Executive Director Nuzum will send us the Commission's concerns and requests for additional information and possible action. When we receive his communique, we will respond and, if necessary, schedule further Board discussion of these degree programs. The Commissioners would like to move from the regulatory role they have been playing toward a policy planning role. They are required by the Legislature to assure that state institutions of higher education are complying with statutory regulations.
Accountability is their concern.
The Commissioners are hoping to be able to discuss this issue informally at your dinner with them in January. The staff made a presentation on the progress being made in the development of performance indicators, called for by the Legislature, to be used to evaluate and fund state higher education institutions. A committee representing numerous institutions, including CU, has been helping CCHE staff sort through the possible indicators to select reasonable measures for which data exist. I will keep you posted on the development of this important project. There was also a presentation on the idea of developing a college savings plan in Colorado.