1. 101 WACKY IDEAS RECLAIMING A NATION OF PRE-GRADUATES
2. Population with Some College No. Talent Measures % of People
Educational Attainment (Population 25 and Older) Less than High
School 14.7% 903,015 High School Only 27.1% 1,664,743 Represents
Some College 19.2% 1,179,449 25-33% AA Degree 6.7% 411,578 of adult
Four-year Degree 32.3% 1,984,177 population Educational Attainment
of Young Adults (25 to 34) Less than High School 12.7% 166,218
Four-year Degree 35.8% 468,552 Talent Dividend Goal 33.3%
Additional degree holders 61,430 Source: 2007 American Community
Survey Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical
Area
3. Capturing the Talent Dividend Strategy Buckets: Re-engage
adults with some college, no 4-year degree Increase transfer rate
of students in 2-year institutions to 4-year institutions Retain
current students for timely completion Increase college-going
behavior of high school students
4. How can we encourage adults to re-enroll and finish?
5. Ethnographic Research NOT OUR TARGET 4 cities Participant
journals Excursions In-home interviews
6. Our Target
7. Observed Journeys
8. Observed Journeys
9. Process Expert interviews Ideation salons Evaluation
Renement
10. TOP 5 WACKY IDEAS
11. #1: Pop-Up Classrooms Learning happens wherever and
whenever people are open to it.
12. #2: Failure Lab Re-brand failure as a learning
experience.
13. #3: Cause Centric Experience The cause is the lens for
every learning experience.
14. #4: Learning Dashboard A personalized lifelong learning
portal.
15. #5: Career Discovery Camp Restructure higher education to
enable career sampling.
16. What will your city do to increase adult enrollment and
completion?
