Presentation for Education Industry Investment Forum introducing private equity investors & for-profit education leaders to market potential & community need of this underserved education segment.
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Uncharted Territory: Postsecondary services & higher education models for adults with disabilities
1. Crawford 2010 Uncharted Territory: Postsecondary services & higher education models for adults with disabilities Rob Crawford Education Industry Investor’s Forum March 2, 2010
2. Session Agenda Market characteristics & demographics 5 key trends for segment opportunities Q & A Crawford 2010
3. Some “Did you knows?” about the education & career segment of People with Disabilities Crawford 2010
4. Item: If disability were a country It would be the 3rd largest behind China and India with 750 million people Crawford 2010
5. Item: If disability were a state in the US It would be the largest in the country with 56 million residents Crawford 2010
6. Item: If disability were a political party With an estimated 37.5 million eligible voters, disability rights is an emerging brand of identity politics. Crawford 2010
7. So… Red or Blue, They are pretty much nationwide… Crawford 2010
8. Higher education and postsecondary participation rates are increasing Crawford 2010
18. Employment rate: adults with a work limitation employed in the United States from 1981-2008 Employment has dropped to half of what it was 20 years ago during a recession! Crawford 2010
19. Each year, over 200 billion dollars is spent in entitlements rather than on training/employment Crawford 2010
20. Crawford 2010 One out of five Americans have some kind of disability
21. What it feels like to live with a hidden disability Crawford 2010
22. Full accreditation through NCA CASI, private school /program approval with AZ DOE, VA VR&E &RSA LDI curriculum addresses specific developmental, academic & career needs of under-prepared or inexperienced young adults Core program emphasizes major life demands of adult functioning requiring independence & personal competency in adult, workplace & academic proficiencies. 3 post-secondary options into community-based higher education, occupational training programs, or competitive employment General education outcomes /course competencies assessed with performance-based rubrics, learning matrices & other assessment tools Crawford 2010
34. Educational achievement is not a predictor of a well-prepared employee Crawford 2010 34 Extensive training in “soft skills” increases cost of doing business
36. Creating new & sustaining existing programs to increase access, recruitment, retention &completion rates for students with disabilities
37. Workplace skill demands raises bar to employment for people with disabilities Crawford 2010 37 These are not embedded skills in the current educational system