ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
FY 2011 IN REVIEW
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FY 2011 IN REVIEW
OVERVIEW
The Arizona University System – Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona – is a complex and intricate enterprise, encompassing a diverse student body that engages in myriad learning opportunities and produces new knowledge which affects, even changes, Arizona and the world around us. Each university is a unique hub of learning, discovery and service providing unparalleled and invigorating educational opportunities and they are major economic engines for the state.
As the governing body for the university system, the Arizona Board of Regents is committed to ensuring affordable access to Arizona’s public undergraduate and graduate institutions to the citizens of the state and learners around the world. We promote the discovery, application, and dissemination of new knowledge and extend the benefits of university activities to Arizona’s citizens outside the universities, maximizing the benefits to the state derived from the state’s investment in higher education.
BOARD COMPOSITION
The Board is composed of 12 regents. Eight volunteer members are appointed by the Governor to staggered eight-year terms. Two students serve on the Board for two-year appointments, with the first year as a non-voting apprentice year. The Governor and Superintendent of Public Instruction serve as ex-officio members.
FY 2011 BOARD MEMBERSHIP
Chair Anne L. Mariucci |
Phoenix
Vice Chair Fred P. DuVal |
Phoenix
Secretary Bob J. McLendon |
Yuma
Treasurer LuAnn Leonard |
Polacca
Ernest Calderón |
Phoenix
Dennis DeConcini |
Tucson
Mark Killian |
Mesa
Rick Myers |
Tucson
Jennifer Ginther |
Student, NAU
William Holmes |
Student, UA
Governor Jan Brewer, Ex-Officio
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ex-Officio
Tom Horne (July 2010 – January 2011)
John Huppenthal, (January 2011 – present)
Tom Anderes | ABOR President
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MISSION
The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) is committed to ensuring access for qualified residents of Arizona to undergraduate and graduate academic programs; promoting the discovery, application, and dissemination of new knowledge; extending the benefits of university activities to Arizona’s citizens outside the university system; and maximizing the benefits derived from the state’s investment in education.
INTRODUCTION OF THE ARIZONA HIGHER EDUCATION ENTERPRISE PLAN
As stewards of the university system, the Board of Regents has developed an innovative and aggressive strategic plan for Arizona’s educational and economic future by producing enough high-quality university degrees for the state to be nationally competitive by the year 2020. In September 2010, ABOR leadership and the university and system presidents unveiled the Arizona Higher Education Enterprise Plan (AHEE), which is built on and refines the foundation of the regents’ previous strategic plan, 2020 Vision. The Enterprise Plan calls for reforms in both the instructional delivery model and financing of the system. Its goals support and stimulate a growing, vibrant economy and a high quality of life for Arizonans through a top-performing university system that is nationally recognized for excellence in academic and research pursuits.
This integrated plan includes 32 performance metrics to manage and measure university and system productivity and progress in four key areas: educational excellence and access, research excellence, workforce and community, and productivity. Each university and the system have identified aggressive annual targets for the metrics through the year 2020, all of which support the Board’s overarching goal of increasing degree attainment and expanding research activities to support the state’s economic competitive standing. The Enterprise Executive Committee, composed of the system and university presidents, is charged with implementing strategies to reach the metrics and reports annually to ABOR on progress. The Board of Regents has adopted this plan as the basis for its work through 2020.
SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY UP
The Arizona University System continues to make significant progress on its efforts to increase university degree productivity. The Enterprise Plan calls for an increase in baccalaureate degree production by 42 percent over the next nine years in order to meet anticipated workforce needs.
This integrated plan includes 32 performance metrics to manage and measure university and system productivity and progress…
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In June 2011, ABOR released data showing that the number of students graduating with a bachelor’s degree from one of Arizona’s three public universities had increased by 11.3 percent over the last three years – from 18,658 in 2007 to 21,037 in 2010*. This jump in degree production indicates that the university system is trending ahead of Enterprise Plan targets.
In addition to an increase in bachelor’s degree production through FY10, the university system is tracking ahead on several other performance measures for that same time period including: undergraduate enrollment, up 12 percent; total enrollment, up nine percent; six-year graduation rate, up two percent; community college transfers, up 11 percent; and community college transfers who graduate, up 15 percent.
Bachelor's Degrees Produced
2007
2008
2009
2010
2007-10 Change
% Change
Arizona University System
18,658
19,281
20,294
21,037
2,379
12.8
Arizona State University
10,137
10,706
11,129
11,810
1,673
16.5
Northern Arizona University
2,953
2,963
3,151
3,400
447
15.1
University of Arizona
5,568
5,612
5,914
5,827
259
4.6
*Fiscal year 2010 most recent data available. Fiscal year 2011 data will be available by the end of the 2011 calendar year.
