INTRODUCTION TO OREGON HIGHER EDUCATION BEN CANNON, DIRECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMISSION

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1February 2, 2017Presented to: House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development

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PROGRESS TOWARD STATE GOALS

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OREGON’S 40-40-20 GOAL

By 2025, 40% of adult Oregonians will hold a bachelor’s or advanced degree, 40% will have an associate’s degree or a meaningful postsecondary certificate, and all adult Oregonians will hold a high school diploma.

ORS 350.014 (2011)

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RATES FOR OREGON ADULTS (25-64) VERSUS 40-40-20 GOAL

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Educational Attainment Rates for Oregon Adults

Versus 40-40-20 Goal

Bachelor's or advanced

degree

Associate's degree or

undergraduate certificate

Some college, no degree

High school diploma or

alternative credential

Less than HS

Data Sources: US Census Bureau, 2015 American Community, Survey 1-Year Estimates

Notes: “Associate’s degree or undergraduate certificate” group includes estimate of certificates, derived from national estimates of the number of certificates among adults with “some college, no degree,” and on the number of certificates awarded at Oregon community colleges between 2013 and 2016.

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RATES FOR OREGON ADULTS VERSUS 40-40-20 GOAL

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Educational Attainment Rates for Oregon Adults

Versus 40-40-20 Goal

Bachelor's or advanced

degree

Associate's degree or

undergraduate certificate

Some college, no degree

High school diploma or

alternative credential

Less than high school

Data Sources: US Census Bureau, 2015 American Community, Survey 1-Year EstimatesNotes: “Associate’s degree or undergraduate certificate” group includes estimate of certificates, derived from

national estimates of the number of certificates among adults with “some college, no degree,” and on the number of certificates awarded at Oregon community colleges between 2013 and 2016. 5

40-40-20: CLARIFYING THE GOAL

Oregon’s 40-40-20 goal, as it exists today in statute, applies to the entire adult population.

•Would imply a massive adult education effort is needed to reach hundreds of thousands of Oregonians with adult education programs, including those who are nearing or beyond retirement age.

In HB 2311 (2017), HECC proposes clarifying the 40-40-20 as a pipeline goal, applying to the expected high school class of 2025 (and beyond).

HB 2311 also proposes that the Commission establish, by rule, new appropriate attainment goals for adult Oregonians, aligned with projected job opportunities.

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, OREGON HS CLASS OF 2006 (IN 2013)

Data Source: HECC review of ECONW Analysis, The Education Pathway, Oregon Learns, OregonLearns.org 7

9% 35% 28% 6% 22%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Less than high school

High school or equivalency

Some college, no completion (estimate)

Associate's degree or certificate (estimate)

Bachelor's or advanced degree

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OREGON EDUCATION PATHWAY

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OREGON PIPELINE INCREASINGLY DIVERSEOREGON PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES BY RACE/ETHNICITY, 2000-01 TO 2014-15 (ACTUAL), 2015-16 TO 2033-34 (PROJECTED)

Actual Projections

Data Sources: Centers for Disease Control data on Oregon birth rates by race-ethnicity, National Center for Education Statistics data on Oregon public elementary and secondary school enrollment and on private high school graduates, Oregon Department of Education (ODE) data on public high school graduates, and historic ODE data on home school graduates. Notes: Projections derived from HECC analysis and include progression ratios from kindergarten through high school graduation, use the most recent four years of data, and include students entering or exiting the public school system (typically through migration).

EQUITY LENS

“…Equity requires the intentional examination of systemic policies and

practices that, even if they have the appearance of fairness, may in effect

serve to marginalize some and perpetuate disparities. Data are clear that

Oregon demographics are changing to provide rich diversity in race, ethnicity,

and language. Working toward equity requires an understanding of historical

contexts and the active investment in changing social structures and changing

practice over time to ensure that all communities can reach the goal and the

vision of 40/40/20.” -Excerpt, Case for Equity

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In 2014, the HECC adopted the (former) Oregon Education Investment Board Equity Lens as a cornerstone to the state’s approach to policy and budgeting.

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HECC STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2020: 6 FOCUS AREAS

The HECC’s 2016-20 Strategic Plan charts a path forward to make progress for all Oregon’s current and future students.

• Read the plan at: www.oregon.gov/highered/about/Pages/strategic-plan.aspx

The plan defines six key priorities that will guide higher education funding and policy decisions within the HECC authority.

• Goal-setting: sharpening state higher education goals in specific areas, including for working-age adults, and better reporting our progress towards meeting them.

• Public College and University Funding: supporting sustainable state funding linked to student success.

• Pathways: simplifying and aligning student pathways from cradle to career.

• Student Support: enhancing student success, safety, and completion.

• College Affordability: limiting student costs for attending college in Oregon.

