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Addressing Higher Education Challenges in Colorado: Key Policy Conversations and Goals

On October 24, 2011, Colorado's education leaders, including Dr. Matt Gianneschi from the Department of Higher Education, and legislators from the House and Senate Education Committees, gathered to discuss pressing issues in higher education. They addressed topics such as college affordability, high school to college matriculation rates, and remediation strategies. Key goals include increasing degree attainment to meet workforce demands, closing attainment gaps for underserved communities, improving remediation outcomes, and pursuing public funding strategies to balance state support and tuition revenues.

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Addressing Higher Education Challenges in Colorado: Key Policy Conversations and Goals

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  1. Colorado Community College Summit October 24, 2011 Conversations with Policy makers Matt Gianneschi, Ph.D. Deputy Executive Director Colorado Department of Higher Education

  2. Legislators • Tom Massey, Chair, House Education Committee • Bob Bacon, Chair, Senate Education Committee • Keith King, Member, Senate Education Committee • Mike Johnston, Member, Senate Education Committee

  3. Concurrent Enrollment Summary, Fall 2010 (Source: CDHE)

  4. High School to College Matriculation, 2010 (Source: CDHE)

  5. Remediation in Colorado, Fall 2010 (Source: CDHE)

  6. Medicaid Enrollment Growth

  7. HIED Finance: Mix of Public Funds & Tuition, 2000 - 2012

  8. Are college costs out of control?

  9. Total Revenue per FTE, Adjusted for Inflation

  10. Affordability: Tuition’s Share of Household Income

  11. Preliminary CCHE Master Plan Goals • Goal 1: Increase degree attainment across Colorado in order to meet future workforce demands. • Goal 2: Close gaps in degree attainment among students from traditionally underserved communities, in particular, Latinos, students from rural communities, and students from lower socioeconomic households. • Goal 3: Improve outcomes in remedial education by successfully aligning the state’s postsecondary admission and remedial policies with the state’s K-12 system, by assisting the state’s school districts in identifying and addressing students’ developmental needs before graduating from high school, and by scaling up successful innovations in developmental placement and instruction. • Goal 4: Pursue public funding that will allow public institutions of higher education to meet projected enrollment demands while maintaining current productivity efficiencies. In addition, pursue public funding to lower the burden on students by achieving a mix of revenues that equals 50 percent state funds and 50 percent tuition and fees.

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