1. Missouri Department of Higher Education Resources and Planning Committee August 20, 2009

2. MDHE Setting the Context 1893 – Seven institutions form the voluntary Missouri College Union 1959 – The voluntary Governor’s Council on Higher Education created 1963 – Missouri Commission on Higher Education established in statute 1974 – Omnibus Reorganization Act amended state constitution to establish Coordinating Board for Higher Education 2007 – Missouri General Assembly approves SB 389 w/governance features a

3. MDHE Governance Features of SB 389 Joint Committee on Education CBHE power to levy fines Binding dispute resolution Tuition stabilization/waiver Performance measures and accountability Hiring of political science faculty b

4. MDHE Mission Review CBHE has statutory responsibility to review institutional missions every 5 years CBHE reinstated mission review process in Dec. 2008 Phase 1 – Institutions submitted mission documents and facilities plans. MDHE checked alignment of institutional missions, facilities plans and CBHE -approved programs to goals in Imperatives for Change, analyzed master plans, conducted site visits Phase 2 – MDHE will submit its final report in Dec. 2009 c

5. MDHE CBHE Coordinated Plan – Imperatives for Change Institutions worked w/MDHE to develop target goals and strategic actions to support Coordinated Plan IFC Baseline Data Validation – Institutions assisted in validation of data to inform the work of MDHE SB 389 requires minimum of 3 statewide measures and 2 institutional measures. MDHE has a much larger working list of indicators. 19 priority target indicators selected for initial tracking d

6. MDHE Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Improvements Institutions submitted prioritized lists to MDHE (July) MDHE gave 1st priority to deferred LCDI projects MDHE submitted ranked priority lists for 4-year and 2-year institutions based on established criteria Proportionality between sectors an issue e

7. MDHE FY 2011 – Operating Budget and Capital Funding State budget office directive: no new funding requests over FY 2010 base = $ 451 million UM operating Requests limited to replacing the stabilization funding UM Stabilization funding = $ 49 million MDHE will use governing board approved requests to make the case for funding needs Capital Funding Priorities may be same as JCCI Proportionality between sectors an issue f

8. MDHE Other Items of Interest HB 390 – Immigration policy American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds Curriculum Alignment Initiative Early College Initiative LAMP – Learning Assessment in Missouri Postsecondary Education COTA – Committee on Transfer and Articulation g

9. MDHE Watch List Non-financial state audit of HE system Access Missouri SB 389/Tuition Waivers Statewide bonding initiative SB 291 – P-20 Council h

10. MDHE Questions? i

11. Missouri Department of Higher Education Resources and Planning Committee August 20, 2009 j