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Provost Report

Faculty Senate Meeting The University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR November 14, 2007 Bob Smith Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, The University of Arkansas. Provost Report. • Institutional Strategic Planning & the 2010 Commission

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Provost Report

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  1. Faculty Senate Meeting The University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR November 14, 2007 Bob Smith Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, The University of Arkansas Provost Report

  2. • Institutional Strategic Planning & the 2010 Commission • Integration with College/School Planning & UA Budgeting • The 2% Reallocation Process Outline

  3. Vision Mission Environmental Scanning Goals & Objectives Strategic Planning Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Blam 1962; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT Dusty Higgins

  4. Where are you headed? What will your unit look like when you get there? Statement—a Single Sentence Difficulties in Crafting Vision Challenging Different Perceptions (e.g., UConn) Confusion with Mission Statement Vision

  5. UAF Vision . . . A nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world.

  6. What do you do? How do you do it? Answers to Questions Help Define the Mission Answers Shaped by Assessment of 1) Quality (sine qua non); 2) Scope (not all things to all people); 3) Responsiveness to Needs (economic, cultural & intellectual imperatives); 4) Effectiveness (assessment); 5) Cost & Cost/Benefit; 6) Uniqueness Mission

  7. Where you are going (vision) “How” & “what” you will doing to get there (mission) Role & Scope Statement: Combining Vision & Mission (UA Statement: Handout) Consider Environment for Growth & Development: Environmental Context or Scanning Moving On

  8. •Institutional & Unit Strengths •Weaknesses • Internal & External Opportunities •Threats. •SWOT: Selective Excellence, Reconfiguration, Prognostication • Study Broadly, Identify Strengths, Seek Excellence, Develop Interconnections EnvironmentalContext

  9. • Need for Goals & Objectives • Goals: Overarching or Long-Term End- points • Objectives: Shorter-term Results Goals & Objectives

  10. • Programmatic versus Capital Planning • Role of CEO • Mix of Extramural & Intramural Members • Plans/Reports Over Five-to-Ten-Year Periods • Traditional Elements: Vision, Mission, SWOT, Goals & Objectives • SWOT: National & Global Perspectives • Mesh with National & International Reports Institutional Long-Range Planning

  11. • Composition of Commission (92) • Chair: Reynie Rutledge, UA Double Alumus, Banker, Searcy, AR; Executive Secretary, RVS • Focus Group Meetings • ATA Papers: Five, Report #1; One Each, Reports #2-4 • Benchmarking: 53 Peers • Model Adopted: LSU, Texas A & M University, Texas Tech University, the Universities of Mississippi & Texas at Austin UA 2010 Commission: Early Development Reynie Rutledge

  12. • Making the Case, September 10, 2001 • Picking Up the Pace, March 2, 2004 • Gaining Ground, March 3, 2005 • Raising the Bar, March 6, 2007 • Timing with AR Legislative Sessions (05, 07 & 09) • UA & State Consciousness • DHE Funding Formula & State Funding UA 2010 Commission: Reports

  13. • Budget Presentations, February 21 to March 26, 2007 • Deans, Colleges & Schools, & Vice Chancellors of Divisions (e.g., Student Affairs, Finance & Administration, Academic Affairs) • Executive Committee & Faculty Governance Leadership • Reallocation Process: 2% Reduction, Build-back & Build-up (Based on Strategic Priorities) • Plus Revenue Producing or One-Time Items • FY08 E & G Budget = $218.7 M (Academic Affairs = $134.0 M [61.3%]) (One-pageHandout) • “New” Resources: 2% Reallocation Pool, Tuition (FY08) & Increased State Support (Importance of Funding Formula) • Total Increase (over 98% base) = $12.5 M (Academic Affairs = $7.66 M; Unit Increases Aver. = 7.1% [1.5-21.3%]) • Increases to Colleges & Schools (Two-pageHandout) FY08 Budget Hearings & Decisions

  14. • Institutional Strategic Planning & the 2010 Commission • Integration with College/School Planning & UA Budgeting • The 2% Reallocation Process Summary

  15. TTB: The Two-Dollar Bill • $2 Quiz: Who’s portrait is on . . . ? • $2/100 Corollary to 2% Reallocation • Putting Budget in Perspective • Importance of Priorities • Understanding Real Needs & Budget Limitations • State Allocations Behind by $39.7 Million • Need for Resourcefulness Signing of the Declaration of Independence John Trumbull (1756-1843) “Universities share one characteristic with compulsive gamblers and exiled royalty; there is never enough money to satisfy their desires.” —Derek Bok (1930- ) President, Harvard University (1971-1991) Derek Bok

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