Positioning NCTC

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• Positioning NCTC
• for the Future
• In-Service Address
• Fall, 2007
• President Anne Temte

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March, 2007
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• Change is hard because people overestimate the
  value of what they have
• and underestimate the value of what they may
  gain by giving that up.
• James Belasco Ralph Stayer
• Flight of the Buffalo

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• Tuition

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Appropriation and Tuition as Percent of Total
Revenue
Percentage of Operating Budget
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Tuition per Credit FY 2008
Anoka Ramsey
Central Lakes
Alexandria
Ridgewater
Riverland
MSCTC
Northland
Dollars Per Credit
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Tuition Increases
160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
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• Enrollment

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Total College Enrollments
Student FYE
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Campus Enrollments - TRF
Student FYE
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Airport Site Enrollments
Student FYE
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Campus Enrollments - EGF
Student FYE
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• Increasing Costs

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Academic Program Efficiency State Allocation
Formula
Dollars in Thousands
Efficient
71,448 Reduction
Inefficient
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Tuition Waivers
?
Dollars in Thousands
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Uncollectible Tuition
Dollars in Thousands
?
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Repair ReplacementExpected Investment
484,793
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Space Utilization Classrooms
Percent of Classroom Usage
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Space Utilization Seats Filled
Percent of Seat Usage
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Future Debt Service
Dollars in Thousands
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Percent Growth in FTE FY03 FY 07
50
Percentage
3
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Total Chair Faculty Program Director Assignments
Dollars in Thousands
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Insurance Expenditures(10 of Total Budget!!!!!)
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• Comparisons

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NCTC relative to MnSCU (FY 2007)
Percentage of Operating Budget
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• CHANGES
• THAT HAVE ALREADY
• BEEN IMPLEMENTED

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Changes in Administrative Services

• Continuous Improvement processes to enhance
  efficiency and reduce costs
• Integrated Planning and Budgeting Processes
• Facilities Committees on both campuses
• New college-wide Finance Committee
• Reduction of one General Maintenance Worker
  position
• Mothballing space at the Airport Site

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Changes in Academic Affairs Student Services

• Serious conversations about 80 fill rates
• Development of a staffing matrix for scheduling
  and budgeting
• Four program suspensions
• Development of Program Analyses
• Differential Tuition in high cost programs
• Initiated Continuous Improvement Processes in
  Student Services

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Changes in Outreach Advancement

• Re-directing Swenson House Function
• Launching a Marketing Recruiting Task Group to
  re-think use of resources
• Structuring to attract more grants and gifts

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Other College Changes

• Developed a new scheme for parent cost centers
  for personnel assignments
• Reduced budgets for FY 08 by 500,000, primarily
  in administrative areas
• Discontinued college subsidy of privately-owned
  housing complex
• Examined college expenditures for MEC

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• CHANGES
• THAT MUST BE
• MADE

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WORLD WAR II
Goal.. Strategy... Objective..... Tactic
s.
WIN THE WAR
SURROUND GERMANY
INVADE FRANCE TO CLOSE THE CIRCLE
WHEN WHERE HOW MANY SOLDIERS? HOW MANY
WEAPONS?
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DEFINITIONS
Goals. Strategies.... Objectives....... T
actics.
PRIMARY DESIRED OUTCOMES
BROAD APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE GOALS
MEASURABLE TASKS TO REALIZE STRATEGIES
TOOLS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES
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GOAL

• Achieve our College Vision
• Contribute to the MNSCU Strategic Plan

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STRATEGY

• Structure College Assets
• to
• Enable Goal Attainment

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OBJECTIVE
Overcome Budget Insufficiency
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TACTIC 1

• MAXIMIZE STATE FUNDING
• Sub-Tactics
• Understand allocation formula
• Analyze NCTC
• Make adjustments to achieve maximum position

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TACTIC 2

• INCREASE REVENUE
• Sub-Tactics
• Grant funding and fund raising
• Decrease uncollectible tuition
• Increase recruitment and enrollment
• Charges for services, facilities use, customized
  training

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TACTIC 3

• REDUCE COSTS
• Sub-Tactics
• Practice Continuous Improvement
• Review/Restructure Functions
• Eliminate Inefficiencies

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TACTIC 4

• REINVEST IN EXCELLENCE
• Sub-Tactics
• Concentrate on Student Success
• Develop Talent
• Provide Tools
• Develop External Linkages

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• Thank You!