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Emerging Issues In Higher Education

EmilyM.Dickens,JDSVP,GeneralCounsel

&ChiefRelationshipOfficer,ThurgoodMarshallCollegeFund

ThomasHarnisch,EdDDirectorofStateRelations

&PolicyAnalysis,AmericanAssociationofState

CollegesandUniversities(AASCU)@aascupolicy

TravisT.York,PhDDirectorofStudentSuccess,

Research&Policy,AssociationofPublic&Land-grant

Universities(APLU)@travisyork

AboutAASCUØ Representover400publiccollegeanduniversity

presidentsØ Oursector:regionalpublicuniversities,or“SCUs”Ø Emphasis:Undergraduateeducation,affordable

access,studentsuccess,anddiversityØ StateandfederalgovernmentrelationsØ Leadership/professionaldevelopmentforpresidents,

provosts,governmentrelations,communications

AboutAPLUAPLUisaresearch,policy,andadvocacyorganizationdedicatedtostrengtheningandadvancingtheworkofpublicuniversitiesintheU.S.,Canada,andMexico. Withamembershipof237publicresearchuniversities,land-grantinstitutions,stateuniversitysystems,andaffiliatedorganizations,APLU'sagendaisbuiltonthethreepillarsofincreasingdegreecompletionandacademicsuccess,advancingscientificresearch,andexpandingengagement. Annually,membercampusesenroll4.8millionundergraduatesand1.3milliongraduatestudents,award1.2milliondegrees,employ1.2millionfacultyandstaff,andconduct$43.5billioninuniversity-basedresearch.

AboutTMCFTheThurgoodMarshallCollegeFund(TMCF)isnamedfortheU.S.SupremeCourt’sfirstAfrican-AmericanJustice, ThurgoodMarshall.TMCFistheonlynationalorganizationthatsupportsallHistoricallyBlackCollegesandUniversities(HBCUs)withmember-schoolsincludingthe47 publicly-supported HBCUs.

• TMCFhelpsstudentsacquireahigh-qualitycollegeeducationatanaffordablecost.

• TMCFconnectshigh-performingstudentswithtoptieremploymentopportunities.

• Todate,TMCFhasawardedmorethan$250millioninassistancetoitsstudentsandmember-schools.

• Approximately80%ofallstudentsenrolledinHBCUsattendTMCFmember-schools.

• 98%ofTMCF’sawardsaredistributedexclusivelytoHBCUsandBlackColleges

Politics

• Publichighered operatesinapoliticalecosystem.Itisconstitutionallyastatefunction.

• Republicanpowerinstatesnear100-yearhighs.FullcontrolofWashington

• The2018electionswillbevery,veryimportant

Top10PolicyIssues1.HigherEducationFunding2.Affordability&Fed.Budgeting3.EconomicandWorkforceDevelopment

(FSLAOvertimeRule)4.UndocumentedandDACAstudents/

CampusToolkittosupporttheBridgeAct5.CampusSexualAssault(HEA)

Top10PolicyIssues6.GunsonCampus7.InstitutionalProductivityandStudent

Success8.AcademicFreedom,CivilRightsandSocial

Issues9.StudentDebtManagement10.DualEnrollment

OtherKeyIssues

• FirstAmendment• RaceRelationsonCampus• Studentfees• EndowmentUse• Mergers• InstitutionalViability• Infrastructure

Conclusions

• Conservativepowerisatapeak• Thenationandstatesareinfordifficultbudgetseasons

• Affordabilitywillbeabigissue• Campussexualassaultandgunsoncampuswillbeflashpoints.

• Yourvoicematters!

Q&AEmilyM.Dickens,JD

SVP,GeneralCounsel&ChiefRelationshipOfficerThurgoodMarshallCollegeFund

ThomasHarnisch,EdDDirectorofStateRelationsandPolicyAnalysis

AmericanAssociationofStateCollegesandUniversities(AASCU)@aascupolicy

TravisT.York,PhDDirectorofStudentSuccess,Research&Policy,

AssociationofPublic&Land-grantUniversities(APLU)@travisyork

AdditionalResources• ExamplesofHowPublicUniversitiesareRespondingtoNewImmigration

ExecutiveOrder: YoucanviewAPLU’scurrentcollectionofresponsesat:www.aplu.org/ImmigrationResponse

• TheproposedBRIDGEAct wouldcodifyforthreeyearsthepoliciesoftheDeferredActionforChildhoodArrivals(DACA)program.RutgersUniversityPresidentBarchi haswidelysharedanonlineletter whichyou,yourcolleagues,and/oryourstudentscouldtakepartin.

• FollowAPLUandAASCUonTwitterforregularpolicyupdates!