State of the College

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State of the College

• Meredith College
• Report to the Campus
• August 12, 2009

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Elements of Vision 2010
1. Internationalization Leadership

2. Infrastructure for Excellence
3. Greater Recognition
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Planning Cycle
Development Of Plan
Board Approval
Implement Assess
Vision 2010
Use budget To fund Plan
Board Approval
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Pieces of the Plan
Internationalization
Increase giving,
enrollment endowment
Leadership Initiatives
Improve salaries Financial aid
Greater Recognition
Plan for facilities
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This report will
Review Priorities and Goals
Assess Measurable Progress
Discuss Challenges
Review 2008-09 College Goals
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PRIORITY 1

• To position graduates as global citizens and
  leaders, Meredith will foster an academic climate
  that is rigorous, engaging, personal, and
  transformative with specific programs that focus
  on internationalization and leadership

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Priority 1 Measures of Success

• Internationalization Study Abroad Measures
• Number of Students Studying Abroad
• 2000-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05
  05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09
• 82 89 66 111 118
  146 148 163 169
• change 9 - 26
  68 6 24 1
  9 4
• Grad. Yr. 2001 2002 2003 2004
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
• of Meredith
• Grads studying
• Abroad 11.2 13.9 14.8
  15.4 18.3 20 . 0 29.6
  26.7 31.0
• 2010 Goal Increase the number of students
  studying abroad to 25 of each graduating class

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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Study Abroad Measures
Total funding for study abroad aid to
students 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 104,283
115,137 195,363 214,585 230,000
260,000 2010 Goal Increase the number of
students studying abroad to 25 of each
graduating class
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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Foreign Students Faculty
Foreign Students 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 24 29 26
20 23 23
30 International Faculty Staff
2006 2007 2008 Full time
10 15 20 Part time
7 5 10 Visiting
3 3 3 2010 Goal
Increase the number of international students,
faculty and staff
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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Opportunities for Faculty
Staff
Faculty leading/teaching in study abroad program
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
11 12
15 12 Faculty/staff involved in
travel/scholarly activity abroad 2005-06
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 20
53 60 59 2010 Goal
Increase the number of faculty and staff with
international travel, study, teaching, and service
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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Summer 2009 Study Abroad
Programs

• Italy and Switzerland
• England
• Paris Fashion Program
• Costa Rica
• Tropical Ecology
• Language Culture
• Denmark
• Interior Design
• Child Development
• Business
• Pre-Med
• Iceland
• Ireland Outdoor Leadership
• St. Clares, Oxford Teaching Fellows
• 34 students in non-Meredith summer programs
  (France, Australia, Egypt, China, Peru, etc.)

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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Student Leadership Measures
Participants in programs 02-03 03-04
04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 Sophie
Lanneau 65 49 52
42 27 34 41 Emerging Leaders
11 23 15 10
18 18 16 WILD
32 55 16 19 23
17 6 LeaderShape 36
40 38 39 39
32 30 High School Leadership 95
76 72 98 92
95 Sloan Family Programs
134 414 469 458 Total
participants 148 260 198
316 612 659 646 2010 Goal
Increase leadership development
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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Leadership Measures

• The Institute for Womens Leadership
• Partnerships
• Greater Triangle YWCA Women in Connection
  Series
• Launched to nonprofit corporate leaders 3/10/09
• Host Academy of Women as workshop presenters
• The LeaderShape Institute Catalyst
• Co-sponsored with Office of Alumnae Parent
  Relations
• All day session for 60 young alumnae
• The Wharton School Marine Corps University
• Leadership Reaction Combat Course for Meredith
  MBA

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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Leadership Measures

• Institute for Womens Leadership, cont.
• Centers
• State of the Arts Conference hosted by the Center
  for the Arts, March 2009
• Religion and Ethics Panel attracted 150 guests in
  Kresge Auditorium, hosted by the Center for
  Women, Ethics, and Public Life
• NC Science Fair hosted by Center for Women in
  Science Mathematics, March 28, 2009 1,000
  middle/high school students and families
• Womens Leadership Summit (Sept. 25, 2009)

