A Strategic Planning Vision for Texas Higher Education

1. A Strategic Planning Visionfor Texas Higher Education A Report by University of Texas Graduate Students William Carter James Jones Matt Orem Rob Robinson Jeffrey Steely Terry Wilson Stephen Wong July 20, 2006

2. Our Challenge • Identify critical issues facing higher education in Texas • Issues which a strategic plan must address • Our deliverable is a landscape or vision • Includes broad recommendations • Links to Closing The Gaps UT Austin Graduate Student Report

3. Environmental Changes • Demographic changes • Technological changes • Financial changes • Political scrutiny • Academic standards and priorities UT Austin Graduate Student Report

4. Identified Critical Issues • P-16 Integration • Financial Aid and Access • Community Colleges • Instruction and Curriculum • Mission Diversity • Space and Capacity • Funding • Accountability UT Austin Graduate Student Report

5. P-16 Integration • Implement House Bill 1, 79th Legislature, Article 5 • P-16 and College Readiness Standards • Expand Pre-K Schools • Improve and expand college counseling • Expand the school year UT Austin Graduate Student Report

6. Financial Aid and Access • Increase Financial Aid Literacy • Early Awareness • Early Awarding • Develop Financial Aid Strategies to meet Strategic Priorities • Investigate stacking aid programs • Increase work-study • Fully fund Texas Grant program UT Austin Graduate Student Report

7. Increased Participation in Community Colleges • Expand Dual Enrollment/Credit Programs • Create a Culture of Transfer • Create Linked High School Graduation/Admission Programs • Develop New Strategies through Distance Education • Promote Adult Basic Education UT Austin Graduate Student Report

8. Instruction and Curriculum • Utilize New Technologies for Improved Outcomes • Review Core Curriculum • Language instruction requirements • Broader global perspective • Inter-disciplinary approaches • Increase Service-Learning Opportunities UT Austin Graduate Student Report

9. Mission Diversity • Define and Promote Categories of Academic Distinction • Reduce incentives for “mission growth” • Reward excellence • Examine System Reorganization • Could consolidation lead to efficiencies? • Provide unaligned institutions with access to greater resources UT Austin Graduate Student Report

10. Higher Education Has Positive ROI • Develop a Coherent Strategy Supporting Long-Term Planning • Revisit Capital Funding Strategies (TRBs) • Operational Funding based on planning • Align Funding Strategies with Closing the Gaps • Customize funding formulas based on institutional mission UT Austin Graduate Student Report

11. Space and Capacity • Set New Standards for Classroom Utilization • Encourage Weekend and Year-Round Enrollment • Expand Utilization of Online Instruction • Adopt a Strategic Plan for Reducing Deferred Maintenance • Submit Space Utilization Reports to Legislature UT Austin Graduate Student Report

12. Accountability • Create Common Database for Research and Policy Development • Integrate P-16 data • Measure Student Learning • Consider funding a common assessment tool like the Collegiate Learning Assessment • Continue Development of the Community College Accountability System UT Austin Graduate Student Report

13. P-16 Integration Participation; Success Financial Aid and Access Participation; Success Community Colleges Participation; Success; Excellence Instruction and Curriculum Success; Excellence Mission Diversity Excellence; Research Space and Capacity Excellence; Research Funding Excellence; Success; Research Accountability Participation, Success; Excellence; Research Linking Critical Issues to Closing The Gaps UT Austin Graduate Student Report

14. CONCLUSION • These Are Critical Issues That Must Be Addressed By Any Plan • The Issues are Complex • Strategic Planning is Essential & Continual • THECB is Key Driver In Planning UT Austin Graduate Student Report

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