OAR 715-013-0040
Public University Support Fund Distribution Factors

(1) Purpose-The purpose of this rule is to list the relative weights and values of factors to be used in the Student Success and Completion Model calculation as defined in OAR 715-013-0025 (Public University Support Fund Distribution). All terms are defined as they are in Section 1 of OAR 715-013-0025 (Public University Support Fund Distribution).
(2) The following section contains calculations and information necessary to make mission support payments.
(a) Base Payment-Each university shall receive a base payment of $2.9 million annually. In addition, any university with less than 4,000 resident FTE, based on a three-year rolling average, shall receive an economy of scale allocation of $1,400 for every resident FTE, based on that same three year rolling average. This economy of scale allocation for each university will be adjusted according to such university’s size by multiplying its FTE by the size factor relevant to their institution as listed below:
(A) 0–750 FTE 1.3513;
(B) 751–1,250 FTE 1.2784;
(C) 1,251–1,750 FTE 1.2062;
(D) 1,751–2,250 FTE 1.1347;
(E) 2,251–2,750 FTE 1.0641;
(F) 2,751–3,250 FTE 1.0108;
(G) 3,251–3,750 FTE 1.0081;
(H) 3,751–4,000 FTE 1.0054
(b) Regional Access-Each university, as well as Oregon State University’s Cascades Campus, with less than 4,000 resident FTE, based on a three year rolling average, shall receive $1,000 for each such FTE, based on that same average. In addition, each university shall receive an additional $1,200 for each FTE below 4,000 up to a maximum of $2.2 million per university.
(c) General Research Support-Each university shall receive funds for general research support. This shall be based on each university’ three-year average of federal research expenditures as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each university shall receive a proportional share of the available funds based on their relative averages as outlined above. Funding level for this section is set at $5 million per year.
(d) Public Service Support-Each university shall receive $330 per resident FTE, based on a three year rolling average, up to a cap of $4.7 million per university.
(3) The relative cost weights for Student Credit Hours (SCH) completions shall be as reflected in Table 1.
(4) The relative weighting for degree completions by resident students, by degree level, shall be as reflected in Table 2.
(5) The Cost Weighting factors for degree completion are determined by Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code and degree level and shall be as reflected in Table 3.
(6) The degree areas of particular interest to the state are the following CIPs and they shall be given the additional allocation points as reflected in Table 4.
(7) The additional weights to Bachelor’s degree completions by resident students who are members of one or more Targeted Student Populations shall be as reflected in Table 5.
(8) Weights for Bachelor’s Degrees awarded to transfer students shall be discounted as reflected in Table 6. All transfer degrees awarded to community college transfers shall be awarded an additional bonus of 37.5%.
(9) The HECC shall have the authority to implement a stop loss/stop gain mechanism to limit the annual change in any institution’s PUSF allocation to the overall change in the PUSF minus 2%. This stop loss/stop gain mechanism shall only apply in cases where the PUSF allocation declines.
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Source: Rule 715-013-0040 — Public University Support Fund Distribution Factors, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=715-013-0040.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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