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Financial Officers' Common Price Distribution Model TOP The finance officers agreed that students would pay a common price for Great Plains IDEA program course credits at all Great Plains IDEA institutions. The price is subject to annual review and adjustment. The fees collected are dispersed to support teaching (75%), program administration and advising (25%), and Alliance central services (25%).

When the proposal involves collaboration with the other institutions there will need to be official written endorsement for the graduate certificate program from those areas where the program will exist. These institutions must offer a baccalaureate degree with requirements for the degree substantially equivalent to those at KU.

Kansas State University: Offering a Course for Credit through the Division of Continuing Education Kansas State University, five Regents universities and Washburn University are assigned to geographic service areas within the state. It is possible to offer credit courses outside K-State's geographic jurisdiction (see map in University Policies Section); however, the process requires a minimum of six weeks. This time period is necessary for Board of Regents approval, as well as effective advertising. The exceptions to this rule are specialty programs unique to K-State, such as Adult and Continuing Education, Agriculture Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences.

Excerpts Include: 1.2 All rules and regulations of Texas A&M University and the University System that pertain to instructional programs on the main campus apply equally to distance education offerings. 1.3 Distance education credit courses, for which the University receives formula funding from the state, are considered part of the regular assigned teaching load of the faculty members. 7. SUPPORT FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION FACULTY 7.1. Like other contributions to teaching and scholarship, contributions to distance education, as part of assigned responsibilities, will be a factor in promotion and tenure decisions and merit increase decisions. A distance education course should be counted in the workload report in the same manner the course would be counted if taught by conventional methods. Preparation to teach a course by distance for the first time, or adapting a course for delivery by distance for the first time, should be credited for workload report purposes just as preparation to teach any other new course would be credited.

C. Principles for Setting Tuition and Related Fees: 3. Within each tuition category, each university president will have sufficient flexibility, with appropriate justification, to recommend differential levels of tuition and fees for all students at their university or for subcategories of students, consistent with Regent and institutional strategic goals, based on student classification level, program of study, or other relevant criteria 5. University Tuition and Fee Proposals: Prior to submitting tuition and fee recommendations to the Board Office for review and analysis, each university president must: h. Tuition for nonresident students should, at a minimum, cover the full cost of their education at each Regent university.

Appendix B.7 Great Plains IDEA Enrollment Management Principles Principle 1: Alliance programs are structured to facilitate access to in-demand post-baccalaureate education for employed professionals. 1. The curriculum accommodates the need for part-time study and full-time work. 2. All required courses are offered to allow students to move through the program in a timely manner and in accordance with a published schedule. 3. Alliance programs are structured to maximize the number of qualified applicants that can be served. Principle 2: Costs incurred by partner universities and the Alliance are funded by enrollments in Alliance courses; therefore, we seek to optimize the enrollment in each Alliance course. 1. Course enrollment targets are 20-40 students/section. 2. If enrollment demand for an Alliance course exceeds 40, students in Alliance programs will get first preference for enrollment in the course and a plan to manage excess enrollment demand will be developed. 3. By MOA, all courses will be taught on the agreed upon schedule whether enrollments fully support the instructional costs or not. Principle 3: The choice of whom to admit to the inter-institutional program is made at the admitting institution. 1.Partner universities will uphold institutional standards for admission to graduate study. 2. Each partner university will uphold its obligation to recruit, admit, and retain qualified students.