higher education compact of greater cleveland
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April 7,2014
Maggie McGrath, Project Director, Higher Education Compact
Dr. Michele Scott Taylor, Chief Program Officer, College Now
“Research that’s been done at the Federal
Reserve Bank of Cleveland shows there are
two primary drivers to income growth.
Those two drivers are the skill level of the
workforce and innovation. 75 years ago,
this region was in the top two in both of
those metrics. Today we’ve fallen behind.”
Sandra Pianalto
President & Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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Ohio Counties25 to 64 year olds
Cuyahoga (Cleveland)
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota
South Dakota
Rhode IslandHawaii, Washington
Iowa, California, Oregon, Wisconsin
Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah
Michigan
Missouri, Ohio, Idaho, Arizona, SCIndiana, New Mexico, Texas
Alabama, Oklahoma, TennesseeNevadaMississippi, Kentucky
Louisiana
ArkansasWest Virginia
New Hampshire
New Jersey, MarylandNew York, Vermont, Virginia
Pennsylvania, US Average, Montana, DelawareNorth Carolina, Florida, Maine, Georgia, Wyoming
Franklin
Wood/Hamilton
Hancock/Butler
Fairfield/Lake
Clermont
Greene
Allen/ Clark
Delaware
Columbiana
Huron /Ashtabula
Geauga
Erie
Knox/ Jefferson
Belmont
Athens
Darke
Ashland
Warren
Out of every 100 CMSD students who started 9th grade in 2007…
1) College completion rates are extremely low for CMSD
Students
15% CMSD vs 30% nationally
2)80% of CMSD graduates go to 15 Higher Education
Institutions
3)CMSD college completion rates on the 15 campuses
average about half the overall institutional rates
(largely at the public institutions)
December 2010:
Mayor appointed a small group to develop recommendations to create a community
action plan to increase college readiness, access and persistence in Cleveland.
December 2010-July 2011:
Group collected data, reviewed existing efforts, completed research and conducted interviews,
developed a white paper - developed four recommendations to create Higher Education
1.Publicly launch the Higher Education Compact
2. Adopt a Dashboard to Measure Progress
3. Develop an efficient and effective organizational structure
4. Continue planning for expansion of initiative and scholarship
October 2011:
Launched Higher Education Compact of Greater
Does the student have the awareness,
opportunity, support, and financing
necessary to select and
attend a college that is the “right fit?”
Does the student have the academic and
self-management skills, resilience,
resources, and institutional support to
successfully navigate and persevere
through college?
Does the student have the content knowledge, critical thinking and research skills, and academic habits to successfully complete college work
without remediation?
What makes the
difference between a
good movie and a bad
movie?
“Getting everyone
involved to make the
same movie!”
- Francis Ford Coppola
Raising the Bar: Dashboard Report released in December 2012 and 2013
Cleveland Rocks the FAFSA!
Annual Best Practices Symposium held in June 2012 and 2013
Reverse Transfer Program
Building Trust – requires dedicated engagement,
patience, deliberation, debate and conflict
Data Analysis – access to good data and data
analysis on an ongoing basis
Long Term Focus – this work takes time and
patience; results are not immediate
Comfort with Ambiguity – the path is not always
clear and may need to be changed
Building Strong Communities – not just strong
institutions, build leadership within the network
structure to sustain change
