State System Office State System Office Hot Issues
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State System Office
State System Office Hot Issues l • • Budget issues - Funding sources Tuition Instate out-of-state tuition issue State Allocation Private funding
State System Office Hot Issues l • • • 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 l l l Attract & retain students Educational needs state-wide to support economic needs of the state. Educational opportunities for all state citizens l l l Distance Education (infrastructure, course development, marketing…) Cost of programs; duplicate programs l Reciprocal credit policies
State System Office Hot Issues l l l Cost of programs; duplicate programs Reciprocal credit policies Central reporting to facilitate systemwide decision making Standardization of policies and information management systems for administrative efficiencies
State System Office Hot Issues l Deferred maintenance: l l Classrooms including technology upgrades Partnerships with private industry to provide additional resources l Technology initiatives l 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 systemmandated reporting and checking requirements in any area in which the universities adopt a common system.
