Empanel a team of national experts to review and evaluate the procedures and process for determining two-year campus performance and linking performance to funding. Hold regional meetings for trustees of two-year campuses to review the findings of the review and evaluation process on performance. The focus will be on establishing continuous quality improvement as a strategy to enhance performance. Particular attention should be paid to the review of programs for unnecessary duplication . The Managing for the Future and the Securing the Future reports expressed deep concern over the cost of higher education and the need to keep quality education affordable.
Doctoral subsidy is the fastest growing section of the higher education budget.
Ohio has substantially more doctoral programs than other states of comparable population. Both reports called for colleges and universities to work together in new ways to ensure a more efficient and effective system of delivery. One recommendation called for the elimination of unnecessary duplication in graduate and professional programs. Universities should be encouraged to collaborate and cooperate, rather than duplicate, in offering graduate and professional degrees. H.B. 152 called for the review of graduate and professional programs by the Board of Regents.