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Setting the Context:Prioritization at Lehman College
Kick-Off Meeting March 12, 2014Robert C. Dickeson
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Lehman
College
EXTERNAL PRESSURES
ECONOMIC STORMS
IRON LAWS OF DEMOGRAPHICS
INCREASED COMPETITION
DEMAND FOR QUALITY
PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGE
Why Do We Need to Set Priorities and Reallocate Resources?
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10% - Selective Institutions – relatively unscathed
10% - Market-funded institutions – growing rapidly
80% - Institutions at Risk:◦ Massive, structural budget cuts◦ Legacy personnel issues◦ Deteriorating physical plants◦ Declines in gift income◦ Inadequate endowments◦ Unsustainable discounting
Institutions at Systemic Risk
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18.7 Million
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Net Tuition Revenues Continue Down Weak Economy Affects Families’
Willingness and Ability to Pay for Higher Education
Federal Budget Pressures on Financial Aid
Rapid Rise of Open Online Courses Pressures to Invest in:
◦ Capital◦ Information Systems◦ Faculty Compensation◦ Program Renewal
Moody’s 2014 Higher Education Outlook
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Not affordable for everyone who needs it (77%)
It is very easy to find information on financial assistance (16%)
Qualifications of faculty are important to considering quality (75%)
Percentage of graduates who are able to get a good job is a sign of quality (68%)
Institutions need to change to better serve the needs of today’s students (89%)
Public Opinion on Higher Education: Gallup/Lumina, 2014
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Three Reports in the Last Two Years:
What Will They Learn? (ACTA) – Decries the malaise in the core – lack of rigor in General Education requirements. (Lehman a “C” – 3 of 7 areas)
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (Arum and Roksa) – More than a third of college seniors were no better at writing and reasoning than at their first semester of college.
Degree Qualifications Profile (Lumina) – Identifies five spheres of learning, based in part on the Bologna Process in Europe.
Demand for Quality
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Students coming to campus with heightened expectations for advanced technology
New, technology-driven delivery systems, academic and non-academic
Technology and relationships, including pervasive use of social networking
Students who learn online tripled in a decade (from 9.6% to 29.3% )
Pace of Technological Change
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1987: 68.8 percent
2012: 48.5 percent
CHANGE: -20.3 points
Lehman Budget: Share from State
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Static tuition levels comingUnfavorable demographicsRe-accreditation in 2017-18Stretched resourcesNeed to reinvest in our future
Internal Realities
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More tuition and fees? More gifts & grants? More auxiliary income? More endowment income? More federal or state appropriations? More licensing revenue?
◦ Query: How much was left on your budget cutting-room floor last year?
Where Will the Resources Come From?
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…IS REALLOCATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES
THE MOST LIKELY SOURCE FOR NEEDED RESOURCES…
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Academic Programs are the heart of the institution and drive costs for the entire campus
Academic Programs have been permitted to grow without regard to their relative worth
Most campuses are striving to be all things to all people, rather than focusing
The Case for Prioritization
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Growing incongruence between programs and resources to mount them with quality
Traditional approaches (like across-the-board cuts) tend to mediocrity for all programs
Reallocation is necessary and requires responsible prioritization
The Case for Prioritization (Cont’d)
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Top Reasons Institutions Have Prioritized: 1. Balance the budget (2-10%) 2. Inform future budget decisions 3. Improve overall efficiency and
effectiveness (streamlining and/or restructuring
4. Responding to accreditation concerns 5. Dovetailing prioritization with strategic
planning 6. Responding to demands from
Boards/Public Entities
Why Do We Need to Prioritize?
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7. Achieve strategic initiatives 8. Tackle specific shortfalls (deferred
maintenance; pension underfunding) 9. Reinvest in new programs and
initiatives to strengthen the institution’s future
10. Create a Contingency & Reserve Fund
11. Create a database that can be used as a management tool for future decisions
Top Reasons (Continued)
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The price of program bloat for all is impoverishment of each
Unfortunate Reality:
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Focus on the non-academic side
Defer physical plant maintenance
Ignore academics as too politically volatile
Make cuts across-the-boardMake fortuitous cuts
Most Efforts Have Been To:
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NOT ALL PROGRAMS ARE EQUAL
Some are more efficient Some are more effective Some are more central to mission
The Inescapable Truth is…
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Focusing on Programs as the Unit of Analysis
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Any activity or collection of activities that consumes resources (dollars, people, time, space, equipment)
If you believe in reincarnation, come back as an academic program and enjoy eternal life
What Constitutes a Program?
