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ICUF THE INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF FLORIDA From here you can go anywhere! The Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida 542 E. Park Avenue Tallahassee, FL 32301 850.681.3188 Fax 850.681.0057 www.icuf.org 1 Barry University, Miami Shores 2 Beacon College, Leesburg 3 Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach 4 Clearwater Christian College, Clearwater 5 Eckerd College, St. Petersburg 6 Edward Waters College, Jacksonville 7 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach 8 Flagler College, St. Augustine 9 Florida College, Temple Terrace 10 Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, Orlando 11 Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne 12 Florida Memorial University, Miami 13 Florida Southern College, Lakeland 14 Hodges University, Naples 15 Jacksonville University, Jacksonville 16 Lynn University, Boca Raton 17 Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale 18 Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach 19 Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota 20 Rollins College, Winter Park 21 Saint Leo University, Saint Leo 22 St. Thomas University, Miami 23 Southeastern University, Lakeland 24 Stetson University, DeLand 25 The University of Tampa, Tampa 26 University of Miami, Coral Gables 27 Warner Southern College, Lake Wales 28 Webber International University, Babson Park The Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida Principal Locations of Institutions The Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida (ICUF) is a diverse association of 28 private, educational institutions. These colleges and universities award one-third of all degrees at the bachelor’s level and higher. ICUF institutions are non-profits, Florida-based and (like Florida’s public universities and community colleges) accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools (SACS). They serve more than 120,000 students at 180 sites throughout Florida.

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ICUFTHE INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF FLORIDA

From here you can go anywhere!

The Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida542 E. Park Avenue

Tallahassee, FL 32301850.681.3188 • Fax 850.681.0057 • www.icuf.org

1 Barry University, Miami Shores 2 Beacon College, Leesburg 3 Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach 4 Clearwater Christian College, Clearwater 5 Eckerd College, St. Petersburg 6 Edward Waters College, Jacksonville 7 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach 8 Flagler College, St. Augustine 9 Florida College, Temple Terrace10 Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, Orlando11 Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne12 Florida Memorial University, Miami13 Florida Southern College, Lakeland14 Hodges University, Naples15 Jacksonville University, Jacksonville16 Lynn University, Boca Raton17 Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale18 Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach19 Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota20 Rollins College, Winter Park21 Saint Leo University, Saint Leo22 St. Thomas University, Miami23 Southeastern University, Lakeland24 Stetson University, DeLand25 The University of Tampa, Tampa26 University of Miami, Coral Gables27 Warner Southern College, Lake Wales28 Webber International University, Babson Park

The Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida

Principal Locations of Institutions

The Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida (ICUF) is a diverse association of 28 private, educational institutions. These colleges and universities award one-third of all degrees at the bachelor’s level and higher. ICUF institutions are non-profits, Florida-based and (like Florida’s public universities and community colleges) accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools (SACS). They serve more than 120,000 students at 180 sites throughout Florida.

A Good Investment for Florida The State of Florida provides financial assistance to Florida resident students at Independent Colleges and Universities to give Florida residents more higher education options. Not only does it build a vibrant private higher education system, but it costs Florida taxpayers less than having those students attend state universities.

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Table of Contents A Good Investment for Florida

Contents1 Introduction

2 Human Capital

4 Empowering Students

6 Powering the State’s Economy

8 Serving Florida’s Communities

9 A Good Investment for Florida

The 28 Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida are proud to be solid and stable partners with the state of Florida, its students, parents, families and communities. Many of our institutions date back to Florida’s earliest days as a state. All 28 of these higher education institutions have deep roots in the state and its communities.

Our main campuses and satellite sites are located in major metropolitan centers, large cities, small towns and rural settings throughout the state. We provide in-classroom and on-line courses and degrees that every Floridian can access to boost their knowledge, career and life.

The Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida award one-third of the total degrees beyond the associate’s level in Florida each year. By early next decade, it is projected we could have more than 200,000 students. These institutions are educating the highly skilled workforce needed for Florida to grow and prosper - computer software designers, engineers, nurses, doctors, teachers, scientists, and business people.

While welcoming 14,000 Bright Futures Scholars, our institutions have more than 70,000 other undergraduates on 28 main campuses and 152 satellite educational sites, including sites at 18 community colleges. For many students, these colleges and universities are their best route to a bachelor’s or advanced degree.

