CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS
THE COST TO COMPETE
2002-2003 BUDGET REQUEST
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES INTRODUCTION Campuses at the Crossroads: The Cost to Compete
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Letter to the Legislature, the Governor and the People of Minnesota ...... 2 The Cost to Compete: Budget Request Summary...... 3 Campus-based Budget Request Summary...... 4 Keeping Minnesota Competitive...... 4 Past Investments at Work ...... 7 How to Use This Campus-based Budget Guide ...... 8 Colleges and Universities Play a Leading Role in Regional Vitality...... 9
CAMPUS-BASED BUDGET PAGES: The cover of Campuses at the Crossroads: The Cost to Alexandria Technical College ...... 10 Compete Anoka-Hennepin Technical College...... 12 was printed by the Anoka-Ramsey Community College...... 14 students and staff of South Bemidji State University...... 16 Central Technical College’s Central Lakes College...... 18 graphics production program, Century College ...... 20 Dakota County Technical College ...... 22 North Mankato/Mankato Fergus Falls Community College ...... 24 campus. Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College...... 26 Hennepin Technical College...... 28 Minnesota State Colleges & Hibbing Community College...... 30 Universities Inver Hills Community College ...... 32 Itasca Community College...... 52 500 World Trade Center Lake Superior College...... 34 30 East Seventh Street Mesabi Range Community & Technical College ...... 52 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Metropolitan State University...... 36 Minneapolis Community & Technical College...... 38 Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical...... 40 MnSCU is an Equal Opportunity Minnesota State University, Mankato...... 42 employer and educator. Minnesota State University Moorhead ...... 44 Minnesota West Community & Technical College...... 46 Upon request, this publication is Normandale Community College...... 48 available in alternative formats to North Hennepin Community College ...... 50 Northeast Higher Education District...... 52 individuals with disabilities by Northland Community & Technical College ...... 54 calling one of the following: Northwest Technical College ...... 56 Pine Technical College...... 58 Universities General number: (651) 296-8012 Rainy River Community College ...... 52 Colleges Toll-free: 1-888-MNSCU-4-U Ridgewater College ...... 60 Riverland Community College...... 62 TTY: (651) 282-2660 Rochester Community and Technical College ...... 64 Minnesota State Colleges Hennepin Technical College Minnesota State University Moorhead Rochester Community and St. Cloud State University...... 66 & Universities Hibbing Community College Minnesota West Community & Technical College January 2001 Inver Hills Community College Technical College St. Cloud State University St. Cloud Technical College...... 68 Alexandria Technical College Itasca Community College* Normandale Community College St. Cloud Technical College St. Paul Technical College...... 70 Anoka-Hennepin Technical College Lake Superior College North Hennepin Community College St. Paul Technical College South Central Technical College...... 72 Anoka-Ramsey Community College Mesabi Range Community & Northland Community & South Central Technical College Bemidji State University Technical College* Technical College Southwest State University Southwest State University ...... 74 Central Lakes College Metropolitan State University Northwest Technical College Vermilion Community College* Vermilion Community College...... 52 Century College Minneapolis Community & Pine Technical College Winona State University Dakota County Technical College Technical College Rainy River Community College *Itasca, Mesabi Range and Vermilion make Winona State University ...... 76 Fergus Falls Community College Minnesota State College-Southeast Ridgewater College up the Northeast Higher Education District, System Office & System-wide Initiatives...... 78 Fond du Lac Tribal & Community Technical Riverland Community College a consortium of three state colleges. Rainy River will join the district in summer 2001. College Minnesota State University, Mankato Technical Notes ...... 80
CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE COST TO COMPETE MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE COST TO COMPETE 1 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES INTRODUCTION
January 2001 The Cost to Compete: This investment would enable Minnesota State Colleges Budget Request Summary and Universities to do the following: Enhance academic excellence throughout the system To the Legislature, the Governor and the People of Minnesota: This budget request is an investment in Minnesota’s by expanding Internet course delivery, expanding economic future. Education and economic well-being are services to help students stay in school, creating new Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are at a crossroads. This budget request closely linked in today’s knowledge-based economy. programs, increasing quality in existing programs and Minnesota will not sustain its high standard of living strives to improve the quality and competitiveness of Minnesota’s higher education upgrading labs and classrooms. without a competitive higher education system. system. We are asking you to affirm the state’s historical commitment to high-quality, Develop new, innovative programs in areas critical to accessible education with support for new initiatives under way at Minnesota State Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are the state’s economy and workforce needs, and recruit Colleges and Universities. requesting a $255.6 million budget increase to build the students into these programs. capacity of its 35 institutions to provide students with The initiatives described in this document are just a sampling of the thousands of high-quality education and competitive skills. Teach to national standards in career areas where exciting projects now in progress across the state on behalf of Minnesota’s citizens, labor national industry skill standards exist. This investment aims to move all Minnesota State force and communities. Each college and university president has developed focused, Colleges and Universities from the 50th percentile Acquire leading-edge equipment and technology for measurable strategies for improving the academic experience, strengthening workforce nationally in per-student state funding to the 75th instruction. development efforts, acquiring high-cost, high-demand instructional equipment and percentile. The goal is to regain Minnesota’s reputation investing in instructional technology. for educational leadership and to be competitive with Implement a strategic tuition policy to recruit the top one-fourth of all similar institutions and students from other states to attend college in systems nationally. Minnesota and stay in Minnesota to work after For the 2002-2003 biennium, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities have identified graduation. $311 million in initiatives to make the 35 colleges and universities competitive. Of that, $55.4 million of the top priorities will be funded internally, by reallocating resources from low-priority activities to high-priority activities and through tuition increases at the rate of inflation. The resulting request to the Legislature is for a budget increase of $255.6 million. 2002-2003 Budget Request Summary Of the $255.6 million total request, $157.7 million represents the cost of providing quality academic programs, competitive course offerings and assurance of access to 2002-2003 base general fund state appropriation $1.142 billion higher education for all Minnesotans. The remainder is to cover the cost of inflation. Quality and competitive investment Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are committed to providing a high-quality, CAMPUS-BASED INITIATIVES SYSTEM-WIDE INITIATIVES TOTAL competitive and accessible education to all Minnesotans. We are working hard to adapt Academic excellence $41.4 million $9.7 million $51.1 million our programs to changing workforce needs and changing technology. The state’s Workforce development $22.4 million $3.9 million $26.3 million investment in quality, competitive higher education will help Minnesota succeed. Equipment $13.5 million $13.5 million Instructional technology $20.2 million $16.8 million $37.0 million Repair and replacement $29.8 million $29.8 million
Total $127.3 million $30.4 million $157.7 million
Inflation $153.3 million MICHAEL M. VEKICH MORRIS J. ANDERSON Tuition impact ($25.4 million) Chair, MnSCU Board of Trustees Chancellor Reallocation ($30.0 million) Total budget increase request $255.6 million
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Campus-based budget request summary Keeping Minnesota Competitive This budget request represents an investment in Minnesota’s economic future. Education and economic This budget request aims to move all Minnesota State Most of MnSCU’s requested new funding for 2002-2003 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are at a well-being are linked in today’s knowledge-based Colleges and Universities beyond the basic maintenance would be distributed to the colleges and universities crossroads. Lawmakers must determine whether they economy. Minnesota will not sustain its high standard level to a competitive level of funding. The goal is to within the system. Approximate breakdowns for new want the state’s largest system of higher education to of living without a competitive higher education system. regain Minnesota’s reputation for educational leadership funding by institution are as follows. Numbers have been struggle to maintain programs and services or to be and to be at least as innovative and dynamic as the top rounded. For more information about campus budget a major force in building Minnesota’s economy and MnSCU institutions now rank at or near the 50th one-fourth of all similar institutions and systems nationally. requests, see pages 10-77. quality of life. percentile in state funding when compared with similar This request would begin to move the institutions over a institutions nationally. In order to maintain its current four-year period to about the 75th percentile nationally in Alexandria...... $4.1 million The campus presidents continue to reallocate and standing and cover inflation, the system and its state funding per student. Anoka-Hennepin...... $2.7 million streamline their operations through consolidation and institutions need $98.0 million in new funding to meet Anoka-Ramsey...... $6.0 million collaboration with sister institutions and employers. But core financial obligations over the next two years. At With this investment, the campuses will continue to produce Bemidji State...... $8.6 million today they cannot compete without a significant new this level, campuses are limited in their capacity to adopt graduates who are competitive with their peers nationally. Central Lakes ...... $5.1 million commitment from the state. new technology, develop high-quality curriculum and Century ...... $7.4 million respond to emerging local and regional needs. Dakota County...... $5.1 million A recent report by the Office of the Legislative Auditor Minnesota State Colleges and Universities rank below Fergus Falls ...... $2.0 million found that Minnesota’s spending on higher education average on spending per student Fond du Lac...... $1.1 million One of every 2 students attending college in Minnesota has not kept pace with other state spending. 8 ,500 Hennepin ...... $6.7 million attends a MnSCU institution $8,500 Hibbing ...... $4.0 million “As a percentage of the state’s general fund, current 8 $8,000,000 Inver Hills ...... $4.5 million funding levels for higher education in general, and MnSCU serves 52% of the state’s higher education market Lake Superior ...... $6.0 million MnSCU in particular, are at a 20-year low,” the report 7 $7,500,500 Metropolitan State...... $9.0 million Minnesota State Colleges found. (The MnSCU Merger, August 2000, p. 10) and Universities, 152,194 students Minneapolis...... $7.7 million University of Minnesota, 59,185 7 $7,000,000 MSC - Southeast Technical ...... $2.6 million Over the past three years, MnSCU’s enrollment has Private colleges, 59,423 SPENDING PER STUDENT TOTAL $0$0 MSU, Mankato ...... $19.8 million grown and is now at a six-year high. The system serves Private career, 12,908 MnSCU National average MSU Moorhead ...... $10.0 million 52 percent of all students attending college in Private graduate and professional, 6,538 $7,902 per student $8,202 per student Minnesota West ...... $5.1 million Minnesota, a market share that has remained steady. Normandale...... $8.3 million North Hennepin ...... $5.9 million A study of similar public institutions nationally shows that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities spend less per student than most peer Northeast Higher Education District* ...... $7.0 million State’s commitment to higher education has slipped Source: Minnesota Higher Education Services Office, preliminary Northland...... $3.8 million fall 2000 headcount institutions across the country. Peer institutions were identified using Northwest...... $8.0 million 16 All Minnesota higher education specific criteria including the type and level of programs offered, 14.1% 13.5% 12.1% 11.6% 11.6% 10.7% nationally recognized classifications, enrollment and faculty Pine ...... $0.8 million 14 complement. Ridgewater...... $4.8 million 12 MnSCU enrollment is at a 6-year high
Riverland...... $4.0 million 10 Rochester...... $5.5 million Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 120,000 Source: MnSCU Research and Planning, 2000 Peer Funding 8 114,199 117,668 St. Cloud State...... $23.3 million 6.4% 6.1% 5.3% 5.1% 4.9% 4.6% Study, 1998 data 6 St. Cloud Technical...... $3.7 million 115,000 4 111,604 110,327 111,409 St. Paul...... $4.8 million South Central ...... $4.9 million 2 110,000 .
PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET 0 Southwest State ...... $8.2 million semester conversion 90-91 92-93 94-95 96-97 98-99 00-01 105,000 Winona State ...... $12.8 million 106,827 System-wide ...... $32.3 million In 1990-91, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities received 100,000 6.4 percent of the state’s general fund budget. By 2000-01, MnSCU’s *The Northeast Higher Education District comprises three member 0 share had dropped to 4.6 percent. 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 colleges: Itasca Community College, Mesabi Range Community and Technical College and Vermilion Community College. A fourth, Rainy Source: MnSCU Finance and Minnesota Department of Finance Source: MnSCU Finance, full-year-equivalent enrollment. Data River Community College, will join in summer 2001. for 2000-2001 is a projection based on fall semester 2000 enrollment.
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Budget request is campus-based Presidents, faculty, students had budget input Campuses, system reallocate resources Past Investments at Work
For the first time, the Minnesota State Colleges and MnSCU’s 2002-2003 budget request was developed with Internal budget reallocations over the past six years have Of the $107 million in new funding granted to MnSCU Universities are presenting a campus-based budget request. the full participation of institution presidents, as well as enabled the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities in the 1999 and 2000 legislative sessions, $67.2 million This request reflects what it will take to meet the representation from faculty, students and other to provide high-quality education and career training. was used to meet basic campus obligations caused by changing needs of Minnesota’s students and communities. stakeholders. The overall request was based on national inflation and enrollment increases. The remaining $39.8 competitive standards and the system’s commitment to The 35 institutions have reallocated more than $100 million in new money was strategically invested to New investments in critical areas over the next two four goal areas: academic excellence, workforce million to cover basic inflationary costs and provide respond to emerging student needs, to help campuses years will have a far-reaching impact on Minnesota’s development, equipment and instructional technology. critical resources for high-demand programs, student produce a more competitive workforce and to encourage quality of life and the capacity of the campuses to services and facility repairs. The campuses suspended or multi-campus collaboration. enhance the intellectual power and skills of Public hearings in St. Paul and Brainerd were closed nearly 400 programs with low enrollment in the Minnesota’s workforce. conducted by the MnSCU Board of Trustees on the past two-and-one-half years to free up funding for more Examples of new investments: budget request. Once approved by the Board of pressing needs. Students of all ages will benefit from greater access to Trustees, the request was broken down into an All 35 colleges and universities received new high-demand academic and workforce training allotment for each college and university. Each This budget request includes an expectation that the instructional equipment. A $5 million state programs using cutting-edge instructional technology president has developed a budget request for new colleges and universities will reallocate another $30 allocation leveraged more than $17 million in and equipment. More courses will be conveniently funding, based on institution and system priorities. million over the biennium. The campus-based portion of equipment donations from private employers. New delivered online and closer to work and home. this document contains summaries of internal equipment includes digitized technology for precision Necessary campus repairs and replacement projects reallocations by the individual institutions and the system. manufacturing, science lab equipment, an ambulance will be undertaken. Accountability is key simulator, robotics equipment, a geographic plotter and a DC-9 jet. MnSCU will implement a strategic tuition policy to Accountability tied to educational goals is a key State funding is largest revenue source recruit students from other states to attend college in component of this campus-based request. Thirty-two institutions expanded existing programs Minnesota and stay in Minnesota to work after State appropriations make up the largest share of the annual budget or added new ones to accommodate student demand. graduation. More than 9,000 students now attend Each college and university drew up specific indicators for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities In the past two-and-one-half years, 1,681 programs MnSCU institutions from states that do not have for measuring progress over two years. Indicators also State appropriation, $550.6 million were redesigned and 528 new programs were created, tuition reciprocity with Minnesota. These students pay have been developed for system-wide initiatives. Tuition and fees, $357.9 million including graphics technology, education, multi- tuition at twice the rate paid by Minnesota residents. By Federal grants, $110.9 million media, manufacturing engineering, property eliminating the non-resident tuition surcharge, The accountability indicators focus on such measurable Sales revenue, $74.2 million management, geographic information systems, Minnesota will attract ambitious college-minded people factors as increases in online courses, instructional State grants, $60.7 million computer network administration, health care to the state. Many of them are likely to stay in technology, program enrollment, outside partnerships and Private grants, $19.1 million technology, executive leadership and master’s degree Minnesota to work after they graduate. student satisfaction as measured by student surveys. Both Investment earnings, $5.3 million programs. At the same time, nearly 400 programs campus and system-wide indicators are listed in this were closed in order to reallocate resources to New strategies will create seamless transfer policies so document. higher-priority programs. students can easily transfer from two-year colleges to Source: MnSCU Finance Division, fiscal year 2000 four-year universities. These strategies include In addition, the chancellor has convened a task force on Twenty-six institutions invested in classroom creating new Bachelor of Applied Science degrees, institutional accountability. Using the Malcolm Baldrige technology including Web servers, computer labs, aligning curricula across campuses to ease credit Quality Award criteria as a foundation, the system office Salaries make up most of MnSCU expenditures laptops for students and faculty, Internet courses, transfer, building career paths from high school and is engaged in an assessment of its functions and services faculty training and campus network expansion. State technical colleges through four-year degrees and using a Baldrige-based process developed by the The largest share of spending is for salaries and employee benefits colleges and universities have developed or launched establishing new procedures to assess prior learning Minnesota Council for Quality. Information gathered 347 new courses offered entirely on the Internet. for academic credit. will serve as the foundation for continuous Salaries and benefits, $748.7 million improvement, accountability indicators and strategies. Grants, $132.2 million Purchased services, $131.9 million Twenty-two campuses engaged 56 sign language Miscellaneous, $94.2 million interpreters for deaf students to comply with federal The individual colleges and universities also are Supplies, $72.2 million and state law. developing and pursuing continuous quality Interest and debt service, $15.9 million improvement programs through North Central Association’s Academic Quality Improvement Project.
