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C OM M O N W E A LT H OF V I R G I N I A SAC MINUTES Student Advisory Committee Minutes Friday, September 28, 2018 Patrick Henry Building West Reading Room Members Present: Haley Bendall (John Tyler Community College), James Caprara (ECPI University), Mary Zell Galen (Longwood University), Davide Genoese-Zerbi (George Mason University), Cody Hartley (Radford University), Hunter Hess (The University of Virginia College at Wise), Lilliauna Hopkins (Norfolk State University), Karen Huang (Southwest Virginia Community College), Jewel Hurt (James Madison University), Sarah Izabel (Virginia Commonwealth University), Aquila Maliyekkal (University of Richmond), Matthew McCauley (College of William and Mary), Alexis Pedrick (Richard Bland College), William Reeves (Virginia Military Institute), Caleb Stinchcomb (Virginia Western Community College), Rebecca Stover (Dabney S Lancaster Community College), Tarik Terry (Old Dominion University), Isaac Weintz (University of Virginia), Tatyanna Greenfield (Virginia State University), Peyton Wilmer (Virginia Tech) SCHEV Staff Present: Peter Blake, Paul Smith, Beverly Rebar, Wendy Kang, Paula Robinson, Laura Osberger, John Cruz, Kristin Whelan Others Present: John Cruz, Gerica Goodman, Michael Maul, Shayna Pierson, Travis Rickman  Paula Robinson (SCHEV) brought the meeting to order, welcomed attendees and explained the structure and purpose of the Student Advisory Committee  Paul Smith, SCHEV Associate for Student Mobility Policy and Research provided the students with an overview of the history of higher education concentrating on the history of higher ed in Virginia Presentation attached  Michael Maul, Virginia Department of Planning and Budget Associate Director of Education and Transportation presented the students an overview of the Virginia budget process He explained how higher education funding fits within the greater budget and the various challenges that higher education faces in the budget decision-making Presentation attached  Peter Blake, SCHEV Agency Director welcomed the members and thanked them for their participation  Campus updates and introductions were provided by each member: o University of Virginia – Isaac Weintz – Introduced himself as the Legislative Affairs Committee Chair in the SGA He reported that UVA is currently working on for student voter registration and greater student civic engagement The student council has registered greater than 500 students so far this fall Around campus, there are plans for a renovation of Alderman Library and to redo the Brandon Avenue corridor There is a new football facility planned and a planned move of the softball fields o Virginia State University – Tatyanna Greenfield – Introduced herself as the Student at Large for the SGA She reported on the renovation of an older building on campus into more classroom space She spoke about the 3% tuition increase that has distressed students who were expecting 2018-2019 Student Advisory Committee September 28, 2018 a 1% increase VSU was named HBC institution of the year in 2018 o College of William & Mary – Michael McCauley - Introduced himself as the W&M SGA Undersecretary of Richmond Affairs He shared W&M’s embracing of activism and inclusion and that the college is celebrating the 100 year anniversary of becoming a coeducational institution Katherine Rowe was appointed the first woman president of the school this year W&M is building a new wellness center to help address the “stress culture” There have been student protests over the school purchasing furniture created through prison labor o Richard Bland College – Alexis Pedrick – Introduced herself as the Vice President of the Student Assembly She shared that RBC inducted its first cohort of Promise Scholars and renovated the library and cafeteria RBC has also built new dorms and created Living-and-Learning communities Students struggles with class availability and text book costs o Dabney S Lancaster Community College – Rebecca Stover – Introduced herself and shared that students at her school struggle with class availability and too many adjunct professors Dabney Lancaster has built a new cafeteria and opened a food pantry for students and staff They also offer the Dabney Promise program which provides tuition assistance up to 15 credits for students in the service area o Virginia Military Institute – William Reeves – Introduced himself as the captain of the Academic Staff, a cadet-run tutoring service VMI has a new physical training center and aquatics center planned They are also renovating the Preston Library Secretary of Defense, James Mattis visited last week Students are concerned about high tuition and uniform costs o University of Richmond – Aquila Maliyekkal – Introduced himself as the Speaker of the Senate at the University of Richmond Around campus, they are working on voter registration and educating out-of-state students about voting absentee A Free Speech Code is working its way through the SGA There are concerns on campus about the exclusivity of the Greek system The administration is taking active steps to create more non-Greek social activities and spaces There is a new health and wellness center on campus planned to be finished in 