2011 Strategic Planning Retreat
The Economics of Education:
Thriving in a Difficult Economy
Alamo Colleges Strategic Goals
F.6.1?
Student Success Policy
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Course Completion Rates
Productive Grade Rates
Retention Rates
Persistence Rates
Graduates and Graduation Rates
Placement/Employment Rates
Transfer Rates
Licensure Examination Pass Rates
Success Rates in Developmental Education
Headcount Enrollment
By College of Attendance
66,000
63,341
64,000
25% increase
62,000
60,265
60,000
58,000
56,000
53,939
54,000
52,000
50,649
51,466
50,000
48,000
Fall 2006
Fall 2007
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Class-Based Metrics
Alamo Colleges
FY 07
FY 08
FY 09
FY10
Productive Grade
Rates
67.3% 68.2% 69.4% 71.0%
Course Completion
Rates
80.2% 83.1% 84.8% 86.8%
Persistence Rates
FT FTIC Fall-to Fall
70.0%
68.7%
65.0%
60.0%
60.0%
61.1%
57.0%
55.0%
50.0%
State Avg
VLCC Avg
Alamo
El Paso
Four-Year Graduation Rate
20.0%
16.9%
13.9%
15.0%
11.1%
11.4%
Alamo
VLCC Avg
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
State Avg
South Texas
Degrees & Certificates Awarded
6,200
6,016
6,000
5,800
5,600
5,400
5,200
5,000
4,800
4,660
4,600
4,443
4,400
4,200
4,219
4,091
4,000
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
CCSSE
DOMAIN
ALAMO
STATE
AVG
NATIONAL
AVG
Active & Collaborative Learning
53.6
49.1
50.0
Student Effort
51.0
48.7
50.0
Academic Challenge
50.9
48.1
50.0
Student/Faculty Interaction
50.6
48.8
50.0
Support for Learners
52.6
51.5
50.0
Percentage of students rating
their entire educational
experience as good or excellent?
90%
89%
89%
88%
87%
87%
86%
86%
85%
Alamo Colleges
Texas CC Avg
National Avg
94%
Licensure Exam Pass Rate
92.5%
92%
90.7%
90.3%
90%
89.1%
87.9%
88%
88.3%
88.2%
86%
84%
83.0%
83.0%
82%
80%
78%
FY 2007
Alamo Colleges
FY 2008
Statewide
FY 2009
Very Large Colleges
Placement / Employment
85.0%
83.2%
80.0%
78.4%
78.7%
Alamo
State Avg
77.3%
75.0%
70.0%
VLCC Avg
Collin
Dev. Ed. Productive Grade Rates
ENGLISH
62.0%
60.1%
60.0%
58.0%
56.6%
56.0%
54.2%
54.0%
52.0%
51.8%
52.0%
2005
2006
50.0%
2007
2008
2009
Dev. Ed. Productive Grade Rates
MATH
54.0%
52.3%
52.0%
50.0%
48.0%
47.0%
47.4%
47.9%
46.0%
44.2%
44.0%
42.0%
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Dev. Ed. Productive Grade Rates
READING
70.0%
68.5%
67.9%
68.0%
65.7%
66.0%
64.5%
64.0%
63.2%
62.0%
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
On the Rise
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Enrollment
Course Completion
Student Success Rates
Graduation Rates and Graduates
Employment Placement
Licensure Exam Pass Rates
Student Satisfaction
Student Engagement
Student Success in Developmental Education
Not on the rise?
OUCH!
