Higher Education in Colorado: Our challenge

University of Colorado Excellence in

Leadership Program – September 12, 2014

Framework for our discussion

• Agenda

o Leadership Concepts

• Context and Curiosity

• The Choice to Exercise Leadership

o Colorado’s Higher Ed Challenge

o Discussion

Colorado’s higher ed challenge Experts project that by 2020, 74 percent of jobs in Colorado will require

postsecondary education or training.

Yet out of 100 ninth-graders in Colorado today, only 50 go to college and only 22 earn a degree.

The gap for minorities is far worse. By 2015, Hispanic students are expected to make up more than a quarter of our public high school graduates. Yet, among all ethnic groups, Hispanics are least likely to have a college credential (18 percent of Hispanic adults vs. 53 percent of white adults).

Colorado Paradox – how do we solve it?

Degree attainment gap

Access without support is not opportunity -Dr. Vincent Tinto

Future growth in college enrollment

CCHE Master Plan: By 2025, 66% of the State’s citizens will hold a degree or credential (annual increase of 1,000 degrees and certificates)

Goal 1: Increasing Attainment: Increase the attainment of high-quality postsecondary credentials across the academic disciplines and throughout Colorado by at least 1,000 new degrees and certificates each year to meet anticipated workforce demands by 2025.

Goal 2: Improving Student Success: Improve student success through better outcomes in basic skills education, enhanced student support services and reduced average time to credential for all students.

Goal 3: Reducing Gaps: Enhance access to, and through, postsecondary education to ensure that the system reflects the changing demographics of the state while reducing attainment gaps among students from underserved communities.

Goal 4: Restoring Fiscal Balance: Develop resources, through increases in state funding, that will allow public institutions of higher education to meet projected enrollment demands while promoting affordability, accessibility and efficiency.

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Colorado’s budget challenge

K-12 Budget 43.7%

Medicaid 22.9%

Higher Ed 7.7%

Corrections 7.3%

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Major Components of General Fund Spending, FY 2014-15

Source: Colorado Office of State Planning and Budget

Colorado’s budget challenge

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Source: Colorado Office of State Planning and Budget

Colorado ranks 47th in the Nation in state investment

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Source: SHEEO, State Higher Education Finance Report, FY 2013

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Source: Colorado Dept. of Higher Education

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Source: SHEEO, State Higher Education Finance Report, FY 2013

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Credentials and Degrees Awarded per $100,000 of State, Local, and Tuition and Fee Revenues

Source: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.

FY 14-15 Historic Investment $100 million increase in Operating and Financial Aid

$60 million Operating Funding

11% increase in operating across all Governing Boards

6% cap on tuition

$40 million State Financial Aid

University of Colorado - Boulder : $2.4m

University of Colorado - Colorado Springs - $1.8m, $3.5m

University of Colorado - Denver: $3.6m

$112 million one-time Capital Construction and Controlled Maintenance

$96.6m Capital Construction

University of Colorado - Colorado Springs - $13.3m

University of Colorado - Denver: $7.3m

$15.9m Controlled Maintenance

University of Colorado - Boulder : $1.8m

University of Colorado - Denver: $0.8m

Affordability: 6% Tuition Cap Percent Change in Resident Tuition, FY 2013-14 to FY 2014-15

(Based on 30 Credit Hours) Institution Percent Change University of Colorado - Boulder 3.3% University of Colorado - Colorado Springs 3.2% University of Colorado - Denver 3.5% Colorado State University 5.0% Colorado State University – Pueblo 6.0% Fort Lewis College 6.0% University of Northern Colorado 4.8% Adams State University 5.9% Colorado Mesa University 5.8% Metropolitan State University of Denver 6.0% Western State Colorado University 5.0% Colorado School of Mines 2.7% Aims Community College 0.0% Colorado Mountain College 1.8% Colorado Community College System 4.5% Note: Calculation is based on tuition figures considered "Base Tuition Rates" (30 credit hours) and do not include tuition differentials, etc. Student fees are not included.

What does the future hold?

Source: Colorado Futures Center, Colorado State University

The question How do we get more people – especially those from the most rapidly growing demographic groups – to attain high quality postsecondary credentials to meet future workforce needs as the cost of attending college continues to rise?

The State’s Focus on Access, Affordability and Completion

Concurrent Enrollment

Closing the Attainment Gap

COSI

GEAR up College in Colorado

Guided Pathways to Success

HB 14-1319: Outcomes-based Funding Project for Higher Education

Performance

Role and Mission

COF-Stipend

We are not alone

National efforts to change the conversation:

• How do we create a new compact between the State and Public Higher Education?

• How do we develop trust?

• What are we doing that diminishes trust?

• How do we use each opportunity given to us to re-establish the public good of higher education and more deeply develop trust with policy makers, students, and the public?

• What could you do differently?

• What could your campus do differently?

Discussion: Colorado’s higher education challenge

• What could the state do differently?

Questions