2020 o Virginia Commonwealth University – Sarah Izabel – Introduced herself as the SGA and BOV student representative Around VCU, there are many new buildings including a new freshman dorm The students are working on student voter registration A voting precinct has been established on campus Through an agreement with the city of Richmond, the Pulse bus service is now free of charge for students and faculty of VCU Sarah is part of a group of students working on lobbying the administration for on campus, family housing o Virginia Tech – Peyton Wilmer – Introduced himself as a member of the Student Life Council On campus, students as well as President Sands are working to address Tech’s low diversity The university is planning to expand its liberal arts programs There are many building plans on campus, including tearing down one of the older dorms, adding more living-and-learning communities and creating a “central hub” for the campus o Longwood University - Mary Zell Galen – Introduced herself as the joint SCHEV/ VA21 representative Around campus, Longwood is investing in public art, a new academic building and the new university center that opens in October There is concern about declining student involvement Efforts to address that low involvement include an Oktoberfest celebration, a bonfire and a color war The school implemented a new core curriculum that some returning students find confusing The SGA is working on creating a food pantry o George Mason University – Davide Genoese-Zerbi – GMU is struggling with meeting the facility, traffic, parking and technology demands of growing enrollment With the demolition of Robinson Hall, there is also a greater need for classroom space 2018-2019 Student Advisory Committee September 28, 2018 o Southwest Community College – Karen Huang – SWCC is dealing with low enrollment and community struggles with high poverty and the opioid crisis Around campus, new athletic opportunities have been created through clubs There are also new food options on campus A program is in the works to provide free tuition to students in the three surrounding counties o The University of Virginia’s College at Wise – Hunter Hess – A new student health clinic and food pantry recently opened at UVS-Wise Also new to campus in 2018, an agreement with a local company to provide bus transit for students on and near campus called Cavalier Connections This week is also Homecoming week ate UVA Wise o Radford University – Cody Hartley – Introduced himself as the Vice President of the SGA Senate and Legislative Affairs Committee Around campus, there are updates to infrastructure as well as new academic buildings Radford recently announced a merger with Jefferson College of Health Services The faculty senate is reviewing a curriculum change, closely examining a Colorado type curriculum Radford received a grant from the NSA and the USDE for the cybersecurity program With student enrollment increasing, the administration is looking at ways to expand Without a football program, finding ways to foster school spirit is always a challenge o Norfolk State University – Lilliuana Hopkins - New dorms for junior, seniors and grad students are set to open fall of 2019 Because of increased enrollment, many incoming students had to be housed in hotels this semester NSU has undertaken search for a new president The interim president is very student centered and conducts regular “fireside chats” to communicate with students NSU is partnering with community colleges in the area to reduce the overall cost of an NSU education Expansion of the study abroad program and better communication between students and faculty are two of the issues the school is working on Ten Virginia high schools were on campus recently for NSU Preview Day o John Tyler Community College – Haley Bendall – Introduced the two campuses of JTCC to the group The Chester campus houses the skilled training programs while the Midlothian campuses holds most the liberal arts program The nursing program is moving to the Chester campus in fall of 2019 JTCC is renovating several buildings and students are attending classes in learning cottages (trailers) Students are pleased with new food and coffee options on campus Dualenrollment challenges, child care availability, parking and service area constraints are all issues that need to be addressed on campus SGA elections were held last week o James Madison University – Jewel Hurt – Introduced herself as current SGA President The college on working on issues with affordability, parking, safety and ADA compliance issues in some facilities The SGA is working with the Vice President of Student Affairs to improve the student sexual assault reporting process The SGA is looking at social and academic barriers for transfer students and way in which the school can improve diversity on campus The voting/ civic engagement program, Dukes Vote has been expanded o Virginia Western Community College – Caleb Stinchcomb – Introduced himself an Ambassador and VP of Student Veterans Association He introduced VWCC to the group as a feeder school for Virginia Tech in engineering and Radford in nursing There has been a 3% increase in enrollment this year puts greater pressure on parking, but the Student Activity Center