• Economic and Community Impact: contributing to prosperous workforce, economy, and communities.

OREGON HIGHER EDUCATION: STATE STRUCTURE

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STATE HIGHER EDUCATION STRUCTURE

HECC Commission*

HECC Agency*

Research &Data; Executive Director, Policy,

and Communications; Operations,

Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC)

Community Colleges and Workforce Development

(CCWD)

Public University Coordination

Private Postsecondary Education

Workforce Investments

Chief Education Office

State Board of Education

Oregon Department of

Education

Employment Department

Oregon Workforce Investment Board

Oregon Youth Conservation Corps

Advisory Board

17 Community College Locally

Elected Governing Boards

BMCC

COCC

Chemeketa CC

Clackamas CC

Clatsop CC

CGCC

KCC

LCC

LBCC

MHCC

OCCC

PCC

RCC

SWOCC

TBCC

TVCC

UCC

7 Oregon Public University

Institutional Governing

Boards (Governor-appointed, Senate-

confirmed)

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GovernanceHigher Education Policy and

Funding Coordination• Responsibility across all sectors of higher

education, public and private• A clearly-defined focus on coordination,

not governance

State Education Partners

Public

Board/Commission

State Agency

Shared Services Enterprise

Established in 2011 and vested with its current authorities in 2013, the HECC is a 14-member volunteer commission appointed by the Oregon Governor, with nine voting

members confirmed by the State Senate. The Commission is supported by an Executive Director who oversees the eight offices of the HECC agency. 13

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TVCC

BMCC

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CCC

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Clatsop

RCC

SOCC UCC

OCCC

TBCC

KCC

COCC

PSU

OIT

WOU

OSU

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EOU

SOU

298,509*

131,462

Private Degree-Granting

Postsecondary Institutions6,364

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Private Career Schools 13,5284

78,775 PCC

29,822 Chem

28,215 Lane

27,475 MHCC

26,044 Clack

19,508 LBCC

16,292 COCC

16,236 RCC

14,542 UCC

8,311 SOCC

8,225 BMCC

6,719 TVCC

5,929 Klamath

5,357 Clatsop

3,046 CGCC

2,024 OCCC

1,989 TBCC

Community Colleges

Oregon Health Sciences

University 2,8992

OHSU

ENROLLMENT

2015-16academic year headcount

1

38,798 PSU

37,468 OSU

27,477 UO

8,183 SOU

7,114 WOU

6,556 OIT

5,866 EOU

Public Universities

1. Total headcount may contain duplicates for students who attend multiple institutions during the same academic year.

2. Total headcount for OHSU is for Fall of 2016.

3. Total headcount for 21 of the 24 Oregon-based state regulated institutions who have reported data or reported it

correctly for the 2015-16 academic year.

4. Total headcount for 107 of the 201 institutions who reported data or reported it correctly for the 2015-16 academic year.

HECC VISION AND ROLE

Key Roles:

Providing one strategic vision

for Oregon higher

education planning,

funding, and policy

Authorizing postsecondary programs and

degrees

Administering key Oregon

financial aid, workforce, and other programs

Evaluating and reporting

success of higher education efforts

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We will foster and sustain the best, most

rewarding pathways to opportunity and

success for all Oregonians through an

accessible, affordable and coordinated

network for educational achievement

beyond a high school diploma.

--Vision Statement, HECC Strategic Plan

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HECC: COORDINATION AND CONNECTIONS

HECC is the single state entity coordinating postsecondary education statewide, and serves as a convener of institutions and groups working across the higher education arena. Responsibilities span:

• State administered financial aid, scholarship, and outreach (all sectors)

• Funding allocations (public colleges and universities)

• Program/degree approval (public colleges and universities, some privates)

• Mission approval (public universities)

• Student/consumer protection (some privates)

• Data and reporting (all sectors)

• Strategies for coordination (all sectors)

Collaborates to advance P-16 education with Chief Education Office, ODE, higher education institutions, policymakers, and educational partners

Leadership, support, and connections to workforce development

A FEW HECC ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 2015

Research and Policy to Guide State

Decisions

•As assigned by the Oregon Legislature, convened postsecondary partners for research, work groups, and policy leadership, and submitted 23 Reports to the Oregon Legislature in 2015-16 on topics of interest to policy leaders.

Affordability•Successful launch of the Oregon Promise.

•Restructure of Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG), prioritizing lowest-income students.

Student Success

•Design and implementation of the Student Success and Completion Model for Oregon’s seven public universities, incentivizing investments that lead to degree completion.

•Implementation of federal workforce, career and technical education, GED, and adult basic skills programs with community colleges, workforce partners, and other providers statewide.

Transitions between Sectors and

Institutions

•Additional standards for dual credit and other high school based college credit partnership programs.

