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The cost/quality/access conundrum: challenges to state policy makers from current financing trends Jane Wellman SHEEO Annual Meeting July 17, 2009. The patterns…. Rising tuitions Growing public critique Stagnant or declining public subsidies Growing stratification
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The cost/quality/access conundrum: challenges to state policy makers from current financing trends Jane WellmanSHEEO Annual MeetingJuly 17, 2009
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
Sources: College Board, “Trends in College Pricing, 2008”; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009, www.bls.gov ; U.S. Census, Current Population Study-ASEC, 2008.
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
Only a portion of revenues go to education – and that portion is declining
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
Distribution of Instructors in Different Employment Statuses to Different Levels of English Department CurriculaDepartments in Carnegie Research/Doctoral Institutions2007 ADE Staffing Survey
Distribution of Instructors in Different Employment Statuses to Different Levels of English Department CurriculaDepartments in Carnegie Master’s Institutions2007 ADE Staffing Survey