TOTAL DEGREES AWARDED*
The Arizona University System is the primary entity awarding four-year degrees to Arizona residents and fulfills a critical role in preparing the state’s future workforce. In 2009-10, the Arizona University System awarded 21,037 bachelor’s degrees and 8,521 graduate degrees. This is an increase of 743 (3.7 percent) bachelor’s degrees and a decrease of nine graduate degrees compared to 2008-09. Compared to 10 years ago, the universities have increased the number of bachelor degrees awarded by 5,226 (33.1 percent) and the number of graduate degrees by 1,707 (25.1 percent).
For graduate degrees awarded in 2009-10, Arizona State University conferred 4,570 (53.6 percent), Northern Arizona University conferred 1,790 (21.0 percent), and the University of Arizona conferred 2,161 (25.4 percent).
The Arizona University System increased the number of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees at all levels in the last year, with the total up 32 percent. The increases have been:
Bachelors – 26 percent;
Masters – 72 percent;
Doctoral – 14 percent; and
All Degrees – 32 percent.
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University System Degrees Awarded
*Fiscal year 2010 most recent data available. Fiscal year 2011 data will be available by the end of the 2011 calendar year.
RESHAPING THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM GOALS
The Arizona Higher Education Enterprise Plan continues to promote a new system architecture that provides various low-cost options for more students around the state to earn a bachelor’s degree from the Arizona University System.
The core strategies embedded in the new system architecture reform are aggressively expanding transfer relations with all community colleges, developing shorter time-to-degree options for students, and continuing to expand distance education offerings at a lower cost. The plan calls for ongoing creation of regional universities, oftentimes in partnership with community colleges, with specific, high-demand degree program offerings. Finally, the universities are expanding their slate of online classes, allowing more students to take classes at home and on their own schedule.
Developing new programs and reshaping the instructional system during times of fiscal uncertainty can be a challenge. To achieve these goals, the universities are leveraging available resources toward partnerships and programs. Extending the benefits of a university education to the communities across Arizona – big and small – is an investment in the future of Arizona.
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
Undergraduate
Graduate
System Total
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MORE DEGREE OPTIONS FOR GREATER ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY
The university system has made tremendous strides in providing more low-cost options for students pursuing bachelor degree in Arizona. The Board continues to promote university partnerships with community colleges that provide more affordable and accessible pathways to bachelor’s degrees, including 2+2 and 3+1 programs, where students spend their initial years at the community college and complete the remaining one or two years at a university. In some cases, bachelor’s degrees are offered through the university directly on the community college campus. These partnership programs provide seamless pathways from the community college to the university and reduce the overall cost of obtaining a bachelor’s degree.
By the close of FY11, the university system boasted 1,194 bachelor’s degree pathway programs between Arizona’s community colleges and universities. Students in select pathway programs can pay up to 50 percent less in tuition than what they would pay if they completed their four-year degree on one of the main campuses of the universities. More than 11,000 students across Arizona are taking advantage of low-cost options available throughout the system.
Partnership campuses like NAU-Yavapai are also reforming educational opportunities for Arizonans. NAU-Yavapai is an innovative partnership between NAU, Yavapai College and the Town of Prescott Valley, enabling students to earn a bachelor’s degree in three years or less with tuition at about 35 percent less than traditional university programs. In August 2010, NAU-Yavapai officially opened its doors to its first class of students.
ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO GROW
All three of Arizona's public universities have realized significant increases in enrollment. Total enrollment for the 2010-11 academic year is as follows:
2010-11 Academic Year Enrollment by University
Headcount
Full-Time Equivalent
ASU
70,440
69,459
NAU
24,925
22,746
UA
39,086
37,448
Total university system enrollment by headcount increased 3.3 percent from 2009-2010, and system FTE enrollment increased by 4.1 percent for the same time period. From fall 2007 to fall 2010, total FTE enrollment in the university system increased 9.5 percent. University enrollment increases by headcount from 2007 to 2010 are:
• 9.4 percent increase at ASU;
• 18 percent increase at NAU; and
• 5.2 percent increase at UA.
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FINANCIAL AID FOR ARIZONA STUDENTS ON THE RISE
Even though tuition at Arizona’s universities remains among the lowest in the country compared to similar public universities, many students still require financial assistance to attend college. Of all the financial aid given to students, Arizona’s universities provide the largest percentage of scholarships and grants to assist students with the cost of attending a university. Board policy requires the universities to set aside 14 percent of tuition revenues for need-based financial aid. In recent years, the Board has asked the universities to set-aside at least 17 percent. The pie chart below shows actual sources and types of financial aid awarded for fiscal year 2010*.
Sources and Types of Financial Aid Awarded – Arizona University System FY2010 (in millions)
For fiscal year 2010, approximately 81 percent of the university system's students received some form of financial aid, an increase of two percent from 2009.
