2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185 - Board of Regents for Higher Education
Section 10a-6b - Accountability measures. Reports.

(a) The accountability measures developed by the Higher Education Coordinating Council pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10a-6a shall be used by the Board of Regents for Higher Education and each constituent unit of the state system of higher education in assessing each public institution of higher education’s progress toward meeting the following goals to: (1) Enhance student learning and promote academic excellence; (2) join with elementary and secondary schools to improve teaching and learning at all levels; (3) ensure access to and affordability of higher education; (4) promote the economic development of the state to help business and industry sustain strong economic growth; (5) respond to the needs and problems of society; and (6) ensure the efficient use of resources. The council shall develop an implementation plan for use of the accountability measures.

(b) In developing the measures pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the council shall consider graduation rates, student retention rates, completions, tuition and fees, allocation of resources across expenditure functions, as defined by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, revenues and expenditures broken out by programs, student financial need and available aid, transfer patterns of students transferring in and out of the constituent units, trends in enrollment and the percentage of incoming students who are state residents, strategic plans pursuant to section 10a-11, data on graduates by academic program, faculty productivity, and any other factor that it deems relevant. All measures shall be made available for inspection and separated out by constituent unit, institution of higher education, campus and program.

(c) The council shall work with the Labor Department to (1) produce periodic reports on the employment and earnings of students who leave the constituent units upon graduation or otherwise, and (2) develop an annual affordability index for public higher education that is based on state-wide median family income.

(d) The council shall submit the accountability measures to the Board of Regents for Higher Education for the board’s review and approval. Once the measures are approved, each constituent unit shall provide the data to the board that is necessary for purposes of applying the measures.

(e) Each public institution of higher education of the state system of higher education shall submit an accountability report to the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education annually, by November first. The president shall compile the reports and shall submit, in accordance with section 11-4a, a consolidated accountability report for the state system of higher education to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education annually, by December first. The report shall contain accountability measures for each constituent unit and public institution of higher education pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section. The report shall include updated baseline and peer comparison data, performance improvement targets for each measure, and other information as determined by the president.

(P.A. 99-285, S. 2, 12; P.A. 00-220, S. 24, 25, 38, 43; P.A. 01-173, S. 52, 67; P.A. 04-257, S. 14; P.A. 11-48, S. 229.)

History: P.A. 99-285 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-220 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (d) and added Subsecs. (e) and (f) re report prototype and accountability reports, respectively, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 added Subsec. (g) re annual reports, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsecs. (a), (f) and (g), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Department of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education” and reference to constituent unit with reference to public institution of higher education, amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re completions, allocation of resources and transfer patterns, remove reference to Sec. 10a-3 and require measures to be made available for inspection and separated out by constituent unit, institution, campus and program, added new Subsec. (c) re reports on student employment and earnings and development of annual affordability index, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and amended same to replace “Board of Governors of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education” and replace “department” with “board”, deleted former Subsecs. (d) to (f), and redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (e) and amended same to replace “constituent unit” with “public institution of higher education” and “Commissioner of Higher Education” with “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” and to change date by which accountability report is due from January first to November first and date by which consolidated accountability report is due from February first to December first, effective July 1, 2011.