1. Mobilizing for Collective
Impact: A Survival Strategy for
Our Cities
Presented by
Dr. James L. Applegate
Vice President, Lumina Foundation

2. Goal 2025
To increase the percentage of
Americans who hold high-quality
college credentials to 60 percent by
2025.

3. How Will the U.S. Get There?
One Scenario
Improved high school graduation and college going 3,631,000
Improved public college completion rates 5,314,629
Adults, first time in college 1,531,371
Returning adults (some college no degree) 7,241,956
High-value certificates 6,689,022
Total additional degrees by 2025: 24,407,978

4. The Road to Reaching Goal 2025 Runs
Through our Cities
2010 U.S.
Population
66% in Top 100
Metros
37.4% in Top 20
Metros

5. How Will Your City Get There?

6. To Succeed Our Cities Must Mobilize
for Collective Impact
1. Sense of urgency
2. Multi-sector cadre of champions
3. A common agenda
4. Shared measurement and accountability
5. Aligned activities-a joint plan of action
6. Continuous communication and rules of
engagement to build trust
7. A backbone organization

7. Creating a Sense of Urgency

8. Korea
62
60
58
US states
25 to 34 year olds
56 Canada/Japan
Massachusetts 54 A Global Sense of
52 Urgency
50
Minnesota
New York 48 Ireland
North Dakota/Iowa/Connecticut Norway/New Zealand
New Jersey 46
Maryland United Kingdom/Australia
New Hampshire/Nebraska 44 Luxembourg
South Dakota/Illinois/Pennsylvania/Vermont France/Israel
Virginia/Kansas/Rhode Island 42 Belgium/United States
Colorado Sweden
Wisconsin/Washington/Hawaii 40 Netherlands/Switzerland
Finland
Utah/Ohio 38 Spain
Missouri/Montana Estonia/Denmark
Indiana/CA/DE/NC/MI/ID 36 Iceland
Florida/Oregon/South Carolina/Maine Poland/Chile
Wyoming/Georgia 34
Mississippi/Alabama 32
KY/TN/OK/AZ/AK/TX
New Mexico 30 Slovenia
Nevada Greece
Louisiana/West Virginia 28
Arkansas 26 Germany
Hungary
24
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9. A New Urgency--Post Recession

10. An Urgency Bred of Income Inequality’s Threat to
Our Civic Infrastructure

11. An Urgent Need for Public Revenue

12. Convene a Cadre of Champions
The Big Multi-Sector Table
Business
Political
Educational
Philanthropic
Community-based
Advocacy
Faith-based

13. Develop a Common Agenda in
Partnership With Key
Stakeholders
A shared vision for change…a common
goal and understanding of the problem... a
joint approach to solving it that produces
emergent solutions-NOT a commitment to
a predetermined solution

14. A Common Agenda Focused On
Culture Change
1. Values-Based Change of Policies and
Practices
2. Data Driven Definition of Key Issues
and Gaps
3. Asset Based
4. Systemic vs. “Islands of Excellence”
5. Fueled by Commitment and Curiosity

15. A Common Agenda Focused On
College Access and Success
Participation
Attainment
Completion

16. A Common Agenda Focused On
21st Century Students
Of the 17.6M undergrads now enrolled 75% are
juggling work, family, and school

17. A Common Agenda Focused on Adults

18. A Common Agenda Focused on Equity

19. A Common Agenda Focused on
Income Gaps
B.A. Rate by Age
24 (2010)
Young People from
Highest Income 79%
Quartile
Young People from
Lowest Income 11%
Quartile
Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970 to 2008.

20. What Grows from Commitment to
A Common Agenda?
1. Shared Metrics Defining Success
2. An Engaged Community and Greater
Public Will
3. A Joint Plan of Action
4. A “Backbone Organization”
5. Commitment to Common
Processes, Continuous
Communication, and the Development
Source: of Trust.

21. It Takes A Village: Common Purpose /
Aligned Action
Lumina As A Partner Will
1. Dramatically expand our
partner cities
2. Stimulate urgency
3. Promote champions
4. Provide targeted support
for collective impact
implementation
5. Support aligned
technical assistance
6. Create communities of
practice

22. Mobilizing for Impact on Our
People, Our Economy, Our
Democracy, Our Cities