Nearly $732 million in student loans was awarded to university students, accounting for more than 47 percent of financial aid awards.
23.8 percent of assistance came from institutional scholarships and awards, amounting to $366.3 million.
State aid accounted for only one percent, or $15.9 million.
For FY11*, it is estimated that the total institutional scholarship and grant amount given to students will be $385.7 million, a 5.5% increase from FY10.
FY 2011 Estimate (in millions)
Academic Scholarships
Regents Set Aside
Other Awards
Total
ASU
127.1
49.4
19.9
196.4
NAU
21.5
19.0
8.3
48.8
UA
85.9
33.6
21.0
140.5
Total
234.5
102.0
49.2
385.7
Student Loans, $731.8
State Aid, $15.9
Private Aid, $105.8
Institutional Aid, $366.3
Federal Aid, $155.9
Employment, $163.0
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Set-Aside for Need-Based Aid
Below is the actual Regents set-aside amount for FY10 and the estimated amount for FY11*.
FY10
FY11
ASU
$47.9
$49.4
NAU
$16.4
$19.0
UA
$30.5
$33.6
*Fiscal year 2010 most recent data available. Fiscal year 2011 data will be available by the end of the 2011 calendar year.
CAPITAL PROJECTS ADDRESSED IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Completion of construction and expansion of facilities in FY 11 added 377,400 net new square feet. The modest growth in new space reflects the limited resources available for capital development and the continued focus by each university to address immediate needs related to building and infrastructure deferred maintenance. The university building system in FY 11 consisted of 38 million square feet in 1,740 academic, support and auxiliary facilities. The replacement value for these facilities, as of June 30, 2011, was estimated to be $9.3 billion.
Arizona State University ASU capital activity continued to focus on smaller renovation projects, including SPEED deferred maintenance projects, and development of capital plans that include student service facilities at all campuses and possible third party partnerships for housing projects.
Northern Arizona University NAU updated its Campus Master Plan and continued with campus infrastructure upgrades as well as SPEED deferred maintenance projects. NAU capital activity centered on construction of the Health and Learning Center and pursuing third party partnerships for the development of student housing.
University of Arizona UA capital activity was focused on construction of the Health Science Education Building on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, and completion of SPEED deferred maintenance projects. UA also implemented partnerships for construction of a modern streetcar route through the campus.
Building Renewal The University System follows a legislative formula to calculate its needs for restoring and maintaining campus facilities. Based on the FY 11 Building Inventory, the Building Renewal formula requirement totals $97.6 million. Between FY 02 and FY 11, three percent of the formula-generated amounts have been appropriated leaving a backlog of $640 million in deferred maintenance.
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The following table provides the building inventory as of June 2011 and the annual building renewal formula requirements by institution:
Arizona University System Building Inventory
ASU
NAU
UA
Total
Number of Facilities
971
108
661
1,740
Gross Square Feet
17,413,025
5,930,272
14,624,062
37,967,359
Est. Replacement Value
4,025,468,443
1,447,291,696
3,779,922,860
9,252,682,999
Building Renewal
38,889,212
9,604,739
49,136,815
97,630,766
Limited state and university resources coupled with continued enrollment growth and the long term enterprise goals for increasing the degrees awarded and research initiatives, continue to require the use of innovative approaches to finance needed facilities and develop revenue-generating opportunities, including partnering with third party entities for the financing, construction and operation of facilities at all university campuses.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
In FY11, the Arizona University System offered 395 bachelor’s degree programs, 323
master’s degree programs, 184 doctoral degree programs, 91 undergraduate
certificate programs, 109 graduate certificate programs and four education specialist degrees.
The following is a breakdown of academic programs offered by university/campus:
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus offered 105 bachelor’s degree programs, 108 master’s degree programs, 69 doctoral degree programs, 36 undergraduate certificate programs and 24 graduate certificate programs. Programs are offered through: W.P. Carey School of Business; Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts; Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering; Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Sustainability; Graduate College; School of Letters and Sciences; University College; and, Barrett, The Honors College.
Arizona State University at the West Campus offered 34 bachelor’s degree programs, 11master’s degree programs, one doctoral degree program, and five undergraduate certificate programs. Programs are offered through: Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences; W.P. Carey School of Business; School of Sustainability; Graduate College; University College; and, Barrett, The Honors College.
Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus offered 27 bachelor’s degree programs, 12 master’s degree programs, one doctoral degree program, and three undergraduate certificate programs. Programs are offered through: College of Technology and Innovation; College of Nursing & Health Innovation; Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; W.P. Carey School of Business; School of Letters and Sciences; Graduate College; University College; and, Barrett, The Honors College.
