AGENCY UPDATE Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board Regular Quarterly Meeting April 25, 2008 Non-Traditional No More: Policy Solutions for Adult Learners New Grant Supported by Lumina Foundation for Education Public Policy and Research WICHE The Project $755, Over two years Three states selected via RFP Employing two primary strategies Across four higher ed arenas The Three States Arkansas Colorado Nevada RFP sent to 50 states SHEEOs, System Heads and Commissioners Each state receives $65,000 over two years, 1:1 match The Strategies Identifying Ready Adults *Data system extraction or mining Building a Path to College Success *Policy and practice revision The Data Cycle: Identifying Ready Adults Utilize, Sustain A States System Whats known (or not) Define Compile, Mine or Extract Ready Adults Reach Out To: Higher Education Areas of Policy Assessment, Change and Impact Implementation Academic Financial Aid Student Services Information Facilitated sessions in each area Policy analysis and revision Project Goals for Arkansas Define and identify Ready Adults and determine target population Improve the capabilities of the states longitudinal data base to provide needed data on targeted students Identify state- and institutional-level practices and policies that create barriers for the target group of students to earn their degrees Identify best state- and institutional-level practices and policies that will facilitate the target group of students to earn degrees Develop a plan of action with short-term and long-term objectives that will increase the number of Ready Adults that complete baccalaureate and associate degrees Create a statewide group of advocates, led by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, that will actively support the implementation of the plan of action Personnel and Roles Steve Floyd Project Director Christina Miller Administration Zanette Douglas Research WORK GROUP LEADERS Laura Tyree Data Karen Wheeler Academic Affairs Tara Smith Financial Aid Cynthia Moten Student Services Dale Ellis Communications The work groups will consist of representatives of Arkansas public colleges and universities, state agencies and the Governors Office. New Personnel Micah Gilbert Web Site Coordinator and Data Analyst December 2007 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Monticello His daughter, Tia Marie, was born on March 27, 2008 Tia Marie Gilbert Phyllis Johnson Receptionist ADHE is Wireless The entire building is wireless and features both a private Local Access Network (LAN) and a public LAN. Visitors will have the option of connecting with the Internet while in the building. College Access Challenge Grant Arkansas will receive from the USDOE about $706,000 a year for two years as part of the College Access Challenge Grant. The purpose of the program is to support States in helping students and families learn about, prepare for, and finance a college education. Governor Beebe has designated ADHE as the agency to apply for and administer the funding. The process of securing the required $353,000 in (annual) matching funds from private sources has started. State Per Capita Personal Income v. Share of Adult Population with Bachelor's Degree or Higher (2005) DC TX NM FL ND NC AL IN LA MI WI SD WY TN NV AR IA OH ID SC KY MS WV MO ME AZ VA NJ PA MD MT CT MA CO NE AK GA HI KS OR DE IL RI MN WA UT VT NH NY CA OK No state with a low proportion of Bachelors degrees has a high per capita income. No state with a high proportion of Bachelors degrees has a low per capita income. Investing in Higher Education Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) proposed a compact with the states eighth- graders: Stay out of trouble and get Bs in high school, and well give you a college education. Napolitano also pledged to double the number of bachelors degrees awarded by her states colleges by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) also set a goal of doubling the number of college graduates. She wants to expand a pilot program that gives students an associate college degree after a five-year high school program and reward colleges that manage to graduate students, as opposed to just enrolling them. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III (D) includes $50 million for the Bucks for Brains initiative to recruit faculty and build infrastructure with the goal of finding success in fields that could result in profits. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D): wants to pay for students to spend their final year of high school on a college campus for free. He also wants to make Ohio one of the 10 least-expensive states to attend college. Tennessees Phil Bredesen (D) suggested lowering the GPA threshold that college students must maintain to keep their Hope Scholarship from a 3.0 to South Dakotas Mike Rounds (R) said another 200 students could join the 3,465 who already receive the states Opportunity Scholarships if the ACT score requirement were lowered from 24 to 23 Missouris Matt Blunt (R) asked for $100 million for Access Missouri scholarships, a sum that would quadruple the states investment in need-based grants. Idahos C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) proposed in his address Jan. 7 spending $50 million for scholarships for low-income students. More impressive is that governors are proposing the funding increases in what promises to be a tough budget year. Usually in times of financial distress, higher education is one of the first areas to suffer spending cuts. A lot more governors now realize that their systems of higher education are really their major economic strategy for the future, that (companies) go to where you have highly skilled workers, Raymond Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Association (NGA). Investing in Higher Education up to 50 percent of Americas adult population today lacks the advanced skills that are the foundation for most future high-paying jobs in todays complex knowledge economy. Arkansas: BLS assures us that over the long term, labor supply and demand will balance. (pg 18) The 2010 Meltdown Solving the Impending Jobs Crisis Edward E. Gordon Governor Beebes March 26 Budget Planning Memo 3 budgets: baseline, moderate, and 7% reduction. Also received notice to reduce our budgets in preparation for possible slower tax revenue Institutions with recent growth more adversely impacted. ADHE also impacted. Looking at ways in which to reduce costs. Arkansas Higher Education State Revenue Forecast FY2009 (Percentage of Total) Status of Performance funding Over the past several weeks, conversations big and small, public and private have occurred about performance funding. No Consensus Two-year colleges have proposed alternative measures -- being studied and some of these have great potential. Even with budget constraints, there is interest in having performance funding. Speed to Market and Close to Customer Ed Barlow, Futurist 1.Implement a series of initiatives that expedite the number of degrees produced and the speed at which degrees are produced. 2.Enhance the production of degrees in high demand programs that are needed for the modern Arkansas economy. 3.Incentivize students to complete a degree and to work in Arkansas. Speed to Market and Close to Customer 1.A continuation of the current need-based funding formula with slight equity modifications 2.A separate performance funding formula coordinated by ADHE Emphasis on increasing the # of associate and bachelor degrees as fast as possible. 3.State-wide annual enrollment management workshop 4.Continue improving the college matriculation process: remediation, course articulation, advising 5.Expand concurrent enrollment 10M a 60K a The Plan: Speed to Market and Close to Customer 1.Implement a series of initiatives that expedite the number of degrees produced and the speed at which degrees are produced. 1.Offer Competitive grants to address geographic workforce shortages. for program expansions - probably healthcare in first cycle awards will be added to the institutions base if degree targets are met within prescribed time period. 2.Establish closer ties with Business and Industry for the purposes of becoming more responsive. 3.Offer Competitive grants for the purpose of identifying academic/ technical programs as Centers of Excellence. Selected programs would illustrate quality, attract and graduate a large number of students. Awards will be added to the institutions base if degree targets are met 5.0M y1 a 7.5M y2 a 1.5M a The Plan: Speed to Market and Close to Customer 2.Enhance the production of degrees in high demand programs that are needed for the modern Arkansas economy. 1.Degree completion initiatives 2.Adult financial aid or tax credits 3.Streamline state financial aid programs including the reduction of loan repayment programs. 4.Add state funds for work-study programs 5.Transfer scholarships 6.Expand internship/work opportunities 7.Training institutions on how to best package financial aid for maximum impact. 500K a 10M a The Plan: Speed to Market and Close to Customer 3.Incentivize students to complete a degree program and to work in Arkansas. "The key to success in the 21st century is alignment staying in alignment with a world that will be characterized by complexity, diversity, and pace of change." - Ed Barlow, Futurist Review of ADHE operations to assure alignment with a changing world. Enhancement of the fundamentals Openness of operations and agenda