Dan Peterson, Vice President, Industry & Government Affairs, Cook Group, Inc.Dr. Ken Sauer, Senior Associate Commissioner & Chief Academic Officer

April 9, 2021

2021 H. Kent Weldon Conference for Higher Education

Building Talent

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

TALENT

Higher education is about equipping people to be successful on the job today and developing adaptive, lifelong learners to weather change throughout their careers.

▸ The broader understanding of college and higher education that is required for Indiana’s success must:

▸ Include full range of credentials

▸ Embrace a more comprehensive look at the type of skills learners should have

▸ Be focused on people and their well-being

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

FUTURE-FOCUSED “BLUEPRINT”

Indiana’s economy will fall behind unless we prepare for the jobs of the future.

▸Advocate for co-branded, employer-driven learning models that lead to credentials in highly-dynamic industries.

▸Develop web-based tools, built on common standards and linked, open data, to help learners easily navigate career and learning opportunities and to promote credential transparency.

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

CREDENTIAL TRANSPARENCY & INFORMED DECISION-MAKING

▸Break down data silos

▸ Embrace linked, open data standards

▸ Link data together that’s never been linked before

▸Make data accessible

▸ Present data to the learner in an actionable way

▸Make it easy to compare learning opportunities

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

WHAT PROGRAM TO CHOOSE?

▸How much does it cost? What do graduates of the program earn?

▸What will I learn? Will my prior learning/experience count?

▸Will it prepare me to earn a license?

▸How many of its graduates pass the licensure exam?

▸Will it prepare me to earn a valued industry certification?

▸Will its credits transfer? Apply toward another program?

▸Available online? Who values the school and program?

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

CREDENTIAL ENGINE: A PLATFORM FOR ANSWERS

▸ Credential Engine:

▸ Links together more, and more varied data than ever before

▸Does this through linked, open data

▸Uses national, non-proprietary data standards

▸ Is a public service non-profit and a free service to Hoosier learners

▸ States publish and curate data

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

INDIANA PROGRAMS PUBLISHED

▸Public Sector:

▸All 2- and 4-year campuses

▸All certificate and degree programs at

▸All levels

▸Two Private, Non-Profit Institutions

▸One Proprietary Institution

▸3,000+ Indiana Credentials

HIGHER EDUCATION’S OPPORTUNITY IN A STATE CHANGE

COOK GROUP

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For over 50 years, we have been a family-owned

company that takes great pride in its commitment to

quality and the patients we serve.

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12,000+EMPLOYEES

Distribution into over

135COUNTRIES

Manufacturing on

3CONTINENTS

16,000SKUs

2CLINICAL

DIVISIONS

900PRODUCTS

2018

Overview

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6,955 Hoosiers

Cook Inc.

Cook Group

Cook Medical

Cook Polymer

CFC Properties

Grant Street Inn

Cook Travel

Cook Aviation

Cook Aircraft

Cook Family Health Center

French Lick Resort

West Baden

MED Institute

Cook Biotech

Cook Research Inc.

Cook Spencer

Cook Regentec

COOK COMPANIES EMPLOY

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Barriers to Opportunity

Empowered

member of the

community

Future

GenerationsEducation CareerAny

JobBetter Job

Stagnation

Under-

employed

Previously

incarcerated

Homeless

Struggling with

substance use

disorder

Physical disabilities

Lack education

CREATING MOBILITY

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2020

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Program consists of four elements:

High School

Equivalency

program

Associate’s Degree

partnership with

Ivy Tech

Bachelor’s and

Master’s Degree

(tuition pre-payment)

Professional

Development

My Cook PathwayOUR NEW APPROACH

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• Work part-time while taking HSE preparatory

courses through Ivy Tech

• Preparatory classes and test offered at no cost to

the student-worker

• Once HSE is earned, the student-worker has the

credentials needed to enter production jobs at Cook

High School Equivalency

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Thank you.

Indiana Commission for Higher Education101 West Ohio Street, Suite 300

Indianapolis, INche.in.gov