Discussion Items for Task Force Meeting

1. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems 3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 150 Boulder, Colorado 80301-2251 Discussion Items for Task Force Meeting Chicago, Illinois August 12, 2008

2. Topics to be Covered • Observations About Policy Environment for Implementation • Moving from Goals to Implementation Plan • Principles • Policy Tools • Cross-Cutting Issues • Charge to Work Groups

3. Observations About Policy Environment for Implementation

4. Policy Environment • Strong History of Institution-Oriented Policy-Making • Splintered Nature of Decision Authority • State Level • Local/Region • Absence of Mechanisms for Regional Solutions • Culture of “Pilots” But Little Evaluation and Scaling Up

5. Policy Environment (Continued) • Uneven Engagement (Time and Geography) of Business and Civic Leaders in Higher Education Issues • Many Unfunded Mandates (e.g., Mandated Scholarships) • Lack of Information Infra-Structure • Higher Education • P-20

6. Moving from Goals to an Implementation Plan

7. The Management Cycle State Planning Institution State State Accountability Implementation Institution Institution

8. Basic Principles for Developing Implementation Strategies • Use Goals as the Starting Point—Align Policies with Goals • Use All the Policy Tools • Be Consistent—Across Goals and Across Tools • Focus on Students as Well as Institutions • Fit Policy to Regional, as Well as Statewide, Needs

9. The Policy Tools • Clear Direction—a “Public Agenda” • Funding/Resource Allocation • Accountability • Regulation • Policy Leadership/Allocation of Decision Authority Underlying Them All Is Capacity to Provide Information

10. POLICY TOOLS GOALS Planning and Leadership Finance Regulation Accountability Governance • Increase Education Attainment • Ensure College Affordability • Increase Production of High‑Quality Credentials • Integrate Educational, Research, and Innovation Assets ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT

11. Cross-Cutting Issues • P-20 Alignment of Standards, Curriculum, Assessments and Professional Development for: • Postsecondary Education • Work in a Living Wage Job • Funding Policy • Institutional • Students • Regional Strategies • Policy Leadership

12. Funding/Resource Allocation—Key Concepts

13. 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

14. 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

15. Criteria from Perspective of Different Stakeholders State Students Institutions • Maintains Institutional Capacity • Promotes Achievement of Priority Outcomes • Affordable • Affordability • Value • Access to Key Assets (e.g., Faculty and Technology) • Adequacy • Equity • Stability

16. Criteria for Effective Higher Education Finance Policy • Create and Maintain Necessary Institutional Capacity • Reinforce Utilization of Capacity to Achieve State Goals • Contributions Required Are Affordable—to Both State and Students • Viewed as Being Fair • Transparent

17. Basic Questions at State Level • How Much to Allocate • To Which Recipients—Students or Institutions • Using Which Mechanisms

18. 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

19. A Key Distinction • Investment Funds • Capacity Building • A Priori • Incentive Funds • Capacity Utilization • Post Facto

20. Student Financial Aid • Align Student Aid, Tuition and Appropriations • Implement a Shared Responsibility Model for Student Aid with: • Student Making Initial Commitment • State Making Last Dollar Commitment • Link Student Financial Aid to Incentives for Students Beginning at 7th and 8th Grades

21. Remember—All Funding Mechanisms Provide Incentives for Behavior Central Question:Are the Behaviors Elicitedthe Ones You Want?

22. Regional Partnerships • Focus on Regions as the “Community of Solution” for Getting More Students Through Education Pipeline • Partnership: • Regional Community/Economic Development • Higher Education • P-12 • Use of State Funding to Provide Incentives for Regional Strategies

23. Policy Leadership • Key Point: Must Have a Means to Keep Agenda on Track • Legislative Ownership of Long-Term Agenda • Linking Budget and Appropriations to Goals • Holding Institutions/Systems Accountable • Sustaining Agenda Over Changes in Political Leadership and Economic Conditions

24. Policy Leadership (Continued) • Creating Mechanism for Developing Regional Solutions • Using Public/Private Partnerships to Facilitate Change

25. Charge to Work Groups

26. Charge to Work Groups • Adhere to Basic Principles: • Use Goals as the Starting Point—Align Policies with Goals • Use All the Policy Tools • Be Consistent—Across Goals and Across Tools • Focus on Students as Well as Institutions • Fit Policy to Regional, as Well as Statewide, Needs

27. Charge • Prepare Short List of More Detailed Action Steps Recommended as Priority Implementation Initiatives • Indicate Actions Required of Each of Relevant Entities in Order for Public Agenda to be Successful (IBHE, ICCB, ISAC, ISBE and others) • Modify List of Performance Measures and Benchmarks as Necessary

28. Measuring Progress: Illinois Outcome/Performance Measures

29. 1. Increase Educational Attainment to Match Best-Performing U.S. States and World Countries • Proportion of Adults Age 25-34 with Associate Degree or Higher • Proportion of Adults Age 25-34 with Baccalaureate Degree or Higher Benchmarked Against: • Best-Performing OECD Countries • 5 Best-Performing U.S. States • Selected Competitor/Neighbor States (continued)