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Arizona State University at the Downtown Phoenix Campus offered 19 bachelor’s degree programs, 18 master’s degree programs, nine doctoral degree programs, 12 undergraduate certificate programs, and 13 graduate certificate programs. Programs are offered through: College of Nursing & Health Innovation; College of Public Programs; Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication; School of Letters and Sciences; Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; Graduate College; University College; and, Barrett, The Honors College.
Northern Arizona University offered 91 bachelor’s degree programs, 47 master’s degree programs, nine doctoral degree programs, 35 baccalaureate certificate programs, and 26 master’s certificate programs. Programs were offered through the University’s colleges and divisions including the College of Arts and Letters, W.A. Franke College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate College, Undergraduate Studies, NAU-Yavapai and NAU-Yuma.
The University of Arizona offers 119 Bachelor’s degree programs, 127 Master’s degree programs, 95 doctoral degree programs, 4 education specialist programs, and 46 graduate certificates in 19 colleges and 21 schools. The colleges include the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, College of Education, Eller College of Management, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, College of Humanities, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Optical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Rogers College of Law, College of Science, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Zuckerman College of Public Health, Graduate College, Honors College, Outreach College and University of Arizona South. Schools include Anthropology; Architecture; Art; Dance; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Family and Consumer Sciences; Geography and Development; Government and Public Policy; Information Resources and Library Science; Information Sciences, Technology and Arts; International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Journalism; Landscape Architecture and Planning; Management; Mathematical Sciences; Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Mind, Brain and Behavior; Music; Natural Resources and the Environment; Plant Sciences; Sustainable Engineered Systems; and Theatre, Film and Television.
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FY 2011 ALL FUNDS OPERATING BUDGET
The All Funds Operating Budget combines operating budget funds and local fund budgets
(unrestricted and restricted funds), which includes projected revenues, expenditures, and
year-end balances for the fiscal year for each university and the system office.
• $8.9 million (18 percent) in General Fund appropriations;
• $8.4 million (17 percent) in unrestricted local funds;
• $1.05 billion (22 percent) in restricted gifts, grants, and contracts; and
• $1.4 billion (29 percent) tuition and fee revenues.
All Fund Operating Budget (in thousands)
TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE FUND
The Arizona Board of Regents receives a share of the six-tenths of a one-cent increase in state sales tax approved by Arizona voters in November 2000 and known as Proposition 301. These funds are deposited into the Board’s Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF) and are used, pursuant to statute, to:
• Promote university research, development, and technology transfer related to the knowledge-based global economy;
• Expand access to baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate education for time-bound and place-bound students; and,
• Develop programs that will prepare students to contribute in high technology industries located in Arizona.
The Arizona Board of Regents received $53.8 million in TRIF funds in FY 11. Funds are allocated to the universities consistent with Board-approved TRIF budgets. TRIF funds were invested as follows:
Other Misc., $24,893.1
Carry Forward Balance, $629,843.0
Unrestricted Local Funds, $841,982.6
General Fund, $890,198.9
Tuition and Fees, $1,409,895.7
Restricted Gifts, Grants, Contracts, $1,052,780.0
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Technology and Research Initiative Fund
2011 ANNUAL PERSONNEL REPORT OVERVIEW
Arizona’s public universities compete on a national and global scale to attract and retain talented faculty and staff. Salary competitiveness is noted by employees as the single most important factor in determining whether or not they accept a position or even remain employed in the university system.
Competitive salaries are necessary to recruit and retain the talented faculty and staff required to achieve educational and research excellence goals set forth in the Enterprise Plan. Attracting and retaining high quality employees continues to be a critical issue for all three universities as salaries have been stagnated for three years without market adjustments.
Each university has continued to lose ground in all ranks of faculty salaries when compared to
its peers.
Optical Sciences, $2,451,532
Advancing Science, $2,599,141
Advanced Materials and Flexible systems, $491,000
Sustainability and Renewable Energy, $4,792,809
Biomedical and Health Sciences, $17,238,600
Economic Development and Partnership, $2,081,895
Arizona University Network, $5,322,937
Access/Workforce Development/e-Learning, $6,024,690
Education and Infrastructure, $7,409,483
Regents Innovation Fund, $452,920
Biosciences/bioresearch,
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Arizona University System Main Campuses
FY2009-FY 2011 Average Faculty Salary Increase
Needed to Reach Median Salary of Peers
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
ASU
10.0%
7.8%
10.7%
UA
9.7%
7.7%
6.8%
NAU
10.0%
19.2%
13.6%
The table below represents the total number of benefit eligible employees at ASU, NAU, UA and the System Office for FY 11. This information was gathered in fall 2010.
Benefits Eligible Employees for the Arizona University System
Fall 2010 Census
ASU
NAU
UA
ABOR
TOTAL
Benefits Eligible Employees
8,890
2,662
10,517
24
22,093
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0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
16.0%
18.0%
20.0%
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
ASU
UA
NAU
