Addressing the 60/120

Lisa Larson, Vice President Academic Affairs

Diane Paulson, Vice President Administrative Services

60/120Initial reactions

The sky is falling….

They can’t mean my program…

It will get repealed….

HTC’s Program Inventory 42 AAS or AS degrees over 60 credits 28 seeking waivers 1 award is still considering waiver 12 awards will reduce

◦ 4 of those are at 72 credits◦ 2 of those are at 66 credits◦ 1 of those is at 65 credits◦ 2 of those are at 64 credits◦ 1 of those is at 63 credits◦ 1 of those is at 62 credits◦ 1 of those is at 61 credits

Waivers will be submitted to the OOC on or before June 30, 2009

Faculty will meet in discipline groups for discussion

OOC Representatives will review and analyze submissions and work with colleges and universities on next steps

July 1, 2012 timeline

Presidents’ Statement Presidents of two-year colleges

◦ Desired level of consistency across our system◦ Uphold a system wide procedural framework that

fully embraces: Integrity of degree content and critical curriculum

analyses Primacy of campus curriculum development activity Industry and professional skills standards and industry

advisory committee guidance in the determination of local and/or regional program content and length

So, what does that mean? Many questions…

◦ With waiver, how is credit length decided; lowest?, average?, consensus? Other?

◦ With waiver, at what level of CIP will uniformity be expected: 6 digit?, 8 digit?

Example: Web ProgrammerCIP 11080100; 11080101

AAS Degree◦ Hennepin TC 72 credits◦ St. Cloud Technical College 63 credits◦ Alexandria Technical College 72 credits◦ Mn State College – SE Tech 72 credits

Diploma◦ Hennepin TC 64 credits◦ St. Cloud TC 51 credits

Certificates◦ South Central College 23 credits◦ St. Paul College 16 credits◦ Minneapolis CTC 25 credits◦ Alexandria TC 16 credits

Financial Planning Assumptions

◦ Loss of credits would impact adjunct more than full-time faculty

◦ Some “lost” curriculum may be redesigned into certificates

◦ Some programs that are granted waivers will still need to reduce credits

Financial Impact FYE loss: 12 awards reducing

◦ 36.5 FYE technical credits◦ 12.7 FYE general ed credits

Tuition loss: $199,408

Technology fee loss: $8,856

Parking fee loss: $2,361

Financial Impact Programs seeking waivers

◦ One at 96 credits ◦ One at 94 credits ◦ Twenty-four at 72 credits ◦ One at 67 credits ◦ One at 64 credits

◦ Estimating reduction of 151 program credits◦ Estimating reduction of approx 75 FYE◦ Tuition and fee loss estimate: $321,075◦ Would be reduction in faculty time

Financial Planning Staffing Impact

Instructional Costs

Admin/Student Services Allocation

Tuition and Fee Revenue

Staffing Impact Dependent on technical courses reduced

Dependent on ability to offer advanced certificates

Dependent on ability to reassign

Instructional Costs

Impact dependent on not only HTC’s actions but actions of other colleges

Analyze enrollment and cost associated with eliminated courses

Analyze load of faculty Analyze needed skills

Administration and Student Services

Effect of 60/120 will not be equal across all institutions

Anticipate a loss in share of allocation

Tuition Revenue Will decrease due to loss of credits

Focus on increasing enrollment

May increase need for tuition differential

QUESTIONSOR

COMMENTS?