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Priority 1 Challenges

• To fund and implement the ambitious strategic
  plan for the Office of International Programs
• To increase the number of students studying
  abroad without a J-term using the facility in
  Sansepolcro as one magnet in a down economy
• To continue growing and defining the role of the
  Institute for Womens Leadership bringing
  together the three, very different, centers

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PRIORITY 2
To support these innovative programs and to
provide the infrastructure needed, Meredith will
assure a strong student body, an outstanding
faculty and staff, a stimulating environment for
learning and living, and an appropriate array of
high quality academic offerings.
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Priority 2 Measures of Success

• Undergraduate Degree Seeking Students
• 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007 2008
• 1,790 1,807 1,837
  1,853 1,935 1,901
• Graduate Degree Seeking Students
• 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007 2008
• 120 128 130
  124 142 205
• Non-degree Seeking Students
• 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007 2008
• 242 234 201
  163 125 100
• 2010 Goals Undergraduate degree seekers
  1955-2070
• Graduate degree seekers
  230-345
• Non-degree seekers 200-300

Enrollment Measures
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Enrollment Measures
Percentage of full-time students within
undergraduate population 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 78
79 82 85 87
87.5 Number of students living on campus (and
of full-time degree-seeking undergraduates) 2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
818 825 886 924
962 938 53 53 55 55
55 49 2010 Goals Full-time
undergraduates at least 80 On campus
population of 1,500 75 of UG degree seekers
living on campus
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Diversity Measures Minority
multicultural students 2001 2002 2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 9.2
10.5 11.6 14.9 17.1 16.8
17.5 17.4 UG minority 10.3 11.6
13.3 16.2 17.8 18.1 18.7
18.9 All multicult. Non-North
Carolina residents 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 9 8
10 12 11 11 9
10 2010 Goals 20 minority and
international students 20
out-of-state students
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Student Quality Measures
Honors Students 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 14 22
20 15 28 28 33
27 (new freshmen) 3.89 3.89 3.93
3.90 3.78 3.80 3.79 3.78
(mean GPA) Teaching Fellows 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
22 13 11 18 22
30 24 19 (new freshmen) 3.46
3.60 3.70 3.68 3.58 3.54 3.50
3.66 (mean GPA) 2010 Goals
Improve the academic quality of entering classes
by setting targets for higher GPA, increased
ranking in top quarter of HS classes, higher SATs
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Student Access Measures

• Documented direct cost need 24,347, 223 (1,253
  students) - 2007 24,174,079 and 1,327 students
• Need met with grants 14, 236, 034 (58.5) 2007
  13,591,895 (56)
• Need met with grants loans 18, 610, 621
  (76.4) 2007 18,507,498 (77)

2010 Goals Meet at least 80 of documented
direct cost need for academically well-qualified
students
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Student Access Measures

• Breakdown of Grants Sources 2008 (with 2007
  comparisons)
• Meredith
  Non-Meredith
• Tuition 8,137,236
  7,286,600
• Endowment 2,035,417 1,744,940
• Restricted 30,330 181,796
• State 6,161,604
  5,745,619
• Federal 1,803,681
  1,675,798
• Other
  2,390,091 2,201,057
• TOTAL 10,202,983 9,213,336 10,335,376
  9,622,474
• GRAND TOTAL 20, 558,359
  18,835,810

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Interesting financial aid notes

• Meredith is providing 10.2 million in grants to
  students AND they are financing their education
  with 13.9 million in student loans
• In addition to grants and loans, Meredith
  provides more than 600,000 in campus work to
  students each year

