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School of Law

School of Law. December 9, 2009. Thank you for this opportunity! It is good to be back to visit with you! And of course…. 2. Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy Holidays!. 3. Goals. Talk about where we have been Where we want to go Listen to you And of course, thank you for what you do!. 4.

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  1. School of Law December 9, 2009

  2. Thank you for this opportunity! It is good to be back to visit with you! And of course… 2

  3. Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy Holidays! 3

  4. Goals • Talk about where we have been • Where we want to go • Listen to you • And of course, thank you for what you do! 4

  5. Economists like pictures and graphsSome dots and a triangle… 5

  6. It’s Been Some Year • Weather • Neurosurgery • Other • And of course, “stinking” economy… 6

  7. We know that nationally times have been unprecedented… GDP Declines During Postwar Recessions (peak-to-trough percent change; date is year of peak quarter) 7

  8. U. S. Job LossAre we out of the woods yet? 8

  9. Kentucky has not been immune to those impacts Notes: Employment 2009 < employment 1999 Sept. ‘08 – Sept. ‘09 employment loss -4.7% General Fund decline – 4.0%

  10. Kentucky Economy: Manufacturing – Our Bread and Butter Manufacturing employment (in thousands) Oct. ‘09 207.0 (p) p: preliminary

  11. We (Kentucky) face challenges • Big challenges • Structural challenges • We will struggle for a while – next biennium budget will be ugly (How is that for a forecast?) In the words of that great philosopher, Lily Tomlin, “It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets worse.” 11

  12. What’s all this have to do with UofL? We are expected to help improve economic opportunity and quality of life for Kentuckians (HB1 – 1997) Law has not changed.

  13. “U of L to be Premier Nationally Recognized Metropolitan Research University” “Challenge for Excellence” (1998 – 2008) “We met Challenge” 2020 Plan

  14. And the weak economy has an impact on us too… Kentucky Employment Losses State Individual Income Tax/Sales Tax Cuts/Cuts/Cuts 9 for 9

  15. Some numbers…(Depressing, aren’t they) e – estimate a – actual r - revised 15

  16. But no one is… hanging it up or calling it quits just because we are challenged – To the contrary…

  17. We are resilient Despite cuts and other distractions, we are making progress… 17

  18. Our Students… • Freshman class average ACT • 1998 – 21.4 • 2009 – 24.5 • State avg. – 20.8 (19.4) • National avg. – 21.1 • 24 National Merit Scholars • More students from outside Jefferson • County than inside 18

  19. Our Graduates… • 1998 – 1,734 degrees awarded • 2009 – 2,428 degrees awarded • 2020 Goal – 3,074 • Graduation rate • Increased from 30% in 1998 to 48.4% in 2009 • 2020 Goal – 60% • Doctoral Degrees • 1998 – 76 • 2009 – 142 • 2020 Goal – 350 • A Rhodes Scholar 19

  20. Our Research… Research Funding and NIH Funding Total grants: 1998 - $42 M 2009 - $140 M 2020 Goal - $400 M 20

  21. “From mind to marketplace” Note: By 2008, 130 patents were issued, a 136% increase since 1998.

  22. School of Law • The opening of the University of Louisville Law Clinic. The inaugural class of students in the University of Louisville Law Clinic:Dustin Thacker, Becca O'Neill, Chad Reid, Christopher McDavid, Caroline Lynch Pieroni, and Amy Jay. • Beginning the process of integrating the full-time and part-time divisions into a single program conferring the degree of juris doctor

  23. School of Law • Hiring two new tenure-track faculty members: Ariana Levinson and Shelley Santry (our new clinic director) • Some representative faculty achievements: • Sam Marcosson received a 2009 Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching • Les Abramson edited "Kentucky Lawyers Speak: Oral History from Those Who Lived It" • John Cross and Lars Smith staged the second annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law • Susan Hanley Duncan completed her term as president of the Legal Writing Institute