Source: MnSCU Finance Division, fiscal year 2000
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All 35 institutions expanded access to library How to Use This Campus-based Colleges and Universities Play a Leading Role in Regional Vitality resources by such measures as increasing the number of library workstations, expanding online services and Budget Guide With 53 campuses located in 46 NORTHWEST REGION: SOUTHWEST REGION: subscriptions, updating holdings to support emerging Minnesota communities, Minnesota academic programs, purchasing reference books and The following pages provide information about Alexandria Technical College Minnesota West Community & State Colleges and Universities play a buying CD-ROM training programs. individual MnSCU institutions. The institutional Bemidji State University Technical College budget pages appear in alphabetical order. Each two- major role in stimulating the Central Lakes College Southwest State University economic development and cultural Fergus Falls Community College All 35 colleges and universities addressed essential page presentation gives a breakdown of how the college Minnesota State University Moorhead Number of institutions:...... 2 vitality of cities, suburbs, towns and facilities needs including structural and mechanical or university would use the requested budget increase Northland Community & Technical College Number of campuses: ...... 6 and demonstrate success. A two-page presentation on rural areas throughout Minnesota. Northwest Technical College Number of students (headcount): ...... 10,304 repairs, remodeling to meet health and safety codes, Number of students (full-year-equivalent): .....5,142 renovating existing space for new programs and the system office and system-wide initiatives begins on Number of institutions: ...... 7 Percent of MnSCU FYE enrollment:...... 4.5 A 1998 study by Anton & replacing bleachers. page 78. Number of campuses: ...... 12 2002-2003 budget request Associates, Inc., of Minneapolis Number of students (headcount): ...... 33,802 (increase): ...... $13.3 million estimated the economic impact Number of students (full-year-equivalent): ...21,351 Percent share of total new request:...... 6.0 All schools adopted plans to improve recruitment and Here is a point-by-point guide to the campus and Percent of MnSCU FYE enrollment: ...... 18.7 New funding per student: ...... $1,198 resulting from the state’s investment retention of students. Schools improved their system-wide presentations: 2002-2003 budget request in MnSCU. The report found: (increase): ...... $41.5 million admissions and enrollment processes with more Percent share of total new request: ...... 18.6 SOUTHEAST REGION: efficient enrollment systems, more student advising Request summary: Three key dollar figures are shown New funding per student: ...... $924 Every dollar of net state spending and creation of one-stop student answer centers. at the top of the page for each campus — the amount Minnesota State College - on Minnesota State Colleges and Southeast Technical needed to implement its quality and competitive NORTHEAST REGION: Minnesota State University, Universities generates a return of Three institutions in the Twin Cities created a unique investment proposals, the amount needed to cover Mankato inflation and its 2000-2001 biennial base $5.75 to the state’s economy. Fond du Lac Tribal & Riverland Community College joint program to prepare teachers to work in urban Community College Rochester Community and Technical College schools. appropriation. Hibbing Community College South Central Technical College By far the largest factor in that Lake Superior College Winona State University investment return is the increased Northeast Higher Education District: The system office worked with campuses to create two Quality/competitiveness investment summary: This productivity of graduates who earn Itasca Community College Number of institutions: ...... 6 regional instructional technology support centers in chart shows how the campus would use the requested Mesabi Range Community & Number of campuses: ...... 9 higher wages (and pay more in taxes) southeastern and central Minnesota to enable funding increase for improvements in the following Technical College Number of students (headcount): ...... 41,599 because of their college and Rainy River Community College Number of students (full-year-equivalent): ..27,119 campuses and facilities to share technology resources, categories: academic excellence, workforce university education. Other factors Vermilion Community College Percent of MnSCU FYE enrollment: ...... 23.8 support, expertise and equipment. development, equipment, instructional technology 2002-2003 budget request (increase): $50.0 million and repair and replacement projects. generating economic activity are Number of institutions: ...... 4 Percent share of total new request: ...... 22.2 direct spending by MnSCU on Number of campuses: ...... 8 New funding per student: ...... $857 The system office took a leadership role in expanding salaries, supplies and services, and the Number of students (headcount): ...... 17,507 and redesigning the state’s career and education Web Budget detail: More about the proposals is outlined Number of students (full-year-equivalent): ....7,377 indirect or induced economic activity site, ISEEK, where jobs and educational opportunities here, along with plans for using repair and Percent of MnSCU FYE enrollment: ...... 6.5 METRO REGION: replacement money. that results from that direct spending. 2002-2003 budget request are represented in one comprehensive resource. (increase): ...... $18.2 million Anoka-Hennepin Technical College Percent share of total new request: ...... 8.1 Anoka-Ramsey Community College Internal reallocation: This gives a brief overview of These charts illustrate how MnSCU’s New funding per student: ...... $1,155 Century College how the institution improves its efficiency in using requested budget increase would be Dakota County Technical College distributed by region. Hennepin Technical College resources, sets priorities and shifts money internally to CENTRAL REGION: Inver Hills Community College meet pressing needs. Metropolitan State University Pine Technical College Minneapolis Community & Technical College M N SCU TOTALS: Ridgewater College Normandale Community College Accountability indicators: Each college and university St. Cloud State University North Hennepin Community College lists how it will measure its success over the next two Number of institutions:...... 35 St. Cloud Technical College St. Paul Technical College years in improving academic programs and student Number of campuses: ...... 53 Number of students (headcount): ...... 216,498 Number of institutions: ...... 4 Number of institutions:...... 11 services, enhancing workforce development and Number of students (full-year-equivalent): 114,199 Number of campuses: ...... 5 Number of campuses: ...... 13 achieving other goals in its funding request. New funding per student: ...... $925 Number of students (headcount): ...... 29,573 Number of students (headcount): ...... 83,713 Number of students (full-year-equivalent): ..18,132 Number of students (full-year-equivalent): ...35,039 For additional explanation of this data, see Percent of MnSCU FYE enrollment: ...... 15.9 Percent of MnSCU FYE enrollment:...... 30.7 page 80. 2002-2003 budget request 2002-2003 budget request (increase): ...... $32.6 million (increase): ...... $68.2 million Percent share of total new request: ...... 14.6 Percent share of total new request:...... 30.5 New funding per student: ...... $878 New funding per student: ...... $894
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Alexandria Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $2.0 million Alexandria Inflation: $2.1 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $21 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS LARRY SHELLITO Located in west central Minnesota, Alexandria Technical College serves as the college To keep pace with the demands of external stakeholders, Ensure that 100 percent of courses comply with for the Alexandria community and surrounding region. Founded in 1961, it has the college will use additional funds primarily to upgrade WEB SITE: North Central Association standards. established a solid reputation for quality instruction and service to its students. The existing infrastructure and achieve strategic objectives. www.alextech.org college provides more than 40 program areas, has coordinated instructional programs Increase non-traditional student enrollment by 25 with area high schools and has an extensive workforce development program. Since the Equipment and instructional technology upgrades Alexandria Technical merger of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the college has achieved will enable the college to provide appropriate percent. College ranked 22nd enrollment growth of more than 15 percent. training on the types of equipment used in the nationally in Yahoo’s workforce. This will enable graduates to quickly Increase headcount of the incumbent workforce “100 most wired two- Alexandria Technical College is unique among Minnesota’s two-year colleges in that adapt to the needs of business and industry, which, trained through the college’s customized training unit more than 85 percent of the students attend full time. The college’s student population in turn, provides economic value to employers. year colleges in the by 20 percent, from 7,026 to 8,500. is young, with 76 percent of the students under age 25. Students come from all across nation.” Minnesota as well as surrounding states and several foreign countries. Student assessment and workforce development Increase student access to equipment. services are needed to achieve expectations of The college is among The college’s largest programs are law enforcement, carpentry, communication art and external stakeholders, including business and eight selected for the design, practical nursing, diesel mechanics and computer technical support specialist. industry and accrediting agencies. Sustain student access by offering programs that initial North Central New programs include technical communications, e-commerce business management, match the economic needs of the college’s service Association’s Academic e-commerce technical specialist and wireless communications. The college’s focus on Repair and replacement priorities include roof repair, area. technology has made it a leader not only in Minnesota but nationally. The college has heating, ventilation and air conditioning work to Quality Improvement training partnerships with business and industry, including 3M and Caterpillar. resolve air quality issues, mechanical repairs Project. Increase technology use, with emphasis on including replacement of motors and seals, and instruction via a college intranet system. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY upgrading of plumbing with emphasis on Scores on the Medical replacement of aged, rusted pipes and valves. Laboratory Technician Academic excellence ...... $350,000 national registry exams Implement academic assessment of student learning are among the nation’s Expand professional development activities top 10. Design, deliver and assess curricula
Workforce development ...... $250,000 Internal reallocation The college was Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 3,232 Expand service to business and industry partners selected to participate The additional funds will sustain the college, providing Annual non-credit course registrations: 7,026 that internal budget cuts are made, such as reductions in Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,047 in the Society of Equipment ...... $455,000 programs. The college will eliminate two programs, Manufacturing Upgrade instructional programs with equipment replicating business and Average age: 26.5 automotive diagnostic technician and aviation Engineers Science, industry standards Median age: 21.0 electronics. Technology and Average undergraduate credit load: 12.9 Instructional technology ...... $400,000 Engineering Preview Average class size: 19 Upgrade technology infrastructure Summer Camp for Girls. Percent students of color: 1.7 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 89.5 Repair and replacement...... $545,000 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Anoka-Hennepin Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $1.3 million Anoka Inflation: $1.4 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $13.9 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS ANNE WEYANDT Anoka-Hennepin Technical College has served students and employers in Anoka and If Anoka-Hennepin Technical College received the Increase opportunities for retraining through the surrounding communities since 1967. In 1999-2000, more than 3,200 students were requested funding, the college would be in a position to customized training division by adding up-to-date WEB SITE: served in the college’s 36 credit programs and more than 20,000 in customized training invest significantly in the following initiatives: equipment in several programs, including robotic www.ank.tec.mn.us programs. Approximately 60 percent of students enroll part time; about 40 percent are welding, laser technology and information older than age 25; and most come from Anoka County, other metro-area counties and Hire an instructional designer to help faculty and technology. eight counties outside the metro area. workforce programs develop Web-enhanced and Increase retention rate of students in programs Anoka-Hennepin Web-based courses. The 36 credit programs are in nine centers of excellence: business and office, enhanced by additional funding for up-to-date School District 11 transportation, design and manufacturing, electrical/electronics, health, horticulture/golf, equipment. is partnering with information technology, service and general education. For fall 2000, the largest Restore equipment budget dollars for all programs to replace out-of-date equipment, which is crucial to Increase opportunities through the customized Anoka County and enrollments were in the construction electrician, information technology, surgical technology, practical nursing and horticulture/golf programs. recruiting and retaining students and gaining support training division for retraining workers in program Anoka-Hennepin from business and industry for retraining employees areas enhanced by additional funding for up-to-date Technical College Establishing partnerships with communities, business and industry and K-12 districts is a and hiring graduates. Community resources also will equipment. to create the state’s key part of the college’s mission. Its customized training division serves more than 300 be needed to acquire state-of-the-art equipment for Increase by 10 percent, or five, the number of faculty first secondary employers. Collaborative partnerships with the college include: existing programs and new initiatives. Minneapolis Community and Technical College for enhancement of health and using Web-enhanced courses by the end of 2001- technical education 2002. technical education opportunities in the Phillips neighborhood. Hire a staff member to research and develop new program on the MediaOne and Dakota County Technical College for technician training. courses and at least three new programs to enhance Increase by 10 percent, or five, the number of faculty campus. Caterpillar and North Hennepin Community College in an incumbent workforce the college’s ability to serve business and industry developing Web-based courses by the end of 2001- training grant. 2002. AC Delco for a technician service education program. needs for new employees and retraining of existing Anoka-Hennepin employees. Increase by an additional 20 percent, or 10, the Technical College Anoka-Hennepin Technical College employs about 225 faculty and staff. A $12.5 number of faculty developing Web-based courses by has forged With additional repair and replacement funding, the million renovation is under way to repair the college’s roof and heating and ventilating the end of 2002-2003. numerous systems, address code and safety issues, and remodel key classroom and lab areas. college’s first priorities would be life safety or failed- partnerships with equipment issues such as retrofitting air conditioning Develop three new programs for specialty areas by chillers to an approved refrigerant and tuckpointing. the end of 2002-2003. area industry and QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Secondary priorities include painting, carpeting and other colleges. remodeling classrooms, offices and hallways. Workforce development ...... $300,000 Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 3,398 Job placement Develop new courses and programs, and add faculty, equipment and supplies for Annual non-credit course registrations: 20,243 start-up; remodel space and enhance instructional quality Internal reallocation for graduates Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 1,331 consistently Equipment ...... $198,000 Average age: 25.9 During the past two years, all instructional program Assure state-of-the-art equipment for all programs exceeds 95 percent. budgets at Anoka-Hennepin Technical College have Median age: 22.0 Instructional technology ...... $227,000 been reduced by 50 percent. The college also has shifted Average undergraduate credit load: 8.8 Develop Web-based courses; replace and enhance computing infrastructure the cost of routine technology maintenance and upgrades Average class size: 13 Purchase classroom and lab technology to student fee revenues. Development of new programs Percent students of color: 5.7 has been significantly limited. Repair and replacement...... $604,000 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 93.9 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE COST TO COMPETE 12 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE COST TO COMPETE 13 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES BUDGET REQUEST MAP CAMPUS LOCATION
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Quality/competitive investment: $3.6 million Cambridge Inflation: $2.4 million Coon Rapids FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $23.4 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS PATRICK M. JOHNS Anoka-Ramsey Community College, with campuses in Coon Rapids and Cambridge, is a If Anoka-Ramsey Community College receives the Increase students in two new nursing options leading provider of higher education and training in the north suburban area of requested funding, the college would pursue the by 40 per year. WEB SITE: Minneapolis and St. Paul. Annually, the college serves more than 8,000 learners of all following initiatives: www.anokaramsey.mnscu.edu ages as they pursue associate degrees, general education transfer courses, certificates or degree programs that lead directly to rewarding careers. Implement Baldrige-based, AQIP assessment process Expand enrollment in Internet courses from Anoka-Ramsey is a for continuous academic improvement. 350 students to 1,300 students annually. The college also provides customized training and continuing education programs. Nearly Develop online Center for Teaching and Learning to leader in developing 9,000 adults enroll in these courses each year. More than 2,000 children explore subjects provide training and instruction for faculty online opportunities from American Sign Language to zoology in the college's summer programs. Students development of online or Web-enhanced courses. Enhance classroom equipment for an additional for students, with learn in a variety of settings. Some attend small classes where instructors challenge Continue to develop online learning opportunities 50 students in geographic information systems and 348 students enrolled students to examine issues and participate in group activities. Others take courses that for students. Cisco Professional Network Certification classes blend the Internet with individual attention from instructors. Develop service learning initiatives and continue to in 14 online courses annually. create learning communities for students. for fall 2000. The college is known for strong and innovative academic programs supported by updated Strengthen the college's commitment to facilities, including a state-of-the-art science center and newly remodeled technology international programs. Enable 25 new students to gain certification in Anoka-Ramsey has center on the Coon Rapids campus and a new campus center building in Cambridge. Create a licensed practical nursing program on the Cisco network proficiency. The college also emphasizes global education through its language and study-abroad developed new programs Cambridge campus, graduating 20 nurses per year. programs with sister colleges in China and Sweden. Develop an online LPN to RN mobility program for Place 100 students per year in academic in geographic information 20 nurses per year. systems, biomedical Anoka-Ramsey offers a variety of student services, including tutoring for more than Develop an online associate degree in business. program-related jobs. technology, computer 25 subject areas, accessible services for students with disabilities and Project START, Develop a career placement center. networking and Cisco a federally funded support program for first-generation college students. Equip Cisco certification program classrooms. Increase participation in international programs Renovate and equip current classrooms and offices to Certified Network to 25 students per year. create smart classrooms and to meet ergonomic Professional. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY guidelines.
Recent Minnesota Academic excellence ...... $1.1 million With additional repair and replacement funding, Anoka- Develop online Center for Teaching and Learning Ramsey Community College will replace burner controls Job Skills Partnership Continue development of online general education courses and air handling units and complete additional ADA grants include $384,804 Enhance international programs compliance and storm sewer work on the Coon Rapids to train 1,800 Mercy campus. The Cambridge campus will replace fixed Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 8,067 Workforce development ...... $900,000 Hospital staff in electronic seating and complete additional ADA compliance. Annual non-credit course registrations: 8,992 Create a new licensed practical nursing program charting and $266,000 Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 3,619 Create an online LPN to RN mobility nursing program Average age: 24.4 for supervisory training Launch an online associate degree in business Internal reallocation of health care workers in Median age: 20.0 Instructional technology ...... $930,000 east central Minnesota. Anoka-Ramsey will redirect internal strategic initiative Average undergraduate credit load: 8.9 Equip classrooms and labs for emerging technology and ergonomic needs funds to develop and support the efforts in this plan. In Average class size: 25 Repair and replacement...... $670,000 addition, the college will continue to evaluate and Percent students of color: 3.9 eliminate low-enrollment offerings. Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 96.3 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Bemidji State University Quality/competitive investment: $4.9 million Bemidji Inflation: $3.6 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $39.1 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS M. JAMES BENSEN Bemidji State University serves a large area of northern Minnesota and is the only If Bemidji State University receives the requested The multidisciplinary student capstone experience accessible baccalaureate institution for many of the region’s residents. The university funding, it will invest in these initiatives: WEB SITE: will demonstrate its success through changes in is committed to providing educational access to a variety of students, as depicted by knowledge and communications skills and in student www.bemidji.msus.edu these enrollment patterns: The liberal education curriculum will have Seventy-five percent of its students are from northern Minnesota. a culminating experience or capstone. Students will retention, faculty support and changes in student Bemidji State University Four percent are American Indians, the highest proportion in MnSCU baccalaureate work in teams to solve a contemporary or future credit and faculty load. About 400 students per year problem. The capstone experience will focus on graduates have an institutions. will participate. Forty-two percent are more than 23 years old, and more than half of all students are applying knowledge, skills and values required during annual placement rate the liberal education core curriculum. first-generation college students. Technology certification training will show success greater than 95 percent Fifty percent transfer from other colleges and universities. College-level technology certification training will with more than 200 participants annually, fulfillment in professional jobs, More than 90 percent receive some form of financial assistance. be provided to the workforce. A “train the trainer” concept will be used to develop training capacity. higher education and of American Indian needs, student and employer Bemidji State University’s distinctions: The need for technology certificate training is evaluations, in-house sustainability from tuition government service. particularly acute on area American Indian Day, evening and distance-education courses are provided to 4,613 students revenues and attraction of outside funds. in 23 locations, with more than 900 students off-site. reservations. In 2000, the Transfer agreements have been reached with all Minnesota technical colleges Equipment for a digital/video/Web teaching laboratory will support the development and Distance education and digital/video instructional university received and community colleges. upgrading of distance-education course materials laboratory success will be measured by 25 to 35 full accreditation Numerous students study abroad. A $2 million American Indian Resource Center, including a technology hub, and culturally appropriate Web materials to meet students enrolled in each of four new online degree from the North Central American Indian community educational needs will reach all American Indian communities in Minnesota. programs, student completion rates, external Association of Colleges The Center for Research and Innovation provides incubation facilities, expertise through the American Indian Resource Center. evaluations and employer feedback, improvements and Schools. and applied research support for businesses and industries statewide. Annual activity The university will hire a specialist for creating involves more than 50 businesses and 3,000 clients through non-credit instruction. state-of-the-art curriculum materials and provide in existing online courses and materials, and faculty necessary hardware and software. The resulting use of the digital laboratory. In the 1999-2000 QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY distance education and digital video instruction academic year, Bemidji laboratory will enable the university to create four State University faculty Academic excellence ...... $255,000 degree programs using interactive television, Internet and other technologies, each with 50 learners. received 33 grants and Create a multidisciplinary liberal education capstone experience Repair and replacement money will be used to contracts totaling Workforce development ...... $315,000 upgrade classrooms and halls, and for fire alarms and Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 6,122 $2.3 million. Purchase technology certification training software elevators, ADA compliance, roofs and heating and Develop a “train the trainer” program air conditioning systems. Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 4,148 The university’s Center Equipment ...... $589,000 Internal reallocation Average age: 27.0 for Research and Purchase equipment for campus wide needs, including to support distance education Innovation attracted and meet outreach educational goals of the American Indian Resource Center Median age: 22.0 Resources in the Center for Research and Innovation more than $300,000 Average undergraduate credit load: 12.9 Instructional technology ...... $2.3 million will be used to enhance the technology certification Average class size: 19 in grants and training Create a Center for Instructional Development and four distance education training project. The center will redirect resources Percent students of color: 6.6 contracts in its first degree programs toward creating and marketing Internet-based two years. instructional programs. Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 81.1 Repair and replacement...... $1.4 million For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Central Lakes College Quality/competitive investment: $3.0 million Brainerd Inflation: $2.2 million Staples FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $23.4 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS SALLY IHNE Central Lakes College, a two-year community and technical college with campuses If Central Lakes College receives the requested funding, Enroll 27 students in the golf course facilities in Brainerd and Staples, is rooted in a heritage built by its predecessors, Brainerd the college would be in a position to invest in the WEB SITE: management program. Community College and the Brainerd Staples Technical College. Central Lakes College following initiatives: www.clc.mnscu.edu was one of the first merged two-year colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. Enroll an additional 27 students in the pro- Hire a full-time-equivalent instructor for the Central Lakes College golf course facilities management program. engineering program. The college confers Associate in Arts degrees as part of its liberal arts transfer education received $1 million in mission and awards Associate in Applied Science degrees, diplomas and certificates in Hire a full-time-equivalent instructor for the the last two years in occupational fields not requiring baccalaureate degrees. pro-engineering program. Enroll an additional 27 students in the licensed Minnesota Job Skills Hire 1.5 full-time-equivalent instructors for the practical nursing program. licensed practical nursing program. Partnership grants to Central Lakes College's customized training and continuing education, Small Business Development Center and management programs offer education, training and consulting Hire 3.5 full-time-equivalent instructors for the train 900 employees Enroll an additional 72 students in the criminal services on and off the campuses. criminal justice department. justice department. of area firms. Hire three full-time-equivalent instructors for the The college has identified seven Signature Learning Clusters that offer unique strengths computer operations and technology department. The college recently for community service in the 21st century: computer science technology, construction Enroll an additional 60 students in the computer trades, external studies, health and public safety, liberal education, manufacturing, completed a new Funding also would be used to prevent further staff operations and technology department. theater and fine arts. The college also offers priority programs in heavy equipment reductions; to cover basic operating costs, including classroom and lab for operations, criminal justice, nursing and computer network administration. contractual salary and benefit increases; and to preserve the heavy equipment instruction and student services. trades.
QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Repair and replacement funds will be invested in window Major accomplishments and door replacements to improve energy efficiency at include addition of four Academic excellence ...... $140,000 the Staples campus and the old community college wing degrees in the Expand nursing and criminal justice programs of the Brainerd campus. In addition, repairs would be made on the two campuses. computer science area, Workforce development ...... $450,000 completion of credit Enhance management and agribusiness programs transfer agreements Introduce golf course management, corrections, dispatcher and criminalistics Internal reallocation with nine four-year programs Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 4,221 colleges and foundation Expand computer operations and technology Central Lakes College annually reallocates resources Annual non-credit course registrations: 5,659 from staff and faculty reductions, non-personnel Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,422 growth of more than Equipment ...... $1.3 million reductions, increased tuition and fees, and reduced $1 million. Update and replace current equipment in technical programs Average age: 26.4 services and course offerings to cover contract Median age: 20.0 Instructional technology ...... $135,000 settlements, insurance increases and new program Average undergraduate credit load: 11.0 Expand mechanical drafting program development and start-up. Enhance heavy equipment program Average class size: 14 Percent students of color: 1.7 Repair and replacement...... $922,000 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 90.7 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Century College Quality/competitive investment: $4.1 million White Bear Lake Inflation: $3.4 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $32.5 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS LARRY LITECKY Century College is a learning-centered two-year institution that offers associate degrees, If Century College receives the requested funding, the Increase overall full-year enrollment by more than diplomas and certificates. In the most recent survey, 73 percent of the students declared college would be in a position to invest in the following WEB SITE: 10 percent. a major for a degree program, while 11 percent declared a major for a diploma program. initiatives: www.century.cc.mn.us Only 3 percent specified a major for a certificate. Thirteen percent of students did not declare a major or were undecided. Increase students in two new applied science Renovate and expand the existing biology and chemistry labs so that 1,170 students per year (an programs by 50. Century College has strong programs in general education, computer science/technology Over the past two applications, business, transportation, service-related programs and allied health. additional 300 students annually) can study science years, Century The visual communications technology program is an example of recent program in up-to-date facilities. Expand Internet use in course delivery to serve College's growth development in computer science/technology applications. New program development Increase courses that blend Internet use with 1,000 students per semester. classroom delivery to teach a minimum of 1,000 has been nearly 20 is under way in telephony (telecommunications), Microsoft specialist certified engineering and supervisory management. students per semester. percent, making it Enhance student services for 150 additional students Expand counseling and advising to work with an annually. among the fastest- External accrediting groups have certified the quality of the following allied health additional 150 students annually, and remodel growing institutions programs: nursing, paramedic, pharmacy technician, radiologic technology, medical service area to include computer kiosks for students' in the state. assistant, chemical dependency, dental assistant, orthotic and prosthetic technician on-campus use. Enable 1,170 students to use more up-to-date labs and practitioner. Expand service learning opportunities for students. and lab equipment in biology and chemistry. Create on-campus manufacturing labs and a mobile Century's new In addition to these credit-bearing programs and offerings, Century College's continuing radiology clinical lab to serve a minimum of 450 pedestrian bridge, education/customized training unit provides a wide array of workforce development and Enable 45 new students to gain certification in a students per year. continuing education opportunities. More than 25,000 students are served each year, renovated Microsoft high-tech lab. funded in the 1998 making Century College a major provider of continuing education and customized Upgrade computer science labs and purchase 200 bonding bill, will new personal computers to serve 1,000 students. training in the state of Minnesota. increase campus With additional repair and replacement funding, Enable 450 students to enroll in courses in the new safety and Century College would replace the boiler and chiller manufacturing labs and clinical mobile lab. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY symbolize the equipment on both campuses. successful Academic excellence ...... $2.2 million consolidation of Create a minimum of two new applied science programs Renovate biology and chemistry labs the two campuses. Internal reallocation Develop new technology-based programs and upgrade current technology Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 9,742 Expand Internet course delivery In August 2000, Century College has positioned itself with a solid Annual non-credit course registrations: 30,000 Enhance counseling and advising services academic program review that will allow $200,000 from Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 4,478 Century Foundation Increase measurement of student academic success program closings to support these initiatives. While the received the largest Average age: 26.5 non-personnel area has not received inflationary gift in its history Median age: 22.0 Workforce development ...... $900,000 increases in the past three years, the college nonetheless Average undergraduate credit load: 9.2 when the Lee Kopp Create manufacturing lab and clinical mobile lab will contribute $100,000 from the non-personnel budget. Average class size: 19 Family Foundation Improve instructional technology Finally, the Continuing Education and Customized Develop Microsoft high-tech lab gave a $500,000 Training unit will contribute $100,000 of its profits. Percent students of color: 13.8 endowment. This will bring the total internal reallocation to Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 88.1 Repair and replacement...... $968,000 $400,000. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Dakota County Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $3.3 million Rosemount Inflation: $1.9 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $20.5 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS RONALD THOMAS Dakota County Technical College is a 500,000-square-foot facility on 200 acres in the If Dakota County Technical College receives the Forty students will have graduated from the new state’s fourth-largest county. The college is located in one of the state’s faster-growing requested funding, the college will be in a position to carpentry program and 20 from the new electrician WEB SITE: areas, both in population and industry. The main campus is in Rosemount, and off-site invest in the following initiatives: www.dctc.mnscu.edu campuses are in South St. Paul, Burnsville, Eagan and Bloomington. The main campus and limited energy program. also is the site of the 40-acre Minnesota Vehicle Safety Training and Research Center. Expand curricular offerings to meet the educational A recent start-up of Dakota County Technical College serves an area including Dakota County and southern needs of a trained workforce and local industry. One hundred students will have enrolled in new portions of Ramsey, Hennepin and Washington counties, extending into southern Ensure adequate student services staffing to deliver the regional General applied natural science courses. Minnesota. good service to prospective students and maintain Motors Training Center rates of enrollment and retention. resulted from the Career majors are offered in a variety of occupational fields, and associate degrees, Supply trained workers in construction trades and College enrollment will increase overall by 5 percent college’s successful diplomas and certificates are available for the one- and two-year technical program contribute to economic development in the Dakota in 2002 and another 5 percent in 2003, for a total of majors. Customized training assesses needs and delivers technologically advanced County service area through additional workforce partnership with 2,102 students. training to businesses. development. General Motors. Ensure equipment is current with industry standards The Employment and Training Center provides a range of jobs and training program to meet student needs and help maintain enrollment Equipment purchases will result in 80 students Through a Minnesota services through contract agreements with the county and state and federal agencies. The levels. trained on updated general machining equipment center has developed and operated pilot projects and innovative demonstration programs Job Skills Partnership Integrate instructional technology into teaching to compliant with industry standards, 80 students while serving welfare-to-work clients, dislocated and incumbent workers, and other contribute to improved educational effectiveness. trained on updated machining center compliant grant, the college has special populations making the transition to employment. Update the electronic security system, repair the hot formed partnerships water system, replace two non-repairable chillers and with industry standards and 100 students trained with 3M Co., North Star In 1999-2000, the college served more than 14,000 students in credit-based diploma complete other repair projects. on updated truck tractors compliant with industry Steel, Power/Mation, and degree majors and in non-credit courses. Full-year-equivalent enrollment increased standards. 16 percent from 1998-1999 to 1999-2000. Northern Natural Gas and MediaOne. Instructional technology improvements will result QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY in 480 students served within “smart room” environments on a daily basis. A Minnegasco Academic excellence ...... $1.6 million partnership resulted in Increase quality in existing programs and expand offerings in information a new appliance repair technology, graphic design technology, wood technology and general education Internal reallocation technician program. Create applied natural science labs; expand student services staff Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 4,924 Dakota County Technical College will make Annual non-credit course registrations: 7,686 Workforce development ...... $397,000 reallocations from general funds for these initiatives: Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 1,856 The college was Establish a target industry program in carpentry, construction electrician $50,000 for remodeling, $25,000 to acquire integrated awarded a $700,000 and limited energy technician Average age: 29.0 video/voice/data equipment for the limited energy Department of Labor Median age: 25.0 Equipment ...... $347,000 technician program and $5,000 for marketing of the Average undergraduate credit load: 8.8 and Industry incumbent Replace truck driver training and machine tool equipment new construction trades programs. worker demonstration Average class size: 16 Instructional technology ...... $52,000 grant. The college will contribute the use of existing Percent students of color: 6.4 Establish multi-media technology rooms equipment, infrastructure and space required to expand Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 89.9 Repair and replacement...... $854,000 existing occupational programs. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Fergus Falls Community College Quality/competitive investment: $1.2 million Fergus Falls Inflation: $820,000 FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $8.3 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS KEN PEEDERS Fergus Falls Community College is a two-year teaching institution enrolling If Fergus Falls Community College receives the Increase students enrolled in courses that incorporate approximately 2,000 students and generating 1,150 full-year-equivalent enrollment. Half requested funding, the college would be in a position to the latest in computer delivery possibilities from 30 WEB SITE: of these students attend classes on campus and half are served via distance learning or invest significantly in these areas: www.ff.cc.mn.us partnerships with area high schools and colleges. Forty-three percent of the student body percent of the present on-campus student body to 60 attends full time. Eighty percent come from within a 50-mile radius of Fergus Falls. The college would further incorporate technology percent by fall 2003. Students donated more in instruction through its laptop program and in The college provides associate degrees, diplomas and certificates. Fergus Falls Community upgraded classrooms. Provide 15 new general education courses online by than 5,000 hours of College also serves 2,000 students in the wider community through continuing education The college would enhance recruitment and fall 2003 with an enrollment goal of 250 students. service to the opportunities for all ages in areas such as computer training, leadership development, retention of international students, contributing to community through the College for Kids and an expanding customized training program. its commitment to global education and recruiting Four new electronic teaching stations will be college's service potential workers for Minnesota's workforce needs. The college has strong programs in general education for students transferring to majors It would enhance recruitment, advising and operational by fall 2003. learning curriculum. in education, business, pre-professional health, social work and computer science. It retention of students of color, diversifying its offers one- and two-year programs in registered nursing, practical nursing, medical lab student body and providing the necessary college Enroll 50 additional students of color by fall 2003 The Center for technician, histology technician, phlebotomy technician, criminal justice studies, and pre-college experiences to increase student and 100 by fall 2004, as compared with 60 students Students with Learning accounting, management, management information systems and legal, administrative success. and medical assistants. The college, through the online course enrolled in fall 2000. and Physical Disabilities development program, would maintain its position serves students with External accrediting groups have certified the quality of the college's nursing programs, as the general education provider of choice in the Improve campus-wide retention by 3 percent to 5 special needs. medical lab and histology technician programs, and general education programs. area. It would develop an online curriculum in percent over the biennium. general education and selected occupational programs and would provide high-quality delivery When the college's QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY and access for rural students. Hold a series of diversity training seminars and students transfer to forums for facilitated dialogue including campus Academic excellence ...... $360,000 The college would enhance its service to business another institution, 75 Add 1.5 positions to recruit/retain students of color and international students and industry in workforce training by locating its and community participants. Center for Lifelong Learning in the community and percent perform as well Enhance community outreach for multicultural relations by providing additional instructional space at that or better academically Develop 15 online courses in the transfer curriculum site. than they did at Fergus Workforce development ...... $120,000 The college would create a new football practice Falls. Establish an off-campus Center for Lifelong Learning field and convert the old one to parking, and it would add storage and working space to an existing Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 2,663 Fergus Area College Equipment ...... $155,000 maintenance shed. Annual non-credit course registrations: 730 Upgrade dated phone system Foundation's $1.4 Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 1,151 Upgrade assistive technology equipment for the Center for Students with Learning million endowment Average age: 22.3 and Physical Disabilities Internal reallocation provides $85,000 Median age: 19.0 Instructional technology ...... $355,000 in scholarships. Fergus Falls Community College will support these Average undergraduate credit load: 8.9 Equip two electronic classrooms initiatives by reallocating money from its personnel and Average class size: 21 Purchase portable cart units and ceiling-mounted projectors non-personnel budgets and will dedicate funds from its Percent students of color: 12.2 Initiate laptop computer lease program for faculty continuing education and customized training budget. Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 86.6 Repair and replacement...... $210,000 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College Quality/competitive investment: $762,000 Cloquet Inflation: $373,000 FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $4.4 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS L. JACK BRIGGS Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College has the unique characteristic of being If Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College receives Increase overall full-time enrollment by co-governed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Fond du Lac the requested funding, the college would be in a position WEB SITE: 25 students annually. Reservation, the only such post-secondary institution in the United States. Fond du Lac to invest significantly in the following initiatives: www.fdl.cc.mn.us also has federal land grant institution status. Increase student headcount annually by 80. Furnish its new environmental science lab to attract As one of the newest and most technologically advanced campuses in Minnesota, Fond Over the past two 25 new students in 2001 and 50 new students in du Lac Tribal and Community College provides about 180 computers for student, staff Enhance services to adequately serve 1,100 students. years, Fond du Lac and faculty use. New on-campus housing facilities opened in fall 1999. All units are 2002. Tribal and Community apartment-style with a full-size kitchen and a private bathroom in each unit. Provide the skills component of the law enforcement College's enrollment degree for 80 students annually. Increase security and safety of student and staff by Create a degree in environmental mapping has grown 23 percent, The college grants associate degrees and professional certificates in a wide range of career developing a more detailed disaster and critical fields. Popular areas of study include law enforcement, liberal arts, human services, GIS/GPS, initially educating 15 to 20 students. making it among the incident plan. business and finance, computer science, environmental studies and American Indian Enhance student services to meet the needs of an fastest-growing in the studies. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is accredited by the Commission additional 100 students and provide greater state. on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association. The Minnesota assistance for students in the "Placement for Success" Enroll 15 to 20 students in new environmental Peace Officers Standards and Training Board certifies the law enforcement program. program. mapping GIS/GPS program. The college received a Create a certificate program in museum management Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College was named one of nine "Choices for Merit to meet the needs of reservations being held commitment this year in Academics and Culture" in Winds of Change, a publication of the American Indian accountable for preserving Indian cultures. of $3 million to help Science and Engineering Society. This selection recognizes Fond du Lac's ability to construct additional combine academic opportunities and American Indian culture. Additional repair and replacement funding would enable academic space. the college to replace worn carpet throughout the QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY campus and install an enhanced security and surveillance The U.S. Department system to further ensure the safety of students and staff. of Agriculture has Academic excellence ...... $180,000 Develop new environmental science and law enforcement skills programs designated the college Increase electronic student counseling as a "center of excellence" that Workforce development ...... $175,000 Internal reallocation focuses on Implement tribal law-enforcement skills instructional program Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 1,227 environmental studies, Equipment ...... $206,000 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College has Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A particularly soil science Equip environmental science lab produced a plan accepted by the North Central Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 543 and related fields. Purchase GIS/GPS environmental mapping tools Association of Colleges and Schools to reduce annual Average age: 25.1 Purchase counseling hardware and software non-personnel costs. Total annual savings should be Median age: 21.0 about $30,000. Instructional technology ...... $120,000 Average undergraduate credit load: 9.0 Develop Web registration Average class size: 20 Percent students of color: 26.2 Repair and replacement...... $81,000 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: N/A For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Hennepin Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $3.2 million Brooklyn Park Inflation: $3.5 million Eden Prairie FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $36.5 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS SHARON GROSSBACH Hennepin Technical College's primary activity within a mission of education for Additional funding would allow Hennepin Technical Enrollment in printing will increase by 10 percent. employment is workforce development. With campuses in Brooklyn Park and Eden College to pursue the following initiatives: WEB SITE: Prairie and sites in Plymouth, Hopkins and Bloomington, the college delivers technical Partnerships with five businesses will be developed to www.htc.mnscu.edu education to a wide array of learners. Upgrade the printing program including training on digital web press, through partnerships with promote occupational English. Hennepin Technical Learners range from high school students to employed workers seeking to upgrade their Japs Olson and Xeikon Corporation. College has achieved skills. Seventy-four percent of students are part-time, and 32 percent of all learning Expand services for a growing number of Rates of retention and successful completion of international students, English-as-a-Second- regional or national occurs after 2 p.m. and on weekends. In 1992, students of color made up 2.8 percent of learning objectives for students involved in the Language students and students of color. headcount enrollment; in 2000, that percentage has risen to 14.3 percent. Learners have summer readiness programs will increase by 5 certification in culinary Expand opportunities to work with entering students a choice of more than 154 certificate, diploma or degree options. arts, health careers and in summer to better prepare them for college. percent. Expand a successful pilot program in occupational transportation. The The institution's services are strengthened through strong partnerships with business and English. The program approaches English as a skill college's goal is to A high-pressure boiler training option will be industry. The partnerships take on many forms including advisory committees, needed for successful job performance by narrowing delivered in spring semester 2002. increase the number of internships, joint recruiting and donations of materials and equipment. The customized the vocabulary to workplace terminology. programs with this training division provides training to 27,500 workers annually with specific contracts for Provide coordination of the college's corporate distinction. more than 200 businesses. alliance initiative, which strengthens partnerships The number of technology training options for with specific businesses affecting the economic college employees will increase by 20 percent and Twenty-four percent of student enrollment is in computer career courses with 11.5 vitality of the region. The initiative focuses on an The American Culinary participation will increase by 25 percent. percent in media communications, 11.3 percent in health and 10.4 percent in assessment of a business' need for skilled workers and Federation recently manufacturing. the college's capacity to respond. named one of the Provide equipment for academic programs including Ten percent of full-time faculty will be trained in college's culinary arts the heating, ventilation and air conditioning online course development. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY program. Funding would enable this program to add instructors "Chef of the an option for high-pressure boiler training. Year." Academic excellence ...... $319,000 Add data projectors with upgraded computers to all Add new industry-defined skills to printing curriculum lecture rooms, equip and furnish a computer lab at Increase student services staffing Last year, 24 students each campus for transportation programs, move from campus networks to a college network, and upgrade competed in the state Workforce development ...... $443,000 and expand the technology training capacity of the Expand the occupational English program Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 9,114 Skills USA contests, college's staff. with three progressing Implement a corporate alliance initiative Annual non-credit course registrations: 24,595 Internal reallocation to the national Equipment ...... $599,000 Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 3,467 competition. Upgrade existing equipment and add new boiler to deliver additional Average age: 31.7 Hennepin Technical College has a history of reallocating certificate option Median age: 30.0 resources, including closure of 11 low-enrollment Average undergraduate credit load: 7.9 Instructional technology ...... $551,000 programs over the last three years. Additional Implement classroom and network technology enhancements reallocations would occur from absorbing duties of Average class size: 14 Increase professional development and training options vacant positions, prioritizing equipment funding, Percent students of color: 14.4 directing tuition revenue from increased enrollment Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 98.7 Repair and replacement...... $1.3 million and, if necessary, from non-obligated reserves. