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Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education
and the EconomyShaun YoderExecutive
DirectorJune 19, 2008
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Business Alliance for Higher Education and the
Economy (BAHEE)

• Created in 2005, as a result of the 1st
  recommendation of the Governors Commission on
  Higher Education and the Economy (CHEE).
• Privately funded and operated, the Board is
  comprised of 11 Chief Executive Officers from
  throughout Ohio.

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BAHEE Board Members
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BAHEEs Goal

• To double the number of STEM baccalaureate
  degrees produced in Ohio by 2015.

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Total Baccalaureate and STEM Degree Production in
Ohio
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BAHEEs STEM Philosophy
The problem in the 21st century is given the
rate of change the content is changing faster
than you can memorize it, which means that youre
going to need to be able to solve problems and
not memorize answers to static questions. So,
the fundamental skill I think is learning the
process of thinking. You dont need to learn what
to think. Jerry Jurgensen, CEO, Nationwide
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BAHEEs Portfolio of Initiatives

1. Work with partners to establish STEM schools and
   STEM Programs of Excellence.
2. Use quality data to help state policymakers
   understand the right investments that will work
   to increase the yield of BA and BS degrees in
   STEM.
3. Pursue a professionally-run marketing campaign to
   increase college enrollment and degree attainment
   in Ohio.

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STEM Schools Programs of Excellence

• BAHEE serves as a principal partner on the Ohio
  STEM Learning Network (OSLN).
• Managed by Battelle, the OSLN aims to connect and
  develop platform schools across Ohio.

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Using Quality Data to Maximize STEM Degree
Production

• BAHEE STEM Undergraduate Pipeline Proof of
  Concept Study
• Nine Ohio institutions of higher education
• Preliminary findings reveal
• A funnel effect that limits the number of STEM
  graduates.
• 1 in 7 students who enter as STEM majors switch
  to non-STEM majors in their sophomore year.
• A students overall GPA in the Fall term was the
  most statistically significant and positive
  factor in determining student persistence in
  STEM.
• A student who takes more STEM courses is more
  likely to continue in STEM for the next year than
  a student with similar grades who takes fewer
  STEM courses.

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BAHEE STEM Undergraduate Study
UT
Northwest State CC
YSU
Ohio Northern
OSU
Sinclair CC
UD
Hocking College
Central State
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The Funnel Effect
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Marketing Higher Education

• Work with partners (public and private) to pursue
  a comprehensive, sustained marketing campaign for
  higher education.
• Build on the marketing work already underway
  within the University System of Ohio,
  institutions of higher education and college
  access partners.
• Pursue a private sector effort led by Ed
  Burghard, Executive Director of the Ohio Business
  Development Coalition.
• Include STEM as a single thread in a broader
  marketing initiative.