Transcript Reaching Higher: Strategic Directions in Higher Education for Indiana Overview ICHE Conference April 2008 Purpose of the Commission • Plan and coordinate Indiana’s system of higher.

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Reaching Higher:
Strategic Directions in Higher
Education for Indiana
Overview
ICHE Conference
April 2008
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Purpose of the Commission
• Plan and coordinate Indiana’s system of higher education;
• Define the missions of Indiana’s public colleges and universities;
• Review and recommend operating and capital budget requests and
appropriations for the public institutions;
• Approve or disapprove for public institutions the establishment of
any new branches, campuses, extension centers, colleges or schools;
• Approve or disapprove for public institutions the offering of any
additional associate, baccalaureate or graduate degree or certificate
program of two semesters or more in duration;
• Review all programs of the public institutions and make
recommendations to the governing board of the institution, the
Governor, and the General Assembly concerning the funding and
the disposition of these programs; and
• Review and recommend budget requests and appropriations for the
State Student Assistance Commission (SSACI).
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Reaching Higher - Aspirational Goals
Access
(By 2012)
Affordability
(By 2009)
Student Success
(By 2012)
College Preparation
(By 2012)
Research
(By 2012)
• Top 5 Ranking for college-going rates of high school students
• Top 10 Ranking for adults, minority, and low income students
pursuing higher education
• National Leader for a coordinated, transparent easy-to-access
financial aid process
• Top 10 Ranking for retention rates at each grade level, on-time
graduation rates, and reportable associate degree (3 yrs) and
baccalaureate degree (6 yrs) rates
• Top10 Ranking for graduation rates of at-risk and underrepresented populations in higher education
• Reduce need for remediation to less than 20% of Indiana’s high
school graduating class
• Rank Among Top Midwestern States for total federal research and
development expenditures per capita
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Five Key Focal Areas for 2007-08
•Improving College Completion
•Making College Affordable
•Taking the Community College
to the Next Level (addressing
accessibility and affordability)
•Embracing Accountability
(increasing transparency in
reporting performance-related
data)
•Ensuring that Indiana
University and Purdue
University are among the top
major research universities
Draft White Papers
Dialogue and
Discussion
•University Presidents
and Higher Education
Community
•State Administration
and Legislative
Branches
•Provide Data
•Business Community
•Action Steps
•Other Interested
Parties and Public
Input
•Recommendations
Finalize White
Papers
Provide
Recommendations
•Governor’s Office
•Indiana General
Assembly
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Format for Conference
Five Separate Sessions:
• Overview of the Current Draft
• Moderated Panel
• Questions and Answers and Comments
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Completion
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College Completion Snapshot
Six-Year Graduation Rates at Four-Year Colleges, 2005
(Percent)
62.2
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College Completion Snapshot
Graduation Rates for Indiana's Colleges and Universities
Four-Year
Grad Rate
Six-Year
Grad Rate
Indiana University - Bloomington
Purdue University - West Lafayette
Ball State University
Indiana State University
University of Southern Indiana
IUPUI
Indiana Universtiy - Regional
Purdue University - Regional
48%
32%
27%
18%
12%
7%
8%
4%
72%
66%
55%
39%
33%
26%
27%
18%
Independent Institutions
58%
70%
Campus
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Vincennes University
Three-Year
Grad Rate
12%
25%
Source: 1) For four-year campuses, NCES, IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey 2005 (First-time, full-time, bachelor's degree-seeking students entering
college in the fall 1999 semester). 2) For community college campuses, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey 2003
and 2004 (First-time, full-time, associate degree-seeking students entering college in the fall 2001 semester for ITCCI and fall 2000 for VU).
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College Completion Snapshot
Change in Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by Campus
Indiana University - Bloomington
Purdue University - West Lafayette
Ball State University
Indiana State University
University of Southern Indiana
IUPUI
Indiana University - Regional
Purdue University - Regional
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Vincennes University
Grand Total
Change
#
2001-02
2005-06
5,486
6,620
2,947
6,418
6,648
3,645
932
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17.0%
0.4%
23.7%
1,477
1,073
2,888
2,572
2,783
4,520
872
31,238
1,524
1,178
3,625
3,046
3,151
6,823
1,148
37,206
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5,968
3.2%
9.8%
25.5%
18.4%
13.2%
51.0%
31.7%
19.1%
Notes: Degrees conferred includes Certificate (program two years or less in length below associate degree level), Associate, and
Baccalaureate.
Source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Student Information System, annual data provided by Indiana’s public
postsecondary institutions.
