The State System of Higher Education yesterday took another step in its effort to reinvent itself, announcing that a number of task groups will be deployed to provide expertise and perspective on the System’s strategic redesign.
The task groups will have ninety days to complete their advisory duties, including defining what “student success” is, how to better serve adult learners, and how schools can work collaboratively in the areas of pricing, purchasing, and provision of services.
The State System Board of Governors also has approved its first policy change under the redesign, allowing each university to expand the availability of need-based scholarships to state residents and merit-based scholarships to all students. The schools can currently use up to five percent of their tuition and fees revenue for those purposes. The new policy doubles that percentage.
Finally, the Governors voted to allow the universities to offer in-state tuition and fees to out-of-state students whose education has been disrupted by disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes. The policy will be effective as early as the upcoming winter term.
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