer based learning •
Technological advances
 Eliminating the “Digital Divide” will be focused on to
bridge the gap so all individuals can obtain access to
technology and the Internet
 Programs, such as Comcast’s Internet Essentials, offer
low-income families Web access for low cost
 Libraries provide Internet access for free
 Many grants offer Internet access devices

5. Community-
BasedEducation
Trends
 Expansion of The Community Concept Through Global
Interconnectivity
 The concept of community has been globalized
 Community is no longer just a locality concept, but
anyone that is connected through the Web
 Time and space no longer are barriers to educational
availability
 Community Higher Education institutions will have to
keep maintaining high standards in the future to
maintain their validity…especially for distance
education.

6. Community-
BasedEducation
Trends
 Advancements in curriculum and delivery methods
with a surge in adult education for personal
development and continued education
 “Many adults are having to set their sights on
obtaining sufficient skills to be more marketable for
employment (Petty, 2014).”
 As the job market continues to develop and change
need for adequate and accessible education for adults
increase
 Making adult education accessible and affordable will
continue to be a focus in order to keep up with the
global trends for employment and marketability
 Program development will continue in the areas
focused on career development, literacy, orientation
and goal setting (Petty, 2014).

7. Funding5-10
YearOutlook
 “Governments should be investing 6% of their
education budgets on adult education and half of that
should go to basic literacy (Archer, 2007).”
 Public-Private Sector Collaborations
 Can not depend entirely on government funding
 mutually beneficial relationships in seeking funding
and resources such as educational grants
 Distance education “has the strong potential to bring
learning to far more people in the world, at lower costs
for a student hour of learning than at present (Bork,
2001).”
 Funding community-based programs and educational
institutions will come from private, federal, state and
other local funding sources

8. FundingTrends
 The U.S. will have to turn to alternative funding options
for community-based programs and education because of
the current economic strains
 Trend will continue over the next 5 to 10 years, especially
with increased financial strain on government programs
from baby boomers
 Distance education programs could begin to lean on
community based programs for support for lower income
students
 Institutions of education may need to rely more heavily
on sponsorships and state funding as opposed to federal
funding.
 Community services for older individuals will have a
bigger focus on self sufficiency and putting funding away
for retirement as the amount of federal funding is
expected to decrease

9. Population
Trends
 Population Trends: Aging The “Baby Boomer”
generation is the largest in terms of size and
percentage of the US population By 2030, the 65+
population will double to 71.5 million and by 2050 will
grow to 86.7 million
 The trend is toward older Americans remaining in the
work force longer than their predecessors
 Younger seniors are more techno-savvy and likely to
seek regular retraining to meet professional and
personal objectives
 They will likely seek both traditional educational
vehicles, such as senior centers and brick & mortar
educational institutions, but also distance learning
(online) alternatives

10. References
 Archer, D. (2007). FINANCING OF ADULT EDUCATION.
Convergence, 40(3), 253-257. Retrieved from
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 Bork, Alfred. (2001),"Adult education, lifelong learning,
and the future", Campus-Wide Information Systems, Vol.
18 Iss 5 pp. 195 - 203
 Cooper, M. (2012, September 12). Census Officials, Citing
Increasing Diversity, Say U.S. Will Be a ‘Plurality Nation’.
Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/us/us-
will-have-no-ethnic-majority-census- finds.html?_r=0
 Petty, T., E.D.D., & Thomas, C. C., P.H.D. (2014).
APPROACHES TO A SUCCESSFUL ADULT
EDUCATION PROGRAM. College Student Journal, 48(3),
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