This booklet details the benefit of independent higher education and focuses on our contribution and cost savings to the state. Our mission is to develop Florida’s human capital, empower Florida’s students, support Florida’s economy, serve Florida’s communities and be a good investment and help enable and ensure a brighter future for Florida. We work every day to leave no one who has a dream of a college degree behind. Every day, we are building a brighter future for Florida.

Sincerely, Ed H. Moore, President

Gov. Charlie Crist with ICUF Presidents and students in State CapitolGov. Charlie Crist with ICUF Presidents andICUF Presidential Fellows Students in the State Capital

Higher Education Budget FY 2007-2008

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Chart 17 – Source: 2007-2008 Fiscal Budget, as passed by the Florida Legislature and signed by Governor Charlie Crist.

Chart 16 – Source: Office of Student Financial Assistance, Florida Department of Education

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In a January 24, 2008, presentation to the Board of Governor’s Budget Committee, it was offered that the state budget assistance to each Florida-resident undergraduate student at a state university is $10,728. The Florida Resident Access Grant to Florida residents, attending Independent Colleges and Universities in the 2007 academic year was $3,000.

State University System

State Investment: 57% of the State’s higher education budget

Return on Investment: 19 graduates per million dollars

Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida State Investment: 2% of the State’s Higher Education Budget

Return on Investment: 155 graduates per million dollars.

Source: Council of 100 (2004) We Must Do Better! Moving Florida’s University System to the Next Level in Quality and Accessibility

The Council of 100 determined that from a state funding perspective, this financial assistance to independent institutions provides much higher “leverage” than appropriating taxpayers’ funds to state universities (there is a higher return on public investment).

Besides educating students, ICUF Institutions:

• Run hospitals, schools, and child care centers.

• Manage performance centers, have power plants, recycle materials, maintain recreation facilities and manage housing complexes.

• Provide athletic, entertainment, cultural and enrichment opportunities to residents, visiting families and tourists that enrich communities and create jobs.

• Provide mentors, coaches, advocates and resources that every student and community needs.

• Serve as volunteers in classrooms, local government, hospitals and senior centers to make their communities work better.

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Introduction The Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida are employers, businesses, partners and resources for Florida’s communities. We are stable employers with a highly skilled and well-paid workforce. We support local businesses, purchasing a wide-range of products and services. We bring students and their parents into the community as residents and visitors who spend additional dollars throughout the community. We are full and supportive partners with communities because the community’s prosperity is fully linked with our own future success. We are intellectual, athletic and entertainment resources that citizens can use and enjoy. And these community benefits are enjoyed without taxing the community, its residents or its environment. ICUF schools are a clean, green, community based industry.

But the most valued contribution is the learning that goes on inside our walls. In a world that is more and more dependent on knowledge, our institutions deliver the skills that are critical to current and future success. We issue intellectual dividends that enrich Florida for years to come.

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Chart 13 – Source: Analysis by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities as reported in A National Profile (2003). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statstics, Nation Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 1999 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, September 2002.

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Chart 14 – Source: U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics, National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. 1999 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, September 2002.

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Serving Florida’s Communities The Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida are not branch offices of a distant corporation. We are Florida colleges and universities, mainstays in the community and totally embedded in Florida’s past, present and future.

We are good and willing “corporate citizens” that have a huge stake in Florida’s future and prosperity. Many of our institutions require volunteer service from students in order to graduate and all encourage and promote it to benefit both their students and their communities.

Serving Florida’s Communities Introduction

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Chart 1 – Source: U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (2007)

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Human Capital The 28 Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida are stable, solid and sizeable contributors to Florida’s “Human Capital” profile.

We award about 1/3 of Florida’s bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and first professional degrees. Our institutions include some of the state’s largest research universities. Many ICUF institutions have specialized programs in high demand fields like nursing, visual communication, aeronautical engineering, international communication or marine science. Twenty-one of these institutions produce nearly 40% of Florida’s classroom teachers. Still others focus on offering a full, liberal arts education option.

Increasingly, the best predictor of an individual’s future financial success is his or her level of education. Post-secondary education translates into better paying jobs. Most of the highest-paying careers require

Human Capital Powering the State’s Economy

Reason 1: ICUF Institutions Boost Florida’s Economy

• The 28 ICUF institutions spend in excess of $6 billion in Florida each year. • That generates nearly $15 billion of impact in communities across the state.• Their capital construction expenditures totaled $278 million in 2005 – all at private expense.• ICUF institutions employ more than 26,000 Floridians. • Gross payroll expenditures exceeded $1.4 billion in 2006. • ICUF institutions provide an average of over $7,000 per student in private institutional aid to

students in need each year. • ICUF provides nearly $400 million in institutional scholarships annually.

