Campus Forum

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Campus Forum

• October 26, 2005

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National Context

• 634 public 4yr universities in the country
• 1,546 private non-profit 4yr institutions
• 350 private for profit 4yr institutions
• 6,481,613 students at public 4yrs
• 3,600,719 students at private 4yrs
• University with largest enrollment?
• State with highest college attendance rate?

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National Context

• 82.1 of all university students did volunteer
  work
• Average tuition? Public 4yr 4,630
• Average tuition? Private 17,902
• Rockefeller University 7,226,611 endowment per
  student !
• Harvard 1,161,786
• University of Michigan 87,811
• Northern Michigan University 2,083

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State of Michigan Higher Education Factoids

• 287,864 students enrolled in public 4 yr
• 207,812 students enrolled in public 2 yr
• 108,407 students enrolled in private 4yr
• 15.1 adults possess a BA
• 31,954 Per capita income
• 6,015 average tuition (not including 05 !)
• 5,858 at NMU or 2nd most affordable

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Student profile at NMU

• Likely to be 18-22 and female (54)
• Less likely to be from the U.P. (55 and
  declining)
• High School GPA 3.0
• ACT 22 and rising
• Enroll for 13 credits, needs financial aid, works
  and will take 4.5-5 yrs to graduate

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Functional challenges ahead

• Diminishing state commitment
• Unfunded state mandates
• How to contain tuition increases
• How to contain costs to educate each student
  without compromising academic quality
• Resist increasing admission standards
• Increase federal, private and state grants
• Increase entrepreneurial activity of university

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Whats the problem?

• Total amount of general fund dollars to higher
  education will not increase.
• This amount is 1.14B
• Throughout Michigans history, schools have not
  received the same amount of per student funding.
• NMU gets 5424 and the lowest campus gets around
  3000 per FYES This is the GAP

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The Legislative Response

• Dont count on getting more money from the
  legislature
• The issue is how to distribute the dollars to
  reduce the gap
• Formula funding is imminent What should a
  formula do?
• Formulas offer a methodology that improves upon
  current practice

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NMUs Legislative Goal 06

• Critique the WIN formula
• The WIN is based in 3 parts base funding for
  enrollments, type of program and research
  productivity.
• Are dental hygienists worth 4x more than K-12
  teachers?
• What is a fair formula that preserves the
  autonomy and uniqueness of each campus?

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Establish a Formula for NMU

• Rural, Comprehensive, Masters I University
• U.P. per capita income, per family income, type
  of student, high school preparation, population
  density, our location

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The Action Steps

• We have to continue to grow
• 1000 off campus students
• We need to be more entrepreneurial
• We need to develop more research capacity through
  grants and partnerships
• Contain tuition increases
• Contain costs

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• NMU has developed a comprehensive approach for
  planning and responding to emergencies.
• Emergency Response Committee
• Planning group meets to review and develop
  response procedures and guidelines
• Makes recommendations to President
• Emergency Guidelines
• Written procedures used in an emergency
• Emergency Response Team (ERT)
• Senior staff designated by the President,
  representing all areas of the University

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Emergency Response

• Emergency planning is an ongoing process
  involving plan development, plan testing,
  evaluation and critiques .
• All NMU community members , but especially
  supervisors should be aware of NMU emergency
  policies and discuss with staff on an annual
  basis.

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National Weather Service via WNMU-TV

• National Weather Service broadcasts now available
  on NMU Public TV 13 via SAP (secondary audio
  program) channel
• Available 24/7 and includes continuous weather
  broadcasts, emergency alerts, and important
  safety information
• Made possible by grant from NOAA with support
  from Charter Communications

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Energy Awareness

• NATURAL GAS COST
• FY 2004/2005 3,000,000
• FY 2005/2006 4,500,000 (estimate)
• FY 2005/2006 1,500,000 added cost
• FUTURE UNIVERSITY IS INVESTIGATING
• a) Co-Generation.
• b) Burning various fuels to include
• woodchips, coal, natural gas,
  fuel oil

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ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES

• Energy Management System.
• Thermal efficient windows.
• Installation of more efficient heating and
• cooling equipment.
• New lighting systems.
• Turning lights off.
• Regulating temperatures of University
• buildings.
• Closing exhaust hoods.
• Wells for irrigation.