USHE Budget Request FY 2009 Interim Commissioner David L. Buhler January 23, 2008

Building a Stronger State of Minds USHE provides opportunities for Utahns to become self-sustaining adults through postsecondary training and education Focus areas: –Preparation: too few are prepared –Participation: too few are participating –Completion: too few are completing

Preparation is Essential Many high school students are not preparing themselves for college In 2006, only 24 percent of these students tested ready for college-level coursework in the all of the first three areas. (2006 ACT, Measuring College Readiness.) Percent Ready

Lack of Participation Participation Utah Top States to 24-year-olds enrolled in college 41%34%41% 25- to 49-year-olds enrolled part-time in any type of postsecondary education 3.9% 5.1% *Measuring Up, 2006, **Updated from original Measuring Up Report Card

Lack of Completion The percentage of the population holding bachelor’s degrees changes across demographic groups. Utah Losing Ground Utah ranks 12 th in the nation in the age group, but only 32 nd in the nation for the age group Both SexesMaleFemale Age GroupUtahU.S.UtahU.S.UtahU.S. 25 to 34 years to 44 years to 64 years years and over Source: Utah Foundation, June 2004, Utah’s Higher Education Graduates

First Priority Compensation and Retention 80% of USHE budget is for personnel –Salary and Insurance Adjustments Same compensation package as other State employees 25% tuition match on a 5% compensation package is approximately $11.8 million or a 4.7% first-tier tuition increase –Retention 1% of USHE Salary Budget for retention of key faculty and staff members

Student Success (Self-Sustaining Adults) Financial Assistance$3 million –Need-based Financial Aid (UCOPE) $2.0 million –Educationally Disadvantaged$1.0 million Scholarships$8.7 million –New Century $1.7 million –Regents’$7.0 million

Educated Workforce Specific Initiatives –Teacher Education$5.7 million –Health Professions$4.0 million –Engineering$2.0 million –Science & Technology$2.0 million

Institutional Priorities Partnerships & Priorities $17.5 million –Improve Retention and Graduation Rates –Advance Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Disciplines –Regional Economic Development –Faculty Quality and Workloads

System Viability Mandated Costs$7.4 million –Utility Rate Increases$0.6 million –IT Licenses$0.9 million –O&M$0.5 million –Operating Expense Budgets$5.3 million

System Viability Statewide Infrastructure$9.9 million –Internet 2 Research Network$.82 million –Audit Staffing$0.8 million –Emergency Management$4.0 million –Academic Library Consortium$1.0 million –IT Physical Infrastructure$4.0 million

One-time Increases One-time Increases $15.3 million –Hardware Replacement$4.0 million –High-Performance Computing$1.0 million –Science & Technology Equipment$5.0 million –Library Enhancements $4.0 million –Disaster Recovery Systems$0.5 million –Planning Grant for Data Center$0.1 million –Teacher Initiative$0.7 million

Supplemental Increases Supplemental Increases$683,500 –Utility Rate Increases $23,800 –New Century $659,700