Meeting Overview

1. Meeting Overview • Review Agenda Items • Mineral lease • Personnel, Capital, Operating Recommendations • Bonds and loans • Academic overview • Extension of moratorium on new campuses • Informational Items • Transfer • Reporting of Dev. Ed. Exit Exams • Out-of-state student report • Complete College America

2. Mineral Lease Funds • It is recommended that $1.0 million be allocated (from the H.E. Research Development Fund) to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for expenses associated with the connection and expansion of ARE-ON to all public universities in the state. • $5,103,726 has been distributed as of November of 2009

3. Personnel Recommendations No exceptional line-item maximum salary increases were considered this biennium, but all line-item maximums were adjusted by 3% per year. Faculty/Staff to student ratios were used to compare similar institutions when considering requests for additional positions. Salary recommendations for new positions were based on salaries for similar positions previously established at comparable institutions.

4. Bonds and loans • Bonds • MSCC • UCA • NWACC • Loan • UACCM

5. Capital Recommendations • A total of $134.2 million was recommended for all projects. • $68.72 million for renovation, new construction and technology infrastructure • $43.7 million for deferred maintenance • $21.9 million for equipment and library needs.

6. Operating Recommendations • 80/20 split

7. Academic Overview

8. Transfer (Act182) • --working with 4yr and 2yr CAOs

9. Arkansas Baccalaureate Degree Education Requirements Minimum of 40 hours of upper level courses are required for a baccalaureate Major Program Requirements Major Requirements: Minimum of 30 hours with 20 hours of upper level coursework in the major. Upper level major courses Lower level major courses • Lower Level General Education Courses: • Required by major • Prerequisites for major courses • Required by an accrediting/licensure body AA/AS/AAT State Core 35 hrs. Institutional general education core requirements 10-25 hrs Humanities/ Fine Arts US History/ Gov’t Science English Social Science Math

10. Arkansas Baccalaureate Degree Education Requirements Minimum of 40 hours of upper level courses are required for a baccalaureate Major Program Requirements Major Requirements: Minimum of 30 hours with 20 hours of upper level coursework in the major. Upper level major courses Lower level major courses • Lower Level General Education Courses: • Required by major • Prerequisites for major courses • Required by an accrediting/licensure body Institutional general education core requirements 10-25 hrs AA/AS/AAT State Core 35 hrs. Humanities/ Fine Arts US History/ Gov’t Science English Social Science Math

11. Reporting of Dev. Ed. Exit ExamsAct 971 • Starts in the Fall • Remedial level 3 only (last course) • Only have to report scores for students who pass (we will ignore non-passer scores) • We will report: • Students in remediation • Students in level 3 remediation • Students in level 3 who pass • Compare student scores on exit to entrance score

12. Out-of-State ad-hoc survey • 20% of University full-time first-time freshmen were from out-of-state in the Fall of 2009 • 2.4% of CC FT/FT freshmen enrolled in a two-year college were from out-of-state. 106 (52%). • 1,717 (67.1%) of Univ out-of-state full-time first-time freshmen received a waiver (840 paid) • The percentage of students receiving waivers range from a low of 17.6 % to a high of 98.8% • 49.4% of all university waivers of out-of-state tuition were enrolled at one University

13. Arkansas State Team Meeting July 1, 2010 Arkansas Department of Higher Education

14. Overview • Complete College America is an initiative aimed at increasing college completion. • CCA’s goal is to double the number of college graduates by 2020 and have asked multiple states to collaborate with each other in doing so.

15. “I realize that, without improvement in higher education, our economic development efforts will face enormous barriers.” -Gov. Mike Beebe

16. Overview • 22 states participating in the Complete College America Alliance. • These states are participating because: • They face similar challenges. • Goals are aligned with the strategies of Complete College America. • States have both the resources and political will to bring about the changes needed to accomplish these goals.

17. Arkansas Student Data

18. High School Graduation Four-Year Graduation Rate Out of 100 ninth-graders in Arkansas in 2003, 74 graduated in 2007. In the U.S., 74 graduated that year. Source: National Center for Education Statistics

19. 2009 Arkansas College Going Rate Source: Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2010. Note: The above is based on 2009 Fall Term enrollment only including: First-Time Entering Students Only; Attending College Full-Time; Taking On-Campus Courses; Is an In-State Student.

