Florida Board of Governors

The Florida Board of Governors has seventeen members, including fourteen voting members appointed by the governor, as well as, the Florida Commissioner of Education, the chair of the Advisory Council of Faculty Senates, and the president of the Florida Student Association. The board appoints a chancellor, who serves as the system's chief executive.

In January 2016, The State University System launched a statewide communications and marketing campaign to build and bolster the state's entrepreneurial climate - Think Florida: A Higher Degree for Business. The campaign's focus is a strong connection between the system's universities and Florida's businesses, with an emphasis on collaboration in the areas of Talent, Research and Partnerships.[3][4]

The Board of Governors unveiled a performance-based funding model in 2014 to incentivize universities to improve on key metrics, from graduation rates to post-graduation success.

The model has four guiding principles:

1. use metrics that align with SUS Strategic Plan goals,
2. reward Excellence or Improvement,
3. have a few clear, simple metrics, and
4. acknowledge the unique mission of the different institutions.

Key components of the model:

• Institutions will be evaluated on either Excellence or Improvement for each metric.
• Data is based on one-year data.
• The benchmarks for Excellence were based on the Board of Governors 2025 System Strategic Plan goals and analysis of relevant data trends, whereas the benchmarks for Improvement were determined after reviewing data trends for each metric.
• The Florida Legislature and governor determine the amount of new state funding and a proportional amount of institutional funding that would come from each university's recurring state base appropriation.[5]

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