The cost/quality/access conundrum: challenges to state policy makers from

current financing trends Jane Wellman

SHEEO Annual MeetingJuly 17, 2009

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The patterns….

• Rising tuitions• Growing public critique• Stagnant or declining public subsidies• Growing stratification• Cost cutting in instructional programs• Rising use of part-time faculty

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Sources: College Board, “Trends in College Pricing, 2008”; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009, www.bls.gov ; U.S. Census, Current Population Study-ASEC, 2008.6/09/2009 3

Growing public critique about spending priorities

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WHERE THE MONEY GOES, WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED: E&R SPENDING PER FTE STUDENT/ENROLLMENTS

Averages are misleading: there is significant stratification between institutions in access to revenues, with the majority of students enrolling in institutions spending $10,000 or less per student

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Average Total Operating Revenues per FTE Student

Average Educational Spending per FTE Student

2002 2006 % Change 2002 2006 % Change

Public Research

$32,035 $34,663 8% $13,670 $13,819 1%

Public Master's

$16,748 $17,117 2% $10,833 $10,835 0%

Public Associates

$12,602 $12,869 2% $9,339 $9,184 -2%

PNP Research

$50,528 $86,851 72% $30,500 $33,234 9%

PNP Master's

$18,660 $22,030 18% $14,631 $15,238 4%

PNP Bachelor's

$21,314 $31,935 50% $18,457 $19,392 5%

Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS Database, 20-year matched set.

Only a portion of revenues go to education – and that portion is declining

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