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Faculty Meeting. October 21, 2014. Harvey G. Stenger. What does it take to be premier?. Road Map to Premier: Excellence, Balance, Accountability, Pride We enable it Great facilities Great people Great improvements in support We measure it Success of our faculty
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Faculty Meeting October 21, 2014 Harvey G. Stenger
What does it take to be premier? • Road Map to Premier: Excellence, Balance, Accountability, Pride • We enable it • Great facilities • Great people • Great improvements in support • We measure it • Success of our faculty • Success of our students • Success of our alumni • Success of our community • We celebrate it
Great people in new positions • Center for Learning and Teaching studio • Vice President for Advancement James Broschart • Interim Dean of Libraries Susannah Gal • Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Education Beth Burch • Interim Chief Information Officer and VP for Operations JoAnn Navarro • Dean of Pharmacy search underway
New faculty doing great things • Hiring new faculty across a broad range of disciplines with a focus on the TAE process and areas of strength
Enrollment Growth • Goals established by NYSUNY 2020 • Add 400–500students per year • Total of 2,000 by fall 2016, bringing total enrollment to 16,746 • Each of past three years we’ve had higher UG yield than expected • UG at target two years early: 13,398 actual vs. 13,361 target • Total is 64 students below the 2016 target
Growing staff and faculty • Our hiring plans have worked hard to keep up with increases in enrollment • Summary: UG’s up 13.0% GR’s up: 13.8%Total Students up 13.1% • Staff: UUP up 12.1%; CSEA up 2.0%; total up 9.0%; • TTF (+84 in UUP numbers) up 16.3% • Hiring is broad-based, with a focus on TAE process and areas • TTF Growth: Harpur +48 : Professional Schools: +36
Road map plans: Faculty hiring • Faculty hiring for fall of 2015 • Searches underway : 64 • Distribution • 42/64 TAE’s (8, 10, 5, 12, 6) • 33/64 in Harpur • 27/64 in professional schools • 4/64 TAE TBD • Funding: • Salary: Units -- $1.8/yr; University -- $3.8M • Startup: University -- $2.9M; State EIP -- $3.0M
Road map plans: Operational • 10 funded projects for 2015–16 (handout) • focus on support of our academic and scholarship missions • 25 staff positions funded • Undergraduate and graduate recruitment • Graduate student support • Binghamton Plus program (formerly the 4-1-1 program) • Academic affairs staffing • Undergraduate advising • TransdisciplinaryAreas of Excellence • Entrepreneurship and innovation partners • Language Center • Start-up supplemental support • Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Supports for SP1:Faculty Scholarship • Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence • New organized research centers • Increased investments in faculty startups • Reducing student:faculty ratios • Enhanced research space (up 17% since 2010) • Increased support for targeted research programs • Additional staff for core facilities, grant management, and grant preparation
Supports for SP2: Student Outcomes • Center for Learning and Teaching • Undergraduate research • Improved advising • Expanding high-impact learning experiences • Additional doctoral stipends • Provost’s fellowships • Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development • Admissions recruitment • Expanded activities of ODEI
Other Supports – SP3, Sp4, SP5 • Campus climate survey • Intergroup dialogue event • Increased support for entrepreneurship • Divisional Diversity officers • International student assistance • State funds for new buildings • Increased funding for alumni events and engagement • Reorganized VPAA and VPO
Measuring Quality • Finding the right metrics • Over 100 metrics were proposed by the Road Map Steering Committee • Narrowed to 25 (see handout) of which 5 were determined to be primary factors… one per strategic priority • Process for developing goals and metrics • SP1: Faculty Scholarship • SP2: Student Outcomes – Placement • SP3: Campus Climate / Quality of Work Life • SP4: Entrepreneurial Activities • SP5: Total External Resources
Next Steps • Aligning budget with strategic priorities • Increasing involvement, shared governance • Increasing faculty review of the budget process • Increasing transparency • Increasing communication • Looking for new ideas • Discussion about the five years after 2016