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PROGRAMS, not departments
PRIORITIZATION, not “Review”(Reviews assume continuance, are
not tied to resource allocation, and are not conducted simultaneously)
Setting Academic Priorities
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Analysis focused on pre-selected criteria
Concentration on resource development & resource utilization, independent of structure
Focus on efficiency, effectiveness & centrality to mission
Identifying opportunities to increase revenue, decrease expenses, improve quality, strengthen reputation
Program Prioritization Permits:
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Tough Decision: WHAT TO DO
Tougher Decision: WHAT NOT TO DO
Toughest Decision: WHAT TO STOP DOING
Michael PorterHarvard Business School:
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1. History, Development & Expectations of the Program
2. External Demand 3. Internal Demand4. Quality of Inputs & Processes5. Quality of Outcomes 6. Size, Scope & Productivity7. Revenue and Other Resources Generated 8. Costs and Other Expenses 9. Impact, Justification & Overall Essentiality10. Opportunity Analysis
Selecting Appropriate Criteria
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What Are the Most Important Criteria for Lehman College?
What Relative Weights Would You Assign to These Criteria?
What Sources of Data Will You Use to Support the Analysis?
Discussion:
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Importance of Process— Preparation Process design and management Communication planning Data collection The rating system Levels of judgment Ranking by categories Decisions
How to Get Started
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Lehman College serves the Bronx and surrounding region as an intellectual, economic, and cultural center. Lehman College provides undergraduate and graduate studies in the liberal arts and sciences and professional education within a dynamic research environment, while embracing diversity and actively engaging students in their academic, personal, and professional development.
Reaffirming Institutional Mission
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Most institutions can no longer afford to be what they’ve become
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The role and mission should permit only those activities that need to be done and that the institution and its people do well
Focus:
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1. Opportunities for cost savings & cost sharing should be explored.
2. Outsourcing non-mission critical functions may be cost effective.
3. Middle management bulge is unsustainable. 4. Technological improvements may yield
savings. 5. Process streamlining can save time and
money. 6. Sources of hidden costs should be explored. 7. Restructuring/Collaboration can improve
efficiencies.
The Case for Prioritizing Administrative Programs
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1. Key objectives and how they are measured.
2. Services provided and to which customers, internal and external.
3. Position-by-position analysis. 4. Unmet needs and demands. 5. Opportunities for collaboration and
restructuring.
New Criteria for Administrative Programs
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6. Opportunities to share skill sets and resources.
7. Opportunities for cross-training. 8. Technological improvements that
are cost-effective. 9. Process improvements to
streamline operations. 10. Outsourcing exploration to
improve service and cut costs.
New Criteria (Cont’d)
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Enrichment or expansion of existing programs
Addition of new programs Reduction of programs Consolidation or restructuring of
programs Elimination of programs Legal, policy and accreditation
implications Maintaining the database for the
future
Implementing Program Decisions
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1. Preparation and Readiness Phase
2. Organizational Phase 3. Data Collection Phase 4. Analysis and Assessment Phase
5. Decision-Making Phase 6. Implementation Phase 7. Evaluation Phase
Prioritization Checklist:Seven Phases
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Hundreds of colleges and universities across North America have successfully completed a prioritization process to achieve budget, program, and quality goals.
Key Elements:◦ Alignment◦ Data◦ Courage
Results: We Are Not Alone
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Reallocation of Resources is Necessary
Prioritization of Programs is Possible
With Courage and Leadership Lehman College Can be Strengthened
Conclusion
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Sources: Dickeson, R. C., Prioritizing Academic
Programs and Services, Jossey Bass Publishers, 2010.
Dickeson, R. C., “Unbundling the Issue of Productivity,” Planning for Higher Education, Vol. 41, No. 2, January, 2013.