Central Washington University Board of Trustees July 26, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Discussion session: Setting the context for a sustainable future On the morning of the first day of the board retreat, the president will lead a discussion intended to provide context for the general subject of institutional sustainability, on which subsequent discussions will focus. The morning discussion will cover the many factors that are dramatically redefining the terms under which public higher education operates. These forces influence everything from the decisions of the governing board to the day to day experience of students. Many of these forces are discussed in the two books that will be the subject of discussion Friday morning: · American Higher Education in Crisis?: What Everyone Needs to Know , by Goldie Blumenstyk, and · The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities , by Frank Donoghue Some of the issues include shifting public value for higher education, which some deem less essential to personal success and civic vitality. The shift is reflected in a new emphasis in public policy discussions on apprenticeships and “connected learning” instead of baccalaureate education. State and federal funding for higher education has declined for the past 25 years. In Washington state, support recently has stabilized in some ways though the legislature has used tuition revenue to fund state responsibilities, and has held increases in tuition to a rate well below salary-increase requirements for public employees. Changes in the demographic profile of students, too, will require institutions to adapt and innovate in order to fully serve students.
Submitted:
Approved for submittal to the Board:
James. L. Gaudino President
Linda Schactler Secretary to the Board
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