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Priorities 2007-2008

Priorities 2007-2008. Office of the Provost Belinda R. McCarthy. Priorities. Student Success Recruiting and Hiring “The Next Generation” of Faculty Strategic Expansion of Distance Learning Diversity and Inclusiveness International Education and Programs

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Priorities 2007-2008

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  1. Priorities 2007-2008 Office of the Provost Belinda R. McCarthy

  2. Priorities • Student Success • Recruiting and Hiring “The Next Generation” of Faculty • Strategic Expansion of Distance Learning • Diversity and Inclusiveness • International Education and Programs • Funded Research, Partnerships and Collaborations • Strategic Planning and Program Reviews • Improve Personnel Processes • Resource Management and Benchmarking • Leadership Development • Specific Program Initiatives

  3. Priorities (Cont’d) • The Importance of: • Assessment • Benchmarking • Goal Setting

  4. Student Success • Persistence • Freshman Retention to Second Year • Six Year Graduation Rates • Engagement • National Survey of Student Engagement • Learning Outcomes • Freshman to Senior Comparisons

  5. Retention and Graduation Rates • Problem: Missouri State students do not perform as well as their peers at benchmark institutions • First Year Retention: 74% Goal 80% • Six Year Graduation: 53% Goal 60%

  6. Retention and Graduation Rates (Continued) • Fall 2006 Consultant’s Recommendations: • Centralize responsibility and authority for student success • Collect and analyze retention data by cohort groups • Focus resources on first-year students • Identify risk courses for freshmen • Develop guide to available academic support services • Consider special needs of commuter and transfer students

  7. Retention and Graduation Rates (Continued) • Spring 2007 • University Wide Committee • Created Associate Provost for Student Success • Created IR position in Enrollment Management • Identified “High Risk” Courses

  8. Retention and Graduation Rates (Continued) • Summer 2007 • First Year Experience Planning by Collaborative Team From Academic Affairs & Student Affairs • Results: FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT • A new collaboration is born: AA and SA

  9. Retention and Graduation Rates (Continued) • First Year Experience Plan • Revise Summer Orientation • Interactive, Not Passive • Link programs to Annual Public Affairs Theme • Required Reading for all Freshmen • Freshman Convocation • Papers and Speeches • Public Affairs Week • Convocation Speakers • Public Affairs Conference

  10. Student Engagement National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE) Focus Level of Academic challenge Active and Collaborative Learning Student-faculty Interaction Enriching Educational Experiences Supportive Campus Environment Benchmarks Regional Public Institutions (29) Carnegie Public Institutions (140) Peer Group (9)

  11. Student Engagement Good News! • Faculty Involvement • Advising • Public Affairs • Campus Events

  12. Student Engagement • Room for Improvement • Level of Academic Challenge • Active and Collaborative Learning • Experiences with Persons from Diverse Backgrounds • Freshman Engagement

  13. Student Success Initiatives Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Resources and Training • Course Design • Instructional Strategies • Web Based Instruction • Classroom Technology • Blackboard

  14. Student Success Initiatives Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning • College Teaching and Learning Fellows • Faculty and Program Support • Individual Consultations • Workshops and Conferences • Teaching and Learning Showcase • Curricular Grants • Innovative Formats • Leadership Courses • Student Success • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

  15. Student Success Initiatives First Year Experience Student Orientation Student Success Course General Education Program Monitoring class availability Review of “gateway” courses Funding and technical assistance for redesign Living Learning Communities Commuter Students

  16. Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Faculty • Strategic determination of program needs and opportunities • Vigorous and aggressive advertising and networking to recruit strong candidates • Funding of searches to achieve results • Dual Career Assistance • Retention planning and management

  17. Strategic Expansion of Distance Learning • New Programs • MS Project Management • MA Theater • MSAS Fire Science Leadership • Program Completion • BS Nursing; MS Nursing • BAS Agriculture • BS Industrial Management • MSAS Conflict Resolution • General Education Courses • English 200, 215, 296; LLT 180

  18. Strategic Expansion of Distance Learning (Cont’d) • Appoint Course Designers • Develop Course Design Program • Participate in Educause • Develop Blended Courses • Utilize Faculty Mentors

