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Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers Today: The New Mexico Story
  • Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers Today
  • The New Mexico Story
  • May 2, 2008
  • (amended May 5, 2008)


  • David Longanecker
  • President
  • Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
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Externalities Affecting All of New Mexico Higher Education Today
  • Global Competition


  • Demographics


  • Finances – Financial Constraints
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Differences in College Attainment (Associate and Higher) Between Younger and Older Adults—U.S. and OECD Countries, 2005
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Differences in College Attainment (Associate and Higher) Between Younger and Older Adults—U.S., 2005
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Percent of Adults with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher by Age-Group – The U.S., New Mexico and Leading OECD Countries (2004)
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Per Capita Personal Income as a Percent of U.S. Average—New Mexico, 1960-2005
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Externality #2:  Demographics
  • Knocking At The College Door


    • 7th Edition
    • Released March 2008
    • Principal Research Analyst:  Dr. Brian Prescott


    • Two overriding themes
      • Huge variance region to region
      • Very significant changes in diversity of high school graduates

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Trends for New Mexico
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The Changing Ethnic Mix of New Mexico High School Graduates
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Hispanic High School Graduates Replacing White Graduates
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Externality #3:  Finances
  • Woe is Us!


  • But, how warranted is our paranoia?



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Projected State and Local Budget Deficits as a Percent of Revenues, 2013
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Internalities:  What You Can Control In New Mexico Higher Education
  • Performance on the Pipeline


  • The Use of Funds/Productivity




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Student Pipeline, 2004
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Educational Attainment of 25 to 64 Year Olds by Race/Ethnicity (2005)
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Student Pipeline Result, 2002
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Bachelor’s Degrees as a Percent of High School Graduates Six Years Earlier, 2003
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So What Does This Mean For Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers Today?
  • Are you prepared to serve the Hispanic/Latino Population?


  • Who amongst you will carry the heavy load?
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Are you prepared—Public Four Year Colleges and Universities in New Mexico?
  • Yes;
    • Mas o Menos
    • Share of Education Degrees to Students of Color
      • Share of All Graduates from Communities of Color:  38.2%
        • Hispanic/Latino only: 36.8%
      • Share of All Education Graduates from Communities of Color:  48.7%
        • Hispanic/Latino only:  41.7%





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Are you prepared—Private Four Year Colleges and Universities in New Mexico?
  • Yes;
    • Quite similar to Public Sector
    • Share of Education Degrees to Students of Color
      • Share of All Graduates from Communities of Color:  37.4%
        • Hispanic/Latino only: 30%
      • Share of All Education Graduates from Communities of Color:  47.1%
        • Hispanic/Latino only:   42.9%





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Who Is Preparing These Students
  • By Institution
    • 41% @ UNM
    • 28% @ NMSU
    • 12%@ NM Highlands
    •   9% @ Eastern
    •   3% @ Western
    •   7% @ N.M. Private Colleges




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Who Is Preparing These Students
  • Within Institution
    • UNM Secondary Education Majors:
      • 66 hours general education
      • 24 to 36 hours in “teaching field”, taught in Arts & Sciences
      • 35 hours in Professional Education Sequence
      • Sum:  90 to 102 hours outside school of education
      • 125 to 137 credits total







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Who Is Preparing These Students
  • Within Institution
    • NMSU Secondary Education Majors
      • 55 credits general education
      • 24 to 67 credits in “teaching field”
      • 41 credits in Professional Education Courses
      • Sum:  79 to 122 credits general education
      • 120 to 163 credits total





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So,
  • If students learn by example


  • And New Mexico faces unique educational challenges


  • Who is responsible


    • The Faculty
    • And Not Just Some of The Faculty