UPS, Metropolitan College, and Public-Private Partnership Presented by: Nick D’Andrea Director, State Government Affairs, UPS 1
Agenda 1. Worldport and the Need for Student Workers 2. School to Work 3. Metropolitan College
What Worldport Means to UPS • Worldport is the largest fully automated package handling facility in the world. The operation currently turns over approximately 130 aircraft daily, processing an average of 1.6 million packages a day with a record of nearly 5 million packages processed on Peak Day 2013. • 5,200,000 sq. ft. (90 football fields) • 416,000 packages per hour • 155 miles of conveyor belts • Packages typically only touched twice • Average of 13 minutes for a package to flow through the system 3
School-to-Work Overview The UPS School-to-Work Program is: • A co-op program open to high school seniors • Enables the students to complete high school, work part-time at UPS and gain up to 6 credit hours toward college • Incorporates school-based learning with work-based learning
The Challenges • UPS planned major expansion of the Next Day Air hub in Louisville • Needed to recruit and maintain large number of part-time employees to staff the expansion while stabilizing the existing workforce • City, county and state realized economic need to retain UPS and increase educational attainment of citizens • UPS realized the benefit of having college students as workers 7
The Solution: Metropolitan College • Creative solution to increasing educational attainment levels and decreasing financial barriers to post-secondary education • Metropolitan College is a workforce, education and economic development partnership: – UPS – Jefferson Community and Technical College – University of Louisville – Commonwealth of Kentucky – Louisville Metro Government 8
Partner Educational Institutions • University of Louisville Baccalaureate degrees (selective admission) • Jefferson Community & Technical College Certificates and Diplomas Remedial education Associate Degrees and first 2 years of Baccalaureate degree (open admission)
Metropolitan College Funding 50% 50% 100% 100% Tuition & Book Campus Academic Tuition & reimbursement support and bonuses books funded match funded infrastructure funded by by UPS by Kentucky cost is UPS income tax funded by: credit to UPS • Louisville Metro Government • University of Louisville • Jefferson Community and Technical College 10
Metropolitan College Benefits Career Services Work Student Support Support Metro College Participant Work Tuition Academic Textbooks Bonus 11
Metropolitan College Benefits Career 15 – 18 hours Services per week, Next Work Student Day Air night Support Support shift, $10.10/hr to start, full-time benefits after 1yr Metro College Participant Work Tuition Academic Textbooks Bonus 12
Metropolitan College Benefits Career Services Work Student Support Support Metro Reimbursed up College to $65 per class Participant Work Tuition Academic Textbooks Bonus 13
Metropolitan College Benefits Career Services Work Student Support Support Full in-state tuition deferred, for any major, for Metro course work College passed with a Participant Work Tuition “C” or better Academic Textbooks Bonus 14
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Metropolitan College Benefits On-the-job program participation support at UPS; Liaison with MC Student Development Team 18
The Impact of Metropolitan College
Metropolitan College Impact 20
Increased Employee Retention 152 Weeks 63 Weeks 8 Weeks
Retention of MC UPS Employees Compared with Non-MC UPS Employees 100 92 87 85 88 92 93 91 90 89 88 86 90 83 82 81 79 80 81 76 75 70 68 68 60 64 Percent 53 59 60 61 50 51 50 47 45 40 39 30 30 MC UPS 20 Non-MC UPS 10 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 22
Metropolitan College and Academic Achievement
Metropolitan College Academic Achievement PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPANTS BY SCHOOL 70 Jefferson 60 Community & Technical College 50 University of Louisville 40 30 20 10 0 F 98 F 99 F 00 F 01 F 02 F 03 F 04 F 05 F 06 F 07 F 08 F 09 F 10 F 11 F12 F13 24
Graduation Results Cumulative Totals 2500 2110 2011 2000 1392 1500 1309 1196 Cumulative Number of 1000 Recipients 648 Cumulative Number of 500 275 262 Credentials Earned 0 Certificates Associate Bachelor Masters or Degrees and Degrees Other Advanced Diplomas Degree 25
Summary • Retain talent within the state = Return On Investment • Economic Development tool- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP • Helps UPS attain a workforce in a competitive environment
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