is busy and a new STEM instructional facility is in the works Lack of enough available tutors in an ongoing issue o ECPI University – James Caprara – Introduced himself as a brand new student and introduced ECPI as a place that retrains adults for new careers and a veteran friendly place Textbooks at ECPI are included in the cost of tuition o Old Dominion University – Tarik Terry – Introduced himself as Speaker of the Senate Parking and affordability continue as issues on campus The school is also working on ways to maintain strong 1st amendment protections on campus A survey was sent to all student to gather information on improving mental health services The largest freshman class in ODU history contributed to a 2018-2019 Student Advisory Committee September 28, 2018 housing shortage A new art building is set to open in November and there are plans for a new dorms and renovation of the football stadium ODU has made using of an app that send push notifications to students who have opted-in, about food left over from campus events The entire campus of ODU is celebrating the Monarch’s huge upset football win over the VT Hokies  Lunch was served  Gerica Goodman, Policy Director for VA21 spoke to the group about voter registration and strategies for civic engagement in the General Assembly  Paul Robinson introduced an opportunity for some of the students to attend the 2018 SCHEV Board of Visitors orientation meeting on October 24th  Discussions about selecting chairs of the committee occurred After hearing from some of the interested students, Jewel Hurt (LU) and Cody Hartley (RU) were selected as the co-chairs of the Student Advisor Committee for 2018-2019  There was discussion about setting the next meeting date Paula Robinson will create a poll to determine the date that works for the most students and send it soon 2018-2019 Student Advisory Committee September 28, 2018 History of American Higher Education Paul Smith, Ph.D State Council of Higher Education Pendulum of Higher Education Liberal Studies Vocational Studies In the beginning… • Ancient Greece (508-322 BCE): - Virtue, like any art or faculty, can only be acquired by education Education must be regulated by the State For as the end of the State as a whole is one, the education of all the citizens must be one and the same, and must therefore be an affair of the State Every citizen should remember that he is not his own master but a part of the State Aristotle, Politics - Do not, then, my friend, keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play That will also better enable you to discern the natural capacities of each Plato, Republic • • Formal (School or paid tutor) and Informal (unpaid teacher in non-public setting) Athens: Production of citizens - Democratic approach; Supervised by state but state was not the sole authority • Levels:  Primary Education (7-15 yrs)- Physical training, athletics, music, writing, reading, dancing , and ethical poems  Secondary Education (15-18 yrs) - Physical training, athletics, music, writing, reading, dancing , and ethical poems  Military (18-21yrs) – Strategy, athletics  Higher Education (20-30yrs, informal) - Varied by academy usually mathematics, philosophy, critical thinking, music, gymnastics, literature, physics, astronomy • Inequities: Males only, females educated at home and private tutors Pendulum of Higher Education Liberal Studies Vocational Studies In the beginning…Part II • Ancient Romans: (~300 BCE – ~476 CE) • No state sponsored education system: • • • • • • • • • Informal familial education during early Republic Formal schools using tuition-based system during late Republic and Empire No dedicated facilities (streets, alleys, colonnades, private homes, gymnasiums, etc.) Targeted toward middle and upper-classes Private tutor (wealthy) or primary school (poor) Focus – Service to the state Progression based on ability Adopted a model similar to the Greeks after conquering but excluded music and athletics at the basic level Tiered System: • Ludus Litterarius (primary school, 7-10 yrs)- reading, writing, basic literary studies Females could attend primary school but taught separately from males • Grammaticus (9-15 yrs) - writing , public speaking, literary analysis, learned Greek • Rhetor (15-?) – refined oratory skills, learned rhetoric, geography, music, philosophy, literature, mythology, and geometry Few boys went on to study rhetoric (politicians & lawyers) with private tutor • Philosophy – Usually studied abroad in Greece • Inequities: • Roman educational system allowed patriarch & equestrian classes to maintain class stability • Poor were excluded from any sort of education • Females not allowed to be educated beyond the primary level Pendulum of Higher Education Liberal Studies Vocational Studies What is the Budget? • Virginia’s budget or Appropriation Act: Legislation  that presents and governs the Commonwealth's  planned revenues and spending for a given  biennium (two‐year period).  • The budget is the mechanism used to pay for the  programs operated by state government to  include certain funds passed‐through to localities.  