Show Me the Money: What is the Responsibility of a Community College for Graduate Earnings?
NECC’s latest Carnegie Classification lists us as a “Medium-sized, Professions-focused, Associate-granting” institution with “Higher Access/Lower Earnings” because our graduates, on average, earn less than their peers in the job market eight years after graduation. At the same time, many states (including Massachusetts) are looking at college funding formulas that recognize how successful institutions are at placing graduates in high-skill, high-wage career fields, and national organizations like Achieving the Dream are shifting their focus toward “Community Vibrancy,” which includes upward mobility indicators like annual earnings.
How important should socioeconomic mobility goals be to NECC’s mission, and if they are important, how should they be reflected in the degrees and non-degree programs we offer, in our partnerships, in our hiring and promotion practices, and in other ways?
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