1. State System Office

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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.]

8. 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.)

9. 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.