Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Northeast Proposed Implementation Plan Report April 23, 2021 Table of Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Background .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Act 50, Section 2002A a3 – Implementation Plan ........................................................................................................ 8 1. Description of the Proposal to Exercise Powers under Subsection a.1 of Act 50, Namely to Create, Expand, Consolidate, Transfer, or Affiliate an Institution ................................................................................................. 8 2. Rationale, Goals, and Objectives of the Proposal to Exercise Powers under Subsection a.1 .......................... 9 3. Method for Evaluating Achievement of Goals and Objectives ........................................................................ 11 4. Relation of the Proposal to the Mission and Strategic Plan of the Institution and System as a Whole ........... 12 5. Impacts on Academic Programs, Non-Academic Units, and Accreditation ..................................................... 13 6. Impacts on Students, Faculty, and Staff .......................................................................................................... 18 7. Impacts on the Community .............................................................................................................................. 21 8. Impacts on Shared Governance ...................................................................................................................... 22 9. Before and After Organizational Charts for All Impacted Institutions .............................................................. 23 10. Information Included in the Chancellor’s Report and Recommendation under Subsection a.2 of Act 50, Namely the Financial Sustainability Analysis .................................................................................................. 24 11. Timeline for the Implementation Plan Post-April ............................................................................................. 26 12. Additional Considerations and Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 30 Acronyms and Definitions .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Act 50 Quarterly Report Alignment ............................................................................................................................ 35 Appendices ................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Appendix A: Implementation Planning Process ..................................................................................................... 37 Appendix B: 2021 Annual Accountability Report .................................................................................................... 40 Appendix C: Northeast Integration Financial Challenges ...................................................................................... 41 Appendix D: Integrations Initiative Charters ........................................................................................................... 51 Appendix E: Working Group Charges .................................................................................................................... 60 Appendix F: Goals, Objectives, and Measurements .............................................................................................. 61 Appendix G: Positioning Statement ....................................................................................................................... 65 Appendix H.1: Academic WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ............................................................. 66 Appendix H.2: Academic WG Program Array Report ............................................................................................ 68 Appendix H.3: Workforce Development WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts .................................... 105 Appendix H.4: Workforce Development WG Workforce Development Report .................................................... 108 Appendix I: Act 50 Reporting on Property for Sale .............................................................................................. 110 Appendix J.1: Enrollment Management WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts .................................... 111 Appendix J.2.: Financial Aid WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ...................................................... 116 Appendix J.3.i: Regional Human Resources and Labor Relations WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ....................................................................................................................................................................... 118 Appendix J.4: Donors/Alumni Relations/Foundations WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ............... 120 Appendix J.5.i: Technology WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ....................................................... 122 Appendix J.5.ii: State System Technology WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ................................ 124 Appendix J.6: Communications and Marketing WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ......................... 125 Appendix J.7: Facilities and Infrastructure WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ................................ 127 Appendix J.8: Finance and Administration WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ................................ 128 Appendix J.9: Combined Human Resources and Labor Relations WG Priority 1 Recommendation with Impacts ....................................................................................................................................................................... 131 Appendix K: Act 50 Reporting on Academic Programs ....................................................................................... 132 Appendix L: Combined Accreditation WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ........................................ 133 Appendix M.1: Student Success and Retention WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ........................ 134 Appendix M.2: Athletics WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ............................................................. 138 Appendix N: Act 50 Reporting on Student Metrics and Analysis ......................................................................... 141 Appendix O: Act 50 Reporting on Faculty ............................................................................................................ 145 Appendix P: Act 50 Reporting on Staff ................................................................................................................. 146 Appendix Q: Act 50 Reporting on Affiliated Entities’ and Communities’ Concerns .............................................. 147 Appendix R: Leadership and Governance and Leadership WG Priority 1 Recommendations with Impacts ...... 148 Appendix S: Organizational Charts ...................................................................................................................... 150 Appendix T: October 2020 Board of Governors Report ....................................................................................... 153 Appendix U: Financial Sustainability Analysis ...................................................................................................... 154 Appendix V: Critical Path Timeline ....................................................................................................................... 156 Appendix W: Sources of Data, Documentation, and Leading Practices Reviewed ............................................. 186 Appendix X: Implementation Costs ...................................................................................................................... 187 Appendix Y.1: Diligence on Possible System Trajectories .................................................................................. 188 Appendix Y.2: System Cross-Subsidies and Their Impacts ................................................................................. 194 Appendix Y.3: Integration Compared with Other Trajectories’ Financial Projections .......................................... 196 Executive Summary University integrations recommended here are a bold and innovative response to demographic, funding, and other challenges confronting higher education nationally and which are particularly acute in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A major part of a more comprehensive System Redesign launched in 2016 by the Board of Governors (BOG or the Board) of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (the State System or System), integrations provide a path for the State System’s 14 universities to continue fulfilling their historic mission of providing affordable, high-quality public higher education for all Pennsylvanians well into the 21st century and serving as engines of economic development and social mobility. The Board’s consideration of these recommendations is permitted