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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Student Access Measures Average
Student Indebtedness at Graduation (in
thousands of dollars) 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 13.9
14.8 18.1 21.2 20.3 29.1
29.2 2010 Goals Meet at least 80 of
documented direct cost need for academically
well-qualified students
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Priority 2 Measures of Success

• Personalized Learning Measures
• Percentage of credit hours taught by full-time
  employees 2001 2002 2003 2004
  2005 2006 2007 2008
• 69 72 71 72
  74 75 75 77
• Average undergraduate class size
• 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  2006 2007 2008
• 17 16 16 16
  16 17 16 16
• Undergraduate faculty to student ratio
• 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  2006 2007 2008
• 110.4 19.7 19.3 110 110.8
  19.9 110 110
• 2010 Goals Full-time faculty teach 80 of
  credit hours
• Class size of approximately 20
• Faculty to student ratio of approximately
  112

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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Faculty Compensation Measures
Faculty Salaries vs. Peer Median, plus in each
rank Professor
06-07 07-08 08-09
Meredith 67,154 (46)
72,469 (44) 78,100 Peers 77,733
83,453 81,800 Associate
Professor 06-07 07-08 08-09 Meredi
th 58,044 (32) 60,208
(36) 63,000 Peers 63,452
65,285 64,800 Assistant
Professor 06-07 07-08 08-09 Meredith
45,983 (46) 49,817
(49) 52,700 Peers 51,485
54,267 54.200 2010 Goal Raise faculty
compensation (salary retirement benefits) to
peer median by 2010
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Staff Compensation Measures

• 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2-yr
  increase

All Staff 31,548 32,760
35,998 14.1
Housekeeping 20,043 19,662
21,869 9.1 Grounds 22.420
22,329 23,249 3.7 Maintenance
33,495 37,037 38,575
15.1 Technology 45,000 45,900
54,486 21.0 Dept. Assts. 28,120
29,021 30,735 9.3
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Priority Two Measures of Success
Financial Measures

• Gifts received (in millions)
• 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06
  06-07 07-08 08-09
• 2.82 3.76 3.45 4.33 4.08
  5.77 4.33 4.12
• Value of endowment (in millions, as of June 30)
• 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  2008 2009
• 54.2 54.2 60.3 67.6 73.0
  85.6 80.8 65 -66 (prelim)

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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Measures of Environmental Improvement
Completed Residence hall improvements -
8,000,000 Academic buildings (Joyner) -
500,000 Technology facilities (servers) -
150,000 Library facilities (storage) -
250,000 Athletic fields - 90,000 Pool
Renovation - 100,000 Johnson Hall -
550,000 Roofs and fascia in Cate,
Gaddy-Hamrick and Library - 275,000 Joyner
elevator - 600,000 Jones Auditorium -
1,420,000 Soccer field and track -
4,500,000 Apartment housing - 22,500,000
Infrastructure survey - 350,000
2010 Goal Provide high-quality facilities to
support living, learning and teaching
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Academic Program Measures
Majors and concentrations 2003 listings 2006
listings 2007 listings 70
56 50 Program reviews Completed
In progress 50 2
2010 Goal Assess academic programs and reduce
total number of offerings
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Priority 2 Challenges
To increase enrollment and quality measures at
the same time, in a troubled economy To
strengthen, grow and identify new graduate
programs To meet more student financial need
when need is growing To find the resources to
address the quality of facilities and to add new
facilities To assure that any growth in academic
programs is of high quality and produces
additional income
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PRIORITY 3

• To achieve greater recognition for rigorous and
  transformative education, Meredith will develop
  efforts at regional and national levels to
  attract students, create partnerships, and
  promote the mission.