  19. Diversity and Inclusiveness Faculty Diversity • Set Goals for Faculty Hiring • Market and Support Minority Hiring Program ▬ Three year funding of minority faculty salary from President and Provost ▬ Additional resources to hiring department equal to 1/3 salary funded ▬“Grow your own” support for qualified applicants with Master’s degrees

  20. Diversity and Inclusiveness • Provost Fellow for Diversity and Inclusiveness: Juan Meraz Initiatives for 07-08: • Student Recruitment • Student Organizations • Mentoring • Parent Network • Speakers and Cultural Events • Public Affairs Activities • National Conference for Student Leadership

  21. Diversity and Inclusiveness • Diversity Outreach Coordinator: Wes Pratt Initiatives for 07-08: • Campus Climate Survey • Diversity Awareness Training • Faculty and Student Initiatives Community Outreach

  22. International Education and Programs • Foreign Languages • Area Studies • Experiential Programs for Study and Research • MSU – LNU Campus and Programs

  23. International Education and Programs(Cont’d) • Languages • Short courses • Immersion • Enhance full time instructors • Partnerships – Drury, Fulbright

  24. International Educationand Programs (Cont’d) • Area Studies • Minors Middle East Latin America Asia • Baccalaureate Global Studies • Masters International Affairs and Administration

  25. International Educationand Programs (Cont’d) • Experiential Programs • Inbound – Global Diversity • Enhance International Student Recruiting and Services • Increase Access, Opportunity and Engagement • Mentor Students & Use Community Involvement • Strengthen Incoming Students’ Language Skills

  26. International Educationand Programs (Cont’d) • Outbound/Study Away • Conduct Assessments of all Experiences • Increase Number of Short Term Programs • Enhance Marketing of Programs • Mentor Students • Explore International Internship Opportunities • Develop Scholarships to Increase Access • Enhance Orientations for Faculty Course Leaders

  27. International Educationand Programs(Cont’d) • Exchanges for Research and Study • Inventory Existing Partnerships with International Universities • Selectively Increase Partnerships • Target Faculty and Students for Involvement

  28. International Educationand Programs(Cont’d) • Dalian Program and Campus • Appoint on-site Campus Director • Migrate from West Plains to Springfield-LNU articulated program • Increase Faculty and Student Exchanges • Site Visit October 2007

  29. International Educationand Programs(Cont’d) • Other • Improve International Programs Website • Consider Non-Credit Opportunities • Expand English Language Institute • Join state, regional and national organizations of international educators

  30. Increase Funded Research, Partnerships & Collaborations (with Research Office) Futures Initiatives 06-07: • American History and Cultures • Ozarks Studies • Faculty Coordinator Appointed • Editor of Ozarks Watch Appointed • Goal: Establish Infrastructure for Regional Studies Program with national profile, including national advisory board, Visiting Scholars, expansion/enhancement of Annual Ozarks Celebration Festival and Workshops in Ozarks Studies

  31. American History and Cultures • Advanced GPS Equipment purchased for Archaeological instruction and research, e.g., to document the Trail of Tears and conduct additional research at the Center for Archaeological Research

  32. Biotechnology • Bridging the Gap between Biotechnology and Materials Science. Search for Synthetic Nucleic Acid Biochemist initiated in January, ongoing. College to provide instrumentation and facilities renovation.

  33. Environment and Water Resources • Purchase of Real Time PCR Equipment Simultaneously quantifies and amplifies a specific DNA molecule helping determine if E.coli in lakes is coming from animals or humans. Important for water quality efforts.

  34. Entrepreneurship • International Entrepreneurship Review and analysis of research literature to identify International and Intra-national Entrepreneurial Traits necessary for success. Started 7-1-07.

  35. Global Studies with an Emphasis on Asia • Asian Studies Coordinatorhired for Fall 07 to enhance collaboration campus wide, support student and faculty research and travel, and develop on-campus activities. • Taiwan Studiesfunding supports research and an international conference on the Democratization of Taiwan at MSU, Fall 2007.

  36. Health Promotion • Development of Dizziness and Balance Program Equipmentfor diagnosis and treatment of balance system disorders. Goal: Achieve national recognition for quality services, support applications for extramural funding for vestibular rehabilitation and fall risk reduction for the elderly and patients with neurological problems, and provide treatment and training for athletes.