•FAFSA Plus+ outreach initiative helping more high school seniors complete the FAFSA.

•Supporting students after the sudden closure of several for-profit private postsecondary campuses. For example, after closure of ITT Tech, coordinated with Portland Community College onteach-out opportunity for former ITT Tech nursing students.

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OREGON HIGHER EDUCATION:STUDENT SUCCESS

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2016 COMPLETIONS

1. Includes Oregon Transfer Module, 1-2 yr. certificates, Associate/Bachelor/Master/PhD degrees, Post-doctoral and professional certificates.2. Includes OHSU.3. Total completions from 18 of the 24 Oregon-based regulated schools who reported data or reported it correctly for the 2015-16 academic year.4. Total completions from 97 of the 201 Oregon-based schools who have reported data or reported it correctly for the 2015-16 academic year.

46,1631

Total Degrees/Certificates Earned

at

Oregon Public Institutions

201Private Career Schools

5,8624

82

Public Universities24,516

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Public Community Colleges21,647

47 Degree Granting Private Postsecondary Schools

1,8713

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PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY NATIONAL COMPARISON

FTE ENROLLMENT: PERCENT CHANGE SINCE RECESSION (2008-2015)

8.6%

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Data Source: 2015 State Higher Education Finance Report, SHEEO, http://www.sheeo.org

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RISING CERTIFICATE AND DEGREE COMPLETION AT OREGON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

12,668

16,997

6,826

12,339

1,744

9,406

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Number of

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Number of

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Number of

advanced

degrees &

graduate

certificates

awarded

Data Source: HECC analysis of university and community college student-level data

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PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY NATIONAL COMPARISON TOTAL DEGREES AWARDED, EXCLUDING CERTIFICATES: PERCENT CHANGE SINCE RECESSION (2008-2014)

21.7%

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Source: 2015 State Higher Education Finance Report, SHEEO, http://www.sheeo.org

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Data Source: HECC analysis of student-level data

OREGON PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 6-YEAR GRADUATION RATES, FIRST-TIME, FULL-TIME FRESHMAN COHORT

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Data Source: IPEDS 3-year graduation rates include first-time, full-time students seeking an

associate’s degree and are aggregated data reported by Oregon’s community colleges to the

U.S. Department of Education (https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/Home/UseTheData).

OREGON PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3-YEAR COMPLETION RATES, FULL-TIME FRESHMAN COHORT

17.33%

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10%

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20%

25%

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2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

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OREGON HIGHER EDUCATION:AFFORDABILITY

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UNIVERSITY TUITION AND FEES OVER TIME(ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION – 2015 DOLLARS)

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$18,334

$24,927

$6,334

$8,764

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Annual average tuition and fee rates for full-time students in Oregon

public, 4-year universities

Nonresident

tuition and

fees, adjusted

for inflation

(2015 dollars)

Resident tuition

and fees,

adjusted for

inflation (2015

dollars)

Data Source: HECC

$2,663

$4,904

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Annual average in-district tuition and fee rates for

full-time students in Oregon community colleges

COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION AND FEES OVER TIME (ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION – 2015 DOLLARS)

27Data Source: HECC

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OREGON’S STATE-ADMINISTERED FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS

Oregon’s largest state-funded, need-based grant program Oregon’s longstanding need-based financial aid program serving the lowest-income Oregonians with grants of $2,250 toward postsecondary expenses. The OOG supports low income students and families, including young students and adults, attending eligible public and private Oregon colleges and universities.

Oregon Opportunity Grant

(OOG):

Oregon’s newest state grant program, providing grants to support most or all tuition at Oregon community colleges for recent high school graduates and GED recipients, supporting college access for families of all income levels.

Oregon Promise:

HECC- Office of Student Access and Completion administers over 500 privately funded scholarships for Oregon students and hosts a central application portal for students statewide.

OSAC Scholarships:

Chafee Grant for current or former foster care youth, Childcare Grant, and more.

Other State-administered financial aid programs:

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OREGON OPPORTUNITY GRANT: FUNDING GAP

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OOG Eligible 41,874 74,694 98,206 117,592 155,855 155,800 145,909 133,815 116,485 88,216

Fall Recipients 27,356 38,467 43,136 12,969 28,914 32,924 34,329 36,305 35,660 41,900

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2007-08 to 2016-17* YTD

Data Source: HECC *Year to date estimates

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THE OREGON PROMISE IS A LAST-DOLLAR PROGRAM THAT BUILDS ON FEDERAL AND OTHER STATE GRANTS

$1,938$1,588

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$698

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Pell Grant

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tuition

Data Source: HECC

AFFORDABILITY: NUMEROUS FACTORS

Student or family resources

Full college costs, (including tuition, room and board, textbook, supplies,

transportation etc.)

