South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

Overview of Major Issues


Division of Planning, Assessment and

Performance FundingWHAT’S NEW IN THE DIVISION?

MEASURING UP

State Report Card South Carolina 2002

► Preparation D+

► Participation D+

► Affordability D+

► Completion B

► Benefits C

► LEARNING INCOMPLETE

GOAL 6: NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS

… “to increase the proportion of college graduates who can communicate effectively, think critically, and solve problems.”

To increase learning you have to measure where you are –

States govern education – therefore comparative data up to now has been

difficult to obtain

FIVE STATES BEGIN

SOUTH CAROLINA NEW MEXICO KENTUCKY ILLINOIS OKLAHOMA

Working with the National Forumon College Level Learning these states are charged with creating a national model to measure student learning at the STATE level

MEASURES USED IN PROJECT

Collect data from existing sources ► GRE scores

► Licensure scores

► National Assessment of Adult Literacy

Test students on multiple measures

►National Survey of Student Engagement

►Work Keys

►Tasks in Critical Thinking

► Peterson’s On-Line Alumni Survey

CHARGE FOR SC INSTITUTIONS

No more than 2 hours of testing time per campus: FALL 2003

Students must be near degree completion

1200-1500 students from 2-year public colleges take 2 Work Keys Tests (Oversampling possible at project price)

1200-1500 students from 4-year private and public colleges take Tasks of Critical Thinking and NSSE

1500 Alumni state-wide (4-yr colleges) to take 15 minute on-line Peterson’s Alumni Survey (Spring 2003)

CHARGE FOR OUR DIVISION

Report required licensure scores

Serve as State Liaison to institutions

Work with National Forum to obtain GRE scores

Serve as central data source and control

Lead national conversations on what instruments can appropriately be used to measure student learning at the state level

WHAT DO WE GET FROM THIS?

S.C. Colleges get free instruments

S.C. Colleges have a chance to critique the instruments and process at its most changeable point – the pilot

More years to improve before non-project states’ data is reported

The ability to wrap the outcomes into the FIPSE project

FIPSE II PROJECT

SOUTH CAROLINAOKLAHOMACALIFORNIACONNECTICUTARKANSAS

Defining best practices in accountability that containcollege costs, measure student achievement, and re-new public trust in higher education

FIPSE PROGRESS TO DATE

State Team – Reforming under Governor Sanford

Recruitment of American Association of State Colleges and Universities as partner in project

State Directors meeting for April in Oklahoma to structure state timelines, communication plans, share goal ideas

Proposals to be presented for conferences

Grant Pre-Proposal submitted to Lumina

CONFERENCES/Presentations

Denver Colorado Jan. 9 -12Measuring UP Project Directors

Clear Point, Alabama Feb. 6 -9 AASCU – Annual National Academic Affairs Conf.

Louisville, KY Feb12 -15Measuring UP: State Leaders hosted by Gov. Patton

Myrtle Beach SC: Feb.22 -23SC Association of Institutional Researchers

FIPSE Project Directors: Oklahoma City, April

World Future Conference, San Diego CA July 18-20

SC WILL BECOME HIGHLY VISIBLE IN THE NATIONAL SCENE State Higher Education

Executive Officers (SHEEO)

National Council of State Legislatures (NCLS)

National Governors Association (NGA)

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

Education Commission of the States (ECS)

COMMUNICATION

Division of Planning, Assessment and

Performance Funding

Division of Academic Affairs and Licensing

• Update on Endowed Chairs Program

• New Initiatives in Teacher Education

NCATE Continuing Accreditation Visits

No Child Left Behind

Improving Teacher Quality State Grants

Program

Division of Academic Affairs

and Licensing

Centers of Excellence

Teacher Transfer Track Subcommittee

Professional Review Committee


Student Services Division

Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Program: Established in 1988 to retain the “best and brightest” in South Carolina. Palmetto Fellows may receive up to $6,700 per academic year towards the cost-of-attendance at a participating senior institution within the State.

