Presentation to JOINT EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Wednesday, March 13, 2019 A. HOPE WILLIAMS , President TOM WEST , VP for Government Relations/General Counsel 1
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities 2
NCICU 36 PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES STUDENTS 90k 50k FROM NORTH CAROLINA 3
Teacher Education • One of the foundations of private higher education in North Carolina • 31 NCICU institutions have teacher education programs • Continuing challenges in recruitment • Leading Digital Learning Initiative for teacher educators • Interest of NCICU campuses in having Lab Schools 4
• $14.2 B illion NCICU Economic • 66K employees Impact on North • Students from all Carolina 100 NC counties, 50 states & around the world 5
NCICU – Cost/Benefit to the State 1 IN 4 2% 1 IN 3 Of the Of the Of the & = State’s State’s State’s Bachelor’s Graduate/ Higher Degrees Education Professional conferred Budget Degrees conferred 6
State Financial Aid for NC Independent College/University Students $110.00 NCICU campuses provide $700 million in institutional financial aid annually $104.60 $104.20 $105.00 $100 $100.00 $95.00 $91.30 $90.00 $88.90 $88.40 $88.40 $87.40 $86.40 $86.40 $86.40 $85.00 $80.00 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 7 (MILLIONS)
Budget Requests for 2019 • Support for NC Need-Based Scholarships (currently $88.9m) • Additional support requested - $5m • Requesting that dependents of all active duty military & veterans in the State be eligible to be considered for the NC Need Based Scholarship - $1.5m • Campus police training - $110k • NC graduates of School of Science & Math Tuition Support - $750k 8
Degrees Awarded – Education Value to the State of Teachers Medical Pharmacy Medical who Degrees Degrees Degrees graduate in NC Nursing Law PA Masters Degrees Degrees Degrees 9
Engineering Programs at NCICU Institutions High Point University Elon University Wake Forest University Duke University 10
NCICU Institutions Invest in STEM Degrees University of Mount Olive Montreat College CYBERSECURITY PHARMACY Campbell University AGRIBUSINESS AND High Point University AGRICULTURE Wingate University Campbell 11 University
Streamlining Transfer • Articulation Agreements • Independent Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (ICAA) revised 2015 • NC Community College System with 30 NCICU signatory campuses • Louisburg College • Discipline-Specific Agreements • RN to BSN • Music, Theatre, and Fine Arts • Reverse Transfer and Transfer Portal • $400k Teagle Foundation Grant to CIC for NCICU and NCCCS articulation 12
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