Higher Education Public Policy Forum

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Higher Education Public Policy Forum

• January 13, 2004

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New Yorks Independent Sector of Higher Education

• Who we are
• Why we are important
• Public perceptions of higher education
• The Sector and New York State An
  interdependence

• 2004-05 legislative agenda
• Keep the states commitment to TAP, Direct Aid
  (Bundy), HEOP, STEP/C-STEP, Liberty
  Partnerships, Scholarships of Academic Excellence
  and other programs
• Include the Independent Sector in any capital
  program

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Who We Are
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New York States Independent Colleges and
Universities
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Commission on Independent Colleges and
Universities

• A voluntary consortium of more than 100
  non-profit institutions of higher education
• Membership organization of college presidents
• Financed by dues from member institutions
• Chartered by and accountable to the Board of
  Regents
• Serves as the voice of all independent colleges
  and universities in the State of New York with
  regard to public policy, regulation, legislation
  and programs
• Functions as the formal organizational liaison
  with the State Education Department, SUNY, CUNY
  and the proprietary sector
• Headquartered in Albany full-time president and
  professional staff since 1968

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Long-term Enrollment Trends Show Overall Growth

• In 2003-04, the Independent Sector enrolled
  435,000 students in baccalaureate and graduate
  programs
• 300,000 New Yorkers

Rev. 11/11/03
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Independent Sector Enrolls Most Low-Income 4-year
Students

Rev. 11/24/03
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Educating Low-Income Students
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Most Independent Campuses Depend on Tuition
Revenue

• The cost of educating students at comparable
  institutions is about the same, regardless of
  sector
• But the reliance on tuition revenues between
  public and private institutions is very different
  
• 75 independent colleges and universities depend
  on tuition for at least half of their total
  revenue

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Increasing Minority Enrollment

• Minority enrollment in the Independent Sector has
  increased from 15 in 1980 to 26 in 2001
• Each year more minority students earn their
  bachelors degrees from an independent campus
  than either SUNY or CUNY

Rev. 11/20/03
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Minority Graduation Rates

• The number of bachelors degrees awarded to
  Asian, Black, and Hispanic students has been
  increasing

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Among the Nations Best

• In the U.S. News and World Report 2004 edition of
  Americas Best Colleges, 14 of the nations 100
  best colleges and universities are New York
  institutions
• This total is the highest in the country, tied
  with California
• All are Independent Sector institutions
• Another 28 campuses in New York State rank among
  the Northern regions best
• 23 of these colleges are in the Independent Sector

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Why We Are Important
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It Pays to Be Educated

• Over a lifetime, nearly 1 million in income
  separates those with a bachelors degree and
  those with only a high school diploma
• On average, individuals with a bachelors degree
  command nearly twice the annual income of a high
  school graduate

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Independent Campuses Are Major Employers

• Employ 131,000 New Yorkers
• 6 billion payroll
• Generate 40.2 billion annually in economic
  activity
• 500 research centers and institutes

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Degree Productivity

• In 2002-03, the Independent Sector granted
  114,000 of the college degrees in New York State.
  This represents
• 15 of associates
• 58 of bachelors
• 73 of masters
• 71 of doctorates
• 85 of first professional

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Getting the Job Done

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Helping New York StateMeet Its Essential Needs
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Helping the State MeetFuture Enrollment Demands

• High school graduates are projected to grow from
  169,000 to 180,000 by 2008
• The Independent Sector will enroll many of these
  students, saving taxpayer dollars and ensuring
  that many of these students study in New York
  State

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A Cost-Effective Solution

• Investing in Independent Sector students makes
  good sense
• In 2001-02, state support was 917 per
  Independent Sector student or 1/14 the support
  for a student at the State University

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New York is Americas Leading Higher Education
Destination
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Nations Top Destination for First-Time Freshmen
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Private Education is the Fastest Growing Sector
in New York




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World-Recognized Brainpower

• 135 Independent Sector faculty and alumni have
  won Nobel prizes
• 85 of the states total
• 32 of the worlds total in economics
• 24 in physiology/ medicine
• 22 in physics

