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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Lack of Participation Participation Utah Top States 2006 19922006 18- 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

6. 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 45-64 age group, but only 32 nd in the nation for the 25-34 age group Both SexesMaleFemale Age GroupUtahU.S.UtahU.S.UtahU.S. 25 to 34 years25.427.525.625.725.329.4 35 to 44 years26.325.929.825.822.726.0 45 to 64 years30.126.435.629.324.723.7 65 years and over19.215.426.820.513.311.8 Source: Utah Foundation, June 2004, Utah’s Higher Education Graduates

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

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