Community based education in 2022
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AET 508 slide show about the anticipated changes in adult and community based learning over the years.
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- 1. Community-Based Education in 2022 Tabatha Spears University of Phoenix AET 508 April 24, 2017
- 2. Assumed Changes to Adult and Community-based Education • Focus on bettering communities through learning • Greater diversity – Gender – Age – Sexual orientation • More employer support and involvement • State and Federal government impact • Funding avenues
- 3. Current and Anticipated Community Involvement 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Student Population Women in higher education diversity full time student 2022 2014 2000
- 4. Possible Funding Scenarios • State/Federal Loans • Employer supported • Community-funded Class 2017 2022 Loans 82 60 Employer 10 20 Community 8 20
- 5. State and Local Government Involvement Legislative Initiatives • Improve financial regulations • Reduce overall costs of education by limiting profit margin • Create open access community colleges • Enforce reduction in for-profit educators and implement plans for community-based learning Support of Community • Enact laws that support and benefit local learning programs • Provide enhanced budgets specific to populations based on their community activity Recognition of Employers • Ensure that employers supporting adult education and community-based learning are recognized for their efforts
- 6. Impact of Diversity Big Changes • More diverse classrooms • Higher number of educational resources • Deeper community bonds • Cultural equality • Higher level of self-actualization
- 8. References Adult Education Matters. (2017, April 24). Retrieved from http://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/ Atkins, C. V. (2017, April 24). Community Based Education . Retrieved from http://www.adi.org/journal/ss01/chapters/Chapter11-Villani&Atkins.pdf NCES. (2017, April 24). Back to School Statistics. Retrieved from National Center for Education Statistics: https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372 Phelan, D. J. (2014), The Clear and Present Funding Crisis in Community Colleges. New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014: 5–16. doi:10.1002/cc.20116
Editor's Notes
- Over the next five years, it is anticipated that there will be great progress in the realm of adult and community-based education. There will be changes in nearly all aspects of how students approach community-based learning, the impact od diversity and government, as well as funding availabilities. It will be a period of growth and development.
- The above bullets should be seen as assumptions based upon current statistics, needs, and desires of students for the future of adult education. The most pertinent of these changes will be in the drive of adult learners themselves wanting to improve their communities by increasing the amount of community-based learning resources and services provided, as well as participating in them. With the rise of the millennials comes more and more diverse groups of students seeking to advance their knowledge in various areas including adult learning centers that are community-based equipped with services such as job enrichment and basic life skills courses. (Atkins, 2017)
- Using data gleaned from the National Center for Education Statistics, it can be seen that there has been a steady trend of growth in the highlighted areas of concentration. The numbers for the year 2022 are assumptions based upon theories of changes that could or should be implemented to improve the country’s community-based learning industry as a whole as well as taking into consideration that employers will become more involved with the training and development of their workforce, therefore limiting the growth of full-time students to a minimum. This will also impact the need for students to access outside funding, therefore reducing the involvement of the state and federal government on educational financing. (NCES, 2017)
- The above graphic is a snapshot of how funding is allocated per 100 students in the United States (based upon assumptions for both 2017 and 2022); the ideal impact and proposed changes in how employers and communities absorb the impact of educational costs that would have been placed upon the federal and state governments. This will encourage the legislature to further improve the educational infrastructure by providing overhead funding for communities that have a high level of involvement as well as assisting employers who support employee training and development by allowing them special tax deferments or awarding them with accolades for community involvement and dedication to the future of education.
- There is a great issue when it comes to the protection of learners and their bottom line. For-profit educators are popping up all over the country, either as brick and mortor establishments or as online universities. The cost of not getting a higher education is nearly as high as not pursuing it; it is a fact that those who have a degree with earn more (and more often than not be chosen over those who do not). Phelan (2014) states that community college funding is in extreme crisis and there must be steps taken in order to create an all access community college environment to support the knowledge based economy that we live in. Laws should be drawn up and enacted that will protect communities from those organizations that would seek to make a large profit off of the needs of the people to further their educations in order to be successful in the workplace. A federal cap on how much a school/training establishment can charge learners should also be implemented. This will not only reduce students debt, but will enable more adults to take courses that will increase their knowledge-base and make them more productive in the workforce, ultimately improving their community.
- The statistics from NCES show that there has been a significant increase in diversity when it comes to higher education; this is assumed to also include community-based learning. More diversity means a greater depth of cultural understanding, a plethora of ideas that may not have been thought of as well as deepening the bond between members of the community. When resources and services are available to all members of a community, regardless of their population, it community itself benefits. This goes back to the belief that community-based education and services are not solely for the learner, but for all of those around them.
- The graphic above, from Educate and Elevate (2017), shows precisely why there should (and will) be changes in the American adult learner industry. The workforce needs educational services in order to provide for their families which ultimately benefits the community they live in. The website discusses the need for legislation, as well as highlights changes that have already been made throughout the country in all aspects of education, not just community-based adult resources. From today, in April of 2017, to the year 2022, there will be a great many changes. Not all of them will be what is desired by the community, but many of them will positively impact the country by engaging communities more in the development of their own learning resources, to the reduction in student debt thereby allowing more adults to benefit from higher education.