Bi-weekly updates on Initiatives at Maryland's Community Colleges
January 6, 2017

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IN A CRAB SHELL

With nearly half the undergraduate population of Maryland enrolled at 16 colleges, on 23 campuses and 1000+ locations, it can be challenging to capture and share all that’s happening at Maryland’s community colleges.

-- However, with In A Crab Shell, we are going to try. --

Similar to the more well-known phrase in a nutshell, -- In A Crab Shell provides a concise, bi-weekly discussion of issues important to higher education and the
State of Maryland.

KEY 2017 LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES FOR MACC

Operating Budget - Expedite Cade

The Cade Formula

Bases state support for community colleges on a percent of state support for designated 4-year colleges.
Created to keep student tuition affordable and provide predictability and fairness across all higher education institutions.
Community college costs to be divided into equal thirds between the state, local government, and students.
The state has typically not met its funding goal.
Students and local governments now each typically pay close to 40% of operating costs.
2015 was goal year for full Cade funding, but now pushed back to 2023.

*Senator John R. Cade developed the formula in 1996.

Capital Budget - Restore Annual Authorization

Restore the Community College Annual Capital Grant to $80 Million

Community colleges educate more students in less space and in older buildings than any other public segment of higher education.
Support the 19 community college projects in the MACC CIP List, 4 pre-authorized projects and 15 new.

Financial Aid for Workforce Training

100,000+ Unfilled Jobs

Unfilled positions constrain growth and operations in health care, cybersecurity & information technology, manufacturing, allied health & life sciences, energy & sustainability.

Lack of Skilled Applicants

Employers cite a lack of sufficiently skilled applicants as key barrier to growth.

No State Aid for Non-Credit Programs

MACC requests $2 million in financial aid to support the training of 1000s of workers to fill these open positions, and keep Maryland commerce strong.

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Bi-weekly updates on Initiatives at Maryland's Community Colleges January 6, 2017