DCE UNDER RCM
RCM Net Tuition Terms for the Division of Continuing Education and Summer Session Statement of Purpose:
The Division of Continuing Education and Summer Session provides access to higher education for the residents of New Hampshire, the region, and beyond through a variety of programs. These programs may take the form of college study for credit for adults seeking professional or personal enrichment, or they may be shaped as non-credit workshops, conferences, or short residential programs aimed at examining specific topics. In addition, the Division broadens the scope of the University’s outreach nationally through its coordination of a summer session with undergraduate and graduates degree offerings, and internationally through its Interhostel and Familyhostel educational travel programs that introduce new audiences to the resources of the University.
Funding Model under RCM:
Overview
Under the funding model agreed to for the opening of FY01, the Division of Continuing Education and Summer Session will be attributed revenue from the following major sources:
All actual non-credit revenue (including Interhostel and its related programs) will be fully attributed to the Division in each current fiscal year, (therefore, in ‘real-time’);
The $15.00 registration fee and the $15.00 fee for CEUs (continuing education units) will be fully attributed to the Division in each fiscal year. (Funds received in this category will be used to pay for the credit card fees associated with non-degree student enrollments, excluding Interhostel programs);
All net credit tuition from the Division’s Associate in Arts in General Studies, and other related credit courses, (the DCE ‘departmental courses’) will be attributed to the Division in two specific ways. For the fall and spring semesters, net tuition will be allocated based on the average credit hours generated for the last two calendar years. Net tuition earnings for the summer session will be allocated based on actual credit hours. [Note: net tuition is defined as gross tuition less the related financial aid expense];
To acknowledge the Division’s role in building the enrollments of non-degree students in University credit courses, 15% of the prior completed fiscal year’s actual gross credit tuition revenue, generated by non-degree students, will be allocated to the Division. This revenue will come "off the top" of the current fiscal year’s undergraduate net tuition;
The Division will receive 100% of its contracted training revenue in each current fiscal year (therefore, in ‘real-time’) whether the courses take the form of credit or non-credit offerings. Contract programs offered in conjunction with other University programs may involve revenue sharing that would be based on individual agreements made between the Division and each of those programs.
Specific Details by Program:
Credit Programs
Summer Session
98% of all net tuition generated by undergraduate and graduate degree, and non-degree students (except for graduate self-supporting programs) is allocated to the instructional unit in the current fiscal year based on actual credit hours generated in the summer session. In turn, summer session faculty salaries will be charged to each college. Under this model therefore, summer session tuition and its related instructional expenses are budgeted at the college level. However, the Division will be credited with 15% of each prior completed fiscal year’s actual summer session gross revenue in this category. Additionally, as an instructional unit, the Division will be allocated the net tuition resulting from the actual credit hours generated by its summer session, Associate in Arts/departmental courses (DCE 411, 491, 492, etc.). 2% of total net tuition is allocated to the UNH Library.
Fall and Spring Credit Programs
All net tuition derived from the enrollment of the Division’s non-degree undergraduate, and non-degree graduate, students in credit courses will be allocated to the budgets of the appropriate instructional unit based on the average of the credit hours generated over the two prior calendar years.
2% of the total net tuition is allocated to the UNH Library.
The Division will be allocated 15% of the actual gross revenue resulting from their non-degree student enrollment in credit courses from the prior completed fiscal year. The source of these funds is the current year’s total undergraduate net tuition. The Division will additionally be allocated all net tuition from its Associate in Arts/departmental courses (DCE 411, 419, 492 etc.), based on the average of the credit hours generated in these courses over the two prior calendar years.
Non-Credit Programs
The Division will be allocated 100% of all actual non-credit course revenue, including that of its Interhostel group of programs, in each current fiscal year. If the Division forms a partnership with another campus unit to offer a non-credit program then revenue sharing with regard to that activity may occur based on a specifically approved agreement with that unit.
Contracted Programs
As part of its outreach mission, the Division designs and delivers training programs for organizations, schools districts, and companies in New Hampshire and throughout New England on a contract basis. The training may take the form of either non-credit or credit programs depending on the assessed needs of the contracting organization, school district, or company. Regardless of the format, (non-credit or credit), the Division will receive 100% of the actual gross revenue associated with the programs in the same fiscal year in which they occur. This is necessary because the budget for each training program is based on the expected revenue return built into each individual contract. When training involves a credit course offered in conjunction with a college, self-supporting degree program, or department, revenue sharing may occur between the Division and those University units in the current fiscal year based on stipulated agreements.
In order to exclude the credits generated by any Division training contracts from the calculation of average credit hours generated by the colleges as part of future budget year planning, contracted programs offered for credit will be coded as off-campus, and thereby excluded from the averaging process.
