ACOE_Self-Study

appointment, credentials are reviewed to ensure they meet the standards established in the University’s classification description for the administrative posit ion.

Members of senior management are classified by the University as management/confidential. Appointees to these positions serve at the pleasure of the president. At the beginning of the academic year, performance expectations are negotiated between the administrator and his/her supervisor and formalized using the form in Appendix IV-18a . As indicated in the form, expectations are linked to goals in the College’s Strategic Plan. Based on the performance expectations described above, annual management goals, which are linked to the College’s strategic plan, are summarized by the president in the form of Institutional Goals and shared with the College community at https://www.sunyopt.edu/offices/institutional- research/annual-institutional-goals. Examples are given in Appendix IV-18b . At the beginning of the subsequent academic year, the employee prepares a performance document detailing his/her activities and progress on the previously established expectations and meets with the supervisor to review the progress made ( Appendix IV-18a ). The outcomes of these meetings serve as a basis to establish the following year’s performance expectations. 4.6 The program must demonstrate that it possesses the financial resources required to develop and sustain the program on a continuing basis and to accomplish its mission, goals and objectives. Working under the supervision of the College’s President, the fiscal and administrative management of the College is overseen by the Vice President for Administration and Finance (VPAF). The VPAF is responsible for the areas of general institutional services, human resources, business affairs, budgeting, management services (facilities and security), information technology, internal control/risk management and capital projects. Support for the College comes directly from the State of New York through the budget of the State University of New York. As with much of public higher education, the degree to which State appropriations coming from general tax revenues covers the cost of campus operations has been impacted by mandated cost increases, such as collective bargained salary increases and inflation. As such, the College, as other colleges within the State University of New York, has looked towards other sources of funding to meet their needs. The College’s income, other than from direct state appropriation, comes mostly from the following sources: • Tuition and fees • Research grants • Clinical income • Philanthropy (via the College's affiliated foundation) During the past three years, the College has received a level, year-to-year, amount of taxpayer support and has been able to fund its additional needs through self- generated sources of revenue. The College increased its resident tuition rate by 4% in 2017-18 and 3% in 2018-19, and its non-resident rate by 2% and 1% for those years. Its instructional costs increased 19% between

53