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Navigating the Cost-Quality-Access Challenge in Higher Education Funding

The rising costs of tuition alongside declining public subsidies create a complex situation for state policymakers in higher education. This presentation highlights key trends such as growing public critique, instructional program cutbacks, and increased reliance on part-time faculty. It addresses how these trends impact equitable access to quality education, with many students attending institutions that invest minimally per student. It emphasizes the need for effective strategies to balance educational quality, funding sources, and student access amidst escalating financial challenges.

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Navigating the Cost-Quality-Access Challenge in Higher Education Funding

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  1. The cost/quality/access conundrum: challenges to state policy makers from current financing trends Jane WellmanSHEEO Annual MeetingJuly 17, 2009

  2. The patterns…. • Rising tuitions • Growing public critique • Stagnant or declining public subsidies • Growing stratification • Cost cutting in instructional programs • Rising use of part-time faculty

  3. Sources: College Board, “Trends in College Pricing, 2008”; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009, www.bls.gov ; U.S. Census, Current Population Study-ASEC, 2008.

  4. Growing public critique about spending priorities

  5. WHERE THE MONEY GOES, WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED: E&R SPENDING PER FTE STUDENT/ENROLLMENTS Averages are misleading: there is significant stratification between institutions in access to revenues, with the majority of students enrolling in institutions spending $10,000 or less per student

  6. Only a portion of revenues go to education – and that portion is declining

  7. Estimated Number of Faculty Members in Different Fields of StudyArranged by Total Number of Faculty Members and Showing Breakdown by Tenure and Employment Status 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty

  8. Distribution of Instructors in Different Employment Statuses to Different Levels of English Department CurriculaDepartments in Carnegie Research/Doctoral Institutions2007 ADE Staffing Survey

  9. Distribution of Instructors in Different Employment Statuses to Different Levels of English Department CurriculaDepartments in Carnegie Master’s Institutions2007 ADE Staffing Survey

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