30. 1. Increase Educational Attainment to Match Best-Performing U.S. States and World Countries (continued) • Improve Success of Students—Eliminate Racial, Ethnic, Gender and Disability Achievement Gaps • Proportion of Adults Age 25-34 by Race/Ethnic Group, Gender, and Disability Status Who Have: • Completed High School • Attained Associate Degree or Higher • Attained Baccalaureate Degree or Higher • Difference Between Whites and Each Ethnic Group for Each Attainment Level Above Benchmarked Against: • Illinois Trends Over Time • Best-Performing States (continued)

31. 1. Increase Educational Attainment to Match Best-Performing U.S. States and World Countries (continued) • Increase Number of Adults Reentering Education and Completing a Postsecondary Credential • Number of GEDs Awarded to Adults Age 21-44 as a Proportion of Adults Age 21-44 with Less than a High School Diploma • First-Time Freshmen Age 25-44 as a Proportion of Adults Age 25-44 with a High School Diploma but No College • Degrees Awarded to Adults Age 25-44 as a Proportion of Population Age 25-44 with No College Degree • Benchmarked Against: • Illinois Trends • Best-Performing States (continued)

32. 1. Increase Educational Attainment to Match Best-Performing U.S. States and World Countries (continued) • Reduce Geographic Disparities in Educational Attainment • Difference Between Highest- and Lowest-Attaining Counties in Proportions of Individuals Who Have Attained: • Associate Degree or Higher • Baccalaureate Degree or Higher • Also Differences Between Counties at 20th and 80th Percentiles Benchmarked Against: • Illinois Trends Over Time • Best-Performing States

33. 2. Ensure College Affordability for Students, Families and Taxpayers • Percent of Family Income for: • Median Family • Low-Quintile Family Required to Pay Net Cost of Attendance (Cost Less Grant Aid) at: • Public 4-Year • Private 4-Year • Public 2-Year • Average Amount of Debt Per Student (continued)

34. 2. Ensure College Affordability for Students, Families and Taxpayers (continued) • Percent of Low-Quintile Family Income Required to Pay Tuition and Required Fees at 2-Year Public Institutions • State Tax Effort Compared to State Tax Capacity • State and Local Appropriations Plus Tuition and Fee Revenue per FTE Student—State Share of This Total Revenue per FTE Student • Benchmarked Against: • Illinois Trends • Best-Performing States

35. 3. Increase Production of Quality Postsecondary Credentials to Meet Demands of Economy • Improve Student Learning and Skill Levels to Compete Effectively in the Global Marketplace • Proportion of Adults Age 25-34 Assessed as Proficient in Each of the Areas of the NAAL—Data Acquired Through a State Oversample on the Exam (Scores of College Graduates Versus Non-College Graduates) • Benchmarked Against: • Illinois Trends • U.S. Average • Other States for Which State Data Are Available (continued)

36. 3. Increase Production of Quality Postsecondary Credentials to Meet Demands of Economy (continued) • Increase Production of Quality Certificates, Associate and Baccalaureate Degrees • Produced Each Year by All Institutions in State Benchmarked Against Illinois Trends • Certificates and Associate Degrees Granted as a Proportion of FTE Enrollments at 2-Year Institutions • Baccalaureate Degrees Awarded as a Proportion of FTE Undergraduate Enrollments at 4-Year Institutions (Public and Private Not-for-Profit) Benchmarked Against: • Illinois Trends Over Time • Best-Performing States (continued)

37. 3. Increase Production of Quality Postsecondary Credentials to Meet Demands of Economy (continued) • Improve Transitions Between Associate and Baccalaureate Degree Levels • Number of Students Who Achieve Transfer-Ready Status • Proportion of Students Who Achieve Transfer-Ready Status Who Do Transfer and Complete a Degree • Proportion of Students Who Achieve 12 SCH Who Transfer • Proportion of SCH Earned by Transfers That Are Not Accepted as Credit for a Major • Proportion of Students with 2.0 GPA or Better—Transfers Versus Native Students Benchmarked Against Illinois Trends (continued)

38. 3. Increase Production of Quality Postsecondary Credentials to Meet Demands of Economy (continued) • Increase Production of Postsecondary Degrees in Fields Critical to Illinois Economy—e.g., Nursing, Allied Health, and Information Technology • Absolute Number of Associate, Baccalaureate and Master’s Degrees Produced Each Year in Specified Fields – Nursing – Allied Health – IT – Others? Benchmarked Against Illinois Trends • Associate, Baccalaureate, Master’s and Doctoral Degrees Produced in STEM Fields as a Proportion of All Degrees Granted at Those Levels Benchmarked Against Best-Performing States (continued)

39. 4. Better Integrate Illinois’ Educational, Research, and Innovation Assets to Meet Economic Needs of the State and Its Regions • Proportion of Jobs Considered to Be “Living Wage” Jobs • Spin-Off Companies Created Per Billion Dollars of Academic Research • ???