North Dakota Legislative Higher Education Committee in Bismarck on January 19 and 20, 2010

NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Tentative Agenda
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 19-20, 2010
Roughrider Room, State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
9:00 a.m. Call to order
Roll call
Consideration of the minutes from the October 28, 2009, meeting
HIGHER EDUCATION STUDY
9:05 a.m. Comments by the chairman regarding the committee meeting
Comments and discussion with representatives of North Dakota University System fouryear
institutions regarding the following higher education topic areas:
9:10 a.m. • Program evaluation procedures
Nationally recognized analyses tools used by institutions to evaluate programs
and the effectiveness of the tools
Comparisons made by campuses to peer institutions, including comparisons
made using information from program evaluation tools
Use of profit and loss analyses to determine the success of a particular academic
college or program
Criteria used to determine whether to add or remove programs at institutions and
examples of recent program additions and deletions
10:20 a.m. • Faculty engagement and evaluation
Involvement of faculty in developing campus budgets
Availability of discretionary funds to faculty for new ideas and processes
Process of evaluating faculty regarding instructional quality
Process of evaluating faculty regarding the level of student completion
11:20 a.m. • Student involvement
Role of students in the evaluation of programs and instructors at campuses
Role of students in developing academic programs and degree completion
requirements
Extent to which student unit records are used to measure the success of students
and faculty and the value of these measurements
12:00 noon Luncheon recess
Continuation of comments and discussion with representatives of University System
four-year institutions regarding the following higher education topic areas:
1:00 p.m. • Higher education funding
Suggestions for types of measurements or data to use for determining
performance or incentive funding
Appropriateness of using graduation rates; course completions; time to degree
completion; and the advancement of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics courses as a basis for determining performance or incentive funding
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2:00 p.m. • Future of higher education
Changes expected in higher education during the next 10 years and the next
20 years
Potential changes in the educational environment resulting from these changes
Potential changes in teaching methods resulting from increases in online courses
Potential changes in the need for physical plant capacity on campuses resulting
from future changes in the educational environment
Potential changes in funding methods resulting from changes in the educational
environment
Plans being developed by campuses to be prepared to successfully provide
higher education programs in the future
3:10 p.m. • Tuition waivers and workforce needs
Campus use of tuition waivers
Campus programs addressing current and future regional workforce needs
4:00 p.m. Committee discussion
4:30 p.m. Recess
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Presentations by representatives of the University System regarding the following
higher education topics:
8:30 a.m. Information regarding higher education data currently collected and evaluated,
additional potential evaluation measures, and recommendations for changes in the
collection and evaluation of the data
9:10 a.m. Institution policies for granting tuition waivers
9:30 a.m. The number of students at each campus that receive a foreign student or graduate
assistant tuition waiver, including the number of these students that reside in the state
following graduation
9:45 a.m. The estimated economic impact of higher education students to campus communities
10:00 a.m. Information regarding estimated 2009-10 academic year revenue collections at each
campus compared to budget estimates
10:20 a.m. The number of remedial education students at each campus as well as provisional
enrollment programs at institutions
10:35 a.m. The enrollment of students in online courses, including the amount of revenue
generated by online courses at each institution
10:45 a.m. The number of resident and nonresident students taking distance education classes
10:55 a.m. The enrollment of adult learners and disadvantaged students, including potential ways
to increase the enrollments of these students
11:15 a.m. The number of student loans and related dollar amount at each campus that are
considered delinquent
11:25 a.m. The status of grants applied for by University System institutions through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
11:35 a.m. An update on the use of the $800,000 appropriation provided to the University System
for increasing awareness of two-year institutions and careers
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11:55 a.m. An update on the activities of the State Board of Higher Education institutional missions
task force
12:05 p.m. An update on the activities of the North Dakota State University presidential search
committee
12:15 p.m. Comments by other interested persons regarding the committee's study of higher
education
12:25 p.m. Committee discussion and staff directives
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
Committee Members
Representatives Bob Skarphol (Chairman), Lois Delmore, Mark A. Dosch, Kathy Hawken, Brenda
Heller, Dennis Johnson, Nancy Johnson, RaeAnn G. Kelsch, Joe Kroeber, Bob Martinson, Darrell D.
Nottestad, Kenton Onstad, Ken Svedjan, Clark Williams
Senators John M. Andrist, Tim Flakoll, Tony S. Grindberg, Ray Holmberg, Karen K. Krebsbach,
Elroy N. Lindaas, Dave Nething, David O'Connell, Larry J. Robinson, Tom Seymour
Staff Contacts: Brady A. Larson, Fiscal Analyst
Allen H. Knudson, Legislative Budget Analyst and Auditor