What Advancing Leaders Should Know About Higher Education Policy Claude Pressnell President Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association

Policy Pressures: State Issues Student Aid Hope Scholarship TSAA Reserve accounts Tennessee Promise Reconnect Points of Intersection Associate Degrees Transfer Pathways Adult Learners

Policy Pressures: State Issues California Religious institutions Expansion of Free Community College PILOT’s

Federal Pressures Student Aid Pell Grant PPY Campus Based $5,925 + CPI Year round 15 hr $300 Bonus Student Progression PPY Campus Based

Policy Pressures: Congressional Issues College Cost Student Loans Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act Senator Lamar Alexander FAST ACT Deregulation Accreditation Skin in the game

Policy Pressures: Administration Introducing Paying for Performance Tie aid to performance State funding Students and colleges accountable for progress Innovation and Competition Consumer information Student Aid PPY IBR and Flex repayment

Policy Pressures: Administration USDOE Rules State Authorization Accreditation/ACICS Borrower’s Defense Office of Civil Rights Relevancy and Wages Devaluing of the liberal arts Department of Labor Supreme Court

Presidential Campaigns Clinton Free community college Debt-free public universities Not last-dollar (tuition, fees, books) Trump Loans difficult for liberal arts majors – except for elite colleges Colleges with skin-in-the-game No state-federal partnerships to make college free

Low-income Students Pell Ranking in Tennessee 13 TICUA members have the highest percentage of Pell Students Southwest Community College Tennessee State University 2 more TICUA members 40% of TICUA Tennesseans Receive Pell 33% of All TICUA Students Receive Pell

TICUA Enrollment Trends Down About one third Average Pell – 61% Flat Average Pell – 44% Up Average Pell – 45%

Fastest Growing Case One Case Two Case Three 10 year enrollment increase – 3.5x Majority adult learners Average Pell – 71% Case Two 10 year enrollment increase – 2x Average Pell – 56% Case Three 10 year enrollment increase – 79% Majority traditional learners Average Pell – 29%

Academic Realities Progression Focused Online programs Convenience Collaboration Competency Based

Academic Realities Student outcomes College cost Measure broadly (expand the conversation!) Learning outcomes defined as essential skills Academic success Career placement College cost Budget cutting Discount rates

Global Trends Global Academic Environment European Reform Quest Toward Quality and Globalization European Reform Bologna Process Purpose: Ensure quality and mobility Three/Two/Three Degree Cycle ECTS

Global Trends European Reform (continued) Impact on United States Degree Level Outcomes Five Basic Statements Knowledge acquisition Application of knowledge Integration of knowledge Communication (oral/written) Foundations for further study Diploma Supplement Impact on United States

Characteristics FIRST – Stay Mission Focused but Delivery Flexible Rethinking Academic Structure

Characteristics New Programs Responsive to Community Ease of Access Innovative Delivery Academic Collaboration

TICUA Advancing Leaders Claude Pressnell President Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association