Need-based Grants Program: Established in 1996 to provide additional financial assistance to the State’s neediest residents. South Carolina was one of the last states in the nation to implement a need-based grants program at the state level.

Full-time students may receive up to $2,500 per year and part-time students may receive up to $1,250 per year towards the cost-of-attendance at participating two- and four-year institutions.

LIFE Scholarship Program: Established in 1998 to increase access to higher education. Recipients may receive up to $5,000 towards the cost-of-attendance at a four-year institution.

LIFE Scholarship recipients may receive up to the cost-of-tuition at a two-year public or technical institution. For the two-year independent institution in the state, recipients may receive up to $3,380.

Lottery Tuition Assistance Program: Implemented in 2002 to provide tuition assistance for residents attending two-year public and independent institutions. For Spring 2003, full-time students may receive up to $1,044 per year and part-time students may receive up to $87 per credit hour towards the cost-of-tuition.

SC HOPE Scholarship Program: Established in 2001 to provide funding for first-time entering freshman attending a four-year public or independent institution who do not qualify for a LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. Recipients may receive up to $2,650 towards the cost-of-attendance for the first year of attendance only.

Statistical History of the State Scholarship and Grant Programs

Academic Year

Palmetto Fellows Scholarship

S.C. Need-based Grant (Public Institutions Only) LIFE Scholarship

Lottery Tuition Assistance SC HOPE Scholarship

StudentsAward

Amount Students Award Amount StudentsAward

Amount StudentsAward

Amount StudentsAward

Amount

1996-97 623 $2,832,233 12,832 $14,698,611

1997-98 1,258 $5,686,573 13,495 $14,188,312

1998-99 1,719 $7,864,035 13,225 $13,342,281 14,757 $27,144,855

1999-00 2,243 $10,624,273 10,659 $10,221,756 16,579 $30,414,346

2000-01 2,643 $12,559,866 11,121 $11,212,295 17,269 $46,438,543

2001-02 2,641 $12,685,386 8,797 $9,492,300 20,340 $54,382,016

2002-03* 2,912 $18,745,909 9,166 $15,000,000 23,186 $106,128,537 15,278 $34,000,000 1,926 $5,787,600

* Estimates as of February 3, 2003.

2002-03 Palmetto Fellows Scholarship All Recipients by County of Origin

2002-03 Need-based GrantAll Recipients by County of Origin

Fall 2002 Total Reported LIFE Recipientsby County of Originas of February 3, 2003

2002-03 Lottery Tuition Assistance ProgramAll Recipients by County of Origin

Fall 2002 Total Reported SC HOPE Recipientsby County of Originas of February 3, 2003


Finance, Facilities, and MIS

Tuition and Fees

Dollar Increase in Tuition and FeesTechnical Colleges

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2002-02 2002-03

Year

Tuition and Fees

Dollar Tuition IncreasesTechnical Colleges and Two-Year Branches of USC

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

$3,500

1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2002-02 2002-03

Years Two Year Branches

Technical Colleges

Tuition and Fees

Dollar Increase in TuitionTwo-Year Sectors and Teaching Sector

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

$3,500

$4,000

$4,500

$5,000

1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2002-02 2002-03

Year

Teaching Sector

Two Year Branches

Technical Colleges

Tuition and Fees

Dollar Increase in Tuition All Sectors

$5,409

$4,622

$3,080

$2,113

$0

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2002-02 2002-03

Year Research SectorTeaching SectorTwo Year BranchesTechnical Colleges

Tuition and Fees

Percent Changes in Two-Year Tuition

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03

Year

Pe

rce

nt

Two-Year Fees

Tuition and Fees

Percent Chage in Four-Year Tuition

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

14.0%

16.0%

18.0%

1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03

Years

Pe

rce

nt

Four-Year Fees

Tuition and Fees

Comparison of Percent Changes in Tuition and State Appropriations, All Institutions

-10.0%

-5.0%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03

Years

Pe

rce

nt

AppropriationsTwo-Year FeesFour-Year Fees

Tuition and Fees

Scholarship and Grant Funding

$-

$20.0

$40.0

$60.0

$80.0

$100.0

$120.0

$140.0

$160.0

$180.0

$200.0

1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03

Years

Mill

ion

s

Scholarship and Grant Funding

Tuition and Fees

FY 2000-01

FY 2001-02

FY 2002-03

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

SREB

S.C.

