MUS Issues Montana Board of Regents Missoula September 26, 2006

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MUS IssuesMontana Board of RegentsMissoulaSep
tember 26, 2006
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Loan Default Rates per MGSLP
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MUS Healthcare Graduate Employment by County
2003 2004 MUS Healthcare Graduates Employed in
2005
Ranked by Number of Graduates (top 10 represented)
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MUS Healthcare Graduate Employment by County
2003 2004 MUS Healthcare Graduates Employed in
2005
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MUS Healthcare Graduate Employment by County
2003 2004 MUS Healthcare Graduates Employed in
2005
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MUS Healthcare Graduate Employment by County
2003 2004 MUS Healthcare Graduates Employed in
2005
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Faculty and Staff VacanciesOctober 2006 job
listings
Montana State University

• MUS MSU Bozeman
• Faculty/Professional 105 66
• Classified Staff 64 42
• Total 169 108
• Source MUS web sites for job listings

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Peer Institutions for Salary Comparisons
Montana State University

• MSU Bozeman Salaries Compared to
• CUPA Doctoral Research Extensive
• All Faculty 77.8
• Administrators 72.3
• Source FY06 CUPA salary surveys

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Housing Market in Montana Median Price of Homes
Montana State University

• Billings 142,500
• Great Falls 149,750
• Kalispell 159,525
• Helena 177,950
• Missoula 185,000
• Bozeman 281,350
• Source CNNMoney.com

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MUS Issues That Affect MSU-Northern
MSU-Northern

• Academics
• Recruitment of Faculty
• Low salaries
• Market Driven
• Apprenticeship programs
• Limited number of student statewide
• Work with the Montana Apprenticeship
  Council
  
• To Identify number of programs
• Hours credited toward Apprenticeship

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MUS Issues That Affect MSU-Northern
MSU-Northern

• Assessment
• System-wide -- how are we going to measure the
  outcomes of our general education core(s)?
  
• System-wide assessment strategies and
  productivity benchmarks
  
• Access
• Tuition cost for online courses
• Canadian costs

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UM-Helena COT

• Fiscal Support for Special Needs Services
• Institutional budgets most often carry full
  fiscal responsibility.
  
• Institutional costs often are not known until the
  needs are identified.
  
• Needs can span a range from deaf interpreting to
  counseling students with mental health concerns.
  
• Providing these services can add significantly to
  already-strained budgets.

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UM-Helena COT

• Develop a systemwide process for student
  record-tracking, enrollment, and transfer among
  colleges
  
• One-time registration fee
• Tracking students who transfer within the system
• Seamless service to students who enroll in
  programs provided by another institution at the
  campus they currently attend (e.g., UM-Helena,
  UM-Missoula, Flathead Valley Community College
  Fire Science program)

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Programs(STEM)
Montana Tech

• Scientists and Engineers are 5 of US population
  but drive 50 of US GBP.
  
• Based on the interests students indicate on their
  ACT Applications
  
• Interest in engineering has dropped from 7.6 to
  4.9 over the past 10 years
  
• Interest in computer and information science has
  dropped from 4.5 to 2.9 over the past 5 years.

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Programs(STEM)
Montana Tech

• Much has been written about India and China
  producing large numbers of engineers. Duke study
  suggests that we are producing enough engineers
  but not enough dynamic engineers
• European Institute of Technology
• Should Montana have an EIT-Type Institution?

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UM-Western

• RELATIVELY LOW COMPENSATION HAS RESULTED IN
  FAILED FACULTY AND STAFF SEARCHES.
  
• We are also concerned about retention of faculty
  and staff.
  
• The cost of living differential in Dillon is
  decreasing as housing, health care, utilities and
  insurance costs increase.
  
• A MAJOR CHALLENGE IS TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT,
  RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES.
  
• We continue to allocate resources to marketing
  and admissions.
  
• We have opened a learning center and an academic
  advising center.

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Dawson CC

• Challenge Partnering with Business
• Relatively few private companies
• Total All Dawson County Industries 358
• Average Number of Employees 14.5
• Total Farms and Ranches 522
• Small number of people employed
• Few Non-service Employers
• (Largest Private Employers in Dawson County in
  Alphabetical Order)
  
• Action for Eastern Montana McDonalds
• Albertsons Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative
• Best Western Jordan Inn Novo 1 (formerly
  Advantage Line)
  
• Glendive Medical Center Reynolds Warehouse
  Grocery
  
• K-Mart Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

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Challenge Enrollment
Dawson CC

• Hard to compete with tuition at neighboring
  institutions
  
• Surrounding counties
• Overall population declining 3-8 each
• School age population flat to 30 decline
• Strategies
• Provide programs that attract younger workers to
  area
  
• Develop more courses for senior citizens
• Provide more short courses based on regional
  need
  
• Offer life-enriching activities to enhance life
  of community

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Challenges Insufficient Resources
Dawson CC

• New facilities and expansion project
• Existing facilities are 85,000 SF
• Athletic and fine arts facilities added 60,000
  SF
  
• Library expansion added 4,700 SF
• Personnel
• 24 staff, including 9 exempt
• 29 full-time faculty, including 4 ABE
• 7 grant-funded positions
• 4 administrators
• 3 staff persons in business office provide all
  services
  

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UM-Missoula
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UM-Missoula