Addendum with evidence (8.2 MB) - Accreditation - Bakersfield ...

Opportunities for the Future
Future Labor Markets
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has estimated that 90% of all jobs in the future will require
some form of postsecondary education. The U.S. Department of Labor has estimated that one-third
of future jobs will demand skills in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
disciplines. These observations are stimulating the calls for more students to complete their college
degrees and for increased efforts to attract more students to major in the STEM disciplines. These
national trends are echoed in California.
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has pointed to a mismatch between the level
of education the future population is likely to possess and the level of education that will be
demanded by the future state economy. In their analysis the supply of college-education workers will
not meet the projected demand. These estimates portend an opportunity for the College to contribute
to the economic vitality of the society and to secure future employment for its graduates. In this
longer-term view to 2025, the two industries with the greatest growth (state and local government
and health care and social assistance) both require a significant portion of the prospective employees
to be college educated. Collectively, those occupational areas where 60% or more of the individuals
employed have a college degree are anticipated to represent 29% of the workforce in California.
Some of the details from in the PPIC analysis are illustrated in the two tables below.
California Growth Industries & Education
g
Industry Share of State Workers Within Industry
Employment (%)
(%)
High-growth Industries* 1990 2006 2025 1990 2006 2025
Administration & support 3.7 6.5 8.3 14 17 21
Accommodation & food services 4.4 8.1 8.2 15 15 16
Health care & social assistance 7.1 8.8 9.8 37 41 46
Professional & scientific services 4.7 6.2 7.2 52 67 87
Construction 4.6 5.7 5.9 13 11 10
Arts, entertainment & recreation 0.4 1.6 1.7 23 38 57
Education services 1.5 1.8 2.1 56 64 74
Other services 2.7 3.4 3.3 16 20 26
Local & state government 13.8 14.4 14.3 46 52 59
Finance, insurance 3.6 4.2 3.8 32 46 64
* Those growing as a share of overall employment
Source: Public Policy Institute of California. California’s Future Workforce. 2008
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