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College Completion Snapshot
Indiana currently ranks in the Top 10 States for the
number of bachelor’s degrees awarded per 100
undergraduate students enrolled.
Best performing states for six-year baccalaureate
graduation rates range from 62.2% to 67.7%.
Indiana’s state-wide rate is 54.7%
NCHEMS, 2005
It is estimated that Indiana will have to produce an
additional 10,000 baccalaureate degrees annually, if
Indiana is to compete internationally.
Matthews, D. Changing Agenda for Higher Education Access and Success (presentation presented at the H. Kent Weldon Annual Conference for Higher Education).
April 30, 2007.
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College Completion Draft Recommendations
Restructure Higher Education State Appropriations
by Focusing on Performance Outcomes
 Credit completions (rather than enrollment growth)
 Degree production
 On-time graduation
Increase Expectations on College Preparation
 Raise the minimum curriculum admission standard at IU Bloomington, PU
West Lafayette, and Ball State University to Core 40 with Academic Honors
in a manner that is clearly defined and publicized well in advance of
implementation.
 Substantially eliminate remedial courses at Indiana’s public four-year
universities
Institutional Plans for Improving College Completion
 Indiana’s colleges and universities set goals and targets for improving overall
graduation rates and specifically rates for minority and low-income students
 Require Indiana’s colleges and universities to submit progress reports as part of
the State’s biennial budget process
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Accountability
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Accountability - Call To Action
Quality and Accountability are central
and cross-cutting components of Reaching
Higher.
Specifically, the plan calls for developing:
“transparent and widely reported…
measures that not only advance the
system as a whole, but also support
and build upon the strengths of the
specific institutions.”
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Accountability Draft Recommendations - 1
State-Level Higher Education Dashboard
of Key Indicators
ACCESS
• Percent of high school graduates going directly to college
• Total enrollment of resident first-time students aged 25 and older as
a percentage of the resident population aged 25 and older
AFFORDABILITY
• Percent of median family income needed to pay the net cost of
college
• Enrollment rates of 21st Century Scholars and Pell Grant recipients
STUDENT SUCCESS
• Number of course completions
• Number of degrees awarded
• Graduation rates (four-year and six-year graduation rates for
baccalaureate colleges and universities, and two-year and three-year
graduation rates for community colleges)
• Number of students who transfer credit from a community college to
a baccalaureate campus and complete a degree
COLLEGE PREPARATION
• Percent of recent high school graduates enrolled in remedial
education
• Percent of students enrolled in Core 40 and Academic Honors
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDIANA’S ECONOMY
• Attainment of a bachelor’s degree or higher by the population aged
25 and over
• Total federal science and engineering research and development
expenditures per capita (for IUB, IUPUI, and PUWL)
 Aligned to Goals
 Annual Publication
 Current Status and
Trend Data
 State, National, and
International
Comparisons as
Available
 Institutions Align with
Their Strategic Plans
and Report on Progress
and Peer Comparisons
in Biennial Budget
Process (Includes
institutional cost
reduction and
efficiency plans)
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Accountability Draft Recommendations - 2
Indiana’s Colleges and Universities Participate in the National
Voluntary System of Assessment (VSA)
College Portrait – Demographic and performance information on a college-by-college
basis.
Student Engagement – Results of assessments that measure how students are engaged
in classroom and extra curricula activities and the impact of those activities on success.
Student Learning Outcomes – Results of assessments that measure student learning
and the extent to which the collegiate experience has been value-added in areas of critical
thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication.
GOAL – To have all Indiana’s public colleges and universities participating as a
coordinated state effort. Such participation by an entire state would be
the first in the nation in regards to assessing student learning outcomes.
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Affordability
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Tuition rates are rising faster than income, State
aid, and inflation….
Indiana Public University Tuition Increases since 2000-01
for Incoming Freshman Class
90%
PU-WL
ISU
BSU
75%
IU-Bl IUPUI/C
PU-NC
PU-Cal IPFW
Cumulative % Change
60%
Other IU
Regionals
USI
VU
45%
Ivy Tech
Avg. State Aid Award
30%
Higher Education Price Index
(HEPI)
15%
Indiana Per Capita Income
0%
2001-02
-15%
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
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Why are tuition rates at our
public universities rising?
 Competition for labor
 Student demand continues to rise
 Direct state subsidy not keeping
pace with enrollment and
inflation
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Not surprisingly, students are borrowing more….
Student Debt Burdens
Avg. College Debt for Graduating Seniors
$22,125
$25,000
$17,250
$20,000
$15,000
$11,356
$8,014
$10,000
$5,000
1992-93
2003-04
1992-93
2003-04
$0
Public Universities
Private Universities
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And many don’t think they can afford to go…
69% of 11th graders, from noncollege families, do not think they
can afford to go to college.