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Independent Sector Excels in Medical Research

• Independent Sector universities received
  approximately 1B in National Institutes of
  Health (NIH) grants in FY 2002
• New Yorks share of NIH funding was 15.1 in
  1981, but dropped to 9.6 in 2001
• New York State must halt its declining share of
  NIH dollars

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The Independent Sector and New Yorks Economic
Future
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Public Perceptions About Higher Education
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Public Perceptions ofHigher Education

• In October 2002, cIcu commissioned Zogby
  International to conduct a telephone survey of
  1,007 adults regarding their opinions and
  perceptions about higher education
• The study polled an equal number of respondents
  (selected at random) in each of three regions
  New York City, the metropolitan suburbs, and
  upstate New York
• The regional samples are individually valid the
  statewide totals were calculated using
  appropriate weights to reflect the distribution
  of the states population
• The majority of respondents
• Believe that elementary and secondary education
  and higher education are equally important
• Think that any increases in state higher
  education funding should be allocated directly to
  students
• Recognize the importance of higher education
  institutions to their local economy, especially
  in upstate and New York City

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Higher Education, Elementary Education Equally
Important

• Is state funding for higher education more
  important or less important when compared to
  state funding for elementary education, or would
  you say they are equally important?

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Aid for Students Preferred

• Suppose the state legislature has more money for
  higher education. Which one of the following
  options do you think is better?

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Higher Education Important to the Local Economy

• How important is the college or university to
  your local economy, very important, somewhat
  important or not important?

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The Sector and New York State An Interdependence
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Tuition Assistance Program

• Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is a grant to
  residents of New York with net taxable family
  incomes below 80,000 who are enrolled full-time
  at a postsecondary school within the State. It
  is based upon need. A grant to a student in the
  independent sector (where the weighted average
  tuition is about 20,000) may be as high as
  5,000 a year. A grant to a student in the
  public sector may be as high as 4,350 or 100 of
  tuition. The original purpose of TAP was to make
  student choice of institutions a reality by
  narrowing the tuition gap between the independent
  and public sectors.

• Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is a grant to
  residents of New York with net taxable family
  incomes below 80,000 who are enrolled full-time
  at a postsecondary school within the State
• Based on need
• A grant to a student in the independent sector
  (where the weighted average tuition is about
  20,000) may be as high as 5,000 a year
• A grant to a student in the public sector may be
  as high as 4,350 or 100 of tuition
• The original purpose of TAP was to make student
  choice of institutions a reality by narrowing the
  tuition gap between the independent and public
  sectors

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Institutional Grants Growing Faster Than Pell
Grants and TAP
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Sample Financial Aid Packages
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Tuition Discounting

• Since 1990, the percent of tuition income spent
  on student financial aid has grown 9 nationally
  and more than 11 in New York State
• The majority of tuition increases since 1990 have
  gone to support college-funded grant aid - not
  college operations

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Direct Institutional (Bundy) Aid

• Direct Institutional Bundy Aid is based upon
  the number and level of degrees conferred not
  the sheer number of students enrolled
• First awarded in 1969
• Protects a higher education system that
  emphasizes student choice and college access
  while preserving higher education diversity and
  quality
• Saves tax dollars
• Designed to be adequate enough to keep
  independent colleges and universities strong

Direct Institutional Bundy Aid, is aid to
colleges and universities that is based upon the
number and level of degrees conferred and not
just sheer number of students enrolled. It was
first awarded in 1969. Direct aid protects a
higher education system that emphasizes student
choice and college access while preserving higher
education diversity and quality. In addition it
saves tax dollars. It was designed to be
adequate enough to keep independent colleges and
universities strong.
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The Difference Direct Aid Makes
Direct Institutional (Bundy) Aid

• Direct Aid funding model should be replicated
• Based on outcomes, with funding tied to degree
  productivity
• Our campuses provide 5.34 in college-funded
  financial aid for every 1 of state student
  assistance
• Direct Aid (44.3 million) is at one-third of
  statutory maximum (140 million)

