Presentation Transcript

1. Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges

   FY 2011 Legislative Recommendations
2. Community and Junior Colleges The critical bridge…. between high school and the university between employers and workers between the low educational attainment level of our citizens and the economic prosperity our state.
3. Northwest Northeast Coahoma Itawamba Mississippi Delta East Mississippi Holmes East Central Meridian Hinds Jones Copiah-Lincoln Southwest Mississippi Gulf Coast Pearl River 15 colleges making higher education accessible and affordable to all.
4. Enrollment 68 % of all freshmen in public and private institutions of higher learning are enrolled at community and junior colleges. 51 % of all college undergraduates are enrolled at CJC 97 % of all CJC credit students are Mississippians
5. Unprecedented Enrollment Gains Preliminary Fall 2009 82,818 credit student 13 % increase over previous fall FY 09 Credit and Non-Credit A quarter-million people served 11 % of entire state population 9.5 % increaseover previous year
6. Enrollment Career and Technical Programs 19, 242 students in FY 09 5,100 CTE graduates with certificate or degree and job-ready skills Career and Technical programs ARE Workforce Training
7. Mississippi Virtual CC15-College Consortium Increasing Access and Opportunity Online Enrollment Fall 2008        20,711 Fall 2009 25,246 22% Increase Gains are market-driven by learners who want 24/7 access to higher education
8. Average Yearly Tuition and Fees $4,742
9. Adult Basic Education ABE and GED Preparation Classes Served 19,242 students in FY 09 GED Testing - Conducted by CJC
10. Workforce Training Trained 159,922 workers in FY09 Served 715 Mississippi companies Conducted 19,095 workforce training classes Issued 5,317 Career Readiness Certificates
11. Enrollment Higher Education Comparison
12. State Funding
13. FY 2011 MACJC Legislative Recommendations Endorsed by: Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges State Board for Community and Junior Colleges Mississippi Community and Junior College Trustees Association Mississippi Community and Junior College Inter-Alumni Association Mississippi Faculty Association for Community and Junior Colleges
14. TOP THREE FUNDING PRIORITIES
15. MID-LEVEL FUNDING PowerPoint has new layouts that give you more ways to present your words, images and media. Priority #1 $64,704,536
16. The Decline of State Funding
17. MID-LEVEL FUNDING $2,287 – the additional per student state funding needed to achieve Mid-Level Funding
18. MID-POINT SALARIES
19. MID-POINT SALARIES $4,689 – difference between CJC Average Salary and Mid-Point 9.75% – difference between CJC Average Salary and Mid-Point
20. Capital Improvements PowerPoint has new layouts that give you more ways to present your words, images and media. Priority #2 $191,000,000
21. 5-Year MACJC Capital Plan The CJC are requesting $191 million to support the plan in FY 2010. $90.5 million to be distributed equally among the 15 institutions The balance to be distributed based on enrollment
22. Capital Improvements - $10 millionSBCJC Headquarters Building Request endorsed by MACJC SB 3083 granted property at University R&D Center to SBCJC $2 million awarded in FY 2010 for pre-planning Mississippi has a premier community college system that is recognized as a national model for strategic workforce development, distance learning and academic preparation for university transfer. Current economy is prime for lower construction costs
23. Dropout Recovery PowerPoint has new layouts that give you more ways to present your words, images and media. Priority # 3 $13,849,500 3,500* students x $3,957= $13,849,500 *One-fourth of the estimated annual high school dropout population
24. Dropout Recovery – A Second Chance 400,000 working-age Mississippians without a high school diploma 14,000 new dropout in Mississippi each year Mississippi ranks 49th in the nation in the percentage of 18-24 year-olds with a high school diploma
25. Dropout Recovery – Pilot Effort$100,000 special appropriation per college in FY 09 Fast-Track GED preparation courses Part-time ABE/GED recruiters More GED test dates and GED examiners First college class free for GED achievers Scholarships for high-scoring GED achievers GED test fee ($40)waivers Gas cards to assist with transportation needs Subject-area CRAM sessions for re-testers
26. State Board for Community and Junior Colleges FY 2011 Request
27. Ways Colleges are Handling 5% Cut in FY 2010 Budgets Hiring freeze Delaying equipment and software purchases Restricting travel, cutting out-of-state travel Reducing utilities expenditures 5% across the board cuts Line item cuts as high as 20% Reducing institutional scholarships Deferring maintenance Evaluating low-enrollment programs and planning for possible elimination of programs
28. Being considered for anticipated FY 2010 budget cuts Tuition increases Laying off personnel Restricting enrollment in high-cost programs Re-pricing (higher tuition and fees) for high cost programs such as nursing Further reducing scholarships Reducing services in programs that do not generate revenue, such as ABE and Workforce Training Seeking external funding, private and federal, to support institutional goals

29. Community and junior colleges are the fastest growing segment of education.

    We are the bridge to a better job, a better life.
30. AMERICAN GRADUATION INITIATIVE Community colleges tasked with growing the American Middle Class: Emphasis on CC’s as Central to Achieving Nation’s Educational and Economic Goals Each Citizen Should Obtain at Least One Year of Postsecondary Education America to Regain World Leader Position in Higher Education Attainment by 2020 CCs to Graduate 5 Million More Students (degrees, certificates) by 2020
31. Our people are of value. Our efforts embody the valuesof the state. We are the best educational value in Mississippi.