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National Center for Higher Education Management Systems 3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 150 Boulder, Colorado 80301-2251. A Framework for Developing a Public Agenda for Illinois Higher Education: Planning for College and Career Success. Presented to the
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National Center for Higher Education Management Systems 3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 150 Boulder, Colorado 80301-2251 A Framework for Developing a Public Agenda for Illinois Higher Education: Planning for College and Career Success Presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education January 15, 2008
The State as a Whole Subgroups (Subpopulations, Economic Sectors, etc.) Strategic Planning A Process for Making Decisions About Desired Future State (Rankings, Performance Levels, etc.) of:
The Implementation Tools • Finance • Accountability • Regulation • Policy Leadership and Governance—Allocation of Decision Authority
The Management Cycle Planning Assessment Implementation Strategic Management —The allocation of resources to programmed activities calculated to achieve a set of goals.
The Management Cycle State Planning Institution State State Accountability Implementation Institution Institution
Building a Public Agenda for Higher Education • Requires Sustained Leadership to: • Create an Agenda • Build Consensus • Implement/Sustain the Vision • Relies on Data Analysis as a Critical First Step • Social, Economic, and Educational Conditions of the State • What Is/What Is Desired (continued)
Building a Public Agenda for Higher Education (continued) • Identify a Limited Number of Priorities • Recognize Connections to Other Sectors • K-12 • Economic Development • Workforce Development • Etc.
Economy Tax Policy Available State and Local Govt. Funds • • • • K-12 Corrections Health Care Other Govt. Higher Education Income Student Aid Appropriations/Grants Tuition DonorsFoundationsCorporations Gifts Students Institutions Scholarships &Waivers Student Aid (Restricted) Research and Other Grants (Restricted) FederalGovernment The Flow of Funds
Economy Tax Policy Available State and Local Govt. Funds Higher Education Income Student Aid Appropriations/Grants Tuition Students Institutions Scholarships &Waivers Student Aid (Restricted) FederalGovernment The Flow of Funds
Institution Focused Student Focused • Base-Plus • Formulas • Investment Funds Tuition and Aid Policy Focused on Revenue Generation Core Capacity Capacity Utilization/Public Agenda Tuition and Aid Policy Focused on Attainment of Specified Outcomes Performance Funding Finance Policy—The Options
Accountability Important Considerations • Agreed-Upon Indicators for Assessing Progress Toward Achieving Priorities • Expectations Regarding an Annual “Report Card” • A Forum for Discussing Results and Recommending Modifications
Criteria for Good Indicators • Reflect the Public Agenda—the State’s Priority Issues • Provide Meaningful Policy Direction for Improvement • Are Not Subject to Manipulation • Are Easily Understandable and Credible to Lay Audiences • Contain Benchmarks Against Which to Chart Progress • Provide Data that Are Reliable and Valid • Can Be Constructed at Reasonable Cost
General Approach • Indicators Will Be Calculated for the State as a Whole and, Wherever Possible, by Region • Selected Indicators Appropriate to Institutions Will Be Calculated for Each Institution Using: • Institutional Data, and • Data Drawn from a Defined “Service Region” • Indicators Will Be Calculated to Show Five-Year Trends Wherever Possible (continued)
General Approach (continued) • There Will Be at Least One “Core” Indicator for Each Policy Goal and Subtopic—Other Indicators Will Be Provided as “Background” Measures Intended to Provide Context • Benchmarking Will Be Done for All “Core” Indicators: • Best-Performing States • Best-Performing Countries, Where Available
Alignment of Policies The Policy “Audit”—Determining: • The Extent to Which Policies Are • Mutually-Reinforcing, or • In Conflict with Each Other • Policies Other than Those Specific to Higher Education that Affect Ability of Institutions to Respond to Public Agenda
The Final Product • A Public Agenda—Statewide Goals and Priorities for Illinois Higher Education • Recommended Set of Accountability Measures—Contents of a “Report Card” • Sector and Institutional Roles and Responsibilities • Coordination and Implementation Strategies • Policy Changes • Sustaining the Agenda