Source NYSED, Office of Research and
Information Systems. Data are state fiscal year.
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Higher Education Opportunity Program

• HEOP is a success
• HEOP students graduate at rates comparable or
  above the general student population
• The current HEOP graduation rate is 55.7 after
  five years
• Since it establishment in 1969, HEOP has given
  economically and educationally disadvantaged
  students who may not have otherwise been admitted
  to the college the opportunity to attend college
• There are 63 HEOP programs at 57 institutions in
  the independent sector
• HEOP serves students of all races from all parts
  of New York State

• The Higher Education Opportunity Program, HEOP,
  and other comparable programs have been a
  success. Since its establishment in 1969, HEOP
  has given economically and educationally
  disadvantaged students who may not have otherwise
  been admitted to the college the opportunity to
  attend college. There are 63 HEOP programs at 57
  institutions in the independent sector. HEOP
  serves students of all races from all parts of
  New York State. HEOP students graduate at rates
  comparable or above the general student
  population. The current HEOP graduation rate is
  55.7 percent after five years.

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HEOP Works

• Participating institutions provide 2.87 for
  every state HEOP dollar
• State support funding goes to
• Counseling
• Tutoring
• Financial aid
• Pre-freshmen summer program
• Current HEOP funding, 22 million

Revised 12/13/03
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Invest in New Yorks Potential

• The State should fully fund programs with proven
  track records
• Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) /
  Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program
  (C-STEP) encourages more minority students to
  pursue science, technology and health careers
• Liberty Partnership Program prevents at-risk
  students from dropping out of high school
• Aid for Part-Time Study (APTS) offers up to
  2,000 to students enrolled for at least three
  credit hours per semester at a degree-granting
  postsecondary institution
• Teacher Opportunity Program grants enable public
  and independent colleges and universities to
  increase enrollment of under-represented minority
  students in programs that lead to teacher
  certification
• Scholarships for Academic Excellence provides
  2,000 annual awards of 1,500 to New Yorks top
  high school graduates and 6,000 annual awards of
  500 to students demonstrating high scholastic
  achievement

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State Programs Make College Possible

• New York's College Savings Program
• Families saving for college expenses can
  contribute and earn interest on their savings
  free from state and Federal taxes. New Yorkers
  can deduct a portion of their contributions from
  their state income tax. The program is open to
  residents of any state and the money can be used
  to pay tuition and other qualified higher
  education expenses at any eligible public or
  private college or university, trade, vocational
  or professional school anywhere. Other qualified
  higher education expenses include fees, room and
  board costs, books, supplies, and required
  equipment. Approximately 265,000 accounts, with
  contributions exceeding 2.3 billion, have been
  opened since the programs inception in 1997
• For more information contact www.hesc.com

• Tuition Tax Deduction
• The program allows a credit or itemized deduction
  for undergraduate college tuition expenses for
  taxpayers, their spouses or dependents attending
  an approved in- or out-of-state higher education
  institution
• The maximum amount of allowable college tuition
  expenses is 10,000 and the credit is phased in
  over a four-year period. Applicable percentages
  of allowed tuition expenses are 25 in tax year
  2001, 50 in 2002, 75 in tax year 2003, and 100
  in 2004 and thereafter
• Qualifying tuition expenses are defined as net of
  scholarships or financial aid. Institutions of
  higher education include business, trade,
  technical or other occupational schools,
  recognized and approved by the Regents of the
  University of the State of New York, or national
  recognized accrediting agency accepted by the
  Regents, which provides a course of study leading
  to the granting of a post-secondary degree,
  certificate or diploma

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2004-05 Independent Sector Legislative Agenda
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Investing in the Independent Sector Helps New
York State

