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Leadership Conference 2014
Driving prosperity
Increased Spending on Vehicle Purchases Due to Education
$3,400
$3,200
$3,000
$2,800
$2,600
$2,400
$2,200
$2,000
$1,800
$1,600
$1,400
$1,200
$1,000
$800
$600
$400
$200
$0
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college
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How do we do it?
• 9.3 million unemployed in September
• 3 million unique job postings on-line
90th %
$111.93
Total jobs
4,097
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
$99.52
1,110
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Kansas City, MO-KS
$77.36
$76.92
$58.17
$54.94
$54.51
471
955
401
328
278
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Information gap
• “Houston is expected to add more than 100,000
middle-skill jobs by 2017, with 40% paying $20
per hour or more…” – USA TODAY
• “Joseph Poole will make more than $100,000 in
wages and overtime by the end of the year…
Poole landed it with a two-year course at a local
community college.” – USA TODAY
• There is a bias against these jobs because people
don’t know… and their parents don’t know.
Information gap
• William C. Symonds, lead author of "Pathways
to Prosperity says: "You will find a lot of kids
with a four-year degree who do not have a
clue as to what they'll do."
4-year degree
Finish
Drop-out
2-year
2-year
degree
degree
Drop-out
Finish
What we are doing
• We are striving to show the connection
between great jobs and the right education.
• Find Your Calling
What we are doing
• We are striving to make decision-ready
information accessible to everyone who needs
it when and where they need it.
But wait, there’s more
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Certification
GAP
9 out of 10 Aspen award winners were partners
State level impact studies
Ethnicity by occupation
Australia and Germany joining other countries
Countless success for customers (grants, better
decisions, better lives)