State System Office

State System Office Hot Issues Budget issues - Funding sources Tuition Instate out-of-state tuition issue State Allocation Private funding

State System Office Hot Issues Attract and retain good faculty & staff. Key disciplinary faculty shortfall (e.g., engineering) IT staff Faculty support staff Instructional Design specialists

State System Office Hot Issues Attract & retain students Educational needs state-wide to support economic needs of the state. Educational opportunities for all state citizens Distance Education (infrastructure, course development, marketing…) Cost of programs; duplicate programs Reciprocal credit policies

State System Office Hot Issues Cost of programs; duplicate programs Reciprocal credit policies Central reporting to facilitate system- wide decision making Standardization of policies and information management systems for administrative efficiencies

State System Office Hot Issues Deferred maintenance: Classrooms including technology upgrades Partnerships with private industry to provide additional resources Technology initiatives Intellectual property rights

State System Office Actions (1 of 3) Provide IT support (new staff positions) to faculty to relieve them of burdens, make environment conducive to technology use. Fund through new legislative appropriations or tuition increase. [DAB thinks this is more appropriately an institution-level responsibility rather than state system.]

State System Office Actions (2 of 3) (a) Design and build (in out-years) infrastructure (communications, technical support staff) to operate state-wide network for distributed learning (distance education), based on survey of needs and ability to provide content (content - programs and courses - remains universities’ responsibility). (b) Develop long-term business model for operation of distributed learning infrastructure. (This action item assumes there is already some expertise and commitment to distance education by programs and departments in universities in the system.)

State System Office Actions (3 of 3) Offer a “deal” to universities: eliminate system-mandated reporting and checking requirements in any area in which the universities adopt a common system.