2. Barbara Damron, PhD, RN, FAAN
Cabinet Secretary, NM Higher Education Department

3. New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment
5th largest land mass
121,697 mi²
2 million population
31 public higher education institutions
21 independent governing boards
10 advisory boards
130,000 students enrolled in Higher Education

4. MISSIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
MYSTERY OF ACADEMIA
LONG-TERM VISION:
A COHESIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN NEW MEXICO
INCREASING KNOWLEDGE
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Competing missions of the academy.
Different pressures from different stakeholders.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ACADEMIC TEACHING

5. New Mexico Governance Structure

6. 50 Experiments in Higher Education Governance
Every single state governance structure has been analyzed
Not one state showed cost savings
Want Outcomes

7. Current Governance Structure in New Mexico
Tribal College
Tribal College
Special Institution
Department of Higher Education
University Governing Board*
CC Governing Board
University Governing Board
Branch 2-Year
Special Institution
Tribal College
Tribal College
Special Institution
University Governing Board
University Governing Board
University Governing Board
Branch 2-Year
* UNM Main Campus and HSC

8. GENERAL EDUCATION STATUTETO
PERCENT OF ADULTS AGES 25 TO 64 WITH A POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL BY 2030

9. MAP DOES NOT INCLUDE THE THREE SPECIAL SCHOOLS –
School for Blind and Visually Impaired,
School for the Deaf,
NM Military Institute

10. Higher Education Sector Higher Education Institution (HEI)
General Fund I&G Recommendation Method
Research Sector
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
NM Higher Education Instruction & General (I&G) Funding Formula
New Mexico State University
University of New Mexico
Regional Comprehensive Sector
Eastern New Mexico University
New Mexico Highlands University
Northern New Mexico College
Western New Mexico University
Branch Community College Sector
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
New Mexico State University-Carlsbad
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
New Mexico State University-Grants
University of New Mexico-Gallup
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos
University of New Mexico-Taos
University of New Mexico-Valencia
Independent Community College Sector
Central New Mexico Community College
Clovis Community College
Luna Community College
Mesalands Community College
New Mexico Junior College
San Juan College
Santa Fe Community College
Tribal Colleges
Dine College
Federal Funds (Non Applicable)
Institute of American Indian Arts
Navajo Technical College
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Special Schools
New Mexico Military Institute
Non – Formula
New Mexico School for the Deaf
New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Health Science Center
University of New Mexico - Health Science Center
Hybrid
31 higher education entities in the public NM Higher Education System.
The NM Higher Education I&G Funding Formula directly impacts the I&G funding of 24 higher education institutions.

11. NEW MEXICO HIGHER EDUCATION IS AHEAD OF US
TOTAL FALL HEADCOUNTS
THE FUTURE OF
NEW MEXICO HIGHER EDUCATION
IS AHEAD OF US
HED Institutional Research Division – End of Course Headcounts

12. NEW MEXICO HIGHER EDUCATION IS AHEAD OF US
FALL HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENTS BY SECTOR
THE FUTURE OF
NEW MEXICO HIGHER EDUCATION
IS AHEAD OF US

13. College Readiness

14. New Mexico’s Remediation Challenge
Community College #1:
76% of incoming high school students in Fall 2017 were not prepared for college level Math;
67% were not prepared for college level English courses
Community College #2:
98% of students in the Fall 2017 semester were not prepared for college level Math;
71% were not prepared for college level English
Statewide, 39 percent of entering high school students require at least one remedial course.
46% in FY?