LearnMore Indiana Career and College Information Annual Survey, 2007
(represents 69% of those students responding to the survey)
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Addressing this situation is
both:
1) An economic imperative – to
successfully transform Indiana’s
economy
2) A moral obligation – to provide
opportunity to all qualified students
willing to pursue it
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Affordability Recommendations
Recommendation #1: Addressing the need for a better informed public on the subject of
availability of financial aid
 “College Day” at every high school with: a) participation mandatory
for all students; b) completion of at least one college application
required for all seniors; and c) hands-on assistance in completing the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) available to all
seniors.
 Strengthen 21st Century Scholars enrollment efforts.
 Require annual reporting of enrollment, retention, and degree
completion for all students with financial need (both met and unmet)
by all public universities and independent colleges in Indiana.
Recommendation #2: Ensuring that Indiana’s March 10th deadline for financial aid is not a
barrier
 Establish a separate State aid award for students applying to Ivy Tech
Community College with an application deadline that coincides with
the Federal Pell Grant deadline, but with awards distributed on a firstcome, first-served basis.
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Recommendation #3: Simplifying Indiana’s state financial aid program
 Replace the existing, complicated aid allocation methodology with a
simple matrix that sets award amounts on a sliding scale based on just
three (3) factors: 1) income; 2) assets; and 3) family size.
Recommendation #4: Ensuring affordable opportunities for the middle income student
 Raise income eligibility threshold for the 21st Century Scholars
program by 50% - to approx. $57,000 (currently approx. $38,000).
 Free tuition at Ivy Tech Community College (and perhaps for first two
years at any regional campus).
 Additional state aid for all Indiana college students with family income
between the federal poverty level (approx. $21,000) and the state
median household income (approx. $68,000).
Recommendation #5: Encouraging Indiana’s colleges and universities to add to and remodel
their institutional aid programs to ensure opportunities are available for
students from low income families
 Offering institutional need-based grant aid that “wraps around” State
and Federal grant aid to cover all are part of the student’s remaining
unmet financial need – in a manner that is simple and transparent.
 IU-Bloomington’s new 21st Century Scholars Covenant Award is a
sound model, but the structure may vary from campus to campus due
to differences in mission and/or financial capacity.
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Recommendation #6: Expanding and redefining state financial aid for part-time students
 Increase funding of the existing Part-time Grant Program to reflect the
growth in part-time enrollment over the past decade (up 13%).
Currently, this grant program is funded at about $5 million
annually…which is essentially unchanged since inception.
 Reset eligibility criteria to target working adult students (i.e. > age 24)
and focus on degree completion…with preference given to students in
transitional employment.
 Encourage all financial aid officers at all campuses to fully leverage
employer-provided tuition reimbursement when designing aid
packages.
Recommendation #7: Creating a national model for public participation in setting tuition rates
in Indiana’s colleges and universities
 In 2004, a new State law was enacted requiring Indiana’s public
universities to set tuition rates on a two year cycle after conducting a
public hearing on the proposed rates.
 In 2006, this tuition setting law was further modified to require the
Indiana Commission for Higher Education to set non-binding tuition
targets for each campus which could be exceed only if the proposed
tuition rate was first reviewed by the State Budget Committee.
 The 2009-10 academic year will be the first in which all of these
public university tuition setting requirements are in place.
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Summary of Affordability Recommendations
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Addressing the need for a better informed public on the subject of
available financial aid
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Ensuring that Indiana’s March 10th deadline for financial aid is
not a barrier
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Simplifying Indiana’s state financial aid program
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Ensuring affordable opportunities for the middle income student
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Encouraging Indiana’s colleges and universities to add to and
remodel their own institutional aid programs to ensure
opportunities are available for students from low income families
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Expanding and redefining student financial aid for part-time
students
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Creating a national model for public participation in setting tuition
rates in Indiana’s colleges and universities
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Community
College
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Community College Snapshot
Percent of population aged 25 and older participating in postsecondary
education, 2000
6.4%
California
5.6%
Alaska
5.4%
Maryland
Hawaii
5.2%
Illinois
4.8%
Washington
4.8%
4.7%
Virginia
4.6%
Michigan
4.2%
Florida
Oklahoma
4.0%
Indiana
0.0%
3.6%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census, 2000.
