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Austin 2030 Timeline�

Fall 2019 – Spring 2022 – Phase I: Exploring, Learning and Organizing

Austin 2030 began as a learning series for a group of Austin leaders deeply concerned by the inequities

that exist within our community. After commissioning a landscape analysis, Austin 2030 selected postsecondary success as the network’s first area of focus and committed to hiring an inaugural Network Lead.

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Donors: LSG Foundation and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

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Summer 2022 – Present – Phase II: Building Consensus and Shared Work

Austin 2030 Shapers secured philanthropic funding to launch network operations. Inaugural Project Lead, Melissa Chavez, and a staff of two shepherded the development of Austin 2030’s founding documents and led the work associated with the network’s first area of focus and the recommendations from the postsecondary landscape analysis.

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Donors: LSG Foundation, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Buena Vista Foundation,

St. David’s Foundation, Chris Mattsson, and the Sooch Foundation

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INVESTIGATING AND SENSE-MAKING

Look Deep, Wide, and Under the Surface at

Seemingly Intractable Problems.

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ACCELERATING CHANGE

Socialize New Ideas, Leverage Momentum,

Coordinate Across Fragmented Systems,

Support Incubation and Implementation, and Evaluate

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CONNECTING AND CONVENING

Nurture Pluralistic Leadership Skills

What roles does Austin 2030 play?

Earning a living wage makes young adults 2x more likely to increase their child(ren)’s income trajectory

at birth.

Creating pathways

to postsecondary opportunities and supporting students in earning credentials makes them ~2x more likely to earn

a living wage.

Effectively preparing students to be college and career ready makes them ~1.5x more likely to achieve post-secondary success.

Receiving support and resources to achieve 3^rd grade reading benchmarks makes students 2x more likely to stay

on track throughout K-12.

Students with access to equitable and affordable PreK are 2x more likely to be on track to meet key academic milestones.

Middle school math prepares students for entry into algebra, a gateway to later achievement in school and career.

Agency, Engagement, Belonging, Social and Emotional Wellbeing

After School Care, Summer Programming, Internships and Enrichment

Pathway Out Of Poverty: The positive impact of a parent’s postsecondary education on their child’s social and economic mobility.

Policy Lever – House Bill 8 (HB8)

New funding model for community colleges

based on measurable, student-focused

outcomes and data.

Policy Lever – House Bill 3 (HB3)

Districts can earn additional funds for preparing graduates for College, Career, or Military Readiness (CCMR)

$5,000/student – economically disadvantaged ● $3,000/student – not economically disadvantaged

$2,000/student – special education

Why pick postsecondary for the pilot area for our shared work?

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Postsecondary Landscape Analysis��In June 2021, Austin 2030 commissioned a landscape study framed to understand existing resources and opportunities, identify gaps and barriers and make recommendations for action.

Recommendations

1. Establish shared Postsecondary Vision, Goal and Framework
2. Develop postsecondary Data Infrastructure
3. Build Adult-Capacity
4. Align Stakeholders

The Road Ahead for 2030

Community leaders are needed to convene, advocate, and align resources as well as to enlist regional experts and local and state policy makers to drive progress on behalf of all students. 

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Austin 2030 Value Proposition

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• We stay on point and work on longer-term initiatives that others don’t have capacity to pursue consistently. Austin 2030 as shepherd.

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• We work to do things collectively, that our partners can’t do by themselves (alone). Culture change from individual to collaborative culture.

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• We identify and vet relevant resources, assets and tools that our partners wouldn’t know about otherwise.

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• We are stronger when we act together.

Exploring the Possibility and Opportunity �for Launching a College Promise in Austin

Phase I – Learning & Exploration

Phase II – Program Design & Feasibility

Phase III – Rollout and Launch

CONNECTING

CONVENING

INVESTIGATING

SENSE-MAKING

ACCELERATING CHANGE

Leverage Momentum, Coordinate Across Fragmented Systems, Support Incubation and Implementation, and Evaluate

Texas Higher Education Strategic Plan: 2015–2030�

By the year 2030, Texas wants 60% of young adults (25-34 years old)

to have a certificate from a vocational or technical school, or a degree

from a two- or four-year college.

What We Know

• 60% of job openings in the Austin area require a bachelor’s degree.
• Some type of postsecondary certificate or degree is practically required to earn a living wage.
• Yearly postsecondary completion rates in Central Texas need to double to meet Texas’ goal.
• Less than half of students going to college part-time return the next year.
• Only 16% of those who start college part-time complete their degree.

1 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Texas Higher Education Strategic Plan: 2015-2018. Find Plan and Progress Reports here. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?ObjectID=EDCAFAFF-D542-11E7-A03300505694284C

Ma, Jen, Matea Pender, and Meredith Welch. Education Pays 2019: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society. Washington, DC: College Board.

Educational Attainment Significantly Affects Life Outcomes

National Enrollment Data

National Enrollment Data

Texas and Central Texas

Overall Postsecondary Enrollment Rates

Central Texas Enrollment Data By Ethnicity

High School graduates who do not further their education: ​

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• Earn a medium of $24K less/year (College Board)​
• 40% more likely to be unemployed (Bureau of Labor Statistics)​
• 4 times more likely to be living in poverty (Pew Research Center)​
• 12% chance of earning a living wage in Austin (E3 Alliance)​
• Lower life expectancy (UT Austin)​ 7-20 years

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The Consequences

Name some reasons Central Texas

postsecondary enrollment has been

on the decline for the past 10 years?

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Data Source:

US Dept of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Survey, 2009

Young People Want to Go to College �(and their parents want this, too)

Actuality Doesn’t Live Up to Aspiration�

Central Texas Enrollment Rates

By Gender, Race and Family Income

Actuality Doesn’t Live Up to Aspiration�

Central Texas Completion of Postsecondary Credential�Within Six Years of High School Completion

Name some reasons Central Texas or Austin

postsecondary enrollment is lowest for Black and Hispanic young men?

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