Reason 2: ICUF Institutions Help Florida Meet Its Workforce Demands

• ICUF Schools produce 31% of all degrees in Florida. The FRAG budget item is 1.48% of what the state spends on higher education.

• Nearly 49% of ICUF Bachelor’s Degrees awarded are in critical fields of Education, Health Care, Engineering, Computer Science and Biological/Biomedical.

• ICUF Institutions award 41% of the education degrees, providing needed teachers for Florida.

• With 180 educational sites – 42 on community colleges campuses – ICUF provides more educational locations around the state than the state university system or community college system, easing access to those in today’s Florida workforce.

Reason 3: ICUF Attracts Out-of-State Talent and Dollars to Florida

• ICUF attracts 44% of its students from other states and countries.

• Those 40,000 students spend their college savings in Florida and pay all their own expenses.

• More than half of ICUF graduates, regardless of “home” state, stay in Florida, boosting the skilled workforce.

Reason 4: ICUF Students Give Back to Local Communities

• ICUF institutions provide athletic, cultural, entertainment and study programs in communities.• Thousands of school children and teachers study on ICUF campuses each summer. • ICUF institutions promote and often require volunteer service by students in their communities. • ICUF institutions provide faculty and staff volunteers, mentors, coaches, advocates and

professional resources for their communities.

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Bachelor's Degrees Granted in Critical Needs Areas by Sector

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Chart 12 – Source: U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

Bachelor's Degrees Awarded by Sector

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Chart 3 – Source: U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (2007)

Graduate Degrees Awarded by Sector

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Chart 4 – Source: U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (2007)

First Professional Degrees Awarded by Sector

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Chart 5 – Source: U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (2007)

Powering the State’s Economy With the demand for “brain power” in the economy on the rise, the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida are a major supplier of Florida’s high-skilled workforce. Last year, we awarded 16,504 bachelor’s degrees - 27% of all Florida’s bachelor’s degrees. We awarded 40% of all graduate degrees in Florida. Nearly half of those degrees are in critical fields like engineering, nursing, health care, education, business, computer science and technology. In addition, the 28 independent colleges and universities are large Florida businesses that further help drive the state’s economy. These non-profit Florida corporations employ 26,000 Floridians, bring millions of dollars into the state and spend more than $6 billion each year, boosting the state’s economy.

Human Capital (cont.)

a bachelor’s or advanced degree. Likewise, the barometer of future economic prosperity is the educational level of a community or a state.

Developing this “human capital” through higher education is just as important - perhaps more important - than developing roads, condominiums, shopping malls, bridges and airports. Increasingly, businesses and prospective employers are searching not only for the site for their business expansion, but for the skilled workforce that will work at that site. For individuals, communities and states that want to prosper all the signs point to higher education.

Since every student cannot relocate to one of the main campuses many of these institutions have programs on community colleges campuses, at satellite sites, on military bases and even in K-12 schools. All 28 Independent Colleges and Universities are developers of “Human Capital” at more than 180 sites around Florida.

Powering the State’s Economy Human Capital

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Empowering Students The Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida empower motivated students by making higher education available, achievable and affordable.

We work with students from all income and demographic groups, to make their college dreams a reality. Currently, 35% of students at independent institutions come from families with incomes less than $60,000. ICUF Institutions offer many financial aid options to make earning an education affordable including work-study jobs, grants and scholarships from federal and state government, as well as scholarships from the institutions themselves. Contributing more than $400 million in institutional aid amounting to an average of $7,000 per student each year, ICUF institutions work to create a financial package fitting for each student’s need.

Empowering Students Empowering Students

Empowering Students (cont.)

From traditional main campus courses to night, weekend and satellite sites for non-traditional or working students, ICUF institutions keep students in mind and make accessibility a priority. There is even a full menu of college courses and degrees available on-line, enabling students to earn their bachelor’s, master’s and even doctoral degrees from their home computer without any commute. We provide the setting and the support that a student needs to succeed.

ICUF institutions boast spectacular diversity. We mirror the state’s diverse population. Nearly 27% of students are over the age of 25 and more than 40% are minority students. Three institutions are Historically Black Colleges while four are Hispanic Serving Institutions.

The courses at independent colleges and universities are taught by faculty professors and instructors, not teaching assistant’s or aids. Classes are small - 88% of all classes have fewer than 30 students.