Environmental Scan Part IV:Government Decision Making Presentation to the Provostial White Paper Working Group – September 10, 2009

Glenn Craney

Executive Director

Office of Institutional Research and Analysis

OVEVIEW

• Provide a general overview of the environment related to government relations.– Managing dependencies– Inadequate resources– Focus on relationships

• In depth case study – Reaching Higher II

Designed to be Dependent

• Government grants and contracts

– 54% of total revenue

– 57% of operating funds

– 70% of capital funds

• across Canadian publicly supported universities (2002-2003)

Profound Inadequacies

• Inadequate funding levels

• Lack of stability

• Increasing interventionism

• No change anytime soon.

Managing the Dependency

• Adapt to interventionism– Government funding Government objectives

• Alternative revenue streams– Non-governmental sources

• Success depends on rewired relationships– Wag the dog

Rewired Relationships

• Meaningful ties– Placing, supporting, converting– Inside and outside government

• Winning proposals– Focus outward on solutions to funders’ problems

• Strategic proposals as moves in long game– Ultimate goals are constant

• Core values and aspirations (Who do we want to be?)

– Strategy is dynamic • Proposals at intersection of York’s goals and funders’ agenda• Conditions and agendas change• Projects build upon each other over time

Current Situation – Reaching Higher II

• In 2005, the Ontario Government announced “Reaching Higher” a five-year funding plan for Ontario post-secondary Institutions.

• COU is looking begin discussions with MTCU on the next five year funding plan set to begin in 2010-11.

• York should work now position itself as MTCU develops the new plan.

Elements of Reaching Higher

• Reaching Higher I had four key elements– Quality – Access – Growth – Health Human Resources

• Quality ~ $250 M allocated over 3 areas– Unfunded BIUs – General Quality– Special Projects

Elements of Reaching Higher

• Growth ~ $300 M – Focus on graduate expansion– Unexpected undergraduate expansion has been

problematic.

• Health Human Resources ~ $100 M – Undergraduate & postgraduate MD expansion– Small amount for clinical education

Elements of Reaching Higher

• Access ~ $30 M across several areas– Northern Grants– Bilingual Grants– First Generation – Students with Disabilities

Possibilities for Reaching Higher II

• Growth– GTA Growth will be a key focus– Enrolment Contracts– Mirrors York’s Strategic Growth to rebalance– Partnerships with other postsecondary partners.

• Quality

– Need to define what we mean by quality – Likely to continue the focus on pilot projects

Possibilities for Reaching Higher II

• Health Human Resources– Faculty of Health & proposed York Medical

School– Focus on delivery in York Region

• Access– Pathways between Colleges and Universities– Build on York’s leadership in bilingual and

accessibly (first generation) education

Possibilities for Reaching Higher II

• Other Possible Elements– Capital Planning– Explicit Link to Research – Others