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Team # 411 -- Outreach Program Development Review Committee
University Outreach (Continuing and Distance Education)

January 2001

Objective

Program development in O&CE typically is driven by individual programming units (e.g., Continuing Education, Distance Education). The improvement challenge to the Committee was to create an inclusive, cross-unit, rapid response approach to program development that enhances the impact of programs on the state, the nation, and the world.

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Team Membership

• Pat Book, Sponsor
• Wayne Smutz, Leader
• Ann Dodd, Facilitator
• Bill Curley, Member
• Wesley Donahue, Member
• Ronald Filippelli, Member
• James Fong, Member
• Peter Forster, Member
• Tracy Frieden, Member
• Deborah Klevans, Member
• Donald Leslie, Member
• Kenneth McGeary, Member
• Bill Speakman, Member
• Suzanne Wrye, Member

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Results Achieved to Date

• Total revenue has grown 21% while total expense has only grown 14% for 98/99 - 00/01 FY
• Income per enrollment has grown 14% while expense per enrollment has only grown 7% for the period of FY 98/99 - FY 00/01
• Income per FTE has grown 29% while expenses per FTE has only grown 22% for the period of FY 98/99 - FY 00/01
• Observation: Greater Outreach impact due to increased programming while minimizing expenses
• Total direct financial support to colleges and campus incresed for the period of FY 98/99 - FY 00/01
• Net revenue sharing increased in the period of FY 98/99 - FY 00/01

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