  24. School of Law • Our faculty's scholarship runs the gamut of contemporary legal issues: social networking sites, indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge, the language of judicial decisions, professional responsibility, commercial transactions, securities regulation, mental illness in the legal profession, corporate ethics, same-sex marriage, race-consciousness in public education, special education and disability law, and immigration. • Some significant student achievements: • More than 4500 hours in public service performed by the members of the class of 2009 • Continuing to outpace statewide averages in overall bar passage rates (86% versus 80%) and bar passage rates for first-time candidates (89% versus 85%)

  25. We have far, far more to do despite the challenges!

  26. How do we do this with cuts? Reengineer operations Convert underperforming assets to fully performing assets Increase fundraising Expand clinical activities Develop partnerships Improve contract research/commercializing Being creative (e.g. TIF) But – we will have to do more!

  27. How do we do this with cuts? 2. Under performing assets… 1. Reengineer operations 3. Increase fundraising… 4. Expand clinical activities

  28. How do we do this with cuts? 5. Develop partnerships… 6. Improve contract research/commercialization… 7. Being creative (e.g.. TIF)

  29. Some other thoughts… • Biggest dividends • Minimized unit cuts • Continue to leave “carry forward with Deans/VPs • but • We know…salaries/operating/etc.”

  30. Before we hand off to the Provost We have been challenged, significantly challenged But we have progress, significant progress It isn’t going to get any easier – challenges are not going away But we will stay focused and do the best we can WHY?

  31. Per Capita Income in All 50 States v. Adults with Bachelors Degrees or Higher - Data for 2007 2007

  32. The 2020 PlanWhat we will try to do

  33. 2020 Strategic Plan Creation

  34. House Bill 1: Become a premier metropolitan research university by 2020

  35. 2020 Strategic Plan Areas of Focus • Educational Excellence • Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity • Community Engagement • Diversity, Opportunity and Social Justice • Creative and Responsible Stewardship

  36. Mikel Harry, author of a good book on “Six Sigma.” “Trying to improve something when you don’t have a means of measurement and performance standards is like setting out on a cross-country trip in a car without a fuel gauge. You can make calculated guesses and assumptions based on experience and observations, but without hard data, conclusions are based on insufficient evidence.

  37. “Measurements that are not in service of an organizational strategy are worthless. So I would agree that if you are measuring for measurement’s sake, you are wasting time. Metrics should be aligned to an organizational vision. When they are, they tell you if you are headed in the direction of fulfilling your strategy or not.

  38. “Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship or decency, for example?”

  39. 2020 Strategic Plan Implementation • Scorecard implementation plan and schedule developed, presented and discussed with Deans, Academic Officers, and Vice Presidents. • Annual goal setting and accountability. • Scorecard metrics reviewed and revised slightly to ensure they are SMART: • S. specific, stretching • M. measurable, motivational • A. agreed upon; action oriented • R. relevant; results oriented • T. time-based; trackable • Scorecard metrics and baselines defined • Scorecard goals projected from 2009-2010 to 2020-2021

  40. 2020 Strategic Plan Assignment Strategy

  41. Educational Excellence • Graduation rate • Best students • Transfers • NSSE • i2a – critical thinking and engaged teaching • Ph.D. • Faculty

  42. Research • Funding • Clinical – translational CTSA • Interdisciplinary programs • Prestige • Economic development

  43. Diversity, Opportunity & Social Justice • Diversity plans • Create an engaged, inclusive community • How do we keep commitments and respond to changing world? • What are the metrics to measure accomplishment?

  44. Community Engagement • City Solutions Center • Signature Partnership • Our neighborhood • Campus community • Great Places to Work • Carnegie Classification • Clinical and service opportunities • Athletics

  45. Responsible Stewardship • Philanthropy • Efficiency • Accountability • Haymarket/Shelbyhurst • Sustainability

  46. http://louisville.edu/president/2020plan/

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