Title:
Funding formula that is not based solely on FTSE [# of students], but rather on student achievement/learning - outcomes
Convener:
unknown
Participants:
Henrietta Harris
Karen Mills
Tonya Craven
Liz Warren
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Discussion:
- How we're funded causes most of the focus of what we do
- Student's education needs to be focus
- 45th day count doesn't represent what's really happening with enrollments on some of the campuses.
- Never see the number of degrees/certificates awarded
- Learning is a shared responsibility - So how do we balance the cost of providing the educational opportunity with the outcomes?
- Outcomes may not be degree related [not all students come for a degree]
- No collective definition of retention
- FA bureaucracy causes student to list a degree/certificate aspiration - even if they don't really mean it
- Trying to make the university model work for community colleges [i.e. open door]
- The formula may need to be customized to the college and the community/student demographics
- There needs to be caution in the assessment of outcomes - they will be dependent on the student population
- Work within college to try to identify a formula that works for them
- Go with each colleges high count for some of the supplemental funding [i.e. foundation scholarships - the current discussion about using 45th day vs. end of year]
- By all colleges being funded to do the same things, resources for technology and learning are fragmented - maybe need to establish specializations among the colleges [fine arts/sports programs/etc.]
- Maybe should look at combining some of the infrastructure areas to create one or two that serve the district [i.e. A & R/class schedule]
- Challenge of campus autonomy vs. district [49% - Money must come from campus reclassification money]
Open Space Forum - 11.06.98 - Rio Salado Community College
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