• Keep the states commitments to student and
  institutional aid
• Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
• Direct Institutional (Bundy) Aid
• Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
• Science and Technology Entry Programs
  (STEP/C-STEP)
• Liberty Partnership Programs, Aid for Part-Time
  Study, Teacher Opportunity, Scholarships for
  Academic Excellence and other state-supported
  higher education programs
• Approve a capital matching grant program for
  Independent Sector campuses

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Independent Sector Higher Education Capital
Program

• Request 250M over five years
• Match requirement For every 1 in state
  support, the eligible institution must raise 3
• Rationale the State should assist in the
  capital needs of the independent colleges and
  universities, which provide a public mission in
  helping so many New York students meet their
  higher education needs
• Economic impact 1B total 11,300 construction
  and related jobs
• And for the first time, I will advance a new
  capital initiative that includes our independent
  colleges and universities -- a critical part of
  our state's higher education system, Governor
  George E. Pataki, State of the State, January 7,
  2004

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Capital Investment Would Fuel Construction in
Every Region
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2003-2004 Board of Trustees

• Executive Committee
• Chair David J. Steinberg
  Long Island University
• Vice-Chair Lisa Marsh Ryerson Wells
  College
• Secretary Stephen J. Sweeny The
  College of New Rochelle
• Treasurer David A. Caputo Pace
  University
• At Large
• Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University
• Frances D. Fergusson, Vassar College
• Jeanne H. Neff, The Sage Colleges
• Stuart Rabinowitz, Hofstra University
• John E. Sexton, New York University
• Daniel F. Sullivan, St. Lawrence University
• Ex Officio   Abraham M. Lackman, cIcu
  President     

• Trustees
• Harry C. Barrett, New York Medical College
• Charles J. Beirne, S.J., Le Moyne College
• Mark D. Gearan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Stephen Greenwald, Metropolitan College of New
  York
• Thomas F. Judson, Jr., Public Trustee, Council of
  Governing Boards Secretary
• Arthur Levine, Teachers College of Columbia
  University
• Robert A. Miller, Nazareth College of Rochester
• Edmunette Paczesny, FSSJ, Hilbert College
• Gayle F. Robinson, Public Trustee, Council of
  Governing Boards Chair
• Thomas Scanlan, F.S.C., Manhattan College
• Kenneth A. Shaw, Syracuse University
• Ronald J. Sylvestri, Public Trustee, Council of
  Governing Boards Vice Chair

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Contact Us

• Abraham M. Lackman, President abe_at_cicu.org
• State Relations, Research and Policy Analysis
• Sheila C. Seery, Director of Research,sheila_at_cicu
  .org
• Michael Wachowicz, Research and Computer Systems
  Administrator,michael_at_cicu.org
• Christopher J. Nolin, Legislative and Research
  Analyst, chris_at_cicu.org
• Public Affairs and Federal Relations
• Terri Standish-Kuon, Vice President,
  Communications and Administration,terri_at_cicu.org
• Dennis J. Kennedy, Assistant Director of
  Communications, dennis_at_cicu.org

• Regulatory Issues and Governance
• Elizabeth Van Nest, General Counsel Executive
  Director, Council of Governing Boards,
  elizabeth_at_cicu.org
• Admissions and Financial Aid
• Susan Nesbitt Perez, Director, Outreach Programs,
  susan_at_cicu.org
• Nancy Ackerbauer, Assistant Director of Outreach
  Programs, nancy_at_cicu.org
• Mary W. Shamblen, Outreach Projects Assistant,
  mary_at_cicu.org
• Commission on Independent Colleges and
  Universities
• 17 Elk Street, PO Box 7289Albany, NY 12224
  518-436-4781
  518-436-0417, fax www.cicu.org
  www.nycolleges.org

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Learn More www.cicu.org

• Visit cIcus Web site. Youll find
• Descriptions of TAP, Direct (Bundy) Aid, HEOP,
  and other vital state higher education programs
• Experts Search, a database of faculty experts
  and research centers, programs and services at
  100 colleges and universities
• Community Connections, how Independent Sector
  campuses are contributing to their regions
  through the arts, community service, economic
  development, the environment, health, and
  technology