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H. Kent Weldon Annual Conference for Higher Education
Debra HumphreysAssociation of American Colleges & Universities
Learning Outcomes for Work, Life and Citizenship:
What All Students Need for Meaningful Opportunity and Success
“A COLLABORATION AMONG EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, POLICYMAKERS, AND EMPLOYERS”
It is my wish that this be the most educated country in the world, and toward that end I
hereby ordain that each and every one of my
people be given a diploma.
The World is Demanding MoreThere is a demand for more numbers
of college educated workers.
There is also a demand that those educated workers and citizens have
higher levels of learning and knowledge, and some new and
different skills and abilities.
Increasing Demand for Educated Workforce
Note: Brown indicates jobs requiring high school or less and Blue indicates jobs requiring some college or more. Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
The Growing Demand for Higher Order SkillsSource: Council on Competitiveness, Competitiveness Index
Employer Perspective“my company lives and dies on our ability to innovate and to create the new products and processes that give us an edge in this very competitive global economy. ESCO needs people who have both a command of certain specific skills and robust problem-solving and communication skills.”
Steven Pratt, CEO, ESCO Corp. and Chair of the Oregon Business Council
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Narrow Learning is Not EnoughThe LEAP Essential Learning
OutcomesKnowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World
Focused on engagement with big questions, enduring and contemporary
Intellectual and Practical SkillsPracticed extensively across the curriculum, in the context of progressively more challenging problems, projects, and standards for performance
Personal and Social ResponsibilityAnchored through active involvement with diverse communities and real-world challenges
Integrative LearningDemonstrated through the application of knowledge, skills, and responsibilities to new settings and complex problems
National Surveys of Employers on College Learning and Graduates’ Work ReadinessAAC&U commissioned Hart Research Associates (in 2006, 2007, and in late
2009) to interview employers (C-level suite executives and, in 2009 additional human resource professionals) whose companies report that hiring relatively large numbers of college graduates
Findings are summarized in the following reports:How Should Colleges Prepare Students to Succeed in Today’s
Global Economy? (AAC&U, 2007)How Should Colleges Assess and Improve Student Learning?
Employers’ Views on the Accountability Challenge (AAC&U, 2008)
Raising the Bar: Employers’ Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn (AAC&U, 2010)
See: www.aacu.org/leap/public_opinion_research
HARTRESEARCHP e t e r D
A S S O T E SC I A
Raising The BarEmployers’ Views On College Learning In The Wake Of The Economic Downturn
Key findings from survey among 302 employersConducted October 27 – November 17, 2009
for
2009 AAC&U Survey Methodology
Survey among 302 executives at private sector and non-profit organizations that have 25 or more employees
Each reports that 25% or more of their new hires hold an associate’s degree from a two-year college or a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college.
Overall margin of error = +5.7 percentage points
Source: Raising the Bar (AAC&U, 2010)
Employers’ Expectations of Employees Have Increased
88%
88%
90%
91%
% who agree with each statement
Our company is asking employees to take on more responsibilities and to use a broader set of skills than in the past
Employees are expected to work harder to coordinate with other departments than in the past
The challenges employees face within our company are more complex today than they were in the past
To succeed in our company, employees need higher levels of learning and knowledge today than they did in the past
How good a job are our colleges/universities doing in
preparing students effectively for the challenges of today’s global
economy?
19% 49%
28%
20% 40%
26%
Doing good job Some improvement needed Significant improvement needed
60%
68%
Two-year colleges and universities
Four-year colleges and universities
70%
70%
71%
75%
75%
79%
81%
89%
Employers’ Top Priorities For Student Learning Outcomes In
College% saying two- and four-year colleges should place MORE emphasis on helping students develop these skills, qualities, capabilities, knowledge
Effective oral/written communication
Critical thinking/ analytical reasoning
Knowledge/skills applied to real world settings
Analyze/solve complex problems
Connect choices and actions to ethical
decisionsTeamwork skills/ ability
to collaborateAbility to innovate and
be creativeConcepts/developments
in science/technology
Key Capabilities Open the Door for Career Success and Earnings
“Irrespective of college major or institutional selectivity, what matters to career success is students’ development of a broad set of cross-cutting capacities…”
Anthony Carnevale, Georgetown UniversityCenter on Education and the Workforce
Emerging Consensus on Outcomes—Getting Serious About Defining and Delivering on the Outcomes
• LEAP—Essential Learning Outcomes and National Report• The Lumina Degree Profile—defines areas of learning and key reference points for achievement at different levels• LEAP States—WI Growth Agenda Shared Learning Goals, Utah 2020• Individual LEAP Schools—IUPUI Principles of Undergraduate Learning, IPFW Framework for BA Degree, Miami-Dade
Learning Outcomes Covenant, Wagner Plan for Practical Liberal Arts
Across all These Outcome Frameworks—in LEAP States and Institutions
• Focus on both disciplinary and cross-cutting outcomes• Focus on integration and coherence of curricular design and delivery (incl. faculty development, gen ed/majors, advising, support)• Focus on high-impact educational practices that increase engagement, application, integration—and result in learning and higher rates of
completion• Focus on assessments that develop competence and are based on signature milestone performances that demonstrate ability to apply learning
“In a world of relentless change, all students need the kind of education that leads
them to ask not just ‘how do we get this done?’ but also ‘what is
most worth doing?’”