University Centers The First Survey Fred Baus, University Center of Greenville Catherine Watt, Clemson University

Survey Why? Who? Database built of 64 organizations that stated their interest – 42 responded When? This past summer – a first ever survey of centers What? Web-based survey to obtain first layer information on organization, funding, enrollment, and services offered.

Structure Range in founding dates, including 13 since 2000 tell us that centers remain an option for states Total institutions who are part of centers – Maximum is 24 institutions, average 7.8

Employees We tried to break down the center employees compared with those coming from the participating institutions – excluding instructors: Directors’ responsibilities and titles varied as well…. Mostly related to the center’s position in the state budget

Funding Not the best year to ask about funding, so we’ll continue to look for trends See Excel table – – Surprising low number of local revenue participants – Interesting set of corporate participants We need to do more to analyze relationships that have occurred over time

Future Research Can we inform the idea of “best practices” in a group so diverse? Organization – state status, CEO/Director position, why institutions participate Enrollment – increasing online programs, corporate training, business relationships Funding – effects of budget cuts, endowments, differential fees by institution Services – does cost effectiveness balance with types of services offered at centers?