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Hibbing Community College Quality/competitive investment: $2.6 million Hibbing Inflation: $1.4 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $15.0 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS ANTHONY KUZNIK Hibbing Community College was established July 1, 1996, through the consolidation If Hibbing Community College receives the requested Maintain overall enrollment, in spite of declining of Hibbing Community College and Range Technical College-Hibbing. funding, the college would be in a position to invest in numbers in area high schools. WEB SITE: these initiatives: www.hcc.mnscu.edu Hibbing was one of the first U.S. towns to expand educational opportunities by opening a two-year college in 1916. Hibbing Community College is one of the oldest two-year The college has been leasing pieces of heavy Increase usage of computer offerings and laboratory Hibbing Community colleges in Minnesota and the nation. equipment for training students. With the additional use by business and industry partners by 50 students. funds, the college would purchase some of the College’s mining heavy Today, Hibbing Community College serves more than 3,000 students in credit courses smaller pieces. Increase enrollment in computer programs by 10 equipment program each semester, in addition to 24,000 students in customized training. The college offers a Buying upgraded equipment for computer labs will is the only one in the wide variety of liberal arts courses, transfer programs, occupational and technical allow business and industry partnerships to expand percent. United States. The programs, customized training, continuing education, cultural activities, recreational and and more students to receive training on up-to-date athletic programs and fine arts programs. equipment. college is developing Develop a fiber optics certificate program. The college proposes to increase the number of a simulated open pit Among its many exceptional programs, the college boasts a one-of-a-kind mining heavy online courses offered, improve quality and provide mine to train operators. equipment operator program, a vibrant and growing electrical maintenance program, a access to more students. Ensure that all graduates are computer literate. About 12,000 taconite nationally recognized law enforcement program and a multi-media specialist program. A regional need has been identified for training for workers receive current law enforcement officers and drivers of Expand schedule to weekends and summer session for Adding to the vitality of the college is a new facility scheduled for completion in May emergency vehicles. The college proposes to develop mining heavy equipment program. customized training 2001 that will house programs now located on the college’s central and south campuses. a driving center to expand services in this area. annually. New curriculum and services for students in theater External accrediting groups have certified automotive service technician, dental and art programs will allow the college to offer a Increase number of part-time students in mining Hibbing Community assistant, law enforcement, medical laboratory technician, nursing and nursing assistant two-year degree in fine arts. heavy equipment program by 100. programs. Existing older buildings will be remodeled to better College’s law use space. The fine arts facility also requires Increase number of online courses by 200 percent. enforcement program QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY renovation due to increase student numbers. has a partnership with Arrowhead Law Academic excellence ...... $599,000 Increase the number of curriculum offerings in fine Expand the fine arts program Enforcement. Nearly arts by six. Upgrade equipment for diesel mechanics program and other technical programs 800 northeast Internal reallocation Minnesota officers Workforce development ...... $1.1 million Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 4,594 receive training through Purchase equipment for use in training students in the mining heavy Current program reductions are expected to allow for Annual non-credit course registrations: 11,274 equipment program the college annually. $130,000 of reallocation. Through the non-personnel Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 1,413 Develop a driving center for law enforcement and emergency vehicle operator budget, the college will reallocate an additional Average age: 34.6 program $100,000 for these initiatives. Median age: 33.0 Instructional technology ...... $400,000 Average undergraduate credit load: 6.0 Past reallocation efforts have included delayed Maintain current computer labs for students through the purchase of Average class size: 19 upgraded equipment purchases, such as routers for faster computing Percent students of color: 1.7 Develop online courses services and instructional equipment for programs, not filling positions when retirements occurred and Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 89.0 Repair and replacement...... $486,000 not filling staffing requests. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Inver Hills Community College Quality/competitive investment: $2.8 million Inver Grove Heights Inflation: $1.7 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $16.5 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS CHERYL FRANK Since 1970, Inver Hills Community College has helped students in St. Paul and the If Inver Hills Community College receives the requested Increase overall student enrollment, including credit southeast metropolitan area achieve a wide range of educational and career goals by funding, the college would be in a position to invest in and non-credit, by 5 percent each year. WEB SITE: offering two-year degrees, shorter-term certificates and continuing professional education the following initiatives: www.inverhills.mnscu.edu opportunities. The college has experienced an 8 percent enrollment increase since Increase the number of students enrolled in online or conversion to semesters in 1998. Provide training and support for faculty to develop new program options and online learning. This will in predominantly online courses from 60 per year to The college’s urban significantly enhance accessibility and facilitate 300. Students can complete the first two years of a bachelor’s degree by earning an Associate teacher education timely degree completion. in Arts degree or fulfill distribution requirements by finishing the Minnesota Transfer program educates Enhance student services through early career-goal Increase the number of courses provided to businesses Curriculum. Inver Hills has developed transfer agreements and guides with many teachers to meet identification strategies. on their sites from 40 to 80. regional four-year institutions. Provide state-of-the-art technology to enhance the urgent needs in learning environment. urban schools. Inver Hills students can pursue immediate career goals by completing an Associate in Establish a leadership and innovation fund that will Increase the number of corporate sites to which the Science or Associate in Applied Science degree. Program areas include business, enable faculty to develop industry relationships, such college provides instruction to 16. The liberal accounting, aviation, emergency health services, nursing, paralegal, law enforcement, as on-site classes, and enhance career program studies/professional criminal justice, human services, building inspection, construction management, relevance and quality to increase student proficiency Improve student skills by establishing a foreign and enrollment. skills program helps computer science, computer data communications and networking, and microcomputer language laboratory. software support specialist. All of the Associate in Science programs have transfer Expand technology training for business and industry. students integrate Replace outdated equipment in laboratories. agreements with four-year schools. Expand local area network connections from six to professional skills Extend Internet access to classrooms and increase faculty support to expand technology-based learning 18 classrooms. within liberal arts Inver Hills Community College also offers a wide variety of workforce development opportunities. courses. Inver Hills options. Increase the number of technology-equipped was selected as one Additional repair and replacement money would enable classrooms from six to 12. of 16 U.S. colleges QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY the college to improve lighting and replace the air- handling unit and ductwork in the business building, and for the League for Support 20 faculty in developing new program replace library building electrical equipment. Many Innovation’s Outcomes Academic excellence ...... $1.1 million options and online courses. Develop new program options and increase online instruction classrooms also must be updated to accommodate Project. technology improvements. Expand student services career development opportunities Improve classroom teaching environment Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 6,438 Inver Hills serves as Annual non-credit course registrations: 1,768 the Central United Workforce development ...... $350,000 Internal reallocation Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,444 States Regional Center Increase accessibility of programs for workers Balancing the college budget has required staff and Average age: 26.9 for Cisco Certified Equipment ...... $250,000 faculty reductions through layoffs and attrition, spending Median age: 23.0 Network Professional Replace outdated laboratory equipment limits on needed equipment, reductions in marketing- Average undergraduate credit load: 8.1 training, one of five in Instructional technology ...... $710,000 related expenditures, and minimal funding for supplies Average class size: 28 the United States and Increase the number of technology-equipped classrooms and faculty support and development time for new initiatives. Additional Percent students of color: 11.5 the first in Minnesota. reallocations will be needed to bring the new science and Repair and replacement...... $353,000 classroom building on line next year. Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 95.4 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Lake Superior College Quality/competitive investment: $4.2 million Duluth Inflation: $1.9 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $20.9 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS KATHLEEN NELSON Lake Superior College offers a wide range of educational opportunities, including Lake Superior College intends to be a leader in Enroll and graduate 20 additional students in the programs and courses for transfer, career-oriented technical programs, continuing undergraduate education in Duluth. In order to do so, WEB SITE: pre-education transfer program. education and custom training. Lake Superior College was established in 1995 when the college believes it must invest in new program www.lsc.mnscu.edu Duluth Technical College and Duluth Community College Center merged to form the development (professional piloting) and expanded first comprehensive community and technical college in northeastern Minnesota. Enroll 25 students in the professional pilot program. workforce development efforts to support the city’s major The college organized Offering courses from 27 academic disciplines and more than 75 technical majors, Lake economic development initiatives. The college also Expand the international education program to one of MnSCU’s most Superior College has a record of consistent growth. In fall 2000, it was among the fastest believes it must support international education and include a student or faculty exchange with at least successful online growing MnSCU college, posting a 12.1 percent increase in headcount. This follows an develop students’ skills to allow them to compete in a 11 percent headcount gain in 1999-2000. one additional international country. instructional programs global economy. with 29 courses offered The college’s Emergency Response Training Center provides state-of-the-art training for emergency response professionals, including firefighters and emergency medical Lake Superior College also will strengthen its technology Increase the number of students enrolled in online in 1999-2000 and more technicians. Featuring one of the world’s most advanced firefighting simulators, the infrastructures and upgrade equipment. The college has courses from 800 to 1,000. than 800 students center attracts students from around the world. aggressively moved into online instruction and must enrolled. continue to support the needs of students to engage in Truck driving and diesel mechanics programs, two of the college’s programs in the Sponsor and open an American College transportation core, are located at a site just outside the Duluth city limits in education unbound by place or time. Testing/Student Assessment Center to accommodate “Honors Online” Hermantown. the needs of regional constituents. provides college courses Lake Superior College would use repair and replacement Lake Superior College’s Technology Center, recently established in Duluth’s Technology funds to make restrooms accessible to people with to high school students Village, provides computer courses, technology internships and custom training disabilities, upgrade an old central lecture hall and renew Increase by eight the number of new businesses via the Internet. opportunities. The center is a key element to attracting technology-based businesses to surgical technology and nursing assistant labs. served through “workforce.com,” the college’s online the region. Students pursue workforce development program. advanced coursework Internal reallocation without leaving their QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Lake Superior College continually evaluates programs high schools. Academic excellence ...... $2.5 million and services and reallocates personnel and non-personnel Develop a pre-education transfer program dollars in keeping with measures of efficiency and A new physical therapy Develop a new professional pilot program effectiveness. To support new initiatives, the college has clinic offers services to Develop an international education initiative closed two inefficient programs, not replaced two faculty uninsured clients, while positions when the incumbents retired, eliminated Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 5,786 Workforce development ...... $175,000 positions supported by decreasing Perkins grant funds, Annual non-credit course registrations: 5,260 students learn and Expand “workforce.com” project practice clinical skills. internally shifted support staff between instruction and Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,230 Equipment ...... $392,000 student services to avoid additional hiring and improved Average age: 27.1 Expand multi-media classrooms instructional course efficiencies. Median age: 23.0 Enhance technical program equipment Average undergraduate credit load: 9.5 The college will continue to effectively and efficiently Instructional technology ...... $600,000 Average class size: 15 manage the state’s resources through reallocation by not Develop ACT/Student Assessment Center replacing an additional two faculty members upon their Percent students of color: 8.0 Provide online program coordination retirements, by reducing staff through partial position Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 78.8 Repair and replacement...... $488,000 layoffs and through continued instructional efficiencies. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Metropolitan State University Quality/competitive investment: $6.1 million Minneapolis Inflation: $2.9 million St. Paul FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $32.9 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS WILSON G. BRADSHAW Metropolitan State University is a comprehensive urban baccalaureate and graduate If Metropolitan State University receives the requested Decrease by at least 5 percent the university’s institution serving a diverse student population. In fall 2000, the university enrolled funding, the university would be in a position to invest reliance on part-time faculty currently providing the WEB SITE: 5,623 students. The average student age is 33, and 20 percent are students of color. Most significantly in the following initiatives: majority of the instruction. www.metrostate.edu attend part time, and 90 percent work full time. Provide faculty advising for up to 10 percent more Increase instructional quality and add seven or eight students. The faculty and staff have unique expertise in urban education and in educating adults Metropolitan State new resident faculty each year in high-demand and students from diverse backgrounds. Classes are small and held on evenings and Increase the university’s ability to develop new University’s managerial majors such as computer and information systems, weekends as well as during the day, accommodating students who must balance programs to respond to emerging curricular needs. accounting program education with family and work responsibilities. management information systems, urban teacher Double the number of customized education is nationally ranked education, psychology, finance, accounting and mathematics. programs designed to meet the needs of the in the top 20 by the The university offers a range of programs, including graduate programs in management, technical communication, management information systems and nursing. Undergraduate Increase staffing to support undergraduate and incumbent workforce. Strategic Finance majors are offered in professional areas such as computer science, management, graduate programs to meet the needs of the Add eight sections of classes using biology Journaland regularly accounting, social work and professional communication, along with traditional liberal incumbent workforce in business, nursing, laboratories. graduates students who arts majors and an individualized degree program. In collaboration with the Minneapolis education and law enforcement. Enable 15 instructors to incorporate technology into achieve top 10 status and Inver Hills state colleges, the university is developing an urban educator program to Add another biology lab to support the increasing prepare students, particularly students of color, to teach in urban schools. Another new their classroom teaching each year, affecting 600 on CPA exams. number of biology majors and teacher licensure students. program is designed for registered nurses, moving them directly from the associate degree needs in biology. to the master’s degree in nursing. Develop wireless computer laboratories, especially Realize cost savings resulting from not wiring leased Metropolitan State is in leased space, to improve access to computing at space. an academic leader Through the MnSCU Metro Alliance, the institution works closely with the 10 Twin lower cost. Increase by 20 percent the number of students using in community violence Cities community and technical colleges to provide seamless education to students in the metropolitan area. Students in more than 35 two-year programs, ranging from hospitality Integrate online student services to support students online advising. prevention. throughout their career at Metropolitan State, from management to screenwriting to law enforcement, can transfer into four-year programs at Enable student services professionals to serve 10 admissions through graduation. Metropolitan State University. percent more students without adding staff. The university is a key Build a loading dock for the St. Paul campus and QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Increase student satisfaction, measured by student player in the MnSCU improve campus lighting and signage. surveys, with student services. Metro Alliance, a Academic excellence ...... $4.7 million network of the 10 Sustain current academic programs and add faculty in high-demand areas Internal reallocation metropolitan colleges Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 7,951 Workforce development ...... $140,000 Resource reallocation occurs continuously at Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A and Metropolitan State Add staff to support customized education programs University. Metropolitan State in response to changes in funding Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 3,443 Equipment ...... $230,000 and shifts in institutional priority. In the past two years, Average age: 33.0 Add biology lab to meet enrollment demand the university has frozen positions, reduced lease space, Median age: 32.0 Add digital projection systems in classrooms realigned positions and entered into collaborative Average undergraduate credit load: 7.6 management agreements in order to reinvest funds Instructional technology ...... $651,000 Average class size: 20 wisely. The 1999-2000 budget reflected about $1.5 Install wireless computer labs million in reallocations and cuts. The university expects Percent students of color: 20.2 Develop integrated online student services to reallocate about $500,000 in its 2001-2002 budget Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 95.7 Repair and replacement...... $402,000 toward critical initiatives. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Minneapolis Community & Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $4.2 million Minneapolis Inflation: $3.5 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $33.9 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS PHILLIP DAVIS Minneapolis Community and Technical College is the most diverse college in If Minneapolis Community and Technical College were Increase the number of students enrolled in the Minnesota, reflected in both the educational opportunities offered and the students to get quality and competitive investment funding, it aviation technician program from 90 to 140 per year. WEB SITE: served. The college is among a handful of comprehensive colleges that offer both liberal would invest in the following: Increase the number of students placed in aviation www.mctc.mnscu.edu arts and occupational programs. Workforce development partnerships between the technician jobs from 85 to 123 per year. college, employers and non-profit agencies are flourishing in fields such as aviation, Create two new certificate programs in avionics. information technology, education, health care, business, and manufacturing and applied Increase the percentage of students placed in Minneapolis Community Acquire infrastructure for digital file management, technology; more than $7 million in grant funds were secured in the last 12 months. positions related to Internet media by 25 percent. and Technical College The college’s largest programs are in liberal arts, computer support and network media compression and streaming technology. and the Phillips administration, nursing, law enforcement, graphic design and computer programming. Collaborate with Minneapolis Public Schools, Increase the number of non-native speakers completing programs and entering the workforce by Partnership established community groups and businesses to serve a wider range of English-as-a-Second-Language skill levels in 30 percent over the next two years. the Health Careers A leader in health care education, the college has one of the oldest practical nursing programs in the nation. Minneapolis Community and Technical College also offers preparation for high-demand careers. Institute to train Increase the number of business partners providing Minnesota’s only two-year programs in film production, video and digital arts, sound Develop a program in the emerging field of employment guarantees to non-native speaker economically arts, jewelry manufacturing and repair, and public safety communicator-911. telephony to train workers to manufacture graduates by 30 percent over the next two years. disadvantaged residents components and install, maintain and repair Create a telephony technician program with the goal of the Phillips Students of color make up nearly 40 percent of the student body, and the college networks that integrate voice, data and video. operates one of the largest English-as-a-Second-Language programs at a Minnesota of enrolling 75 individuals by spring 2002. neighborhood for Deliver training in the Phillips neighborhood for two-year college. More than 80 languages and unique dialects are spoken on campus. Train and place 125 students in high-demand health- employment in the high-demand health care jobs. Purchase state-of-the-art instructional equipment. related jobs during the next 18 months. health care industry. In 1998-1999, 97 percent of occupational program graduates who were available for Improve student services by expanding availability of placement were placed in related positions. Close to 86 percent of liberal arts graduates Increase employer satisfaction with program met their requirements for transfer and decided to continue their education. information and services through an interactive equipment and technology. An Information kiosk system. Install seven interactive student service kiosks. Technology Reduce deferred maintenance. Center/Library will open QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Improve utilization of classroom space and integrate Reduce deferred maintenance by $500,000. student service space to support collaboration with on the campus in 2003, Remodel 15,000 square feet of classroom and designed to meet Academic excellence ...... $300,000 Metropolitan State University. instructional space. expanding technology Integrate avionics curriculum into aviation programs Develop digital delivery infrastructure for media production programs training needs in the Internal reallocation Twin Cities. Workforce development ...... $1.7 million Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 9,291 Establish a Collaborative English Language Institute The college reallocated nearly $1 million over the Annual non-credit course registrations: 10,224 Create a telephony technician program The college established current biennium through lay-offs, retirements and shifts Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 4,160 Deliver community-based health care training to other sources of revenue. Minneapolis Community an Urban Teacher Average age: 28.0 and Technical College will continue to realign resources Education Program to Equipment ...... $500,000 Median age: 25.0 toward emerging instructional needs. improve teacher Purchase state-of-the-art instructional equipment Average undergraduate credit load: 9.2 preparation and attract Instructional technology ...... $300,000 Average class size: 17 more people of color to Develop interactive student service kiosks Percent students of color: 37.9 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 87.7 teaching. Repair and replacement...... $1.4 million For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical Quality/competitive investment: $1.4 million Red Wing Inflation: $1.2 million Winona FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $11.9 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS JIM JOHNSON Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical is a nationally accredited two-year If Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical receives Increase college enrollment by 5 percent. technical college offering 31 certificate, 28 diploma and 21 associate degree programs. the requested funding, the college would be in a position WEB SITE: Two campuses are located in Winona, with a third in Red Wing and a site in Rushford. to invest in the following initiatives: Grow full-year-equivalent enrollment in network www.southeasttech.mnscu.edu program to 150 students. By the end of the 2000-2001 academic year, the college will experience its third Expand the network administration program by 1.5 consecutive year of enrollment increases. Grow evening college course offerings by 20 courses. By the end of the staff positions. 2000-2001 academic Expand the nursing program staff by one position. The largest programs at Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical are licensed Propose and implement two new programs: two-year year, the college will have practical nursing, musical instrument repair, aviation maintenance technician, Provide support to expand evening and alternative registered nursing with 30 students and three consecutive years accounting, general education, truck driving and cosmetology, plus career programs in programming by 25 percent. telecommunications technician with 24 new Redesign the welding program for an alternative of growth, sustained by network administration, computer programming and electronic technician. Programs students. proposed for the near future include industrial automation technician, massage therapist, delivery model for trade program replication. the Custom Services health unit coordinator and two-year registered nurse. Develop a model for an instructional technology Secure three new Minnesota Job Skills partnership Division's focus on new Super Highway Academy using four existing regional grants. program and certificate Another major division of Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical is Custom programs and two proposed new offerings, development and credit Services, which is primarily responsible for quick turnaround of training for regional e-commerce specialist and telecommunications Add seven general education courses. workforce partners and filling gaps not provided for by regular programming. Custom program delivery. technician. Services is a key cog in the college's research and development of new programming and Reduce the deferred maintenance backlog by 2.5 Increase nursing program full-year-equivalent certificate development. It is one of the leading programs in the state system, working percent in fiscal year 2002 and 5.5 percent in fiscal students to 190. A new truck driving with Minnesota Job Skills Partnership, which has granted more than $1.5 million to the year 2003. building with a state-of- college for improving the region's workforce training needs. Achieve an 85 percent "above satisfactory" level in the-art driving simulator student satisfaction survey responses. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY The additional funding would enable the college to will be completed by maintain its efforts to deliver high-quality training in Build and equip two science laboratories to serve January 2001 to house Academic excellence ...... $340,000 specific areas of need to the region and keep tuition 50 students in two classrooms. one of the college's Establish two science labs in support of general education programs, such increases to a minimum. larger programs. as health care coursework in anatomy, physiology, chemistry and physics Hold tuition increases at inflation. Internal reallocation Expand nursing and network administration program staff Institute alternative delivery of programming The college has been Significant internal reallocation will be required to designated as a regional Workforce development ...... $258,000 maintain the current support structure. To address Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 2,058 Cisco Academy. Redesign welding program to better serve industry demands increasing demands for new services and training, Annual non-credit course registrations: 5,042 Develop IT Super Highway Training Academy model internal reallocation has occurred. Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 1,146 Align curriculum to address critical state needs The college has a unique Average age: 28.0 The following areas will make up about $500,000 musical instrument repair Equipment ...... $126,000 Median age: 23.0 in reallocations: Program and staffing reductions, Supportive equipment for science labs Average undergraduate credit load: 11.9 program. reduction in equipment and supply allocations, Average class size: 15 Instructional technology ...... $150,000 reduction in technology support, custom training Smart classrooms resource reallocation and marketing expenditure Percent students of color: 8.0 reductions. Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 68.1 Repair and replacement...... $526,000 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Minnesota State University, Mankato Quality/competitive investment: $10.1 million Mankato Inflation: $9.6 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $96.5 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS RICHARD RUSH Minnesota State University, Mankato is a comprehensive university whose mission and If Minnesota State University, Mankato were to receive Increase enrollments in nursing from 600 to 700 goals focus on student learning. the requested funding, the university would be able to: WEB SITE: students. www.mnsu.edu MSU’s largest undergraduate programs are elementary education, computer and Graduate more health care professionals. Provide a new, rapid response degree for teacher information sciences, pre-nursing/nursing, general business administration and law Increase student enrollment and opportunities at licensure to 80 additional individuals each year. The university’s enforcement. clinical sites and schools through additional staffing. Use high technology monitoring and communication enrollment is projected MSU’s largest graduate programs are educational leadership and administration, Give a growing percentage of elementary education special education, counseling and student personnel, physical education and English. systems for training and teaching on site. students (939 majors in total) coaching and to be 12,743 full-year- Offer, in accessible locations, one-year master’s degrees communication from faculty at a distance through equivalent students by Minnesota State University offers a number of unique programs. Several baccalaureate in teaching for individuals with a degree who wish to new technology. 2002-2003, an increase programs are not offered elsewhere in Minnesota or can be found only at the University become teachers. Expand its leadership position in wireless technology in four years of 1,797 of Minnesota: family consumer science education, dental hygiene (bachelor’s degree), Enable the 2,400 students majoring in the sciences to civil engineering, interior design and construction management. Other programs are by providing new wireless devices to all students and or 16.4 percent. use more up-to-date labs and equipment in biology, unique because of their applied emphasis: astronomy, anthropology (master’s degree), faculty and enhance teaching facilities to utilize these Retention initiatives corrections, technical writing (bachelor’s and master’s degrees), and theater (bachelor’s new wireless devices. chemistry and physics. have increased student and master’s degrees). MSU licenses more developmental and adaptive physical Create technology-enabled classrooms in Morris Hall Increase the number of students utilizing wireless retention from 70 education teachers and K-12 school administrators than any other institution in the for 100 or more students, replace failing heating, state. The college’s experiential education master’s degree is internationally recognized. ventilating and air conditioning equipment in Wigley technology on the campus. percent in 1992 to 78.5 and Armstrong halls and the Trafton Science Center, percent for the entering Increase the amount of private investment in the The university has been awarded twenty-four major accreditations by national and complete other replacement and repair projects. class of 1999. accrediting agencies, attesting to the quality of programs offered. institution from wireless industry leaders due to Internal reallocation innovative and leading-edge technology initiatives. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY The university's $35 The university has a work group constantly reviewing Improve heating and ventilation in offices and million capital Academic excellence ...... $2.5 million the budget for efficiencies. Last year, to improve student classrooms. campaign is nearing Expand enrollment capacity in health care professions services and streamline functions, the offices of Student completion. Develop strategy to address the state’s teacher shortage Financial Aid, Student Accounts Receivable and Maintain deferred maintenance spending per Improve hiring and retention of excellent faculty Student Information were consolidated into one unit— square foot. The university is a Workforce development ...... $300,000 Student Financial Services. Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 15,171 national leader in Provide high-technology communication systems A staffing resource allocation model has been developed Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A wireless technology. Equipment ...... $1.4 million to reallocate positions to programs where student Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 11,600 Purchase classroom equipment in the sciences, clinical specialties and arts demand warrants more staffing. In the 2000-2001 Average age: 24.7 Instructional technology ...... $3.7 million academic year, $500,000 was reallocated to support Median age: 21.0 freshman courses. About $200,000 has been reallocated Purchase wireless devices for all students and faculty Average undergraduate credit load: 13.8 Develop teaching facilities that allow for dynamic classroom feedback using to bring programs into compliance with Title IX. Average class size: 27 wireless devices Percent students of color: 4.9 Develop wireless research test bed and applied research laboratory Reallocations have occurred in the past four years to cover negotiated salary increases in excess of Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 81.1 Repair and replacement...... $2.2 million appropriation increases. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Minnesota State University Moorhead Quality/competitive investment: $4.8 million Moorhead Inflation: $5.3 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $55.5 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS ROLAND BARDEN Minnesota State University Moorhead is an integral part of the Fargo-Moorhead If Minnesota State University Moorhead receives the Increase student participation in the university's metropolitan area and serves a regional population of 525,000. The area is the Upper requested funding, the university would be in a position Student Academic Conference from approximately WEB SITE: Midwest's education center because of unique opportunities offered by its three to invest significantly in the following initiatives: www.mnstate.edu institutions: MSU Moorhead, Concordia College and North Dakota State University. 150 to 200 students each year. They form the Tri-College University, a consortium allowing students from each Replace and add state-of-the-art equipment for Increase the number of adviser training workshops institution to enroll in classes simultaneously at all three schools at their home The university has a graphic arts and performing arts. institution's tuition rate. Invest in a program to support new teacher from 10 to 13 to serve 1,500 additional students each 2000 Fulbright student education graduates and extend education programs year. scholar and a 1999 Students come to MSU Moorhead for personalized attention from outstanding faculty. to Fergus Falls Community College. Increase retention of new freshmen who have not NCAA Division II College They pursue professional and liberal arts bachelor's degree programs - most popular are Support teachers in design and delivery of curriculum declared a major from 140 to 150 students each year. Football Scholar Athlete elementary education, mass communications, business administration and social using new technology. work - and non-degree programs such as a special education licensure. Develop a mathematics learning center and of the Year, and ranked implement information literacy graduation standards. Increase the five-year career retention rate of fourth nationally on the Students receive faculty mentoring to encourage intellectual and creative development. Add four faculty for expanding majors, advising, education graduates from 175 to 190 teachers each 1998 Certified Public The students' work is showcased at local, regional and national professional conferences, mentoring and directing student research. year. Accountant in visual and performing arts productions, and competitive team events. Provide alternative instruction through video and two interactive television classroom replacements. Expect all 250 teacher education graduates to Examination. The university is committed to excellence in teaching and learning. Regional leadership Enhance the technology-education blend through demonstrate competence in classroom technology. From 1991 to 2000, requires that MSU Moorhead address the following: scientific equipment, a computer laboratory upgrade New technology must be blended into the teaching and learning experience. program and four electronic classrooms. Increase the number of MSU Moorhead distance professors were named The increasingly diverse student population needs more intensified mentoring and Use repair and replacement funds to bring learners from 150 to 180 each year. Minnesota Professor of advising. classrooms, laboratories, studios and work areas up to the Year three times, The clamor for undergraduate degree recipients to be professionally competent current codes and standards. Increase the number of courses offered through and alumni were North immediately upon employment must be met. alternative instruction to serve 100 additional Dakota Teacher of the students. Year four times. Meeting these needs advances MSU Moorhead's tradition of academic excellence. Internal reallocation
At the campus Student The university addressed its financial problems in the Academic Conference QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY 1990s by layoffs, increasing class sizes, freezing operating the past two years, budgets for seven years and emphasizing cooperative Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 8,619 Academic excellence ...... $1.6 million relationships and revenue growth. Since 1997, Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A 298 students presented Strengthen student success through mentoring and advising enrollment has increased 14.1 percent. Personnel Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 6,184 mentored research and investments increased more than 5 percent every year creative works. Workforce development ...... $1.7 million since 1996. Recent enrollment growth contributed Average age: 24.0 Empower teachers for success with state-of-the-art classrooms $700,000 for new hires and minimal increases in Median age: 21.0 The university is a Provide continuous education for working professionals in the region operating budgets, equipment and strategic initiatives. Average undergraduate credit load: 12.9 member of a Tri-College Average class size: 21 University in the The university will match legislative funding awards by Repair and replacement...... $1.5 million Percent students of color: 4.1 Fargo-Moorhead area. at least 25 percent through reallocating five faculty positions, work-study dollars, equipment and strategic Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 49.9 initiative funds, and repair and replacement dollars. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Minnesota West Community & Technical College Canby Quality/competitive investment: $2.8 million Granite Falls Inflation: $2.2 million Jackson FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $23.8 million Pipestone Worthington
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS RON WOOD Minnesota West Community and Technical College’s five campuses are situated on the In order to build a college able to compete and lead, Minnesota West will increase its total enrollment agriculturally rich plains in the southwest corner of the state. Highlights for Minnesota Minnesota West must do the following: by 3 percent a year for the next two years. WEB SITE: Maintain current enrollment and inventory West include: Minnesota West will increase its fall-to-fall retention www.mnwest.mnscu.edu of programs. rate by 3 percent (1.8 percentage points), beginning Build a student retention model that increases The face of local communities and student population is becoming more culturally with the 2001-2002 freshmen class. This increase retention, learning levels and completion rates Minnesota West was diverse. Worthington Independent School District 518 reports that 50 percent of the will be continued until a fall-to-fall retention rate of through an adequate at-risk student predictor system, awarded two Minnesota fall 2000 kindergarten students are students of color. These changes will require the 68 percent is attained. faculty-driven student academic advising and an college to strategically adapt its course offerings to meet the needs of these Job Skills Partnership at-risk student tracking system. Minnesota West will increase its student completion Grants totaling populations. Build a governance structure based on continuous rate by 2 percent a year for three years beginning The economic vitality of the region is directly related to the accessibility of public $644,000. One grant, improvement through the use of leadership teams with the 2001-2002 freshmen class as reported higher education. The college is committed to providing low-cost, accessible career to upgrade skills of across and within the five campuses based on through the federal Student Right to Know Report. and liberal arts education that will prepare a technological workforce that exceeds Baldrige criteria. Minnesota West will increase its fall freshmen class employees at Minnesota the needs of area, regional and national employers. Develop curricula that embody current national grade point average by 3 percent for three years Corn Processors and Minnesota West faces unique geographic challenges that stem from the large business and industry standards by creating national beginning with the 2001-2002 freshmen class. Chippewa Valley Ethanol 19-county service area. Expanded distance learning, Web-based instruction and focus groups through a Web system on each program. Co., evolved into the interactive television have helped to shrink the geographic barrier. These would be the basis for Web-based national Minnesota West will attain a 90 percent satisfaction program advisory councils to complement the rating with employers of students graduating from state’s only processing The lamb and wool and fluid power technology majors are among the college’s nationally and internationally recognized offerings. A new initiative is a Web-based regional and local councils. career and technical programs beginning with the plant technology major. national advisory system designed to keep the curriculum state-of-the-art. Purchase equipment for manufacturing trades, 2001-2002 freshmen class. The other was designed telecommunications, transportation and allied health Minnesota West programs with strong enrollment include liberal arts, electrician, programs. Minnesota West will create a wireless student to assist rural health powerline, fluid power technology, computer support technician and networking Install fixed or cellular-based wireless technology at computer environment across all five campuses by care. specialist, collision repair technology, dental assisting, practical nursing and associate the Canby, Jackson, Pipestone and Worthington 2002-2003. degree nursing, graphic arts, telecommunications and administrative assistant. Two Minnesota West campuses. Minnesota West will reduce its backlog of deferred Replace failed or failing equipment, increase energy students of color maintenance. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY efficiency, complete ADA compliance projects, and received scholarships address building and safety issues. from the Page Academic excellence ...... $1.3 million Education Foundation, Implement a comprehensive student success model Internal reallocation Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 5,003 and three students of Implement a Baldrige-based quality management and leadership system Minnesota West continually evaluates all instructional Annual non-credit course registrations: 14,454 color were honored by Workforce development ...... $40,000 programs and college services. Efforts to control costs and Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,045 the Gates Millennium Create Web-based national program advisory councils re-allocate funds to new initiatives include decreasing Average age: 30.2 Scholars Program. Equipment ...... $421,000 class sections, which produces a reduction in adjunct and Median age: 25.0 overload compensation to faculty; closing programs as The college’s fluid Purchase equipment for four program areas Average undergraduate credit load: 9.2 their efficiency is diminished; centralizing college power technology Average class size: 14 Instructional technology ...... $125,000 functions where deemed efficient; combining program is recognized Install fixed or cellular-based wireless technology on four campuses management positions through attrition and placing a Percent students of color: 3.1 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 74.0 nationally. Repair and replacement...... $901,000 freeze on hiring for open positions. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Normandale Community College Quality/competitive investment: $5.3 million Bloomington Inflation: $2.9 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $27.3 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS THOMAS HORAK Normandale Community College is an affordable community college in Bloomington If Normandale Community College receives the Increase retention of under-prepared students by serving primarily the southwest metropolitan region of the Twin Cities. The college requested funding, the college would be in a position to WEB SITE: 40 percent by the year 2002. prepares students for full participation in its diverse communities, creates pathways to invest in the following initiatives: www.normandale.mnscu.edu other college programs and builds community connections. Normandale faculty and staff Accelerate academic programs so that at least 100 are dedicated to helping students succeed in their classes, careers and lives. Offer three accelerated associate degree options. additional students can complete an associate degree Offer two four-year degree programs through Normandale excels at providing a rigorous two-year liberal arts education, the foundation in a shortened timeframe. Normandale Community necessary for transferring to four-year colleges and universities. Courses represent more university partners. Offer four-year baccalaureate degree options on site College has the largest than 40 academic disciplines. The Associate in Liberal Arts degree is equivalent to the Increase Web-based, Internet courses so 1,000 number of transfer first two years at any Minnesota state university. students can enroll in one of these courses annually. and enroll at least 100 students annually in these Redesign developmental education courses and students among state programs. High-demand career programs provide students with skills and knowledge required services in English, reading and English-as-Second- two-year colleges to the in today's global workplace. Among programs offered are computer and information Language so that 900 under-prepared students Fifteen percent of faculty will offer Web-based and University of Minnesota; management, manufacturing, business, hospitality management, health care, law succeed in college. online courses. Minnesota State enforcement and criminal justice. Career program students earn the Associate of Science Provide student work experiences related to 10 Integrate career-related industry internship University, Mankato; or Associate of Applied Science degree – credentials they can quickly put to work. courses. opportunities for at least eight faculty per year. Metropolitan State Engage 5 percent of students and staff in community Normandale is a responsive, student-centered college. The user-friendly campus includes and K-12 partnerships. University; and the completely integrated facilities to ensure full accessibility. The student profile indicates Provide meaningful and progressive work-based Provide a three-year replacement cycle for University of St. Thomas. 36 percent are older than age 25, 59 percent are female and 41 percent are male, and learning opportunities for students on campus and in instructional equipment. 12 percent are students of color. the community so that at least 200 students who Create five classrooms for computer-based instruction The college has a one-of- or general use. leave Normandale annually have relevant work skills a-kind high technology QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Repair and replacement projects include major experience. laboratory at Seagate window replacement, tuckpointing and an Expand K-12 partnerships so that at least five school Technology, a partner Academic excellence ...... $1.3 million ADA-compliant elevator in the Fine Arts Building. Increase accelerated academic programs districts are working together with Normandale with the college. Expand on-site, four-year degree opportunities faculty, staff and administrators annually. Increase Internet-based courses Dental hygiene program Internal reallocation graduates are ranked Workforce development ...... $820,000 Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 9,918 Increase under-prepared students’ success No. 2 on the national By realigning programs, eliminating low-enrollment Annual non-credit course registrations: 2,985 Create new K-12 partnerships programs and closing the college on Friday evenings, Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 4,548 board exam. Develop work-study experiences linked to courses internal reallocation of $225,000 is possible. The only Average age: 24.9 Increase student and faculty internships foreseeable way to provide additional reallocation is to Eighty-five percent of Median age: 21.0 Equipment ...... $1 million use a portion of tuition from future enrollment increases, career program Average undergraduate credit load: 9.5 Establish instructional equipment replacement cycle an amount projected to be less than $50,000 annually. graduates are employed Average class size: 26 in their field. Instructional technology ...... $1.5 million Percent students of color: 11.9 Create high-technology/general use classrooms Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 93.3 Repair and replacement...... $680,000 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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North Hennepin Community College Quality/competitive investment: $3.8 million Brooklyn Park Inflation: $2.1 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $19.2 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS ANN WYNIA North Hennepin Community College serves one of the fastest-growing, most diverse With additional funding, the college will be able to Enroll 500 students in evening/weekend degree areas of the state. The college’s enrollment reflects this, with applications and new expand its alternative learning solutions to meet programs by the end of the second year. WEB SITE: entering student enrollment at record highs. Enrollment has increased 11.5 percent over students’ differing schedules, learning styles and goals by www.nh.cc.mn.us the past two years. Ethnic and minority students make up about 12 percent of the offering choices on when, where and how to receive Increase the number of online and Web-enhanced classes by 100 percent each year. student population. More than 65 percent of the students receive financial aid, and 90 instruction and services. The budget strategy will enable North Hennepin percent are employed full- or part-time. Sixty percent of the students will be the first in the college to prepare students for immediate employment as well as continued study for careers in the Meet or exceed expectations of students enrolled in Community College is their families to graduate from college. technology-driven workplace. Among the initiatives: alternative learning solution programs and courses as one of two community measured by student satisfaction surveys. North Hennepin Community College continues to meet the needs of the community. colleges in Minnesota Offer students accelerated business, liberal arts and The college maintains an excellent reputation for student success in liberal arts and Increase the number of students successfully with an internationally nursing degrees through weekend and evening science course work to complete the first two years of a bachelor’s degree, and in classes, in partnership with four-year institutions. completing developmental classes by 10 percent. accredited business associate degrees and certificate programs leading immediately to rewarding careers. Expand support services for weekend and evening program. The achievements of graduates demonstrate this success. Within 12 months of students. Serve 350 students each semester in new graduation, more than four out of five are completing a bachelor’s degree or working in Develop additional Web-enhanced and online computer lab. their chosen field. North Hennepin has developed transfer agreements and joint degree courses. The historical pass rate Offer at least two new information technology Add electronic and personal academic support for for the college’s nursing programs with several Minnesota universities. career programs. under-prepared students to increase success and graduates taking the retention. The college’s Center for Training and Development enrolls approximately 10,000 Equip all labs and classrooms in new Science National Council Develop two new information technology programs working adults each year in workforce development and continuing education programs Building with computers and audio-visual equipment. to be taught in a new computer lab. Licensure examination in management and computer technology certification. is 95 percent. Integrate new technology into other instructional Offer at least one additional student service area via programs, student services and the new Science the Web in each of the next two years. Building. More than 6,000 QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Increase student retention by 10 percent. individuals received Additional repair and replacement money would be used Academic excellence ...... $900,000 to accelerate the deferred maintenance program, add a state-of-the-art Add two information technology programs Increase student enrollment in technology-related scheduled painting program, replace obsolete and broken computer training last programs by 20 percent. Expand electronic access to student services equipment, and upgrade electrical wiring to support year. Expand academic support services for under-prepared students technology needs. Integrate technology into instructional programs and support services Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 7,245 In the past five years, Internal reallocation Annual non-credit course registrations: 6,759 Workforce development ...... $1.5 million the college foundation Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 3,135 Provide alternative learning solutions to increase student access through North Hennepin Community College is creating has provided more than Average age: 25.9 Evening/Weekend College and electronic learning opportunities for new and existing programs by $1.5 million in private Median age: 22.0 evaluating current programs and operating costs. During Average undergraduate credit load: 8.7 funds for scholarships, Instructional technology ...... $900,000 the last year, faculty and staff positions have been left Average class size: 28 computer equipment Equip one new computer lab, equip new Science Building and upgrade network vacant or individuals have been laid off, and one off- and facility campus program has been moved to campus. The savings Percent students of color: 11.7 improvements. Repair and replacement...... $548,000 in excess of $230,000 are being reallocated into programs Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 92.7 and student services that better serve current needs. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Itasca Community College Itasca: Grand Rapids Mesabi Range Community & Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $4.3 million Mesabi Range: Virginia, Eveleth Rainy River Community College Inflation: $2.7 million Rainy River: International Falls Vermilion Community College FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $29.3 million Vermilion: Ely