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Recognition Measures

• Examples of recent national media hits 2008-09
• History and Political Science faculty members
  Clyde Frazier, Barbara-True-Weber and Dan
  Fountain were quoted during the 2008 election as
  expert sources in a variety of national and
  international media outlets including The
  Christian Science Monitor, The International
  Herald Tribune, USA Today, MSNBC.com and
  FOXNews.com
• Professor of Political Science Clyde Frazier was
  quoted as an expert source in an AP article about
  Republican governors supporting the economic
  stimulus plan (published in more than 50 media
  outlets, including USA Today, The New York Times,
  MSNBC and Fox News
• Assistant Professor Karen Mishra, School of
  Business, was quoted as an expert source in an AP
  article about the lives of U.S. Presidents after
  they leave office (published in newspapers in
  Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kansas, and Minnesota)

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Recognition Measures, cont.

• Assoc. Prof Chris Eschbach (Heatlh, Exercise
  Sports Science) quoted as an expert source in
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram about women long
  distance runners
• Assoc. Prof. Anne York (Economics) featured in
  the New York Times College Choice blog article
  discussed research on the effect gender had on
  valedictorians college choices
• Prof Rosemary Hornak (Psychology) featured as an
  expert in 3 Associated Press articles (2 of the
  recession and 1 on Michael Jackson) published
  in more than 75 media outlets
• Asst. Prof. Jane Barnes (Business) was an expert
  source in an AP article about leadership gleaned
  from Star Trek multiple media outlets
• Asst. Prof. Jeff Martinson (Political Science)
  was an expert source on Pres. Obama.s trip to
  Turkey ran in New York Times, Washington Times
  and CBSNews.com.

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Recognition Measures, cont.

• Asst. Prof. Erin Lindquists research on land
  crabs was featured on environmental website that
  gets more than 1 million unique visitors a year
• Articles about Merediths sustainability efforts
  ran in the Association for the Advancement of
  Sustainability in Higher Education and in
  Recruitment Retention in Higher Education
• Local/regional media attention include 174
  mentions in the News Observer and more than 95
  mentions on WRAL, WTVD, NBC-17 and News 14
  Carolina or on their web sites
• Social Media
• Meredith has established a Facebook page that now
  reaches more than 1,600 Meredith fans, and an
  official Twitter feed that has nearly 200
  followers.

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Media Measure 2008-09 comparison Meredith,
Peace, Mary Baldwin
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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Website Measures
Unique hits on website, February 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 56,951
70,876 74,982 93,251 99,599 Number of
departmental websites updated Completed 44
In progress 2 New homepage design New
Human Resources site New Athletics site 2010
Goals Create a compelling website
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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Outreach Programs for Girls

• Young Writers Camp (6th -8th grade girls)
• Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM)
  Discovery Camps (6th-8th grade girls)
• Girls Leadership Institute (6th-8th grade girls)
• Looking Toward College (rising 10th -12th grade
  girls)
• Computer Science Camp (6-8th grade girls)
• Plant Science Camp (6-8th grade girls)
• Music Camps(middle and high school)

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Alumnae Partnership Measures
of Alumnae chapters 2002 2006
2007 2008 7 31
31 32 of New students using
alumna/friend voucher 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 162 253 333 230
264 (vouchers received) 77 122
139 123 105 (students matriculated)
of alumnae receiving the Lux
2006 2007 2008
6,106 8,082 9,581 2010 Goal
Utilize alumnae strategically in recruitment
outreach
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Priority 3 Challenges
To continue to refine Merediths brand (what
makes us unique) To increase name recognition
(while every other college/university is trying
to do the same thing) To create more
partnerships to bring middle and high school
girls to campus To plan, implement and
communicate events on campus in a purposeful way
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Other Notable Measures of Success

• Successful campaign, new gifts and new fund
  raising efforts (Athletic field/track, Steinway,
  Habitat for Humanity, library, more scholarships,
  business school support)
• New safety efforts (ConnectEd, siren/alarm
  system)
• Increased efforts in sustainability

