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Purdue University Calumet Faculty Convocation Fall 05

Purdue University Calumet Faculty Convocation Fall 05. Academic Affairs Current Status and Goals for 05/06 Nabil A. Ibrahim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs September 28, 05. Outline. Significant 04/05 Accomplishments Students Faculty Community Engagement Goals for 05/06

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Purdue University Calumet Faculty Convocation Fall 05

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  1. Purdue University CalumetFaculty ConvocationFall 05 Academic Affairs Current Status and Goals for 05/06 Nabil A. Ibrahim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs September 28, 05

  2. Outline • Significant 04/05 AccomplishmentsStudentsFacultyCommunity Engagement • Goals for 05/06 • Next Strategic Focus • Challenges

  3. Our Shared Vision By 2008 PUC will become The university of choice for quality education in the region Recognized for scholarship in applied research and creative endeavor The engine that drives economic development in NW Indiana

  4. Significant 04/05 Accomplishments I. Students • Best and Brightest Initiative • EnrollmentHead countsBilling Hours • Retention StrategiesSupplemental InstructionAcademic Recovery Program

  5. Enrollment Data

  6. Trend in Fall Billing Hours Production

  7. Trend in Fall Enrollment

  8. Academic Learning CenterMerrillville, Indiana

  9. II. Faculty • Office for Research & Professional Development • Center for Instructional Excellence • Initiative for Increasing Tenure Track faculty • Centers and Institutes:Water InstituteEnergy Efficiency and ReliabilityScience and Technology EducationEvidence-Based Nursing PracticeWomen and Minorities in Construction • Endowed Professorships, Lilly Initiative • Grants & Contracts

  10. Faculty Development Outcomes

  11. III. Community Engagement • Purdue Technology Center, Merrillville • Lilly Initiative “Opportunity for Indiana”Business Plan CompetitionStudent Internships • Partnership on Hammond Business Incubator • Extended and Distance Education

  12. Goals for 05/06 I. Students • Develop a plan to incrementally increase admission standards for new students and help achieve 70% retention in 3 years • Achieve a target of 195,000 billing hours and an enrollment of 9400 students • Implement the marketing plan for the Academic Learning Center and start fall 05 offerings • Develop a recruitment strategy to expand out-of–state students • Implement the Academic Recovery Initiative and Develop learning communalities as another strategy for student retention • Expand Supplemental Instruction to 3 high schools • Hire a director for the Student Honors Program and start first year implementation

  13. II. Faculty • Hire the 05/06 director of the Center for Instructional Excellence and support CIE mission to enhance teaching and learning • Hire a new director for the Undergraduate Research and Institute the program in every school • Assess first year implementation of web CT and Develop a strategy for enhancing quality of web-based instruction • Continue the growth of Academic Computing • Implement plans for PUC Water Institute and Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center • Develop and offer Leadership Institute for Deans, Heads and Directors • Support the Office of International Studies and assess potentials for expanding International market • Form a Taskforce to institute AQIP as an academic strategy • Initiate search processes for 5 endowed professors and define the role they play in harnessing intellectual capital at PUC

  14. III. Community Engagement • Implement the second year “Opportunity for Indiana” • Continue to participate actively in the development of Purdue Technology Center • Support the development of Hammond Incubator in collaboration with the city of Hammond • Develop a Center for Regional Economic Development including a Technical Assistance Program to support local business • Align applied research activities in Centers & Institutes to serve economic development in NW Indiana

  15. Our Next Strategic Focus Pride in Academic Quality Building Academic Distinction

  16. Five Basic Strategies • Develop Institutional Niche • Enhance Student Quality • Ensure Competitive Marketing • Build Intellectual Capital • Achieve Financial Stability

  17. Transforming PUC Tier IV Tier III

  18. The Seven Challenges • Retention • Graduation Rate • Admission Standards • Competition /Market Share • Faculty/staff Salaries • Regional/National Recognition • Leveraging Resources

  19. Discussion • Questions, • comments • suggestions ??

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