RVCC 2019 NECHE Self-Study

Indeed, nearly all job growth nationally since the recession of 2007 – 2008 has come from jobs requiring
at least some college. As for New Hampshire, according to the Department of Employment Security,
“In broad terms, when comparing the occupational employment in 2004 with occupational employment
in 2014, New Hampshire’s labor market has seen a net loss of approximately 30,000 jobs in occupations
that do not require more than a high school diploma to enter.”
CCSNH is positioned better than any other higher education institution in New England to seize the
opportunity re-engagement of adult learners represents – by virtue of its relatively high awards
attainment compared to other community college systems, relatively high social mobility compared to
the state and the region, deep partnership with business and philanthropic communities, as well as with
other state and higher education agencies and institutions, and the fact that we already enroll an
increasingly non-traditional student body across an array of liberal arts, STEM, and trade degree and
certificate programs. CCSNH introduced the 65 by 25 Vision and intends to take the lead in realizing it.
New Hampshire – with its economic strength, relatively high attainment rates of its public higher
education institutions, its vibrant philanthropic community, its tight collaboration between state
institutions and private-sector partners, and its sheer present economic strength – is poised to generate
a great return on internal investments in student recruitment: for adult learners, traditional age
students, and our dual-credit/dual-enrollment populations.
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