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Priority 1 Goals 2008-09

• Foster an academic climate that is rigorous,
  engaging, personal, and transformative with
  specific programs that focus on
  internationalization and leadership
• Make application for a Phi Beta Kappa chapter
• Continue to increase the internationalization of
  the College by
• Providing more opportunities for students to
  study abroad (increasing travel awards and
  developing the semester abroad program in
  Sansepolcro, Italy)
• Continue to develop partnerships to recruit
  international students (Initiative to Educate
  Afghan Women, Zawadi Africa, FuShing School
  summer program, Dongbai University) and to
  provide excellent support services for
  international students
• Support leadership programming through the
  Institute for Womens Leadership

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Priority 1, continued

• Build and strengthen graduate programs
• Gain SACS approval for and implement the Master
  of Arts in Teaching program (MAT)
• Identify new or expanded graduate programs
• Enhance services for graduate students
• Prepare for accreditation and reaccreditation
• AACSB prepare and submit final documentation
• SACS demonstrate full compliance and prepare
  the Quality Enhancement Plan
• Develop opportunities for the Meredith Community
  to come together
• Implement as appropriate the recommendations
  coming from the General Education Committee
• Tie to academic and campus programs the 2008-09
  campus theme, Sustaining Our Environment,
  Developing Our Greenprint

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Priority 2 Goals 2008-09

• Assure a strong student body, an outstanding
  faculty and staff, a stimulating environment for
  learning and living, and an appropriate array of
  high quality academic offerings.
• Increase the total student enrollment through
  improved retention and recruitment of first-time
  freshmen, out-of-state students, and minority
  students
• Determine Merediths goal for the percentage of
  documented need met for students with financial
  need
• Raise the percentage of credit hours taught by
  full-time employees to 80 by fall 2009
• Take the next steps in the salary plan for
  faculty and staff
• Continue to work aggressively on campus
  facilities
• Finalize funding for and construct Phase I of the
  soccer field and track
• Complete construction on apartments and address
  quality of life issues and policies
• Increase the budget for facilities renewal to
  975,000 in the next budget
• Finish the comprehensive long-range facilities
  plan, including a capital budget
• Take next steps in planning and developing the
  Human Performance and Physical Activities Center

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Priority 2, continued

• Explore and define Merediths niche in the
  current educational climate in North Carolina
• Enhance support for the library and technology
• Continue our emergency preparedness planning
• Enhance wellness programming and education for
  faculty, staff and students
• Enhance the vibrancy of end-of-week and weekend
  intellectual and social activities
• Structure community programs better to connect
  with and support the mission of the College
• Improve the climate and infrastructure for high
  quality assessment and planning across all
  divisions
• Fund raise for projects and Meredith Fund,
  include more administrators and faculty in the
  process

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Priority 3 Goals 2008-09

• Achieve greater recognition for the College
• Continue to enhance Merediths digital presence
• Begin next phase of the web enhancement project
  by redesigning websites for Human Resources and
  Institutional Advancement
• Develop strong partnerships between Marketing and
  Communications and academic departments
• Improve communications to parents of students
• Improve the all-campus calendar
• Cultivate relationships between Meredith College
  and local, state and national officials
• Promote Meredith as a great place to live, work
  and learn

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Issues on reaching 2008-09 goals

• The economy
• No merit and equity salary increases
• Increased demands on financial aid
• Increased pressure on fund raising and donors
  feeling the same downturn in resources
• Projects for new/renovated facilities postponed
• Less potential/enthusiasm for new initiatives,
  especially those that consume resources
• Budget, endowment concerns, recruitment,
  financial aid consume disproportionate amounts of
  administrators time

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2008-09 goals, cont.

• International efforts going well
• Sansepolcro facility and program on track
• Summer programs evolve each year to meet
  students interests
• Partnerships with other study abroad programs
• Web enhancements going well and on time
• Institute for Womens Leadership staffed and
  working
• Significant programming for middle/high school
  girls

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2008-09 goals, cont.

• More media attention for Meredith faculty, staff
  and students
• Major facility projects on budget and mostly on
  time
• Proposals for new graduate programs being
  reviewed