1 / 23

Productivity Gains and Cost-Effectiveness in Higher Education

2006 SHEEO Annual Meeting. Anchorage, AlaskaJuly 21, 2006Robert C. Dickeson. Is There an Issue?. Inattention to Cost-Effectiveness Affects:Affordability of Higher EducationCapacity to Deliver Higher EducationAchievement of State Goals. Affordability. Price increases outpace inflation and fam

lot
Télécharger la présentation

Productivity Gains and Cost-Effectiveness in Higher Education

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

    1. Productivity Gains and Cost-Effectiveness in Higher Education Is There an Issue? What are Realistic Goals and Strategies for Achieving Them?

    2. 2006 SHEEO Annual Meeting Anchorage, Alaska July 21, 2006 Robert C. Dickeson

    3. Is There an Issue? Inattention to Cost-Effectiveness Affects: Affordability of Higher Education Capacity to Deliver Higher Education Achievement of State Goals

    4. Affordability Price increases outpace inflation and families ability-to-pay 400,000 students/year foreclosed by price (ACSFA) Full-time, low-income students dropped 36 percent in eight years (NPSAS) Financial aid mis-allocations

    5. Capacity State-by-state differences Shortages exacerbated by traditional models Costs lengthen time-to-degree

    6. State Goals Economic development Quality of life Foregone incomes/revenues Foregone opportunities

    7. Realistic Goals & Strategies? Goal 1: Cost of Attendance should be within reach of family ability to pay Goal 2: State & institutional aid should be targeted to those most in need, not to those who are going anyway

    8. Realistic Goals (Contd) Goal 3: Institutions should be freed from unnecessary policies, rules and regulations that impede efficiency Goal 4: Cost savings should be directed to reducing tuition

    9. Realistic Goals (Contd) Goal 5: The preparation and readiness crisis should require new P-16 partnerships that work Goal 6: Institutional mission creep should be arrested and program resources reallocated

    10. Realistic Goals (Contd) Goal 7: States and institutions should reduce or eliminate hidden costs Goal 8: States should reward success in, as well as access to, higher education

    11. Realistic Strategies: FIT THE SOLUTION TO THE COST DRIVER

    12. Cost Driver: Colleges are Labor-Intensive Strategies Require program prioritization Free institutions from costly state personnel systems Shift from tenure to multiple-year contracts

    13. Cost Driver: Heavy Regulatory Burden Strategies Cut needless regulations and reporting requirements Cut required state services that are not cost-effective

    14. Cost Driver: Specialized Accreditation Strategy Rein in unnecessary accreditation

    15. Cost Driver: Students and States Paying Twice Strategies Get control of remediation Fix accelerated learning policies Fix transfer-of-credit policies

    16. Cost Driver: One Price Fits All Strategy Initiate differential program pricing

    17. Cost Driver: Admitting Students Who Arent Ready Strategies Get serious about high school graduation requirements Admit only students who achieve New Basics Curriculum

    18. Cost Driver: Hidden Costs Strategies Establish minimum number of faculty to constitute a department Establish program outcome goals and eliminate programs that dont meet them Tighten up degree requirements

    19. Hidden Costs (Contd) Stop abuse of released time Reduce or eliminate redundancy

    20. Cost Driver: Traditional Delivery Model Strategy Incentivize new models of delivery Western Governors University Rio Salado College Proprietary Models Distance Learning Options

    21. Cost Driver: Decisions Made in Isolation Strategy Align state decisions about fiscal policy, appropriations, tuition-setting and financial aid

    22. Cost Driver: Unrealistic Appropriations Due to Structural Deficits Strategy Align state revenues with anticipated state needs

    23. Robert C. Dickeson rdickeson@charter.net 970-586-9409

More Related