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SIUE Congress November 6, 2015
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Setting the Context Decline in State support for higher education Concern over tuition increases Decline in traditional college-age students Increase in competition for students Demands of Illinois politics Realignment of SIUE’s budget
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Decline in State Support Adjusted for inflation, there has been a 34.3% decline in Illinois state funding for higher education since FY00 For SIUE, there has been a $14m reduction since FY02 For SIUE, state support has fallen from 70% in FY02 to 40% in FY14 of our state dollars
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The Problem of Tuition Increases Student debt is over $1 trillion 61% consider higher education to be of fair or poor value 85% say high cost is an obstacle to earning a degree At SIUE, a 130% tuition increase would be needed to offset the loss of state revenue for this year alone! SIUE has the 2 nd lowest tuition in Illinois
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The Demographic Problem Illinois public universities have lost over 10,000 students in the past 5 years. All Illinois public universities lost enrollment this fall except SIUE, GSU, ISU, and UIC. The number of Midwest high school graduates will decline until 2022.
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The Problem of Competition Illinois publics and privates St. Louis privates Online universities For-profits
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Illinois Higher Education Performance-based funding “Efficiency and Effectiveness” Low-performing programs Employment of graduates
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SIUE FY16 Strategic Budget Spending Plan
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