15. Alternative Remediation Strategies
Promote models that are successful
Analyze success of traditional and alternative remediation models
Difficulty collecting data on alternative remediation
Implemented codes in HED data systems for Co-requisite, Stretch, and Self-Paced Models
Recommendations from faculty committees for improving remediation
Multiple measures for placement
Improve advising
Update curriculum

16. Progress for New Mexico Higher Education
NM HED
Progress for New Mexico Higher Education

17. GENERAL EDUCATION STATUTE
HIGHER EDUCATION STATEWIDE FOCUS
GENERAL EDUCATION STATUTE
STUDENT SUCCESS
COLLABORATION & EFFICIENCY

18. THE NEED TO IMPROVE GRADUATION
COMPLETE COLLEGE AMERICA (CCA) OUTCOME MEASURE: NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS FOR DEGREE COMPLETION
91.31
143.78
Was 154 and 99
Data from HED submitted to Complete College America. Average Number of Credit Hours taken by a student before they complete their degree.
146.12
Note:
Data represents the average credit hours to degree for full-time, non-remedial students who received their degree in Academic Year
THE NEED TO IMPROVE GRADUATION

19. Statewide Initiatives
Trifecta
CCN
10,000 syllabi
79 Academic Disciplines Reviewed
Live Online Fall 2018
Catalogs Fall 2019
Gen Ed Reform
35  31 Credit Hours
5 Essential Skills
Meta-majors
19 HEI’s uploaded curriculum data
60 & 120 Credit Hours
Remediation Reform
Statewide Meeting Feb 16, in Alamogordo
Dual Credit
Collaboration with HEI’s
Collaboration with PED
Advanced Placement (AP)
HEI’s AP policies reviewed
Statewide Fall 2018
CCN
79 disciplines
73/79 of the disciplines had been reviewed by faculty and numbered by the registrars
Gen Ed
5 Essential Skills
Communication
Personal/Social Responsibility
Quantitative Reasoning
Information & Digital Literacy
Critical Thinking
22 credits with essential skills
9 credit of general education

20. Common Course Numbering

21. SCOPE OF COMMON COURSE NUMBERING
79 Distinct Academic Disciplines
All Lower Division (100 and 200 level) courses within each discipline
All Syllabi for each course from 31 higher education institutions (roughly 10,000 syllabi)
101
101
201

22. Common Course Numbering – College Algebra
MATH 110
MATH 1315
MATH 101
MATH 119
MATH 150
MATH121
MATH180
MATH 160
MATH 140
MATH 113
MATH 1113
MATH 121
MATH 131
MATH (College Algebra)
Portable & Counts
LIVE ONLINE Fall 2018 In Catalogs Fall 2019

23. Common Course Numbering
The Postsecondary Education Articulation Act requires HED to:
Establish a common course numbering system for lower division courses
Establish a taxonomy for new and existing courses
Develop a process for maintaining the common course numbering
Ensure that commonly numbered courses transfer as the commonly numbered course

24. General Education Reforms
Dan will present here

25. GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
General Education requires students to complete courses from a distribution of “essential skills” and also a distribution of “content areas”.

26. Timeline: General Education Implementation
Training for new certification form will begin with the curriculum committee April/May 2018
New administrative rules effective June 2018
Proposed Courses will be reviewed beginning Fall 2018.
In Catalogs Fall 2019
Current General Education courses will be grandfathered in
Will remain in the General Education Curriculum
Must be re-certified for skills by Fall 2020

27. ARTICULATION AND TRANSFER
STATEWIDE META-MAJORS
Meta-Majors are initial degree pathways that fulfill the starting requirements of several college majors within a similar subject area.
Meta Majors are being developed in parallel with Degree Mapping
CHEMISTRY MAJOR
SCIENCE META MAJOR
PHYSICS MAJOR
BIOLOGY MAJOR
DEFINE META MAJORS

28. Degree Mapping

29. Degree Mapping
Collaboration with the Institute of Design and Innovation (IDI) to build degree plans.
In the first phase of the project, institutions receive:
A basic course listing that displays courses by university, college, department, etc.
Detailed term-by-term degree plans tied to workforce information and degree/career exploration that are available to students on your institution’s website
A dashboard that will analyze curricular complexity.
In the future, if student data is provided, IDI will develop a system that will allow institutions to track the progress of their students relative to the degree these students are pursuing.

