Annual Commission Meeting November 141516, 2005 Columbus, Ohio

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Annual Commission MeetingNovember 14-15-16,
2005Columbus, Ohio
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• COST SAVINGSComputing Hardware Programs
• Computing Software Program
• Office Products Program
• Telecom Tech ATAlliance Programs
• Insurance Programs
• Other Initiatives

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• COMPUTING HARDWARE PROGRAMS www.mhectech.org
• Provides affordable access to computing resources
  for colleges, universities and their students
• Agreements with Dell, Gateway, MPC and XEROX
• Savings of at least 22 M have been achieved on
  over 249 M in hardware purchases

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• NOVELL/MHEC HigherEducation Collaborativewww.mhe
  ctech.org
• Highest discount level on software licensing,
  training and tech support offered regardless of
  campus size
• 4.1 million software license cumulative savings
• Over 140,000 savings on technical support
  incidents

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• Office Products Program
• Benefits higher education, K-12, and state and
  local governments
• Cost savings of at least 212,000 on over 1.9
  million in Office Depot sales in the first two
  quarters of the program.
• Optional revenue generation opportunities for
  alumni, bookstore, promotional or environmental
  programs.

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• MHEC/ATAlliance
• www.atalliance.org
• Reduces telecommunication and technology costs,
  saving MHEC members over 7 million in 2005
• Products telephone (long distance cellular),
  network, Internet, computers peripherals,
  video, and e-learning management solutions
• Value Added Savings on bid process costs and
  continued support throughout the life of the
  program

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• MASTER PROPERTY PROGRAM
• Program providing comprehensive property coverage
  specifically tailored to the needs of campuses
• Reduces insurance costs and improves asset
  protection
• Extensive engineering services, website
• Membership includes 46 institutions (71 campuses)
• Insured values over 47 billion in 7 states
• Collaboration with WICHE member states
• Savings totaling 26.5 M through FY05
• 2.5M dividend distributed back to member
  institutions

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• MASTER PROPERTY PROGRAM
• Renewal July 1, 2006
• Pre/Post Hurricane Katrina
• Program considerations
• Business continuity vital for higher education
  institutions

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• PROPERTY CASUALTY PROGRAM
• New initiative tailored after successful MPP
• Program coverage/services tailored to needs of
  smaller campuses (lt7,500 enrollment)
• Creating a program foundation with the long-term
  objective being to move towards a risk pooling /
  captive arrangement similar to the MPP in
  addition to consideration of sharing risk

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• OTHER INITIATIVES BEING CONSIDERED
• Technology
• Health Benefits
• Energy

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• STUDENT ACCESS
• Midwest Student Exchange Program
• Student Access Advisory Committee

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• MIDWEST STUDENTEXCHANGE PROGRAM
• Provides reduced tuition for students from KS,
  MI, MN, MO, NE, ND WI
• State approval required for institutions to
  participate
• Institutions participation voluntary
• 125 campuses open their doors to MSEP students
• Since 1994, 17,000 students have participated
  and those students families have saved 49 M

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• STUDENT ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
• This new committee is charged with exploring
  opportunities for student access, recognizing the
  important issue of providing access to diverse
  and affordable postsecondary education and
  training for the critical development of
  Midwestern states and the region

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• POLICY RESEARCH ANALYSIS
• Policy Research Advisory Committee
• Policy Brief Series
• Roundtables Forums
• Policy Resources

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• 2005 POLICY BRIEF SERIES
• Financial Aid
• Faculty Salaries
• Average Tuition
• Investment Payoff/
  Benefits of Higher Education

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• ROUNDTABLES AND FORUMS
• Annual Midwest State Higher Education Executive
  Officers (SHEEO) Workshop (January, 2006)
• The Midwestern Higher Education to Workforce
  Policy Initiative Seamless Development of Talent
  for the 21st Century (October 27-29, 2005)

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• POLICY RESOURCES
• The Midwest PERL http//perl.mhec.org
• (Postsecondary Education Resource Library)
• Two user-friendly and complementary online
  databases
• State-level data/indicators searchable by
  individual state
• Policy resource library (research reports,
  briefs, etc.) searchable by issue, sector
  institutional type

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• QUESTIONS?
• Midwestern Higher Education Compact1300 South
  Second Street, Suite 130Minneapolis, MN
  55454-1079Ph [phone] Fax (612)
  626-8290www.mhec.orgmhec_at_mhec.org
• Advancing Education Through Cooperation.