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS JOSEPH SERTICH The Northeast Higher Education District comprises three member colleges located in the With additional funding, the Northeast Higher Increase students enrolled in American Indian towns of Grand Rapids, Eveleth, Virginia and Ely. A fourth college, Rainy River WEB SITES: Education District would increase the number of learners studies program from 0 to 30 per year. NHED: Community College in International Falls, will join the district in summer 2001. for work success and transfer, improve customized www.truenorth.mnscu.edu training to business and industry, expand partnerships Increase students enrolled in the network The district's three community colleges and one consolidated college offer a wide variety Itacsa: with pre-K-12 and four-year institutions and upgrade administration program from 12 to 25 per year and in www.it.cc.mn.us of programs and services to a diverse population across rural northeastern Minnesota. technology. Specifically, the district would: Mesabi Range: Hire faculty positions for high-demand programs the Web administrator program from 0 to 15 per year. www.mr.mnscu.edu Students from throughout the Midwest are drawn to Vermilion Community College resulting in centers of excellence. Increase fall-to-fall retention rates from 51 percent to Rainy River: because of its natural resources programming. Itasca Community College offers a transfer- Expand the graphic arts program. www.rrcc.mnscu.edu oriented associate degree and 12 career programs. Itasca's unique engineering program Develop and expand the professional forest harvester 56 percent at Itasca Community College. Vermilion: and Class Act program stand out because the technology-enhanced curriculum and www.vcc.mnscu.edu program at Vermilion Community College. Increase Class Act enrollments from 20 to 30 hands-on teaching create learning communities on campus. Mesabi Range Community Purchase adaptive equipment for students with and Technical College provides affordable access and close partnerships with tribal developmental needs and learning disabilities. students per year and add two freshman classes of 25 The Northeast Higher entities and business and industry. Mesabi Range's transfer curriculum is the single largest Develop programs to enhance transfer education. students each to the engineering program. Education District has program of study. Taconite-related training and information technology programs are Hire faculty for business and technology programs. Increase the number of students enrolled in launched a new emerging because of the great demand in the region. Rainy River Community College is Expand and enhance the natural resources program emerging in several niche areas: computing and technology, health care, environmental as a continued center of excellence. computer-related programs by 35 percent per year. investment strategy studies and specific disciplines within liberal arts. Purchase classroom furniture, computer network Increase the number of students enrolled in the called True North for its hardware and laptop computers. member colleges and Purchase furnishings to promote collaborative professional forest harvester program from 0 to 25. QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY communities. The learning activities in classrooms. Increase the number of students placed in computer- Expand computer laboratories and upgrade taconite colleges are becoming Academic excellence ...... $1.1 million programs in the vocational shops. related jobs immediately after graduation from 0 to creative, intellectual, Hire faculty for centers of excellence Add computer labs, Proximas and Smartboards to 10. networking, Purchase adaptive equipment for students with developmental needs and enable more instructional technology. Develop new programs at Rainy River Community technological and learning disabilities Complete campus projects such as heating, College to increase enrollment by 10 percent each enterprising partners in ventilating and air conditioning, comply with ADA and code requirements, and repair failing equipment. year. a bold new venture. Workforce development ...... $582,000 Hire faculty for business, industry and technology programs This strategy allows Internal reallocation Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 5,990 each college to Equipment ...... $691,000 Member colleges are taking steps to reduce costs by Annual non-credit course registrations: 11,166 individually design its Purchase furnishings for classrooms reducing faculty, administrative and staff positions so Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 3,191 approach to regional Expand and upgrade computer laboratories resources are available for new program growth. Pairing Average age: 29.5 problem-solving through and sharing services, faculty, equipment and resources are Instructional technology ...... $946,000 Median age: 21.0 its students, faculty, the guiding principles in achieving excellence. Adjunct Add computer labs, Proximas and Smartboards Average undergraduate credit load: 11.2 communities and faculty will be assigned as needed to fill the need in Wire older classrooms to support computer access Average class size: 19 business stakeholders. programs where funds have been reallocated, such as physics and chemistry. The colleges also will write grant Percent students of color: 5.2 Repair and replacement...... $947,000 applications to further new programs and focus recruiting Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 86.4 efforts on adult learners. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Northland Community & Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $2.4 million Thief River Falls Inflation: $1.4 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $15.3 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS ORLEY D. GUNDERSON Northland Community and Technical College, located in Thief River Falls, is the With an increase in funding, Northland will invest in Increase overall enrollment by 100 full-year- northwestern-most member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. the following initiatives: equivalent students, or 8 percent. WEB SITE: Northland is a comprehensive community college offering a quality technical and liberal www.northland.cc.mn.us arts education since 1949. The college serves more than 7,000 students annually – Develop a wellness center and lab for skills training 95 percent of whom are from the local area – and serves an extensive geographical area. in the college's criminal justice program. The need Enroll 40 students in diagnostic imaging and health Northland boasts more One- and two-year degrees, transfer programs and diploma certification are available for law enforcement career programs is growing care case management programs. in 75 majors, as well as workforce training and continuing education programs. because of the high number of retirements among than 30 extracurricular law enforcement professionals in Minnesota. Offer four new transfer programs that enroll 60 opportunities, including Northland offers majors in a range of fields, the largest of which are liberal arts, farm Develop a wider range of transfer agreements with men's and women's business management, aviation maintenance technology, practical and registered nursing, area four-year universities. These programs offer the students. athletics, intramurals, and architectural technology and design. Programs that are known as some of the best employment-locked work force the opportunity to in the nation include aviation maintenance technology, criminal justice and farm study more at the local community college. fine arts and student Offer every faculty member the opportunity to enroll business management. Offer new evening and weekend classes. in a professional development program. organizations. Provide professional development for faculty in Northland has a first-class custom training and continuing education department distance education, video conferencing and program- Northland operates two fostering enviable industry partnerships. To date, the department has been awarded specific technology. Offer an educational program online. approximately $1 million by the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic modern, state-of-the-art Develop two new health programs: health diagnostic Development. imaging and health care case management. Create two new computer certification classes. facilities: a main Establish a tele-work computer institute for under- campus situated The college's vision is to be widely recognized as a student-focused, dynamic college with employed people from the agriculture sector. Those on 150 beautiful excellent educational opportunities that has strong partnerships with businesses, with farm backgrounds and knowledge would learn Graduate 100 students from certificate-based landscaped acres, educational institutions and the communities it serves. communications and computer skills that could be manufacturing technology programs. used for employment. and an airport campus Hire a custom training specialist to develop new QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Offer 50 percent of an associate degree at the Roseau nationally recognized programs meeting the growing needs of as one of the most Academic excellence ...... $915,000 manufacturers, and integrate technology-based satellite site. advanced training Expand the criminal justice and wellness program techniques into the college curriculum. Implement computer certification programs, giving facilities in the nation. Develop new transfer programs with state universities Develop two new health programs students and area residents the opportunity to be trained for jobs in the computer industry. Northland is Workforce development ...... $200,000 Strengthen online education opportunities focusing Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 2,508 acknowledged for Establish institute for tele-work on its rural service area, offering on-site and Annual non-credit course registrations: 5,411 having extensive Develop manufacturing technology programs electronic teaching. Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 1,374 Average age: 31.0 outreach programs. Equipment ...... $477,000 Internal reallocation More than one-fourth of Replace equipment in automotive, electronics and radio/television programs Median age: 26.0 Northland would reallocate funds from a number of areas Average undergraduate credit load: 9.9 the student body is Instructional technology ...... $400,000 in the current college budget. One area would be Average class size: 14 served through off- Design and implement computer certification programs through the institutional equipment budget, reallocating campus programs. Percent students of color: 4.4 Strengthen online education opportunities funds to equipment needed in program expansion, such Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 82.5 Repair and replacement...... $408,000 as criminal justice, and in program development, such For additional explanation of this data, see page 80. as online learning.
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Bemidji Northwest Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $4.1 million Detroit Lakes Inflation: $3.8 million East Grand Forks FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $37.2 million Moorhead Wadena
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS RONALD A. SWANSON Northwest Technical College, an expansive and complex institution that covers a quarter With increased funding, Northwest Technical College Enroll students in three new programs: 25 students in of the state of Minnesota, is one of the state’s largest technical colleges. The college will improve access for students in rural areas by rotating computer controlled manufacturing, 20 in advanced WEB SITE: serves 15 Minnesota counties and draws from 22 North Dakota counties. This two-year, programs among campuses and outreach centers. The medical diagnostics, and 25 in advanced computer www.ntc-online.com fully accredited institution has campuses in Bemidji, Detroit Lakes, East Grand Forks, college will bring training programs in computer- applications. controlled manufacturing technology, advanced medical Moorhead and Wadena, and administrative offices in Perham. Test a new shared delivery model that will increase diagnostics technology and advanced computer Northwest Technical the range of programs available to students in the applications to the sites in mobile labs. These would be College has achieved Each campus is unique in program mix, organizational culture, student makeup and rural region. rotated among the sites so trained personnel from each faculty and staff, but all are committed to the vision of providing quality education and a full 10-year program would be spread around the region and more Offer summer training programs off-campus at up to services to individuals and businesses anywhere, anytime. accreditation from students would have access to them. 10 community and work sites. the North Central Use distance education to promote skills delivery The college provides distance education courses with online services through its Virtual The Bemidji campus will collaborate with Bemidji State Association of Colleges and development of advanced competencies for Campus and provides on-site workforce development training for business and industry University by integrating the model building and the thinly populated northwest Minnesota area and Schools, including through its customized training services. In addition, many courses are offered at various manufacturing engineering technology programs. In the by reducing travel time and cost. blanket approval for off-campus sites. The college offers associate degree programs, diplomas and certificates summer, customized training services will use the mobile credit-based programs in business, health, trades, services and applied technology. The largest programs include equipment for workshops and updates for industry. Increase student service staffing to improve the at corporate sites. practical nursing, microcomputer networking, construction electrician and accounting. student retention rate for distance program Its sign lettering program is the only one of its kind in the Midwest. The college also would: completion by 10 percent. Add 3.5 full-time student services positions to The college is support distance education. Establish four higher education regional alliances to support regional accountability for meeting instituting a QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Develop systems for college-wide trend analysis. economic development expectations. continuous quality Develop new services to increase worker Academic excellence ...... $855,000 productivity. Develop 128 credits of online courses needed for improvement system. Develop curriculum and equip mobile teaching labs Identify critical workforce development needs. two degree programs, serving 120 students. Implement two distance education programs Implement distance work centers at rural locations. Northwest Technical Increase student services to support distance enrollments Improve student access to learning resources through Serve 600 rural students by delivering five degree programs in a distance learning lab and providing College has contributed wireless networks. Workforce development ...... $750,000 Concentrate use of additional repair and replacement 60 work-sites for on-the-job training in distance to effective workforce Expand workforce training and incorporate technology centers money on asset preservation and correcting life safety work incubation. development by serving Equipment ...... $790,000 statutory concerns. Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 6,437 7,096 individuals in Purchase equipment for medical diagnostic, computer applications and Internal reallocation Annual non-credit course registrations: 7,096 skill-based offerings computer-assisted manufacturing and 623 individuals in Install student record storage system Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 4,025 The college has reduced current expenditures to company-sponsored Implement model building and manufacturing engineering programs Average age: 25.8 continue strong programs or begin new initiatives. To Median age: 22.0 credit programs in the Instructional technology ...... $490,000 provide programs requested by industry and individuals Average undergraduate credit load: 12.8 past academic year. Retrofit mobile labs and modify buildings for compatibility in the region, the college has had to discontinue other Incorporate GIS system for planning and trend analysis programs, reduce equipment and supply budgets and Average class size: 17 Provide wireless access to technology building maintenance, and delay filling vacant positions. Percent students of color: 9.2 The college also had to go into the minimal reserves to Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 53 Repair and replacement...... $1.2 million pay for emergency facility repairs. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Pine Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $346,000 Pine City Inflation: $484,000 FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $4.9 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS ROBERT MUSGROVE Pine Technical College, located in Pine City, serves a five-county area and a large rural If Pine Technical College receives the requested funding, Increase student enrollment in information science population in one of Minnesota’s most impoverished regions. The college was founded in the college would be in a position to invest in the programs from 35 to 70 students. WEB SITE: 1965 as an area vocational-technical school and in 1994 was accredited by the North following initiatives: www.ptc.tec.mn.us Central Association. Increase graduates in information science programs Expand, equip and implement programs in Web The college reflects the region it serves. The student population is 84.3 percent from 15 per year to 30 per year. Pine Tech is the development technology and computer science by Caucasian; approximately 59 percent are male, 41 percent are female, and 59 percent are lead institution younger than age 24. adding faculty and computer labs. Increase the number of employed students in credit in the Northern Establish faculty development programs in Internet course development and use of instructional programs by 40 percent, from 120 to 168. Technology Initiative Students attend Associate of Applied Science degree, diploma and certificate programs within the business, health and human services, technology and industry, and general technology in the curriculum. and has provided education divisions. In fall 2000, classes opened in the new computer information Develop a faculty recognition program to reward Increase employed student satisfaction with support leadership for regional sciences division, which contains programs in virtual reality, Web development, successful use of technology to improve student services by 15 percent as measured by annual survey. telecommunications computer programming and network technology. The college operates a strong learning. planning. customized training division providing services to industry across the region. Pine Expand student services by adding specialists to Technical College’s employment and training center offers training and social services, improve college liaison with, and support of, Increase the number of companies involved in including the Minnesota Family Investment Program welfare-to-work program. training partnerships by 40 percent, from 80 to 112. The college has a employed adults enrolling to upgrade existing skills or acquire new skills and to work with corporate pivotal role in regional Pine Technical College has transformed itself in the last decade from a vocational school employers in providing training and student support to a more comprehensive college with the creation of general education offerings and Increase student satisfaction with instructional distance learning for enrollees. through major strides in technology, as in the creation of such advanced programs as technology in courses by 15 percent as measured by consortia and Expand customized training division to improve the virtual reality. The college partners with local businesses and state agencies to link the annual survey. collaborates with high region to the Connect Minnesota fiber-optic backbone and become a regional hub for corporate university program and to implement more schools and colleges telecommunications. effective employee training initiatives. to offer courses and programs. Repair and replacement money would be used for deferred maintenance items identified in the Facilities QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Condition Assessment Study of 1998. The college is a major Academic excellence ...... $88,000 recipient of Minnesota Internal reallocation Implement new information technology programs Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 1,319 Job Skills Partnership Establish faculty development training toward master teacher status through The college has been closing or downsizing Annual non-credit course registrations: 2,574 funding for workforce integration of technology into instruction Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 384 training and has low-enrollment programs to redirect resources Workforce development ...... $60,000 to more advanced technology programs. Pine Tech Average age: 26.7 implemented cutting- Retool student services to meet workforce and corporate needs also has obtained outside funding to assist with Median age: 22.0 edge programs in Web Implement corporate university credit opportunities instructional technology development and training. Average undergraduate credit load: 6.4 development and virtual Equipment ...... $55,000 Average class size: 11 reality technology. Equip laboratories for emerging technology programs in information sciences Percent students of color: 15.7 Repair and replacement...... $143,000 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 76.9 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Ridgewater College Quality/competitive investment: $2.0 million Hutchinson Inflation: $2.8 million Willmar FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $28.7 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS COLLEEN D. THOMPSON Ridgewater College is a community and technical college with campuses in Willmar If Ridgewater College receives the requested funding, the Increase the number of students enrolled in transfer and Hutchinson. Ridgewater is one of the largest two-year colleges in Greater college would invest in the following initiatives: courses on the Hutchinson campus from 640 in 1999- WEB SITE: Minnesota, with more than 5,500 students in the past academic year. 2000 to 850 per year. www.ridgewater.mnscu.edu Exhibit academic excellence through the continued Increase the number of students utilizing enhanced Ridgewater College offers more than 100 educational programs in liberal arts and development of a full liberal arts and general equipment and facilities in welding and nursing/allied sciences, transfer options and technical and career education. Students may complete education program on the Hutchinson campus, Ridgewater College health programs from no students in 1999-2000 to the first two years of a four-year degree and transfer to a four-year institution, complete developing programs, and increasing international has received eight 300 per year. a technical program in one or two years and move quickly into the workforce, or take education and technology-infused teaching. Minnesota Job Skills courses through customized and continuing education to enhance their skills. Increase workforce development projects such as Increase the number of students enrolled in science Partnerships grants welding and nursing/allied health programs that will courses on the Hutchinson campus from 124 in 1999- in the last three years Many extracurricular activities are available, including intercollegiate athletics, strengthen and diversify workforce training. 2000 to 230 per year. intramurals, theater, choir, student government, newspaper, student clubs Equip science labs with state-of-the-art technology in cooperation with Increase the number of students enrolled in courses and organizations. and provide a comprehensive liberal arts curriculum using technology-infused teaching from 670 full-year- more than 20 regional while enhancing the general education options for equivalent students per year to 735 full-year- businesses and The college's largest programs are liberal arts, health, business, farm business students in technical programs who desire or need equivalent students per year. industries. management, agriculture, veterinary technician, machine tool, computer systems training in the basic sciences. technology and nondestructive testing technology. Invest in infrastructure and instructional technology Increase the number of students enrolled in the to continue enhancing liberal arts and technical associate degree nursing program from 32 per year to The college's Unique programs include nondestructive testing technology, multimedia design programs at a level of excellence consistent with 56 per year. graduation rate of 50 technology, metallurgy, measurement science, veterinary technology, advanced societal and workplace demands. Increase the number of students enrolled in courses percent is nearly twice collision services, computer art and publishing, agronomy technology, insurance Use repair and replacement money to reroof the with an international education component from as high as the national claim representative, dairy management, audio technology, business and computer Hutchinson campus. systems management. 