  37. Health Promotion • Research and Training related to Methamphetamine Use, Prevention and Treatment. Senior criminologist hired for Fall 07 with DEA and C&G experience. First grant application focused on Drug Court evaluation already submitted.

  38. Health Promotion • Conflict Management Intervention for At-Risk Adolescents. Interdisciplinary Health and Communications team partnered with community theatre group to develop intervention to be recorded in DVD format. Summer 07 start.

  39. Human Development • Research and Training on Pervasive Development Disorders (PDD). Data collection and clinical assessment of local children to be used in the training of graduate students; resource materials developed for caregivers; and experts provide lectures and consultations on Autism Spectrum Disorders for faculty and students.

  40. Materials Science • X-Ray Diffraction and Analysis Facility Instrumentation to Determine Crystal or Powder Structures at the Chemical Level (Crystals previously had to be sent to MU, out of state or to Europe for analysis). To be installed Fall 07.

  41. Increase Funded Research, Partnerships & Collaborations (with Research Office) Stimulate Futures Initiatives in: • Performing and Creative Arts PROVOST FELLOW FOR THE VISUAL AND CREATIVE ARTS: Dwayne Crigger • Teaching, Learning and Intervention Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Established • Technology and Emerging Art Forms

  42. Increase Funded Research, Partnerships & Collaborations (with Research Office) • Grants Developer to be hired • College Research Coordinators appointed • Homeland Security (HS) Institute established • Life Science Trust Fund • Tobacco funds • Regional Centers • Annual RFP • Grants Resource Center Workshop at MSU • Faculty, Department Heads and Deans • Provost Research Forum • Mentoring Undergraduate Research • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning • Basic and Applied Research

  43. Increased Funded Research, Partnerships and Collaborations (with Research Office) • Incentive and Support Programs • Sponsored Projects Awards - $81k awarded in 07 • Increments of $3000, $6000, $9000 • Faculty Research Grants - $7500 • Summer Research Fellowships - $6000 • OSR Proposal Development Fund • Course Release Funds • Travel to Funding Agency • Equipment Matching Funds • Recognition Events • Administrative and Academic Council • Annual Banquet

  44. Increase Funded Research, Partnerships & Collaborations (with Research Office) • College Initiatives College Research Coordinators Faculty Assignments to Support Research College Budget Officers Prioritization of resource needs for research support New start up packages - $6000 summer stipend Additional grant writing support and/or cash incentives Sabbaticals One semester full pay Full year ¾ pay Grant writing support and/or cash incentives

  45. Strategic Planning & Program Reviews • All programs scheduled for review over five year period • First round reviews of: communications, computer science, industrial management, counseling, political science, and communication sciences and disorders. • Self Studies were due August 1, 2007; Consultants scheduled Fall 2007 • Outcomes of “conditional,” “sustain,” or “enhance” support

  46. Strategic Planning &Program Reviews • Strategic Planning and Self Study workshops for all department heads • New template developed for strategic plans, annual reports and periodic reviews to provide guidance and simplify process. Goal to reduce timeline to 12 months. • Feedback on 1st Year Implementation

  47. Improve Personnel Processes • Tenure and Promotion ▬ Senior Faculty determined Guidelines for standards revision ▬ Workshops for expectations and documentation ▬ Calendar adjustments Pre-tenure reviews support reappointment decisions, making separate process unnecessary Preparation for external reviews in 08-09 • Annual Review – Feedback and assignment planning • Compensation Plan ▬ Expanded Committee ▬ Compensation 101

  48. Resource Management and Benchmarking • Assist Cost Center Development • College Budget Officers • Academic Affairs Allocation Model • Management Policy • Spreadsheets • Training • Increase allocations to colleges for operational needs

  49. Resource Management and Benchmarking • Strategic Use of Continuing Education Funds • Online programs • Past online support to departments continues at same level • Individual support converted to salary based on 06-07 payments • Future salary support for faculty to be determined at average of current payments per section • Evening, Intersession and Summer courses managed by Colleges • Dual Credit, Off Campus and ITV managed by External Campus

  50. Resource Management and Benchmarking • Benchmarking • Second year of Delaware Data • Revised Department Profiles • Continue CUPA Analyses

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