INTERCOLLGE GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Intercollege Graduate Programs Under RCM
Intercollege graduate programs are defined as those that offer a core curriculum that requires the participation of faculty from two or more schools/colleges and in which the degree is independent of existing department or program structures.Intercollege programs are organizationally located in the Graduate School; thus, for RCM purposes the home unit of intercollege students is the Graduate School. Faculty appointments remain within the academic schools or colleges. The allocation of all net tuition generated by intercollege programs will flow through the Graduate School to the schools/colleges that are providing instruction and thesis supervision. The central principle of tuition allocation is that academic units should receive net tuition revenues in proportion to the credit hours generated by students matriculated in intercollege programs. The following procedures will be followed to ensure that proper accounting occurs when new programs are established:
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will be developed and signed by each of the participating deans and the Graduate School Dean when establishing an intercollege graduate program. The MOU will detail all logistical and financial arrangements between the schools/colleges and the Graduate School.
2)
The participating school/college deans, in consultation with the program directors and the Graduate School Dean, will establish the initial budget based on projections on where the students will take courses during the upcoming fiscal year. The agreed-upon budget distribution must be communicated to the VPFA Office to have it built into school/college budgets. (See attached model for an example.
3)The home school/college for the program is the Graduate School. This must be clearly designated in the Banner System as an Intercollege program.
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The Academic Affairs unit (Graduate School) will receive 10% of the total graduate net tuition from allintercollege programs for program administration purposes. Program administration costs may include compensation to the program coordinator (a member of the core program faculty), student recruitment and program marketing, student financial aid, and administrative support. The Graduate School, in consultation with the Deans, may elect to waive the 10% revenue sharing for a specified period of time to provide additional resources for start-up of the program.
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The remaining 90% of total actual net tuition revenues generated by the program will be distributed during the fiscal year based on the where the students are taking courses. Credit hours will be used as the basis for determining where students are taking courses.
In the case of students enrolled for Doctoral Research (999), which is 0 credit hours, the associated fee ($500 per semester currently) will be allocated based on the appointment of the chair of the dissertation committee.
6)Program budgets for all future years will be based on the prior year's revenue distribution unless it is determined that the prior year's activity is not representative of future year projections. In this case future year projections will be used and the Graduate School will inform the VPFA office of any budget changes.
7)This allocation methodology only applies to enrolled students in the program.All net tuition generated by non-matriculated students will be allocated to units as part of the undergraduate tuition allocation, which is based on average weighted credit hours generated over the prior two calendar years.
8)A report detailing the program net tuition results will be generated each semester by the VPFA Office and sent to the participating schools/colleges and the Graduate School.
Draft 4/18/01
