Transcript Making Opportunity Affordable Opportunity Grant Academy Presentation by William E. Kirwan Chancellor, University System of Maryland.

Making Opportunity Affordable
Opportunity Grant Academy
Presentation by William E. Kirwan
Chancellor, University System of Maryland
Effectiveness & Efficiency
Context
In 2003-2004, USM facing unprecedented challenges:
• Declining State Aid
– FY 2000:
– FY 2005:
$8,488 per student
$7,497 per student
• Surging Enrollment
– More than 10,000 additional FTE students since FY02
• Rising demands on higher education
– “knowledge economy”
• Escalating “mandatory” costs
– ~$100M annual increase in healthcare, energy, etc.
Effectiveness & Efficiency
Participants
• Collaborative effort for systemic change:
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Members of the Board of Regents
Chancellor and vice chancellors
Institutional presidents, provosts, and vice presidents
Senior campus officials
• Result of the Collaboration:
– Buy-in, Participation and Input from EVERY stakeholder
within the USM
Effectiveness & Efficiency
“Administrative Action Items”
Internal and External Policy Changes to Reduce Costs
• Support and Administration:
– Centralization of “shared services” such as Audit, Construction
Management, Real Estate Development, etc.
• Procurement:
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Leverage the USM’s buying power for “strategic sourcing”
• Enrollment Management Services:
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Streamline student services to eliminate duplication
• Review Organizational Structure of Special Purpose Institutions
Effectiveness & Efficiency
“Academic Action Items”
Internal Policy Changes to Build Capacity
• Faculty Workload
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10% increase in teaching contact hours loads (on average) across the USM
• Time to Degree
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Degree programs limited to 120 credits
• On-line and out-of-classroom learning
- 12 credits completed outside traditional classroom experience
• Enrollment management
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Maximize utilization of “comprehensive” institutions
Effectiveness & Efficiency
Fiscal Impact
• Reengineering of administrative processes:
– $94 million in direct cost savings since inception
– Additional savings through cost avoidance
• Reengineering of academic processes:
– Accommodated 25% of enrollment growth over the past three years at no
additional costs; state funding rest
• State/Public response overwhelming positive
• FLAT tuition for ’06, ’07 & ’08 academic years; State support up
cumulative 30%
Effectiveness & Efficiency
Other Areas of Improvement
• Time-to-degree across the USM at its best level
– Reduced by half a semester to 4.5 years over past three years
• Community college transfer rate at all-time high
– Represents the largest component of enrollment growth
• Average faculty classroom contact hours at research
universities up 20%
• 4-year and 6-year graduation rates well above national
averages for public universities
E & E Phase II
Transforming the Academic Model
• On-Line Education Strategies
• Enrollment Strategies
– Two-year/Four-year Dual Admission
– Guaranteed Spring Admission/Fall Credit Alternatives
– Early College Access
• Course Redesign / Curriculum Transformation
– Based upon the NCAT model, reduce cost structure for large
enrollment courses while maintaining quality
• Voluntary System of Accountability/ Dashboard indicators
Overall E&E Summary
• Continuous system-wide reengineering
– To accommodate rapid enrollment growth
– To mitigate tuition increases and enhance financial aid
• Especially need-based aid
– To protect and enhance quality
• Ensuring accountability through established, easily
accessible “dashboard” indicators
– Transparent data points on student learning and success
• Time to degree, graduation rates, transfer rates, etc.
• E&E Phases I and II enable USM to expand capacity,
promote affordability and enhance quality