Given by Assistant Commissioner of Academic Affairs Blair Carruth at the joint meeting of the Board of Regents and Institutional Boards of Trustees 07-30-2015, at Southern Utah University

2. USHE’s Role in CTE
Joint Working Meeting for Regents and Trustees
July 30, 2015
Blair Carruth
Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs
Utah System of Higher Education

3. Federal Perkins Act
Definition of CTE
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The term ‘career
and technical education’ means organized educational activities
that—
‘‘(A) offer a sequence of courses that—
‘‘(i) provides individuals with coherent and rigorous
content aligned with challenging academic standards
and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed
to prepare for further education and careers in current
or emerging professions;
‘‘(ii) provides technical skill proficiency, an
industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate
degree; and
‘‘(iii) may include prerequisite courses (other than
a remedial course) that meet the requirements of this
subparagraph; and
‘‘(B) include competency-based applied learning that
contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning
and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general
employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific
skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry,
including entrepreneurship, of an individual.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Institutional CTE Directors
USU- Bruce Miller, Russell Goodrich
WSU- Julie Snowball
SUU- Eric Freden
Snow- Mike Medley
DSU- Victor Hasfurther
UVU- Kim Chiu
SLCC- Rick Bouillon

7. Regional CTE Coordination Councils
USHE, UCAT, School Districts
Bear River- USU
Unitah Basin- USU
Wasatch Front North- WSU
Wasatch Front South- SLCC
Mountainland- UVU
Central- Snow
Southeast- USUE
Southwest- SUU, DSU

8. Post-secondary CTE Student FTE
Distribution by Institution

9. 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 Completion
Associate of Applied Science Degrees

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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 degree
The following two charts provide earnings
information within these categories

15. Utah Estimated Lifetime Earning by Education Attainment Level
Full-time Workers (35+ hours a week) as percent of HS Graduate
Lifetime Earnings
74%
100%
108%
112%
120%
160%
218%
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
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

16. Utah Median Incomes by Select Education
Attainment and Age for Full-time Workers
$28,000
$38,000
$42,000
$45,000
$47,500
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
Less than HS HS Grad Some college, but less than 1
year
1 or more years of college
credit, no degree
Associate's degree
25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64

17. USHE Utah Wages Information
Dashboard
Located at http://higheredutah.org/data/utah-wage-
information
Uses DWS, USHE and UDA Data
Has some limitations but is a good indicator of wage
data for USHE graduates
Example 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Funding Formulas
State Level
Based on state per-capita income and population in
three age cohorts (15-19,20-24, and 25-65)
Post-secondary
Based on participants in CTE courses who fall into
any of the following three groups:
PELL grant recipients
Students who receive assistance from BIA
Students who receive assistance from DWS

23. Perkins Accountability
• Technical Skill Attainment
• Completers
• Retention
• Employment
• Non-traditional Participation
• Non-traditional Completion

24. 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 MOE
Comparison
% of
Expenditures
to Previous 3 year
Average
UU - - - - - - -
USU $4,696,620 $9,037,740 $11,819,448 $8,517,936 $8,966,260 -24% 105%
WSU $10,396,591 $10,784,621 $11,346,164 $10,842,459 $13,167,876 16% 121%
SUU $2,786,182 $3,359,589 $3,342,156 $3,162,642 $3,163,981 -5% 100%
SNOW $4,011,339 $3,260,010 $3,597,826 $3,623,058 $3,469,873 -4% 96%
DSU $2,842,126 $2,639,031 $2,870,727 $2,783,961 $3,616,050 26% 130%
UVU $20,175,623 $20,971,551 $19,975,631 $20,374,268 $21,895,974 10% 107%
SLCC $26,186,227 $26,438,106 $26,662,523 $26,428,952 $26,666,797 0% 101%
Total $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.