Since beginning my new higher education administrative role, I’ve been inundated by numbers of every type. Almost every professional document I read, or meeting I attend, contains some percentage, amount, cost or goal. Some of them are redundant and insignificant while others I find interesting or valuable.
Let me present the most interesting numbers that have presented themselves to me in the past couple of days.
Let me present the most interesting numbers that have presented themselves to me in the past couple of days.
You can view the numbers and a few sources after hitting the link below.
- 1000: The goal our Chancellor has identified as the total number of student who transfer from our institution to a four-year institution by 2015. Great goal and hope we can reach this one. We have several initiatives in the hopper and hope to blog about some of these soon.
- 17.83%: The decrease in our region’s student FTE from this same time last year (after we drop non-pays/attends). This is significant and is the cause of many of our financial challenges.
- $380,000: The cost to remodel the President’s Office at Purdue University.1 No wonder the community college is the most affordable higher education in the state.
- $1.7 billion: Total 2012–13 Indiana state appropriations for higher education. 2 An increase of .03%. As our President put it today, the budget is flatlined from last year.
- 6%: Percentage of the $1.7 billion that will be distributed among those colleges and universities that meet certain performance goals. No, I have not seen these goals yet, but will be researching very soon.
- 488,964: Number of K–12 students in Indiana on free or reduced lunches. 3
Do these numbers mean anything to you? Have an interesting number to share? Drop a comment below.
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