60 full-year-equivalent students per year to 100 graduation rate of 27 With this additional funding, students will graduate with full-year-equivalent students per year. percent for similar QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY the necessary technological competency to succeed in Increase the number of students enrolled in science colleges. the new century. Ridgewater College also will be able to courses with state-of-the-art technology on the Academic excellence ...... $249,000 more quickly and effectively respond to local business Willmar campus from no students in 1999-2000 and industry training needs. The college has a Develop a liberal arts program in Hutchinson to 900 per year. 97 percent placement Develop new programs Internal reallocation rate for graduates. Increase international education and technology-infused teaching Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 5,547 Workforce development ...... $249,000 Ridgewater College continues to follow its strategic plan Annual non-credit course registrations: 9,520 The Hutchinson campus Increase and diversify workforce training of analyzing the financial and educational factors Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,995 associated with maintaining or consolidating programs houses a vital and Average age: 28.4 Equipment ...... $249,000 on both campuses. In recent years, this has resulted in productive Workforce Median age: 22.0 Upgrade science labs consolidating auto mechanics to the Willmar campus Center. Average undergraduate credit load: 11.3 Instructional technology ...... $249,000 and closing the human services technician program. Average class size: 14 Invest in infrastructure and instructional technology The college also combined its placement and recruiting offices, as well as its nursing programs, to meet student Percent students of color: 3.1 Repair and replacement...... $1.0 million and industry demands. The college will continue to Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 91.4 assess its consolidation needs. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Riverland Community College Quality/competitive investment: $1.9 million Albert Lea Inflation: $2.1 million Austin FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $21.7 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS GARY L. RHODES Riverland Community College is a comprehensive community college that offers high- If Riverland Community College receives the requested Increase enrollment in art programs by 25 percent. quality, lifelong-learning opportunities within a student-centered environment. With funds, the college will do the following: Increase enrollment in music programs by 10 percent. WEB SITE: campuses in Austin and Albert Lea and an educational center in Owatonna, Riverland www.riverland.cc.mn.us provides outstanding options in transfer and career education. Expand art offerings to include photography and Increase enrollment in nursing programs by 25 computer animation. percent. Riverland offers more than 55 career majors for graduates entering directly into the Create a keyboard lab to enhance and broaden For seven consecutive workforce. For students transferring to four-year institutions, 38 transfer degrees are Increase enrollment in cosmetology by 33 percent. training for music students. available. The college also serves more than 200 advanced high school students each years, 100 percent of Enhance theater productions and seminars with semester in college courses. The college’s customized training services division advances Increase enrollment in construction electrician Riverland’s radiography a new lighting and sound system. the economic vitality of southern Minnesota by providing dynamic training program by 50 percent. students passed the Expand partnerships with human service agencies; opportunities to business and industry. From Shakespeare to diesel mechanics, recruit students with video production. Increase enrollment in machine tool program by nationally recognized Riverland’s wide array of courses and programs are tailored to help students succeed. Use upgraded materials to assist students with college 25 percent. registry exam with The most popular programs include the associate degree, farm business management, and career planning. Increase enrollment in truck driving program by scores above the construction electrician, cosmetology, nursing and computer technology professions. Improve internal communications with upgraded 25 percent. national average. computers, network switches and voice mail system. The college also offers unique programs in radio broadcasting, truck driving, physical Expand Web services and enhance distance learning Increase enrollment in auto service program by therapist assistant, occupational therapy assistant, radiography, auto industrial machinist for students through online tutoring and placement 30 percent. Riverland’s choir and industrial maintenance and mechanics. tools; increase online courses; improve student Increase enrollment in collision repair program by performed, by special Riverland students enjoy personal development opportunities in athletics, theater and services with electronic data storage for student 15 percent. invitation, at the arts, and in numerous student activities. Affordable tuition, student housing, flexible records. National Community class schedules and full- and part-time student options make learning at Riverland a Provide new labs for construction electrician, Increase enrollment in industrial maintenance program by 25 percent. College Choral Festival convenient choice. cosmetology and nursing programs. Purchase and upgrade equipment in machine tool, at Carnegie Hall. Increase enrollment in radiography program by QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY truck driving, auto service technician, collision 50 percent. repair technology, truck diesel, industrial Riverland’s cosmetology Academic excellence ...... $63,000 maintenance, radiography and business and office Increase use of technology in the classrooms by providing equipment for the faculty and students. program received the Add new lab space for art and music programs programs. Complete repair and replacement projects including prestigious 1999 Add new equipment for theater and human services programs water penetration prevention (flashing and Partners in Education Workforce development ...... $330,000 tuckpointing) for the Austin East Building. Award from Great Clips. Equip labs in three program areas Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 4,772 Upgrade equipment and software in eight program areas Annual non-credit course registrations: 6,047
Riverland’s radio Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,026 Equipment ...... $323,000 Internal reallocation broadcasting program Upgrade hardware, software and infrastructure Average age: 30.1 Median age: 26.0 launched KERC, Instructional technology ...... $357,000 In the past two years, Riverland Community College has a student-run, online Enhance Web service and distance learning closed three low-enrollment programs, laid off faculty Average undergraduate credit load: 8.8 Internet radio station. Develop electronic data storage for student records and sold equipment, reduced the amount of equipment Average class size: 14 purchased for programs and refrained from spending Percent students of color: 3.9 Repair and replacement...... $799,000 money on new college program initiatives to balance the Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 88.6 budget. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Rochester Community and Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $3.1 million Rochester Inflation: $2.4 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $23.2 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS DON SUPALLA Rochester Community and Technical College has a rich tradition as the Minnesota's If Rochester Community and Technical College receives Develop eight new health care and technology oldest community college, created in 1915. The consolidated college, located in the requested funding, the college would invest in the programs enrolling 200 students to enable students to WEB SITE: America's 50th fastest-growing metropolitan area, combines the best in liberal arts, following initiatives: meet the needs of a rapidly changing global economy. www.roch.edu technical education and lifelong learning. Expand online certificates in program areas including Employ a curriculum specialist to explore alternative health information technology and medical secretary. The college offers 70 technical and transfer programs and serves nearly 6,500 students Rochester Community delivery options, develop new programs and redesign in credit-based programs and 10,000 in workforce education offerings. Its students are program formats. Survey students and stakeholders to assess satisfaction and Technical College diverse, with 55 percent attending full-time and 45 percent part-time. The average age Implement assessment strategies to measure learning with a goal of exceeding state and national norms. is one of Minnesota's of full-time students is 22 and of part-time students, 29. and enhance technical support for online offerings. Benchmark learning and retention results against fastest-growing Align curriculum to Minnesota graduation standards. world-class competitors. colleges, with Rochester Community and Technical College is located at the University Center Assess students' college readiness and implement Rochester, a scenic 400-acre campus nestled in the Mayo Run environmental corridor prerequisites. Design and implement an assessment plan to manage a two-year 16 percent in southeastern Minnesota. This unique learning environment combines three Expand pre-entry services and campus-wide tutoring performance. growth in credit-based institutions: Rochester Community and Technical College, Winona State University- to under-prepared students to ensure success. Implement technologies and services that increase enrollment and Rochester Center and the University of Minnesota Rochester. Minnesota's two public Improve compensation and recognition systems. online education enrollments and improve a 23 percent growth higher education systems (MnSCU and the University of Minnesota) collaborated to Enhance partnerships, redesign offerings and focus create the campus. on niche markets to expand workforce training. stakeholder satisfaction. in workforce education Develop new markets through continued technology Ensure continuous improvement of key performance enrollment. Rochester Community and Technical College is a leader in the quality and continuous support for faculty and staff. indicators through the design of a balanced scorecard improvement movement using the Malcom Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework. Employ an institutional researcher to design and approach to quality management. The college is a The college received site visits from the Minnesota Council for Quality in three of the deploy data management systems. past five years. Currently the college is seeking North Central Association Deliver consistently high-quality incumbent champion in the Expand online workforce training in partnership reaccreditation using an alternative Baldrige-based model. with business, industry and community partners. workforce skill training as measured in collaboration quality and continuous Invest in laptop computers for all full-time faculty with partner organizations including decreased improvement supporting integration of technology in courses. employee turnover, increased operational efficiencies, movement, striving to QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY decreased defects and waste, and enhanced patient care. assure accountability The repair and replacement money would be used to Academic excellence ...... $1.3 million address deferred maintenance and facilities needs, for public investment Strengthen curriculum and institutional performance including upgrading carpeting and floors; soundproofing in higher education. Promote good teaching and learning; recruit, retain and develop quality staff to support more classroom technology; replacing ceiling Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 6,048 Expand opportunities for special student populations and needs and lighting systems for classrooms using multimedia; Annual non-credit course registrations: 8,738 A leader in instructional and updating paint, signage and wall coverings. Workforce development ...... $388,000 Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 3,166 technology use, the Expand workforce training Internal reallocation Average age: 25.3 college delivers Instructional technology ...... $500,000 Median age: 21.0 programming to Mayo Rochester Community and Technical College will Use new world-class technologies Average undergraduate credit load: 10.4 Rochester/Scottsdale, reallocate $500,000 gained through instructional Repair and replacement...... $931,000 Average class size: 21 and is a partner with efficiencies for the redesign and elimination of outdated Percent students of color: 9.4 IBM to deliver AS/400 academic courses, establishment of leveraged Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 90.1 training globally. partnerships, development of staff capabilities and implementation of a continuous improvement model. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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St. Cloud State University Quality/competitive investment: $12.9 million St. Cloud Inflation: $10.3 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $101.9 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS ROY H. SAIGO St. Cloud State University offers 150 majors, minors and pre-professional programs in If St. Cloud State University receives the requested Enroll 50 new pre-nursing and 24 nursing students. business, education, fine arts and humanities, science and engineering, and social funding, the university would be in a position to invest WEB SITE: sciences; it offers targeted professionally oriented graduate degrees, including a significantly in these initiatives to meet the needs of www.stcloudstate.edu cooperative doctoral degree with the University of Minnesota. students, the campus community and employers: Increase retention by 1 percent for fall 2002.
St. Cloud State University holds every national accreditation available for its St. Cloud State Improve first-year to second-year student retention Enroll 75 students in three new graduate programs. undergraduate programs. The Herberger College of Business is one of three in Minnesota by assuring the availability of appropriate class University is one of just nationally accredited at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The electrical sections, incorporating better advising, increasing Maintain accreditation in academic programs. 207 National Merit engineering and manufacturing engineering programs consistently do work for NASA. flexibility in class scheduling and increasing Scholarship program The university is the nation’s 10th-largest producer of teachers and the first school in the classroom desirability, including technology and college sponsors out nation to complete the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education 2000 laboratory equipment. Deliver academic and career planning portfolio for Standards, with all programs to be reaccredited. Introduce three graduate programs: business of 3,500 colleges and 70 percent of new freshmen in 2001-2002. administration, public safety leadership and electrical universities nationwide. Its international program is strong, with 850 international students from 60 countries on engineering. campus and 245 students in 17 study-abroad programs in 11 countries. Deliver a new academic and planning portfolio for Increase new first-year student enrollment to 2,400. The university recently incoming freshmen to enhance their ability to make St. Cloud State University leads in community interactions, with 6 million community decisions regarding academic and career options. completed the James R. Replace 5 percent of aged furniture and wall and user hours at campus facilities or 60 percent of the MnSCU system’s total. The university Reduce the backlog of replacement needs for window coverings. Miller Learning has an extensive summer conference and camp program. The most popular community furniture and wall, floor and window coverings and Resource Center, interactions are with the college’s outstanding athletic program featuring WCHA address deferred maintenance needs. Division I hockey and the NCAA Division II North Central Conference. Hockey Maintain deferred maintenance spending per a 230,000-square-foot Internal reallocation attracts 5,500 fans per home game, the sixth-best attendance in the country. modern, functional square foot. library. The university reallocates on a regular basis. Over the past four years, salaries have increased 22 percent, while total revenue has increased 12 percent. Balancing the QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY Professors, rather than budget has required reallocations such as these: graduate assistants, Academic excellence ...... $10.3 million teach the classes; Recruit and retain qualified, well-prepared faculty Faculty and staff are reallocated to ensure that 79 percent possess Retain academic program accreditations necessary sections of courses are offered to incoming freshmen and transfer students. A workload analysis Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 18,401 the highest academic Revise academic advising for students choosing academic majors is used to drive faculty reallocation toward Improve first-year to second-year student retention Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A degree for their field. departments with the greatest need. Establish a baccalaureate nursing program Reallocation among equipment and supply needs Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 12,671 Introduce three new graduate programs Average age: 24.2 The university created 79 electronic classrooms without the need Develop and implement an academic and career planning portfolio for additional funds. Median age: 21.0 has cutting-edge Enhance electronic classrooms, laboratories and studios The university reallocated nearly $600,000 to Average undergraduate credit load: 12.5 technology: 79 smart maintenance tasks to keep deferred maintenance at Average class size: 21 classrooms and Internet Repair and replacement...... $2.6 million levels among the lowest in the nation. Percent students of color: 4.5 and library access from The university entered into a partnership to Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 87.0 all residence hall implement a campus card system with nearly 100 percent participation by faculty, staff and students. rooms. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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St. Cloud Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $1.8 million St. Cloud Inflation: $1.8 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $19.0 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS JOAN BARRETT St. Cloud Technical College educates and trains a vast majority of the emerging and Funding for these initiatives will enable the college to Improve student learning and retention rates for incumbent workforce located in a five-county area in central Minnesota. The median address mounting employment needs and the demands of students using instructional technology compared to WEB SITE: age of the student population is 21. Over 75 percent come from the region and, on student waiting lists, as follows: sctcweb.tec.mn.us average, over 65 percent are employed locally after graduation. that of students using traditional methods of delivery Improve student learning and retention for English in English composition and English-as-a-Second- The college offers more than 100 career majors that match the engines that power the composition and English-as-a-Second-Language by The American Dental Language classes. economic growth of the region. Academic programs award associate degrees, diplomas adding 24 computer stations, software, furniture and Association recently and certificates that can be completed in two years or less. equipment. Increase by 50 the number of students in printing announced that the Develop new advanced certificate in e-business for technology courses. graduating class of Enrollment at the college has grown over 50 percent in the past decade, making it one of incumbent workers by adding one new instructor. the fastest-growing colleges in the state. Some recent highlights include: 2000 in dental hygiene Expand instrumentation and electronics curriculum offerings to evening and weekend scheduling and Increase by 30 the number of full-year-equivalent ranked first among The college scored phenomenal placement rates with 99 percent of the 1999 support a new emphasis in electronic students in the manufacturing technology program. 213 colleges in the graduates employed in their career major. communications systems by adding one instructor, supplies and equipment. United States for The college built a stronger learning community with the support of the federally Establish an approved truck driving program with performance on the funded Trio Program to help students overcome social, academic and cultural barriers Expand the machine tool program to offer additional evening and weekend scheduling by adding one 20 new full-year-equivalent students. April 2000 National to higher education. The college built supportive partnerships with business and industry. Cellular 2000 instructor and supplies. Board examinations. Expand the medium and heavy truck program to Increase by 45 the number of new adult students recently pledged $250,000 to assist in funding new curriculum development in provide a new certificate in equipment maintenance electronic communication systems. enrolled in the flexible education program, including and truck driving by adding an instructor, equipment The college was e-learning, prior learning, accelerated learning, The college educated and trained more than 6,000 incumbent workers this past year and supplies. awarded nearly through its Center for Customized Training and Development. Prepare printing technology workers for advanced internships and evening and weekend classes. $2 million in matching The college collaborated with other state agencies. Studies are under way to co- job placement and provide basic skills to new grants from the locate the Workforce Center with the college. employees by adding one instructor. Minnesota Job Skills Expand credit-based certificate, diploma and Partnership, which associate degree programs to meet the needs of QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY incumbent workers and re-entry adults by adding allowed the Center for a director and part-time adviser. Customized Training Academic excellence ...... $81,000 Clean air handling units and exit-lighting Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 4,306 and Development to Enhance learning for English composition and English-as-a-Second-Language back-up units. Annual non-credit course registrations: 7,026 respond to specific students Repair and replacement funds will address priority deferred maintenance projects. Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,082 education and training Workforce development ...... $1.2 million Average age: 24.6 needs of local Develop an e-business program Expand the manufacturing careers program Median age: 21.0 employers and Internal reallocation Develop a new transportation careers program Average undergraduate credit load: 11.0 agencies. Expand the printing technology program Average class size: 14 The college will support initiatives by reallocating staff Develop a flexible education program development and supply budgets and with the use of Percent students of color: 3.5 limited sources of supplemental funds from the St. Cloud Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 97.0 Repair and replacement...... $510,000 Technical College Foundation. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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St. Paul Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $2.4 million St. Paul Inflation: $2.4 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $23.6 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS DONOVAN SCHWICHTENBERG St. Paul Technical College has a long history of serving the residents of St. Paul. If St. Paul Technical College receives the requested The Center for Manufacturing Technology program Inaugurated in 1919 as a boys' vocational school, St. Paul Technical College has additional funds, it will pursue the following initiatives: will generate 60 to 75 full-year-equivalent students historically adapted its mission and name to reflect the changing needs of the community WEB SITE: per academic year between day and evening it serves. Since 1922, more than 35,000 students have graduated from the college. Develop an applied manufacturing laboratory to www.sptc.mnscu.edu programs. encourage student career interest in the field of The college is the only two-year public institution of higher education in St. Paul. precision manufacturing. Offering more than 50 certificate, diploma and associate degrees, St. Paul Technical During both good and The college will produce 36 new associate degree College strives to fulfill its mission of “Education for Employment–Education for Life.” Partner with local industry to assist them with poor economic times, product development utilizing the latest in students in telecommunications technology at the St. Paul Technical The enrollment projection for the 2000-2001 academic year of 2,700 full-year-equivalent manufacturing processes, equipment and CAD/CAM end of the second year of the new program. College has consistently students reflects an increase of 11 percent over last year. The racially diverse student technology. placed greater than 90 body consists of 25 percent students of color. More importantly, those same percentages Add three new three-axis CAD/CAM machining The college will add 144 computer careers sections are mirrored in the college's graduating class. The student body is 54 percent male and centers and a three-axis robot. percent of graduates in per year. 46 percent female. Establish an applied telecommunications technology jobs for which they have associate degree program with transfer agreements received an education. The highest-enrollment programs include construction electricity, licensed practical with MnSCU institutions and other private four-year The college will expand by 125 full-year-equivalent nursing, computer careers, machine tool technology, sign language interpreter and universities. students its capacity to provide learning in the cosmetology. The college's Corporate Training and Assessment Center adjacent to the The college is nationally Develop computer lab space by remodeling existing computer careers program. Students currently are main campus building serves more than 6,000 employees annually from over 260 area classrooms for use in prior learning assessment and recognized as one of businesses. Noted for expertise in employee job profiling and assessment, the center being turned away or placed on long waiting lists. pre- and post-learning assessment. only three colleges in serves companies across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Repair and replacement funds will be used to repair the country providing the college's roof. outreach services for hearing-impaired QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY students in other colleges. The college Workforce development ...... $1.2 million serves 12 Midwestern Create a new Center for Manufacturing Technology states from St. Paul. Establish a telecommunication technology program Internal reallocation Instructor costs for the prioritized programs will be Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 7,625 Instructional technology ...... $365,000 reallocated out of the college's current budget. Budget Annual non-credit course registrations: 6,036 Provide a 124-workstation computer classroom savings efforts over the past two years through selective Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,558 layoffs in poor-performing programs, reduced spending for Average age: 30.0 Repair and replacement...... $818,000 non-critical equipment and staff reductions through Median age: 28.0 attrition and retirements allow the college to fund new Average undergraduate credit load: 7.2 instructional positions. The college continues to closely Average class size: 14 monitor under-performing programs for closure and replacement. Percent students of color: 27.7 Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 95.5 For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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South Central Technical College Quality/competitive investment: $2.4 million Faribault Inflation: $2.5 million North Mankato FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $24.7 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS KEITH STOVER Proud to be Minnesota’s first technical college, South Central Technical College has If South Central Technical College receives the The number of students enrolled in the registered had a tradition of academic excellence since 1946. The college has campuses in Faribault requested funding, the college would be in a position to WEB SITE: nursing associate degree program will exceed 30 