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Oregon’s Middle 40 Goal:
Stackable Certificates & Credentials
Today’s Agenda:
Oregon’s Completion Agenda & 40-40-20 Goal
- What counts for the “middle 40”
- Definitions: credential, industry-recognized
credential, stackable credentials, stackable
certificates
- Career Pathways & stackable credentials
- Why credentials are important moving forward:
more options for students & workers
Completion Agenda
• 40% of Oregonians with bachelor’s degree or
higher by 2025
• 40% of Oregonians with a postsecondary certificate
or associates degrees Certificate completion &
continued education
• 20% of Oregonians with a high school diploma or
GED (only)
• Federal and state focus on student persistence and
completion through outcomes based funding and
key performance measures
Recommendations for Achieving the
“Middle 40”
• Higher Education Coordinating Commission
(HECC) & Oregon Workforce Investment Board
(OWIB)
• Joint taskforce report published report 9/14:
http://education.oregon.gov/Documents/HECC/O
ctober%2014,%202014/8.0%20HECCOWIB%20Task%20Force%20Report.pdf
• New Workforce legislation (WIOA) measures
• Proposed legislation: HB2410 Non-credit
certificates
Oregon Data Shows Need for More
Certificates to meet 40-40-20 Goal
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Based on projected employer needs, Oregon colleges and universities are generating
too few two-year certificates and too many graduate degrees.
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Research by ECONorthwest for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
The analysis attempted to quantify workforce supply and demand based on
employment department data, employer tax records, surveys and projected college
degree and output for 2012-17.
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The jobs with the highest anticipated openings over the five-year study period are
office clerks, nurses and truck drivers. The findings include:
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Certificates: Projected recipients, 24,738. Projected openings, 61,122. (40%)
Associates: Projected recipients, 46,389. Projected openings, 26,794. (173%)
Bachelors: Projected recipients, 47,360. Projected openings, 50,352. (94%)
Graduate degrees: Projected recipients, 50,340. Projected openings, 29,491. (171%)
Credentials: an umbrella term
• Credentials include: degrees, diplomas, credit
certificates, non-credit certificates, workreadiness certificates, badges, industry
certifications, professional certifications,
apprenticeships, and licenses--• All of which in different ways testify to an
individual’s knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Types of Credentials
• Postsecondary Education Credentials awarded
by accredited postsecondary institutions for
completion of a course of study include:
degrees, certificates, and diplomas
• Industry or Occupational Credentials awarded
by third-party nongovernmental certification
body, such as an industry or occupational
association include certifications, licenses, and
certificates.
Stackable Credentials Definition
• Defined by US Department of Labor (TEGL 15-10)
• “part of a sequence of credentials that can be
accumulated over time to build up an individual’s
qualifications and help them to move along a
career pathways or up a career ladder to different
and potentially higher paying jobs”
• Scaling “Stackable Credentials”: Implications for
Implementation and Policy”, CLASP, March 2014
Questions from you & for Discussion
• What industry or occupational credentials are
students in your high school or community college
interested in?
• How do students learn about industry-credentials?
• How knowledgeable are students in your high
school or community college about stackable
credentials or certificates?
• How do students learn about a CTE career path
options in your high school or community college?
Credentials on national scene
• U.S. Department of Labor TEGL 15-10
• “Making a Market for Industry-Recognized
Credentials”, Center for a Skilled Workforce (CSW),
October 2013
• “Call for a National Conversation on Creating a
Competency-based Credentialing Ecosystem”,
CLASP, CSW & other national organizations, 2014
• Credentialing Data Pioneers: Forging New
Partnerships to measure certifications and licenses”,
Workforce Data Quality Campaign, April 2014
Credentials on national scene (continued)
• Workforce Credential Coalition (20 states
including Oregon led by NC & CA)
• CLASP Alliance for Quality Career Pathways (10
states including Oregon ) focus on Career
Pathways Framework
• U.S. Credentialing Framework to be released April
2015 by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
(CSW) funded by Lumina Foundation
http://skilledwork.org/news/csw-to-lead-study-todefine-quality-certificates/
Oregon Community College’s
Stackable Credentials
• Career Pathway (CPCC) & Less Than One Year
Certificates (LTOY) Certificates (12-44 credits)
• Certificates of Completion 45+ credits
• “Milestones” and “momentum points” to an
associates degree
• “Stackable” to an associates degree
• Provide entry and exit options for students and
workers advancing in education & work over time
Policy Direction Drives
Increased Completions
• State Board of Education approved Career
Pathway Certificate (CPCC) effective July 1, 2007.
• CTE program Certificates tied to competencies for
jobs in local labor market & approved by
employers
• More than 350 Career Pathway Certificates offered
statewide (12-44 credits)
• More than 100 Less Than One Year (LTOY)
Certificates offered statewide (12-44 credits)
• 50+ short-term certificates aligned to industryrecognized credentials (AWS, CNA, CDA, etc.)
Certificates Research
• Pathways in Oregon: Descriptive Study 2013
http://www.oregon.gov/ccwd/pdf/PATHWAYS/Pathway
sDescriptiveStudy.pdf
• “Certificates: Gateway to College & Employment”,
Georgetown Center for Workforce, June 2012
• “What about Certificates? Evidence on the Labor
Market Returns to Non-Degree Community Colleges in
Two States” (VA & NC) (A CAPSEE Working Paper),
November, 2014
• “Labor Market Returns to Sub-Baccalaureate
Credentials: How Much Does a Community College
Degree of Certificate Pay?”, November 2014
Career Pathway Roadmap Webtool:
statewide solution for students & job seekers
• Oregon-grown Open Source Software
• More than 450 roadmaps and 400 HS to CC
programs of study (POSTs)
• Linked to OLMIS Occupational Reports
• http://oregon.ctepathways.org (guest login)
• Access Career Pathway webpage on all 17 CC
websites through: www.MyPathCareers.org/cp
• Access POSTs statewide through (just released):
http://oregon.cteprogramsofstudy.org
• 400,000+ “hits” since July 2009
Presenters today…
Shalee Hodgson
Systems Innovation Manager
Oregon Employment Department
[email protected]
Mimi Maduro
Pathways Initiative Statewide Director
Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development
(CCWD)
541-506-6105
[email protected]