Academic Affairs Support Services and AVP Academic Affairs

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Academic Affairs Support Services and AVP
Academic Affairs

• Institutional Effectiveness Report
• 2007-2008

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Distance Learning Continuing Education Tadeo
ReynaCenter for Teaching Effectiveness Jacki
ThomasConner Museum Hal HamJames C.
Jernigan Library Carol TiptonOffice of
Research and Sponsored Programs Sandra
RexroatOffice of the Associate Vice President
Units
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The mission of the Division of Academic Affairs
Support Services is to provide learning resources
and professional infrastructure in support of the
teaching, research, service and community
outreach activities of the University.
Mission
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Academic Affairs Support Services and AVP
Academic Affairs

• Significant Accomplishments
• 2006-2007

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Significant AccomplishmentsCenter for Distance
Learning and Continuing Education
Distance Learning Enrollment Increases Videoconfe
rence (TTVN) 148 Online 53 Supplementary
Online 28 Off campus face-to-face 23
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Significant AccomplishmentsCenter for Distance
Learning and Continuing Education

• - 26 students participated in Intensive
• English Program (IEP) (Representing Taiwan,
  
• Mexico, Tanzania, South Korea, and Peru)
• - 384,000 Project GREAT grant
• 28 Faculty were provided training on
  interactive instructional television or WebCT
• Approval of on-line M.S. in Industrial
  Engineering.

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Significant AccomplishmentsCenter for Teaching
Effectiveness

• Sponsored 10 Monday Noon Seminars and 9
  faculty development events (228 attendees)
• 12 faculty and staff participated in
• Transculturation Program
• Sponsored a new faculty retreat (48 attendees)
• Provided training for 25 graduate teaching
  assistants and junior faculty

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Significant AccomplishmentsConner Museum

• - 4 increase in visitation (12,480)
• 240 increase in number of school age
• children participating in tours, programs
• - Hosted seven traveling exhibits
• 84 increase in external funding (227,652)

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Significant AccomplishmentsJernigan Library

• - Initiated (completed) upgrade of library
  system software and hardware
• Increased (36) the number of electronic
  journal subscriptions
• - Increased (19) the number of books acquired
  (1,976)
• - Increased the number of electronic databases

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Significant AccomplishmentsOffice of Research
and Sponsored Programs

• Processed 170 grant proposals and 143 grant
  awards
• 11.2 million in grants and contracts
• - Completed System Audit (pre-award compliance)
  
• - IACUC
• - Time Effort
• Over 100 faculty and staff trained through
• workshops and training sessions

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Significant AccomplishmentsOffice of the
Associate Vice President

• Successful response to SACS on recommendations
  related to general education assessment
• Successful response to SACS on recommendations
  related to the System Center
• Revision of the General Education Curriculum
  and approval by the Board of Regents
• Initiated plan for institutionalizing
  undergraduate research

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Academic Affairs Support Services and AVP
Academic Affairs

• Institutional Effectiveness Plan with Goals
• 2007-2008

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Institutional Effectiveness PlanGoal 1

• Broaden the base of productive and
• educated citizens.
• Increase student enrollment and enhance
  educational opportunities through the Center for
  Distance Education.
• Provide educational and cultural enrichment
  opportunities for the local and regional
  communities.

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Institutional Effectiveness PlanGoal 2

• Enhance student learning through civic,
• professional, and research engagement.
• Support improved teaching effectiveness.
• Provide engagement activities through employment,
  volunteer activities, sponsored exhibits and
  outreach activities.
• Increase the amount of external funding available
  to support student engagement activities.

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Institutional Effectiveness PlanGoal 3

• Support the development and maintenance of
• nationally prominent undergraduate, graduate
• and professional programs.
• Provide the learning resources and professional
  infrastructure to support the delivery of high
  quality programs through distance learning
  technologies.
• Promote and recognize teaching excellence.
• Provide instructional services and ensure access
  to library collections and computer and
  multimedia services.

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Institutional Effectiveness PlanGoal 4

• Promote the development of scholarly,
• research and creative activities that are
• nationally recognized.
• Provide high quality workshops, training sessions
  and administrative support to enhance the
  potential for external funding.
• Augment and update library collections and
  electronic databases to support current and newly
  established academic and research programs.
• Foster the scholarship of teaching.

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Institutional Effectiveness PlanGoal 5

• Provide a learner-centered environment in
• which the contribution of students, faculty and
• staff are valued.
• Enhance the cultural awareness of faculty
  and staff.
• Assist new faculty become productive members of
  the campus community.

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Academic Affairs Support Services and AVP
Academic Affairs

• Initiatives and Resource Requirements
• 2008-2009

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Resource RequirementsCenter for Distance
Learning and Continuing Education
Major Initiatives/resource needs - Selection
and implementation of new course management
system (40,000 10,000 recurring) -
Upgrade of distance learning equipment
(90,000) - Improved technical assistance (1
FTE 38,000) - Development of 5-year
program plan (time)
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Resource RequirementsCenter for Teaching
Effectiveness

• Major Initiatives/resource needs
• New faculty investment program (25,000)
• Development of program level SLOs (increased
  operating 5,000)

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Resource RequirementsConner Museum

• Major Initiatives/resource needs
• - Needed renovations
• Roof repair 265,000
• Restroom (ADA) 50,000
• Fire Alarm System 65,000
• Long-term plan for Museum Collections
• Additional personnel (1 FTE 25,000)

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Resource RequirementsJernigan Library

• Major Initiatives/resource needs
• Print and electronic acquisition operations
  (300,000)
• Library of the Future
• (5.5 million)

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Resource RequirementsOffice of Research and
Sponsored Programs

• Major Initiatives/resource needs
• Deployment of InfoEd modules, software and
  server (38,000)
• Support staff training (3,000)
• Additional Professional Staff (1 FTE
  40,000)
• Audit Response ( 5,400 ??)

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Resource RequirementsOffice of Associate Vice
President

• Major Initiatives/resource needs
• Undergraduate research initiative (50,000)
• University Research Awards (100,000 2,000
  for external review)
• Animal Research Facility (250,000)

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The mission of the Division of Academic Affairs
Support Services is to provide learning resources
and professional infrastructure in support of the
teaching, research, service and community
outreach activities of the University.
Mission