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
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Community College Snapshot
Fall Ten Day Headcount Enrollment Trend for Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
80,000
70,000
Average Annual Growth Rate Prior to CCI: 3.1%
60,000
Average Annual Growth Rate Since CCI (2000-2004): 8.9%
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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Community College Snapshot
As with community colleges nationally, Ivy Tech
experiences low graduation rates for full-time
associate degree-seeking students (data below
represents Hoosier students only):
• two-year graduation rate = 16%
• three-year graduation rate = 23%
• seven year graduation rates = 33%
(15% for part-time students over a seven year
time period)
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Community College Snapshot
Contributing challenges include:
• Many students from the lower 50% of the high school
class .
• 70% of incoming students needing remediation.
Community college students tend to be price sensitive, and
cost can be a significant factor in whether or not they will
attend college. Students attending community colleges
generally :
• are from lower income groups,
• decide to attend college late and as such miss the March 1st
deadline for state financial aid,
• attend on a part-time basis,
• are ineligible for federal Pell grants unless they enroll in at
least six credit hours.
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Community College Draft Recommendations
Dramatically restructure the delivery of remedial education at the community
college to ensure student success.
Expand the College for Working Adults pilot at Ivy Tech to become the
primary program delivery for adult students (modeled after success at
Indiana Wesleyan University and the University of Phoenix).
Expand Ivy Tech Community College’s ability to offer workforce
training programs specific to business and industry needs and
within the workplace.
Develop and implement fast-paced associate degree
programs delivered on a daily schedule (similar to high
school and work) at a substantially reduced price for fulltime, Indiana high school graduates who enroll immediately
following high school graduation.
Creating consistency with the “passport” pathways
between the community college campuses and the
four-year institutions.
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Research
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Benefits of Strong Major Research Universities
• MRU’s are an integral part of any state’s higher education system –
a research enterprise
• MRU’s provide Indiana an advantage in the global competition for
high quality researchers, faculty and students
• University research drives innovation, economic opportunity and
growth
• A high concentration of researchers and research activity create a
critical mass of human, physical and financial resources for
maximum effectiveness and competition for scarce research funding
CALIFORNIA $6.5 BILLION
California
New York
Texas
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Illinois
North Carolina
Ohio
Florida
Michigan
Georgia
Wisconsin
Washington
Virginia
Missouri
New Jersey
Indiana
Colorado
Arizona
Tennessee
Connecticut
Minnesota
Alabama
Iowa
Oregon
Louisiana
South Carolina
Kentucky
New Mexico
Utah
Mississippi
Nebraska
Kansas
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Arkansas
Rhode Island
Nevada
Montana
Alaska
North Dakota
West Virginia
Delaware
Vermont
Maine
Idaho
Wyoming
South Dakota
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Research Snapshot
Total Science and Engineering Research Expenditures by State (Actual Dollars)
$4,000,000,000
$3,500,000,000
$3,000,000,000
$2,500,000,000
$2,000,000,000
INDIANA
$1,500,000,000
$1,000,000,000
$500,000,000
$-
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Research Snapshot
Total Science and Engineering Expenditures per capita (NSF) [fn]
CALIFORNIA $4.0 BILLION
California
New York
Maryland
Texas
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Illinois
North Carolina
Ohio
Michigan
Florida
Georgia
Washington
Colorado
Wisconsin
Missouri
Virginia
Tennessee
Connecticut
New Jersey
Alabama
Arizona
Oregon
Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa
Utah
South Carolina
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
New Mexico
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Kansas
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Oklahoma
Nevada
Montana
Arkansas
Alaska
West Virginia
Delaware
North Dakota
Vermont
Idaho
Maine
South Dakota
Wyoming
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Research Snapshot
Federal Science and Engineering Research Expenditures by State (Actual Dollars)
$2,500,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$1,500,000,000
$1,000,000,000
INDIANA
$500,000,000
$-
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Research Snapshot
Federal Science and Engineering Research and Expenditures per capita (NSF)[fn]
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Major Research Univ. Draft Recommendations
IU and PU have embarked on new Strategic Plans. Central to these plans should be
strategies to become among the best Major Research Universities in the Midwest, country, and
the world.
Identify, analyze, and monitor metrics and external rankings (specific attention given to
campus and state peer comparisons).
Refine the state funding formula for research matching funds.
Consider matching research grant funds at the state-level and state-level
transformative funding options.
Review research capacity needs in biennial capital budget recommendation.
Engage IU and PU in strategies aimed at recruiting and retaining top research faculty.
Encourage and assist where possible IU and PU faculty in pursuing federal and private
grants through pro-active strategies.
Convene a strategy and working group with IU and PU to create collaboration between the
various economic, corporate, governmental, philanthropic and university sectors of Indiana’s
research enterprise.