Pay for Performance
Student Success Metrics
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Course Completion Rates
Productive Grade Rates
Retention Rates
Persistence Rates
Graduates and Graduation Rates
Placement/Employment Rates
Transfer Rates
Licensure Examination Pass Rates
Success Rates in Developmental Education
ALAMO COLLEGES
6 Year Comparison of Revenues
Fiscal
Year
State
Funding
Local
Taxes
Tuition
& Fees
Other
FY06
35.8%
34.2%
24.7%
5.4%
FY07
33.5%
35.9%
25.2%
5.5%
FY08
28.7%
33.5%
33.1%
4.7%
FY09
27.3%
35.5%
33.5%
3.7%
FY10
25.6%
33.1%
38.2%
3.2%
FY11
23.5%
33.3%
40.0%
3.2%
State Funding for Alamo Colleges
A Decade of Diminishment
Fiscal
Year
State
Funding
Local
Taxes
Tuition &
Fees
Other
FY02
42.7%
33.2%
20.8%
3.3%
FY11
23.5%
33.3%
40.0%
3.2%
In-State Undergraduates, 2009-2010
Annual Tuition & Required Fees
Kentucky
South Carolina
Maryland
Tennessee
Georgia
West Virginia
Virginia
Delaware
Alabama
Oklahoma
SREB States
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
ALAMO COLLEGES
Mississippi
North Carolina
$3,750
$3,382
$3,215
$2,969
$2,954
$2,878
$2,869
$2,816
$2,700
$2,696
$2,578
$2,553
$2,220
$2,058
$1,859
$1,859
$1,806
$1,682
State Funding for AC
per student contact hour
2007-08:
2008-09:
2009-10:
2010-11:
$3.54
$3.35
$3.00
$2.58
Presidential
Perspectives
2011 Inside Higher Education Survey
Most Important Issues Confronting
Community Colleges
1. Budget Shortfalls
2. Changes in State Support
3. Remediation and Student Readiness for
College
4. Limits on Ability to Respond to Rising
Enrollments
5. Rising Tuition /Affordability
Strategies Deployed to Address Financial
Consequences of Economic Downturn
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6.
Budget Cuts (targeted and across-the-board)
Increased Proportion of Part-Time Faculty
Increased Tuition by 5% or More
Expanding Online Programs
Hiring Freeze
Launching/Expanding Partnerships with Other
Institutions
7. Raised Student Fees for Campus Resources/Services
8. Changes in Benefit Levels
9. Layoffs / Furloughs
10. New Alliances with Corporate Partners
Absent Political Consequences, Strategies
Would Use to Address Financial Challenges
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6.
7.
Outsourcing Various Campus Services
Increasing Teaching Loads
Altering the Institutional Policy on Tenure
Mandating the Retirement of Older Faculty
Significant Cuts to Athletic Programs
Significantly Increasing Tuition
Narrowing or Shifting the Institutional
Mission
Critical Deliverables
1. Improved Student Success
2. Greater Efficiencies
3. Cost-Savings Strategies
Leadership
Planning
Prioritizing
Ownership
Strategic Planning Themes
1. Achieve cost savings while improving results
2. Secure successful completion of developmental
education
3. Increase transfer and graduation rates
4. Improve communication and collaboration
5. Promote sustainability
6. Improve systems and processes
7. Develop and measure effectiveness of learning
outcomes
8. Embrace financial aid as a responsibility
Priority #1 at the Alamo Colleges is:
A. Student Success
B. Student Success
C. Student Success
D. Student Success
As you understand it, the fiscal challenges
facing the Alamo Colleges are:
A. Severe
B. Real but understated
C. Real but exaggerated
D. Imagined
Which Cost-Cutting Strategy Do you
Least Agree With
A. Across-the-board budget cuts
B. Salary Cuts
C. Furloughs
D. Layoffs
E. Unsure
Which Cost-Cutting Strategy Do you
Most Agree With
A. Across-the-board budget cuts
B. Salary Cuts
C. Furloughs
D. Layoffs
E. Unsure
Our Current Shared-Governance
Environment Can Be Best Described As:
A. High Trust
B. Moderate Trust
C. Low Trust
D. Unsure
How effective are the Alamo Colleges at using
data to aid and inform decision-making?
A. Very effective
B. Somewhat effective
C. Not effective
D. Unsure
Given our current fiscal condition,
should we take steps to limit our
future enrollment growth?
A.Yes
B. No
C. Unsure