Financial Aid (state, federal,

institutional, private)

CompletionTime to

completion

Type of degree/certificate/

major

Earnings after graduation

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OREGON HIGHER EDUCATION: INTRODUCTION TO FUNDING HISTORY

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POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AS COMPONENT OF STATE BUDGET

37.0%

9.5%

3.9%

49.7%

2015-17 Percent of Total State General Fund/ Lottery Fund State

Expenditures (19.5 Billion Total)

K-12 Education

Postsecondary

Education

Other Education

Other State

NOTE: The “Other Education” category includes Early Learning programs; Youth

Development programs; and all other K-12 payments to districts other than the State School

Fund.

Data Source: Governor’s Recommended Budget. 33

STATE APPROPRIATIONS TO PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PER STUDENT (FTE), ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION

$9,315

$7,853

$6,396

$6,727

$7,172

$6,473

$5,013

$5,779 $7,084

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$3,039

$2,127

$1,942

$2,467

$3,174

$3,216

1999-01 2001-03 2003-05 2005-07 2007-09 2009-11 2011-13 2013-15 2015-17 2017-19 (GRB)

Universities Community Colleges

Notes:• Includes Debt Service• University data includes PUSF and State Programs

• Community College data includes only CCSF distributed by funding formula

• Enrollment for 2017, 2018, 2019 assumed at 2016 levels• Inflation adjustment based on Portland CPI-U

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OREGON PUBLIC FTE ENROLLMENT AND EDUCATIONAL APPROPRIATIONS PER FTE, FY 1990-2015

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NET TUITION REVENUE PER FTE EDUCATIONAL APPROPRIATIONS PER FTE PUBLIC FTE ENROLLMENT

NOTES: Data adjusted for inflation using the Higher Education Cost Adjustment (HECA). Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment equates student credit hours to full-time, academic year students, but excludes medical students. Educational appropriations are a measure of state and local support available for public higher education operating

expenses including ARRA funds, and exclude appropriations for independent institutions, financial aid for students attending independent institutions, research, hospitals, and medical education. Net tuition revenue is calculated by taking the gross amount of tuition and fees, less state and institutional financial aid, tuition waivers or discounts,

Data Source: 2015 State Higher Education Finance Report, SHEEO, http://www.sheeo.org

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PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY NATIONAL COMPARISON

STUDENT SHARE: NET TUITION AS A PERCENT OFF TOTAL EDUCATIONAL REVENUE, FY 2015

46.5%

61.6%

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10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

WY

OM

ING

CA

LIFO

RN

IA

ALA

SK

A

NEW

MEX

ICO

ILLI

NO

IS

HA

WA

II

FLO

RID

A

NO

RTH

CA

RO

LIN

A

NEW

YO

RK

GEO

RG

IA

IDA

HO

NEV

AD

A

NEB

RA

SK

A

TEX

AS

MA

SSA

CH

USETT

S

OK

LAH

OM

A

AR

KA

NSA

S

UTA

H

NO

RTH

DA

KO

TA

U.S

.

LOU

ISIA

NA

WIS

CO

NSIN

TEN

NESSEE

MIS

SIS

SIP

PI

WA

SH

ING

TON

MIS

SO

UR

I

KEN

TUC

KY

MA

RY

LAN

D

CO

NN

EC

TIC

UT

MO

NTA

NA

KA

NSA

S

IND

IAN

A

MA

INE

MIN

NESO

TA

AR

IZO

NA

IOW

A

NEW

JER

SEY

OH

IO

WEST

VIR

GIN

IA

OR

EG

ON

RH

OD

E ISLA

ND

VIR

GIN

IA

SO

UTH

CA

RO

LIN

A

SO

UTH

DA

KO

TA

ALA

BA

MA

MIC

HIG

AN

CO

LOR

AD

O

PEN

NSY

LVA

NIA

DELA

WA

RE

NEW

HA

MP

SH

IRE

VER

MO

NT

Data Source: 2015 State Higher Education Finance Report, SHEEO, http://www.sheeo.org

37

STATE FUNDING: NATIONAL DATA

According to the 2015 State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) Report, Oregon public funding per student was still ranked among lowest nationwide:

• Oregon ranked 45th in the actual public educational appropriation per student in 2015 ($4,788 per student compared with $6,966 nationally).

• Since the 2008 recession, Oregon saw the 20th highest rate of decrease in public funding per student, showing that investments did not kept pace with enrollment over this time.

• This SHEF report addresses funding for 2015 and earlier. It does not take into account the significant new higher education investment the Oregon Legislature made in the 2015-17 biennium.

2017 preliminary numbers show significant increases, but Oregon is still accounting for years of under-investment.