Transcript The Rae Review of Postsecondary Education in Ontario

UTM
The Rae Report and the Ontario
Budget 2005
Rotary Club, March 2005
Growth and development at UTM
• Initiated and enabled by expansion of the
student population
• Student population will grow to 11,500 in
2006/7
Actual and Projected UTM Headcount
12,000
10,000
Actual
8800
8268
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
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Enrolment Planning and Statistics, 07/03/2003
Total Intake Projections
3000
Actual Target
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Source: Planning and Budget 07/03/03
UTM Steps Up
Strategic Priorities
• Strengthen our faculty
• Enrich the student experience
• Build upon our academic programs
• Extend our reach
• Strengthen our infrastructure and
resource base (eg over $120M capital
projects)
Erindale Hall Opened September 2003
Another 400 bed residence to open May 2007
CCIT (Opened September 2004)
The Hazel McCallion Academic
Learning Centre (2006)
Recreation, Athletics and Wellness
Centre (2006)
Springbank-Alumni House
The new Welcome / Visitors Centre
Challenges facing UTM, UofT,
indeed Ontario
• A generation of professionals from all walks of
life is retiring
• A new generation of students is pushing
university growth to record levels
• What kind of education will they receive?
• And why should Ontario invest in Universities?
Universities:
• They cultivate the ideas and the leaders that
drive our economy and sustain society
• They are incubators for health and science
breakthroughs that save lives; they are
incubators for the arts and social sciences
• They educate the doctors, nurses, teachers and
administrators that are crucial to Ontario’s
health care and education systems
• They are major avenues of advancement for a
new generation
What’s the Problem?
Problems!
• Ontario is 10th out of the 10 provinces in public
funding to universities
• Ontario produces less than half the master’s
graduates and about three-quarters of the PhD
graduates of peer U.S. jurisdictions
• These deficiencies in higher education account
for about 25% of the “prosperity gap” between
Ontario and peer jurisdictions
• As funding decreases, so does quality.
Provincial University Operating Grants
Per FTE Enrolment
Provincial Comparison 1988-89 to 2001-02
9 Provinces
Ontario
$10,000
Constant 2001-02 Dollars
$9,500
$9,000
$8,500
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What’s the Solution?
A Shared Problem, A Shared Solution
• About $1.5 billion is needed to bring per-student
University funding in Ontario to the average for
peer jurisdictions
• All must contribute
– provincial and federal government
– institutions
– students and their families
– private supporters
• UofT endorses Rae’s recommendations as an
essential first step
Government Operating Funding – the
First Step
• Rae says:
– By 2007-08, Ontario should invest $1.3 billion
as its share of the $1.5 billion necessary to
bring total per-student revenues up to those of
other provinces while making important
investments in quality and accessibility.
Student Support
• Rae says:
– Tuition grant for low-income students up to
$6,000 per year, with institutional grants to
cover any remainder
– Overhaul of the student loan system
– Encourage institutions to fundraise for student
support
– Recommended funding: $300 million per year.
Tuition Framework
• Rae says:
– The government should establish the
regulatory framework that ensures
predictability, transparency and affordability
for students.
– Institutions must retain ultimate responsibility
for tuition levels of individual programs.
Graduate Enrolment
• Rae says:
– Expand graduate enrolment at those
institutions that can demonstrate quality and a
capacity to provide the necessary supports to
students to ensure the successful and timely
completion of their studies.”
– Recommended funding: $180 million
UofT’s Building Blocks are in Place
• Tuition and Financial Aid Policies
– All students know the maximum tuition for the life of their programs, and
no qualified student is unable to enter or complete owing to lack of
financial means
• Donor base
– One-half of our $1 billion endowment is dedicated to student aid
• Capacity for Graduate Education
– UofT leads in research support from the federal granting councils, and
guarantees multi-year packages of support for doctoral students
• Accountability framework
– Annual Performance Indicators reports and student surveys
• We are ready and eager to do our part!
• We ask for your support in letting the provincial government know!