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Presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education January 15, 2008

Developing a public agenda for Illinois higher education to plan for college and career success. Includes tools for finance, accountability, regulation, and policy leadership. Focus on data analysis, stakeholder consensus, and sustained leadership.

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Presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education January 15, 2008

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  1. 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

  2. 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:

  3. The Implementation Tools • Finance • Accountability • Regulation • Policy Leadership and Governance—Allocation of Decision Authority

  4. The Management Cycle Planning Assessment Implementation Strategic Management —The allocation of resources to programmed activities calculated to achieve a set of goals.

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

  6. 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)

  7. 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.

  8. Finance

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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)

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

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