and North Mankato/Mankato, a New Ulm Education Center and a college presence at invest significantly in the following initiatives: www.sctc.mnscu.edu the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault. The college attained the maximum 10- students per year. year North Central Association re-accreditation in March 2000. Hire three nursing instructors with master's degrees The college and its and one director for the proposed registered nursing Three evening certificate, degree or diploma options South Central Technical College offers associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in will be available to students beginning in fall 2001. industry partners more than 50 program majors. New and unique program offerings include: program. received $2 million in Wireless communications electronic technician Hire the equivalent of one evening support position 12 training grants with Intensive care paramedic for admissions and registration. The child care Sixty students will be enrolled in the expanded services contract will be expanded to include the Minnesota Job Medical laboratory technician evening and weekend programs. evening hours. Skills Partnership. Electronic commerce technician The equivalent of three faculty positions will be Speech language pathology assistant Student services hours will be extended to four Web developer added to support expanded courses in the computer South Central is the evenings per week and Saturday mornings. Network administrator career, machine tool careers and wireless programs. lead institution and Equipment purchases will include an upgrade of the recipient of a $750,000 Seventy-five percent of the on-campus students are ages 19 to 24. Sixty-six percent of basic electronics lab to replace 1970 technology with The electronics lab will be online for fall 2001 classes MnSCU Targeted the students are attending college for the first time. The majority of students work 11 to current equipment. for use by 100 students. Industry Grant to 30 hours per week while attending South Central Technical College. Additional repair and replacement dollars will be used to improve and expand The two foundations that support South Central Technical College have provided more address deferred maintenance issues noted in a 1998 printing programs than $100,000 in student scholarships during the past fiscal year. In addition, they have MnSCU facilities assessment report, which showed throughout Minnesota. provided leveraged equipment dollars and staff development funding to improve approximately $4 million in deferred maintenance at the instruction. Industry recently donated a working cellular site for wireless communication North Mankato/Mankato and Faribault campuses. instruction. The college also recognizes the importance of "friend raising" through an The college created alumni office that has connected with more than 10,000 past graduates. Partners in Promoting Internal reallocation Computer Careers, a business and QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY South Central Technical College reallocates institutional education partnership resources regularly through program review and Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 5,093 Workforce development ...... $1.3 million that trains high school institutional assessment. The new computer careers Annual non-credit course registrations: 9,033 Develop and implement a two-year registered nursing program program on the Faribault campus was the result of closing Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 2,494 faculty in weeklong Expand student services and course offerings to evenings and weekends a program and reducing faculty in another program. Average age: 30.8 summer programs. Since 1996, the college has reduced program duplication. Median age: 28.0 Equipment ...... $510,000 In addition, the college has expanded duties of Purchase equipment for centers of excellence as identified by the academic plan administrative positions instead of creating new Average undergraduate credit load: 10.4 positions. The college is working with Minnesota State Average class size: 14 Repair and replacement...... $625,000 University, Mankato to jointly provide services such as Percent students of color: 15.4 customized training in a way to efficiently use and Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 96.5 reallocate resources. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Southwest State University Quality/competitive investment: $5.5 million Marshall Inflation: $2.7 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $30.3 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS DENNIS N. NIELSEN Southwest State University, the youngest of the four-year MnSCU institutions, was If Southwest State University receives the requested Deliver a new fire service administration program to authorized by the 1963 Legislature. Fully handicapped-accessible and interconnected funding, the university would be in a position to invest 50 students. WEB SITE: via tunnels, the university opened in 1967 and graduated its charter class in 1971. in the following initiatives: www.southwest.msus.edu Southwest State is in Marshall, 150 miles southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Marshall, Add four interdisciplinary faculty positions with Deliver a new law enforcement administration a progressive community of 12,500, is the regional center of a predominantly rural area. Southwest State primary responsibility for off-campus and Web-based program to 50 students. instruction. University has Southwest State draws the majority of its students from a 19-county region in southwest In partnership with a major regional employer, create Increase the number of students with two-year increased its head- Minnesota, but it also draws from throughout the nation and abroad. Last year, for a model workforce development program using count enrollment by example, students from 27 states and 30 foreign countries attended the university. Web-based and off-site course delivery, a customized degrees completing the bachelor's degree in business 58 percent over the training database and intranet, and a business administration by 20 percent. Steady growth has led to an all-time high student enrollment, with an estimated full- incubation center. past six years. year-equivalent enrollment of 3,268 for 2000-2001. Over the past four years, the Improve campus technology to prepare students for Increase enrollment in geographic information university has achieved 48 percent growth in full-year-equivalent enrollment. careers in the Information Age. For the fourth Compete in Web-based course delivery by adding an systems courses by 200 students. consecutive year, Southwest State's largest programs include business and education. Unique programs expert in designing these courses and training. include speech communication, radio and TV; four joint programs with the University of Expand off-campus and Web-based courses utilizing U.S. News and World Provide training courses and services to 1,000 Minnesota's College of Agriculture and Environmental Science; the Center for Rural an innovative Web site that would integrate Web registrants per year through the university's workforce Reportlisted the and Regional Studies, which incorporates the history and importance of southwest course delivery with geographic information systems university as the Minnesota's rural way of life into the curriculum; and the Honors Program, which allows and local research sites housed in the university's development program. No. 1 regional public top students to design their own liberal arts curriculum. Center for Rural and Regional Studies. liberal arts college Use repair and replacement funds to address Provide students with increased access to Web-based QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY problems with roofs on two buildings, swimming instruction by delivering 20 percent of courses in the Midwest. pools, deteriorating roads and lack of lighting and online. Academic excellence ...... $1.2 million walkways on the campus. Southwest State was Expand off-campus and Web-based courses through a research Web site Internal reallocation the first MnSCU university to hard-wire Workforce development ...... $2.1 million Internal resource reallocation would include training all of its residence halls Establish a training and workforce development program with major faculty to develop and deliver Web-based courses. Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 5,301 for broadband Internet regional employers The university would reassign one or more faculty to off- campus sites with high enrollment potential. Combining Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A access in the 1999- Advance workers with two-year degrees to the bachelor's level by expanding off-campus and Web-based degree offerings new positions with existing faculty training, the campus Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 3,097 2000 academic year. could offer five professional undergraduate and graduate Average age: 22.2 Equipment ...... $500,000 programs in distance-learning formats. Median age: 19.0 Construct a wireless wing with 10 digital classrooms Through reallocations, the university has implemented Average undergraduate credit load: 10.4 measures to manage resources, including joint programs Instructional technology ...... $500,000 Average class size: 22 with other institutions, moving resources from the non- Percent students of color: 4.7 Design an electronic-learning enterprise site via expansion of the university's instructional to the instructional side, filling vacant new intranet positions more slowly and raising additional money from Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 81.6 Repair and replacement...... $1.2 million private sources. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Winona State University Quality/competitive investment: $7.4 million Winona Inflation: $5.4 million FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $55.2 million
PRESIDENT: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS DARRELL KRUEGER Winona State University has a rich legacy of serving the education needs of the region. If Winona State University receives additional funding, Increase sophomore exam scores by 2 percent across Founded in 1858 as the first public teacher-training institution west of the Mississippi it would be in a position to: the five basic academic skills. WEB SITE: River, Winona State continues to provide quality education, now focusing on active www.winona.msus.edu learning and emphasizing student collaboration and student-faculty contact. Collaborate with regional colleges and universities and health care providers to increase baccalaureate Continue to meet or exceed the national averages in For five years in a row, A national leader in harnessing cutting-edge technology for learning, Winona State is a nursing graduates in southeast Minnesota by adding the five basic academic skills on the sophomore "laptop university," meaning every new student must have a laptop computer to use in faculty, recruiting students and expanding clinical Winona State University exam. class, at home and in the library, with access to the Internet anytime, anywhere. sites. has been the only Expand support for the university's laptop Minnesota school Winona State is home to the first public residential college in the state, the only requirement by upgrading 35 classrooms for Internet Increase the percentage of students studying 16 hours named in America's bachelor's degree program in composite materials engineering in the world and one of access by all students and by adding projection or more per week outside of the classroom to greater 100 Best College Buys only a handful of accredited paralegal programs in the nation. Winona State also is one hardware and printers to existing classrooms. than 50 percent. of the first state universities in Minnesota to offer a university-wide four-year graduation Enhance academic programs by implementing for quality and value. guarantee. redesigned general education curricula, creating courses in the Rochester area for non-traditional-age Increase the number of newly enrolled nursing The university is a Enrollment at the Winona campus and Winona State University-Rochester Center totals students, offering integrated courses in wilderness students in Rochester from 30 to 50 per year. about 7,300 students in more than 80 academic majors and 16 graduate programs. national leader in studies and Latin American/Caribbean studies in residence halls, developing a post-baccalaureate Add Internet access for 25 students in each of 35 continuously assessing Winona State University's mission focuses on the social contract between the university program for K-12 teachers, and restructuring and institutional quality and and the community to provide excellent educational programs and student services in an expanding courses for K-12 teacher preparation in classrooms. effectiveness. all-inclusive learning community to well-prepared students. The mission statement reads, science and mathematics. "Winona State University: a community of learners dedicated to improving our world." Provide specialized equipment for interdepartmental Add digital projection equipment to 10 classrooms collaboration in graphic arts. Located in Mississippi per year and upgrade one-fourth of all classroom QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY projection systems each year. River valley bluff Repair and replacement funding would be used for country, the campus Academic excellence ...... $1.5 million bleacher compliance, making restrooms in the features manicured Enhance general education, lifelong learning, international programs and Performing Arts Center ADA compliant and replacing Increase enrollment in continuing education courses the heating and air conditioning system in Maxwell Hall. lawns, fountains and Residential College from 300 to 350 students per semester. beautiful trees, shrubs Expand the post-baccalaureate education program and science/math teacher and flowers, enhancing preparation Internal reallocation Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 8,457 the environment for Workforce development ...... $500,000 Annual non-credit course registrations: N/A The university already has dedicated personnel, space studying and for life. Expand nursing program Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 6,687 and equipment to each item listed above. The laptop Average age: 23.8 Equipment ...... $1.6 million initiative represents a commitment of more than Median age: 21.0 Winona State offers Provide specialized equipment for geographic information systems and $750,000 annually for new computer equipment and a university-wide graphic design programs network infrastructure upgrades. Winona State has Average undergraduate credit load: 14.1 redirected $45,000 to support additional nursing four-year graduation Average class size: 24 Instructional technology ...... $2.2 million students. Other program changes in general education, Percent students of color: 4.6 guarantee. Make classrooms laptop-compatible and add electronic classroom equipment K-12 teacher preparation, Latin American/Caribbean studies and wilderness studies will be partly supported by Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 70.7 Repair and replacement...... $1.6 million reallocating faculty positions. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Quality/competitive investment: $30.4 million Institutions: 35 System Office & System-wide Initiatives Inflation: $1.9 million Campuses: 53 FY 2000-2001 state appropriation: $112.6 million Communities: 46
CHANCELLOR: PROFILE BUDGET DETAIL ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS MORRIS J. ANDERSON The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system was created by the Minnesota Additional funding will allow the system to implement Create new or re-engineered curricula (including WEB SITE: Legislature to bring about greater cooperation among the state’s colleges and universities the following statewide initiatives: online delivery) in 15 to 25 key programs. and to serve students more effectively. The system office provides leadership and www.mnscu.edu Align curricula across campuses in 30 to 40 implements statewide initiatives designed to encourage innovation and collaboration. Grants will enable campuses to update curricula, disciplines to assure credit transfer. Eleven state colleges create online delivery and enhance teaching and universities in the The system office serves campuses in a variety of ways. Campuses request and receive strategies. Increase awareness and enrollment of students Twin Cities metro area guidance and support from the system office on legal issues, strategies to enhance Training and development assistance for faculty and preparing for careers in six to 13 targeted industries diversity within the system, development and foundation activities, and joint marketing staff will accelerate the integration of technology in programs. have formed a regional strategies to increase student enrollment. The system office also negotiates labor the curriculum. The faculty will develop and Build career paths from high school or technical alliance to provide contracts, allocates resources and supports the MnSCU Board of Trustees in developing implement Web-based teaching tools, chat rooms college through four-year degrees, with curricula coordinated policy, setting priorities, conducting presidential searches and advocating for the system. and online curricula that take advantage of the aligned to national skill standards in 15 to 25 critical MnSCU wide area network. programming, faculty fields. A major service provided by the system office is technology support. The office serves the Satellite transmission to and from each campus will training and better academic and administrative technology needs of campuses by maintaining the computer add opportunities for MnSCU institutions and other Develop regional plans aligning academic program services to students network, managing the student records system, maintaining system-wide software license schools to develop joint offerings, develop distance delivery and economic development needs in five to and employers. agreements and Web pages, and coordinating training for faculty and staff. education, share content and provide remote seven regions of the state. administrative communication transmission. Since 1995, the system office has introduced new tools to faculty for online and Provide Web capability to 100 percent of student- Enrollment has Expanding technology-based teaching and electronic learning, created new academic and career pathways for students, and helped communication requires additional wide area accessed screens and 50 percent of faculty- and staff- increased 10.1 percent campuses offer joint programming to students. network capacity in order to maintain response times accessed screens. at Minnesota State and student satisfaction. Communications use and Expand technology training services by 6,000 hours Colleges and Past statewide initiatives, such as the targeted industry partnerships program and network bandwidth requirements are increasing and campus technology training services from 10 to Universities over technology grants funded by the Legislature in 1998, have been essential to creating a exponentially; these requirements offer the potential 35 campuses. unifying environment and stepping up progress toward system goals. for volume discounts from telecommunications two years. vendors if capacity can be purchased in advance. Provide technology training benefits to 1,500 faculty Students are demanding Web-based access to and staff with improvements provided to more than Statewide partnerships QUALITY/COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT SUMMARY information. Funds will enable addition of a standard 500 courses and programs. with key Minnesota Internet browser interface that will improve ease of Academic excellence ...... $9.7 million industries have been use, access to appropriate information and expansion Provide emerging curriculum grants to campuses formed to align of online educational and administrative services. Provide faculty development opportunities Annual headcount enrollment, credit: 216,498 programs with industry Expand technology training centers for faculty and staff Internal reallocation Annual non-credit course registrations: 235,344 needs and create world- Expand classroom satellite broadcasting use Full-year-equivalent enrollment: 114,100 class programming in Workforce development ...... $3.9 million The system office annually reallocates resources to Average age: 26.8 health care, printing, Develop information for students on high-demand career programs support new initiatives, respond to emerging needs and Median age: 22.0 taconite production, advance the goals of the Board of Trustees. Services to Create seamless career paths for students Average undergraduate credit load: 10.5 precision manufacturing the campuses, presidents and staff have been re-aligned Develop regional academic and economic plans Average class size: 19 and information annually. In the next biennium, technology development Instructional technology ...... $16.8 million Percent students of color: 9.9 technology. services will increase through reallocations within the Increase wide area network capacity technology budget, direct services to campuses will Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota: 83.7 Add Web features to student services software increase and lower priority activities will be eliminated. For additional explanation of this data, see page 80.
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Page 9: Annual headcount enrollment, credit is unduplicated annual Number of students (headcount) is unduplicated annual headcount enrollment for fiscal year 2000 (the 1999-2000 headcount enrollment for fiscal year 2000 (the 1999-2000 academic year). Source: MnSCU Research and Planning academic year). Source: MnSCU Research and Planning Annual non-credit course registrations includes registration The Minnesota State Colleges and Nancy Brataas Jim Luoma Number of students (full-year-equivalent) is enrollment based in non-credit contracted courses (customized training) and Universities system is governed by a Rochester, At Large Cohasset, Congressional District 8 on a full credit load of 30 credits per year for undergraduate non-credit open enrollment courses for fiscal year 2000 students and 20 credits per year for graduate students for fiscal year (the 1999-2000 academic year). State universities do not 15-member Board of Trustees appointed by Appointed by Governor Carlson, 1996 Appointed by Governor Ventura, 1999 2000 (the 1999-2000 academic year). Source: MnSCU Finance report the number of non-credit course registrations. the Governor. Twelve trustees serve six-year Term ends: June 30, 2002 Term ends: June 30, 2004 Source: MnSCU Customized Training Annual Report terms, eight representing each of Percent of MnSCU FYE enrollment is the percentage of Minnesota's Congressional Districts and four full-year-equivalent enrollment in each region for fiscal year 2000 Full-year-equivalent enrollment is enrollment based on a full Brent Calhoun Lew Moran (the 1999-2000 academic year). Source: MnSCU Finance credit load of 30 credits per year for undergraduate students serving at large. Three student trustees — Little Falls, State University Student Minneapolis, At Large and 20 credits per year for graduate students for fiscal year 2000 one from a community college, one from a Appointed by Governor Ventura, 1999 Appointed by Governor Ventura, 2000 2002-2003 budget request (increase) is the amount that MnSCU (the 1999-2000 academic year). Source: MnSCU Finance state university and one from a technical is requesting in new funding for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for Term ends: June 30, 2001 Term ends: June 30, 2006 college — serve two-year terms. institutions located in each region. Numbers have been rounded Average age is the mean age of unduplicated headcount to the nearest $100,000. Source: MnSCU Finance enrollment for fiscal year 2000 (the 1999-2000 academic year) Mary Choate Joann Splonskowski, Treasurer for students who reported a date of birth. The Board of Trustees selects the MnSCU Bloomington, Congressional District 3 Rochert, Technical College Student Percent share of total new request is the region’s percentage of Source: MnSCU Research and Planning chancellor and has broad policy the campus-based budget portion of MnSCU’s requested budget Appointed by Governor Carlson, 1998 Appointed by Governor Ventura, 2000 increase. The system office’s request of $30.4 million for Median age is the median age of unduplicated headcount responsibility for system planning, academic Term ends: June 30, 2004 Term ends: June 30, 2002 system-wide initiatives is not included in these totals. enrollment for fiscal year 2000 (the 1999-2000 academic year) programs, fiscal management, personnel, Source: MnSCU Finance for students who reported a date of birth. Half of all students admissions requirements, tuition and fees, Daniel G. Coborn Joseph Swanson are older than the median age, and half are younger. and rules and regulations. New funding per student is the region’s requested 2002-2003 Source: MnSCU Research and Planning St. Cloud, Congressional District 7 Two Harbors, budget increase divided by the projected number of FYE students Appointed by Governor Carlson, 1998 Community College Student for those fiscal years. Source: MnSCU Finance Average undergraduate credit load is based on fall semester Members, Board of Trustees: Term ends: June 30, 2004 Appointed by Governor Ventura, 2000 1999 data. Source: MnSCU Research and Planning Pages 10-79: Term ends: June 30, 2002 Quality/competitive investment is the budget request for new Average class size is based on fall semester 1999 data. Michael Vekich, Chair Dennis Dotson money above the cost of inflation to grow competitive, high-quality Source: MnSCU Information Technology Services, Information St. Louis Park, Congressional District 5 Mankato, Congressional District 1 Penny Harris Reynen, Secretary programs in safe, accessible and well-equipped facilities. Numbers Management Web site Appointed by Governor Arne Carlson, Appointed by Governor Carlson, 1996 Executive Director over $1 million have been rounded to the nearest $100,000; 1996 Term ends: June 30, 2002 numbers under $1 million have been rounded to the nearest $1,000. Percent students of color is based on unduplicated headcount for Source: MnSCU Finance fiscal year 2000 (the 1999-2000 academic year) for students who Term ends: June 30, 2002 reported ethnicity. Source: MnSCU Research and Planning Ivan F. Dusek Inflation is based on an assumed 5 percent per year rate of inflation Will Antell Willmar, Congressional District 2 for faculty and staff salaries and a 3 percent per year for other Percent of graduates who stay in Minnesota is the percentage Bayport, Congressional District 6 operating costs, including fuel and health care expenses. Actual of graduates who stay in Minnesota for employment or continued Appointed by Governor Ventura, 2000 compensation-related inflation has averaged 7 percent per year for education. Institutions near state borders tend to have lower Appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura, Term ends: June 30, 2006 the past four years; projections for future years suggest that the percentages, with some graduates finding employment or continuing 2000 actual inflation for retirement and fringe benefits will be 21 percent their education in the nearby state. Data is based on 1997-1998 Term ends: June 30, 2006 Robert Erickson per year and for health insurance, 20 percent per year. Numbers MnSCU graduates who reported where they were employed or over $1 million have been rounded to the nearest $100,000; continuing their education. Institutions survey all of their Bloomington, At Large numbers under $1 million have been rounded to the nearest $1,000. graduates. Source: MnSCU Research and Planning Andrew Boss, Vice Chair Appointed by Governor Carlson, 1996 Source: MnSCU Finance St. Paul, Congressional District 4 Term ends: June 30, 2002 FY 2000-2001 state appropriation is MnSCU’s allocation of the Appointed by Governor Carlson, 1998 state appropriation approved by the 1999 and 2000 sessions of the Term ends: June 30, 2004 Robert H. Hoffman Minnesota Legislature. It includes system-wide funds distributed to Waseca, At Large campuses through a formula. Numbers have been rounded to the Appointed by Governor Ventura, 2000 nearest $100,000. Source: MnSCU Finance Term ends: June 30, 2006
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