30. Update: Degree Mapping
Progress at CNM, ENMU, and ENMU Roswell has stalled.
CCC, ENMU Ruidoso, Mesalands CC, Luna CC, NMJC, SIPI, UNM Gallup are working on requirement entry
WNMU, UNM Taos, and NM Tech are in the data upload stage.
NNMC, SFCC,and San Juan College are in their plan building stage
We have completed the rake task for the NMSU data. However, we are still in need of an updated university layouts file with CIP Codes.
New Mexico Highlands, UNM Los Alamos, and UNM Valencia are ready to publish their sites.

31. Degree Mapping, Statewide Meta-majors, and Transfer Modules
The degree plan initiative is part of HED’s trifecta of articulation and transfer reform. To this end, in part two of the project, degree plans will be analyzed in conjunction with degree plans from other institutions in order to build:
Statewide meta-majors and
Cross-institutional degree plans (transfer modules).
The statewide meta-majors and cross-institutional degree plans produced will be approved by HEIs and the New Mexico Curriculum and Articulaion Committee
Approved statewide meta-majors and cross institutional degree plans will be guaranteed to transfer and articulate between institutions for the designated programs.
New Mexico Curriculum and Articulation Committee (an advisory committee convened by HED that will consist of one representative from each institution’s curriculum committee),  

32. Advanced Placement

33. AP Policy – Implementation Fall 2018
Met with Chief Academic Officers on November 2, 2017 to discuss strategy
HED staff requested and consolidated AP policies from all HEIs
Proposal includes which course or courses a student would receive credit for with a score of 3, 4, or 5 on an AP test
35 AP Courses were reviewed:
Arts
English
History & Social Studies
Math & Computer Science
Sciences
World Languages & Cultures
Psychology
Presented proposal to Curriculum Committee January 26, 2018
Consensus reached with HEIs on acceptance of the proposed Statewide AP Policy
Subjects for AP Courses
Arts
English
History & SS
Math & CS
Sciences
World Languages & Cultures
7 of the states policy was done through legislation
SB 208 Senator Sapien
HB 204 Representative Romero

34. Higher Education Funding in New Mexico

35. FOR NEW MEXICO HIGHER EDUCATION
STATE FUNDING
FOR NEW MEXICO HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTRUCTION AND GENERAL (I&G) FUNDING
RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS (RPSPs)
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Appropriations from the General Fund to Higher Education Institutions.
Recommendations developed by a funding formula.
Appropriations from the General Fund to Higher Education Institutions.
RPSPs vetted by an HED led process.
Severance Tax Bonds, Voter Approved GO Bonds, and non-recurring General Fund appropriations.
Recommendations developed through an HED process.
Drilling down further into the details of the state appropriation to higher ed, it comes in three forms

36. HIGHER EDUCATION STATE APPROPRIATIONS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
Higher Education appropriations as a percentage of the total general fund budget have decreased.
Again, back to the historical quid pro quo
HED Institutional Finance Files Note: Higher Education GF Appropriation includes HEIs and HED.

37. TOTAL NM GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
AND HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS ($Millions)
Here is the history of state support for higher ed.
HED Institutional Finance Files Note: Higher Education GF Appropriation includes HEIs and HED.

38. Higher Education Instruction and General (I&G) Funding
Historical Base –
94% of I&G Funding
Outcomes Based Funding
6% of I&G Funding in FY19

39. FY19 Funding Formula Outcomes Distribution

40. NEW MEXICO POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL COMPLETIONS
Credentials are up. HEIs responding to incentives.
In FY16 (AY ), 22,885 students graduated with a postsecondary credential which is 19.6% (3,753 students) higher than the 19,132 students who graduated in FY11 (AY ).
HED Funding Formula Files.
Note: Students are defined as being financially at-risk when their annual Expected Family Contribution (EFC) for college is less than $5K.

41. Student Financial Aid in NM
28 state and federal financial aid programs
$22 Million General Fund
$40 Million Lottery Tuition Fund
Priority of HED
Governor Supported

42. GENERAL EDUCATION STATUTETO
PERCENT OF ADULTS AGES 25 TO 64 WITH A POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL BY 2030

43. ACCESS AND SUCCESS