Collaboration and partnerships among campuses to create system-ness July 18-19, 2017 Board of Curators Development Session

Functions of Multi-campus Systems Determine, reaffirm, and occasionally alter mission of the system and constituent campuses Advocate to the constituent campuses the needs of the state Advocate to legislature, governor, key opinion leaders and patrons the needs of the system and the constituent campuses Allocate operating and capital resources and missions to respective constituent campuses Provide liaison between executive/legislative offices of state and constituent campuses

Functions of Multi-campus Systems (cont’d) Mediate disputes over programs and missions among constituent campuses Foster cooperation among campuses that can both cut costs and enlarge options for students Audit and assess stewardship of resources, including assessment of academic programs Foster consolidation of activities that can be done more cost- effectively on a system-wide or consolidated basis Excerpt from Role, Scope, Mission, and Purposes of Multicampus Systems D. Bruce Johnstone

Why? Higher education is in a moment of fundamental change that requires bold action to address the new needs of the 21st Century University of Missouri System has the opportunity to lead nationally in this environment UMS is the only public higher education system in the state Unique capability to leverage system-ness and provide significant economies of scale for: Lowering the cost for administrative services Establishing a critical mass for faculty research and creative works Sharing distance learning and online programs Increasing outreach to each county in the state

Goal Over the next one-to-five years we will mitigate risk, grow revenue and eliminate redundancies through collaboration, partnership, decentralized consolidation and we will create efficiencies through the use of centers of expertise and technological excellence. Through this process, we will identify resources to invest in academic excellence, including student access, success, career outcomes, and faculty research and creative work

Strategies With regard to functions that are necessary across all campuses, our basic operating principle is that we will work from single systems and perform the same until there is a need to be different Leverage areas of excellence and scale across the system for administration IT, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, etc. Institutional Research, International Affairs, IRB, etc. Identify scalable academic opportunities to partner across our campuses to improve: Student access, success and career outcomes Faculty research and creative works Engagement and outreach Distance and online learning

Strategies Align existing processes, policies and practices to remove unnecessary differences that hinder collaboration and to improve data consistency for internal analysis, state and national reporting Establish single platforms for the following: Student Information System Learning Management System Content Management System Data Warehouse

Investments Decisions will be based on highest return to System Administrative changes will require one-time investments to transition, particularly in technology Start-up funding for academic partnerships will be needed with matching funds available from the System Recurring investments in academic excellence, including market-based compensation, will be self- funded from increased collaboration and partnerships

Next Steps and Keys to Success Leadership continues to build case for change and strategy with the University community Organize ourselves with a customer service mindset focused on continuous improvement Recognize baseline accountabilities and risks Identify campus/unit administrative areas of strength and opportunity