2018‐2020 Budget:  Nongeneral fund vs. General fund The General Fund (36.8%)  – From income and sales taxes paid by citizens  and businesses General  Fund  36.8% Nongeneral Funds 63.2% – Can be used for a variety of government  programs – Governor and General Assembly have the  most discretion  Nongeneral Funds (63.2%) – Receipts set aside for specific purposes: • motor vehicle and gas taxes for transportation  programs  • student tuition and fees for higher education • federal grants for specific activities General Fund revenues for 2018‐2020  Economic trends are important because employment, wage gains, and consumer spending account for 92 percent of all general fund revenues: 2018-2020 general fund revenues = $42.6 billion Individual income tax 69.3 % Sales and use taxes 18.3% Corporate income tax 4.6% Other taxes & revenue 7.8% Data from Chapter 2, 2018 Appropriation Act Over two‐thirds of the General Fund goes to  localities and individuals State Programs 28% Public Education 68% Debt Service 4% Aid to individuals 24% Aid to Localities 45% Car Tax 14% Other Aid to Localities 13% Local Sheriffs 6% Where the operating money goes‐ General Fund 2018‐2020 Government (Administration, Finance & Technology) Commerce & Trade/Agriculture and Forestry 14.6 % 1.2 % Education 40.5 % Health and Human Resources 30.4 % Natural Resources 0.6 % Public Safety/Veterans/Homeland Security 9.7 % Transportation 0.2 % Other (legislative & judicial branch, executive offices, independent agencies, central appropriations, and nonstate agencies) 2.8 % Budgetary authorization for higher education  involves several major programs • Educational and General (E&G) – General fund (GF) and nongeneral fund (NGF) sources (tuition and fee  revenue) • Student Financial Assistance – General fund and nongeneral fund (federal assistance and tuition  revenue) • Sponsored Programs (Research) – General fund and nongeneral fund (federal and private grants) – Institution specific initiatives • Auxiliary Enterprises – Nongeneral fund only (self‐supporting activities such as residential  facilities, dining halls, and parking) Support for educational and general is a shared  cost Institution GF Share NGF Share Richard Bland College 65% 35% Virginia Community College System 64% 36% Longwood University 63% 37% Radford University 62% 38% Christopher Newport University 61% 39% University of Virginia at Wise 61% 39% University of Mary Washington 60% 40% Norfolk State University 57% 43% Old Dominion University 56% 44% Virginia State University 54% 46% George Mason University 51% 49% Virginia Commonwealth University 49% 51% James Madison University 48% 52% College of William and Mary 40% 60% Virginia Tech 39% 61% Virginia Military Institute 39% 61% University of Virginia 35% 65% Source: SCHEV Billions Both E&G support and FTE students have grown $5.0 350,000 $4.5 300,000 250,000 $3.5 $3.0 200,000 $2.5 150,000 $2.0 $1.5 100,000 Number of Students (FTE) $4.0 $1.0 50,000 $0.5 $0.0 E&G FTE Notes: Data includes E&G appropriation for 17 institutions, VIMS and extension services FY 2010-11 includes SFSF appropriation Average Funding per FTE Student at Four‐Year Institutions (in  2016‐17 Constant Dollars) 10 Increases in tuition is one of the few state funding issues that surpasses  inflation… Average Percent Change in Annual Tuition and E&G Fees vs Inflation 25 21.5 19.3 20 15 13.1 10.5 10 9.9 9.7 8.2 6.3 6.7 6.5 5.1 3.8 2.9 2.2 4.5 3.7 2.6 1.4 2009 2010 7.1 5.1 4.6 2.9 1.7 1.6 2013 2014 0.7 0.7 2015 2016 1.8 5.4 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  change in tuition and fees (%) 2011 2012 2017 2018 Inflation (%) 11 Since FY 2002, general fund, tuition and fees, and  donation support for student financial assistance has  also grown Millions $500 $450 $400 $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 $0 GF NGF Notes: Data includes financial aid appropriation for 17 institutions and VIMS VCCS nongeneral fund financial aid appropriation not included 12 Many factors and perspectives  influence budget development: Priorities of the Governor Priorities of the General Assembly Public sentiment Increases/ Decreases in federal funds Changes in laws and regulations Traditional practices Increase in number of clients Governor and DPB must view budget as a zero‐sum game and  balance competing demands • • • • Increases/decreases in available revenues Efficiency, effectiveness and economy Continuing need for programs and agencies Reconcile agency requests with Governor’s priorities Needs Priorities Resources Higher education funding challenges  include: • • • • • Variability of state support Diversity between institutions Relying more on tuition and fees (access) Reductions disproportionate to state support Ability to raise tuition – How much is needed; should we limit the increases? • Financial need of student population – Are we increasing access?  • Balancing in‐state and out‐of‐state students  • Getting high productivity from our investments  – Should we link funding to outcomes? 15 State funding challenges include: • Revenue growth versus mandatory expenses growth – – – – – Increasing health insurance costs for state employees Enhancing funding of retirement system Supporting approved salary increases Increasing Medicaid costs (not related to expansion) Increasing K‐12 costs • Federal budgetary actions • Maintaining bond credit ratings • Possible downturn in economy 16