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Pennsylvania’s 21st Century Workforce Initiatives
Overview
• 21st Century Economic Realities
• PA Workforce Development Goals
• Job Ready PA Investments
• Focus on Targeted Industry Clusters
• Discussion
The Knowledge Based Economy
“Today, the knowledge required to run the economy
which is far more complex than in our past, is both
deeper and broader than ever before. We need to
ensure that education in the United States, formal or
otherwise, is supplying skills adequate for the
effective functioning of our economy.”
…………Alan Greenspan, Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the
US Federal Reserve, at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
2004 Annual Meeting, Omaha, 20 February 2004
21st Century Economic Realities
• Rapidly changing new technologies
• Globalization
• Shift to a service-dominated economy
• Business restructuring
• Erosion of career ladders
• Increase in career and job changes
21st Century Economic Realities
Median Personal Income of Pennsylvania Workers
Median Personal Income of Pennsylvania Workers, Ages 18-64, by
by Educational
Attainment,
2005
Educational Attainment,
2005
0
Less than a High School Diploma
High School Diploma or GED only
Some College, No degree
Associates Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Post-Graduate Degree
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
$17,001
$25,263
$26,581
$35,000
$45,480
$61,012
21st Century Economic Realities
Unskilled jobs are disappearing and demand for higher
skills is rising
Source: U.S. Bureau of Census and Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Center for Workforce
Information and Analysis (Pennsylvania statewide)
PA Workforce Development Goals
• Strengthen Pennsylvania Industries and Create
Industry-Led Training Strategies
• Increase Opportunities for Pennsylvania’s
Residents
• Prepare Our Youth for the Careers of Tomorrow
• Implement Rigorous Accountability Standards
Job Ready PA: $91 million in new investment
Job Ready PA: Keeping Pennsylvania
Competitive; Creating Opportunities
2006 - 2007 Proposed Budget
New State Funds Redirected Funds
Creating Industry Partnerships
Incumbent Worker Training
Workforce Advancement Grant For Education (WAGE)
Advanced Technology Workers
Community College **
Career & Technical Education
High School Reform – Project 720
Tutoring
Expanding Nurse Education Capacity
$5,000,000
$15,000,000
$10,000,000
$3,000,000
$12,600,000
$2,955,000
$9,000,000
$66,000,000
$10,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
**Increased funding for community colleges of $22.8 million in fiscal year 05/06, the largest increase in 15 years, is
enhanced with another increase of $12.6 million in fiscal year 06/07
Job Ready PA: Industry Partnerships
Strengthen Pennsylvania Industries and Create
Industry-Led Training Strategies
• Develop Regional Industry Partnerships
– Align training and education resources to industry
demand
– Aggregate training needs
– Promote industry-recognized certifications and
develop career ladders within and between firms
Pennsylvania’s Workforce System Must Be Industry-Led:
Nationally Award Winning Cluster Analysis
2002 Average
Monthly Employment
867,868
81,564
786,304
2002 Average
Annual Wages
$39,366
$64,457
$36,763
Business and Financial Services
Education
Advanced Materials and Diversified Manufacturing
Chemicals, Rubber and Plastics
Electronics
Metals and Metal Fabrication
Printing
Vehicle and Vehicle Equipment
776,404
536,572
495,482
79,936
75,760
141,001
42,397
45,029
$42,845
$35,121
$43,061
$46,643
$50,792
$41,060
$37,196
$48,267
Building and Construction
347,795
$40,927
Agriculture and Food Production
Food Processing
314,088
86,865
$26,308
$36,106
Information and Communication Services
Logistics and Transportation
Lumber Wood and Paper
Targeted Industry Clusters
209,442
136,946
105,525
3,790,122
$56,742
$36,588
$34,317
$39,741
Total Statewide
Percent of Total in Targeted Clusters
5,507,323
68.80%
$35,791
111.00%
Targeted Industry Cluster
Life Sciences
Bio-Medical
Health Care
Focus on High Priority Occupations
• Aligns workforce training and education
dollars with targeted industry clusters
• Defined as:
– Job categories in demand by employers
– Have higher skill needs
– Most likely to provide family-sustaining
wages
Focus on High Priority Occupations
• High Priority Occupations Will Govern:
– Equipment and curriculum development grants to
Career and Technical Education centers
– WAGE - financial aid for working adults
– Community College stipends for credit workforce
development courses and reimbursement for noncredit workforce development courses
– Equipment grants for areas of the state that are
educationally underserved
Job Ready PA Investments
Increase Opportunities for Pennsylvania’s
Residents
• Opportunities for those already employed
– Train 7,000 incumbent workers in targeted
industries
– Provide 10,000 adult students with financial aid
through Workforce Assistance Grants for Education
(WAGE)
– Increased funding for community colleges
Industry led Initiatives Keep Businesses
Competitive and Create Opportunity
Address Pennsylvania’s Critical Health Career
Needs
A $40 million PHEAA funded initiative
supporting PA Center for Health Career’s
Nurse Education Capacity Recommendations:
– Nurse Educator Fellowships
– Clinical Education Expansion Programs
– Attraction and Retention Projects
Make Getting More Education and a
Degree More Affordable for Adults
Accelerate Degree Attainment
Core-to-Core Articulation
– Require colleges to accept all credits from
one community college to another and
from community colleges to 4-year colleges
and universities
– Accelerate degree attainment by making
credits transferable
Make Getting More Education and A
Degree More Affordable for Adults
Accelerate Degree Attainment
Prior Learning Assessment
• Develop a credit course or a non-credit
instructional program that assists students in
evaluating and awards credit for knowledge
and skills gained from non-traditional
education and work experience
• Accelerate degree attainment through prior
learning assessment
Higher Education in the 2006-07 Budget:
Pennsylvania is making significant
investments in higher education funding in the 2006-07 budget, increasing funding by 3.7
percent. According to a 2005-06 study by the College Board, Pennsylvania had the best
national ranking for tuition at four-year public institutions.
5.0% increase for the Community Colleges . . . .
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$ 264.7 M
4.5% operating increase for State System of Higher Education ……………...
$483.0 M
4.0% operating increases for the State-Related Universities
Penn State University . . . .
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University of Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Temple University . . .
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Lincoln University . . . .
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Total – State-Related Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$322.4 M
$163.1 M
$168.7 M
$13.5 M
$667.7 M
3.0% for Non-State Related Universities and Colleges . . . .
$ 87.5 M
4.9% increase for the Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency’s Grants to Students program . . . . .
119.4% for SciTech Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expansion of clinical education opportunities and student
retention activities to address a projected shortage of nurses
...
$386.2 M
$ 6.8 M
$ 10.0 M
Job Ready PA Investments
Prepare Our Youth for the Careers of Tomorrow
•Improve the skills of high school graduates
–Project 720
–Dual Enrollment
–Career and Technical Education
Performance Management Plan
Implemented July 1, 2004
•Workforce and economic indicators demonstrating how
Pennsylvania compares to other states
•Common quantitative measures for all programs
•Strategic measures that determine whether the program
met overall commonwealth goals
•Publish Annual Reports
High Performance Local Workforce
Investment Boards
Prepare Our Youth for the Careers of Tomorrow
•Set new standards based on industry needs, high priority
occupations
•Demand high performance
- $22 million in incentives
•Provide technical assistance
•Require corrective action
•Institute interventions
Discussion & Questions
For more information on any projects
contact our office at (717) 783-7184
Online at
www.paworkforce.state.pa.us