20. AY2010 Remediation In Any Subject Source: Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2010. Note: This is students’ legal county of residence at the time of testing; Number of students remediated = students not meeting the Freshman Assessment and Placement Standards (Act 1052 on the ACT, SAT, ASSET, or COMPASS exams).

21. AY2010 Remediation In English Source: Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2010. Note: This is students’ legal county of residence at the time of testing; Number of students remediated = students not meeting the Freshman Assessment and Placement Standards (Act 1052 on the ACT, SAT, ASSET, or COMPASS exams).

22. AY2010 Remediation In Reading Source: Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2010. Note: This is students’ legal county of residence at the time of testing; Number of students remediated = students not meeting the Freshman Assessment and Placement Standards (Act 1052 on the ACT, SAT, ASSET, or COMPASS exams).

23. AY2010 Remediation In Math Source: Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2010. Note: This is students’ legal county of residence at the time of testing; Number of students remediated = students not meeting the Freshman Assessment and Placement Standards (Act 1052 on the ACT, SAT, ASSET, or COMPASS exams).

24. Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees Six-Year Graduation Rates in 2008 for First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen Who Entered Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities in Fall 2002 Source: SREB-State Data Exchange

25. Current percentage of young adults (25-34) with a college degree3 3 “College degree” means an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2008 (from U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample File.) http://www.higheredinfo.org

26. Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees Adults With Bachelor’s Degrees or Higher 2008 Source: U.S. Census Bureau

27. Statewide Strategic Plan and Alignment of CCA Plan

28. CCA Plan TemplateEssential Steps for States • Set State and Campus Completion Goals • Uniformly Measure Progress and Success • Shift to Performance Funding • Reduce Time to Degree and Accelerate Success • Transform Remediation • Restructure Delivery for Today’s Students

29. Proposed ArkansasHigher Education Strategic Plan Degree Production • Redesign programs to meet the criteria of “Speed to Market—Close to Customer” in a modern global society including accelerated degree programs, modular program designs, and effective use of instructional technology. • Increase college-going rates in counties below the state average. • Close the college achievement gap of minority students. • Increase number of adults attending/returning to college • Encourage the redesign of developmental education statewide and provide state support for innovative programs.    Program Quality and Viability Two-Year Colleges and Workforce Training Research Teacher and School Administrator Effectiveness Stewardship of Resources and Public Trust Six Goals

30. Alignment of CCA Goals and the State Strategic Plan

31. State and Campus-Level Goals

32. Characteristics of a Strong State Goal • Has broad support • Requires stretching • Preserves access • Has a firm deadline • Is a single, easily explained number • Serves as reference point for campus goals

33. TYPES OF STATE GOALS___________________________ Degree Production Goal Example: Award 10,000 additional degrees and high-quality certificates annually by 2020. Attainment Goal Example: Six out of 10 young adults will have a degree by 2020.

34. CCA Data/Metrics Arkansas Preliminary Results

35. CCA Metrics • PROGRESS METRICS • OUTCOME METRICS • State-Level Metrics • Campus-Level Metrics • REMEDIATION: ENTRY and SUCCESS • TRANSFER RATES • (2 to 4-year transfer) • REMEDIATION: ENTRY and SUCCESS • TRANSFER RATES • (2 to 4-year transfer) RETENTION RATES GRADUATION RATES (Full-time, Part-time, Transfer) • RETENTION RATES GRADUATION RATES (Full-time, Part-time, Transfer) • TIME and CREDITS to DEGREE (by degree type) • TIME and CREDITS to DEGREE (by degree type) SUCCESS in FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE COURSES DEGREES AWARDED ANNUALLY(# and change over time) DEGREES AWARDED ANNUALLY (# and change over time) • CREDIT ACCUMULATION COURSE COMPLETION

36. State and Campus Completion Goals

37. Goal: Arkansas will reach the Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB) average for citizens holding bachelor’s degrees by 2015. • Increase the current production of bachelor’s degrees by 64% (7,098 more graduates per year) each of the next six years to reach the SREB average.

38. Possible Institutional Goals(Example @ 6%)

39. Additional Graduates Needed Each Year (Example @ 6%)

40. Discussion of CCA Plan • Goals • Strategies • Outcomes