Cost Recovery Program (CRP)

Cost Recovery Program Criteria

What are Cost Recovery Programs?

Model which allows programs to keep tuition or program fees generated on the UW-Oshkosh campus, rather than going to the tuition target.
Viewed as separate from 102 (GPR) funding.
- Includes Auxiliary and other campus program revenue fee-for-service programs.
Provides flexibility in face of 102 (GPR) reductions.
Does not include 100% Grant funded programs.

When can Cost Recovery Programs be utilized?

Must be serving a new audience, rather than current 102 (GPR) programs.
- Cost Recovery Programs can only be established when we are attracting new (non-traditional) audiences to campus opportunities (credit or non-credit programs) which are not part of our usual program array.
- Need to think critically about who our new audiences might be, and why they need a university credential/experience.
- The ability to attract new audiences will not be the same for every department. Some have obvious professional and workplace connections, and some do not.
- Attracting new audiences is tied to providing programs in accessible formats (evening, weekend, online, intensive).
Critical Success Factors include: market demand, academic strength, and willing faculty/staff.
Cost Recovery Programs are tied to programs (can include degrees, certificates, and so forth), not individual courses.
Cost Recovery Program expenses are separate from current operating expenses for the department or division.