Average In-State Undergraduate TuitionFor Two-Year Institutions

FY 2000-01

FY 2001-02

FY 2002-03

0 1 2 3 4 5

Thousands

SREBS.C.

Average In-State Undergraduate TuitionFor Four-Year Institutions

FY 2000-01

FY 2001-02

FY 2002-03

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Thousands

SREBSouth Carolina

State Appropriation Per FTE

Tuition and Fees - Challenges

Relationship between Tuition and Financial Aid

Possible Impact on Accessibility and Affordability

Capital Funding

Capital Improvement Bond Funding Since 1980

$844,757,151

CIB Funding

$89.0

$137.6

$96.3$65.6

$41.0$6.9

$75.8

$167.1 $165.5

$0.0$20.0$40.0$60.0$80.0

$100.0$120.0$140.0$160.0$180.0

CIB Funding

Capital Funding -Deferred Maintenance

Study conducted in 1994 identified approximately $173 million in E&G deferred maintenance

Study currently being updated; preliminary estimates indicate deferred maintenance has increased to more than $500 million in 9 years

Since 1994, Legislature has appropriated approximately $70 million for renovations, repairs, and deferred maintenance through Capital Improvement Bond Funding

Capital Funding

85 Projects Requested by 33 Institutions

20 of the requested projects have received partial funding

2003-04 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan (CPIP) Requests

Capital Funding - 2003-2004 CPIP

(continued) Request included:

20 Completion of

Partially Funded Projects $201,381,947

42 Renov/Repair/Def. Maint $294,747,911

3 Replacement Bldgs. $ 61,643,000

15 New Buildings $102,562,053

5 Other (Land Improve.) $ 4,044,000

Total $664,378,911

Capital Funding - Challenges

Need for Consistent Stream of Funding

Backlog of Existing Need

Parity Funding

The Committee on Finance and Facilities adopted a position that Parity will be implemented when the General Assembly appropriates new funds, and should be a component of the allocation methodology.

The Committee charged the CHE staff and the institutions to work together to develop a plan.

Parity Funding- Historical Recap

Formula Allocations Hold Harmless Agreement Advent of Performance Funding “One Time” Adjustment Current Funding Status

Overall Average (based on MRR) – 52% Lowest funded institution – 38% Highest funded institution – 67%

Parity Funding

Current Funding Levels Total MRR $1.1 Billion State Appropriations $584 Million Overall Funding Level 52%

Parity Funding

Funding Levels by Sector Based on MRR

Research Universities 56% Teaching Universities 53% USC Regional Campuses 52% Technical Colleges 45% Overall 52%

Lowest funded institution 38% Highest funded institution 67%

Parity Funding

Funding Levels By Sector Considering

Based on Actual Fee MRR Revenues

Research Univ. 56% 75%Teaching Univ. 53% 79%USC-Regional 53% 68%Tech. Coll. 45% 65%Overall 52% 73%

Lowest Funded 38% 46%Highest Funded 67% 83%

Parity Funding

Parity Issue Review Commission Charge Study Group

Funding Advisory Committee CHE Staff

Series of Meetings - Next Meeting this afternoon Recommendation to be made to the Finance and

Facilities Committee on February 18th Recommendation to the full Commission on March

6th

Parity Funding - Challenges

Difficulty in Reallocating Resources

Lack of Increases in Funding

Documents

South Carolina Commission on Higher Education