Planning for Excellence

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Planning for Excellence

• PAC, November 14, 2007
• Shirley L. Baugher
• Thank you to Alberto Gonzalez, Connie Ruhl-Smith
  and Kay Carpenter for organizing Compact Data
  Tables

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Planning Processesfall, 2007

• Collegiate Compacts
• First Year Program Review Task Force
• University Work Group
• Development of Interdisciplinary Concepts
  regarding potential Centers of Excellence

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Source on Web

• http//www.bgsu.edu/offices/provost/StrategicPosit
  ioning/planningANDaccountability.html

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ELEMENTS OF THE COMPACT

• Unit Mission and Key Functions
• Performance Measures
• Strategic Goals
• Space and Facilities
• Diversity Planning and Assessment
• Public Engagement
• Staff and Faculty Consultation
• Report Summary and Allocation Summary
• Addendum Interdisciplinary Initiatives
• J. Addendum International Scholarship and
  Engagement

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Key Metrics from Compacts

• Enrollment Management Plans
• Retention and Graduation rates and goals
• Strategic priorities
• Identification of Signature Programs
• Basic budget planning and goals

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Student Enrollment Profile
36 of fall 2007 main campus freshmen, when
completing the First Year Student Questionnaire,
(64 of the freshmen completed the survey) stated
that neither parent had a bachelor's degree (our
operational definition of a first generation
student). 
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Student Enrollment Profile
36 of fall 2007 main campus freshmen, when
completing the First Year Student Questionnaire,
(64 of the freshmen completed the survey) stated
that neither parent had a bachelor's degree (our
operational definition of a first generation
student). 
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Student Enrollment Profile
Headcount Enrollment by Age
78.5
18.5
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Student Enrollment Profile
Movement of Students from BGSU Firelands to
Main Campus
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International Students
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Students Participating in Education Abroad
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Distance Education
Growth Indicators 2007-08
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Distance Education
Growth Indicators 2007-08
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Enrollment Projections
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One-Year Freshman Retention Rate
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Retention Projections
Freshman retention to fall of year 2
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Time to Graduation for BGSU Students
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Graduation Projections(4 year rates)
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PLANNING FOR EXCELLENCE
Centers of Excellence (Interdisciplinary thematic
areas)
Signature programs Disciplined based competitive
excellence
Foundational Excellence
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PLANNING FOR FOUNDATIONAL EXCELLENCEVoluntary
System of Accountability
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Planning for Foundational Excellence

• Voluntary Systems of Accountability (VSA)

• National Survey of Student Engagement
• Accountability measures that will address the
  Core Competencies
• (American Association of Colleges and
  Universities)
• National study of instructional costs and
  productivity
• New Student Transition Questionnaire (BGSU
  instrument)
• First-Year Student Questionnaire (BGSU
  instrument)
• BGSU Graduating Senior Questionnaire (BGSU
  instrument)

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Signature Programs

• Arts Sciences (all are at graduate and research
  areas)
• The Center for Photochemical Sciences (PCS)
• (graduate program and research)
• The Center for Neuroscience, Mind Behavior
• Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology
• Sociology and the Center for Family and
  Demographic Research (CFDR)
• Applied Philosophy
• American Culture Studies (ACS)
• Business
• Supply Chain Management leveraging program to
  build a signature
• in undergraduate study of business (BSBA)
• Education and Human Development
• a Signature College

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Signature Programs

• Technology
• Visual Communication Technology
• Health and Human Services
• Masters Level Communication Disorders
• Criminal Justice (undergraduate and graduate)
• University Level Programs
• The Values Initiative

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Planning for Excellence
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE (Nominated) (Interdisciplina
ry themes)
Entrepreneurship Health Wellness across the
life span The Arts Media Merging Technology
Culture (National and Global) Studies Education
and the Creative Learning Process Designing and
Leading the 21st Century Organization Urban
Learning Community STEM Across the Curriculum
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CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
The Arts at BGSU
The Arts at BGSU

• Music
• Art
• Dance
• Creative Writing
• Theatre and Film

La virtù de strali dAmore
The Arts at BGSU Firelands

• The only Ohio regional campus of a university
  with a Guest Artist Program and a Resident
  Childrens Theatre Program
• Huron Playhouse is Ohio's oldest continuing
  summer theatre

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Arts and ProsperityEconomic Impact of Creative
Industries
Arts are big business Arts and culture industries
generate over 2.4 billion in economic activity
in Northwest Ohio every year, resulting in
nearly 250 million in federal, state, and local
tax revenues and over 33,000 jobs.
Founded at Bowling Green State University in 2003
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Financial Foundation
Educational and General Revenue
Student fees 51.7 in 2002 compared to 60.9 in
2006 State appropriations 33.4 in 2002 as
compared to 24.4 in 2005
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Total Award Dollars by Sponsor Type
FY2003-FY2007
What should our target be?
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Personnel Operating Budgets2007-08
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First Year Program Review
First Year Programs
Program Name Brief Description BG
Perspective General Education program
BGeXperience The values introduction and
first-semester course Residential Learning
Communities A mix of nine living learning
communities Springboard Skill development
course UNIV 100 University success course
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Three Critical Transitions

• Transition to college
• Finding a major
• Preparing for life after college
• Address all three transitions in a coordinated,
  thematic way

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First Year Program Review
First Year Programs
Creating a Coherent First-year Program at BGSU
Challenge 1 Acknowledging Transitions in the
Undergraduate Experience Challenge 2 Building
an Integrated Design Challenge 3 Integrating
the majors, the general education program, and
the first-year program into a common framework
First Year Seminar address transition to college
and university success issues, establish
baselines for student performance in each of the
University Learning Outcomes.
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Connecting the First Year
The students whole BGSU experience
Develop second-year courses intentionally
organized around the University Learning
Outcomes Two types of courses Transition
into a major, for students who are ready to begin
work in a particular major. Exploration of
majors (interdisciplinary, topics-based courses)
Develop capstone courses in all majors a.
Synthetic, cumulative, project-based work b.
Transition to career, professional school, or
graduate school
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University Work Groupfor Academic Affairs

• Shirley Baugher, Provost and Vice President for
  Academic Affairs
• Don Bell, Project Manager, Office of the
  President
• Michael Buerger, Associate Professor, Department
  of Human Services
• Mike Dannells, Professor, Department of Higher
  Education and Student Affairs
• Carol Engler, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic
  Affairs
• Judy Hagemann, Chair, Classified Staff Council
• Milt Hakel, Department of Psychology
• Jan Hartley, Professor, Department of Management
• Tim Jurkovac, Associate Professor, Department of
  Natural/Social Science
• Steve Kendall, Co-Chair, Administrative Staff
  Council
• Dick Kennell, Dean, College of Musical Arts
• Bill Knight, Assistant Vice President for
  Institutional Research
• Peter Kuebeck, Media Specialist, Office of the
  President/College of Arts Sciences
• Johnnie L. Lewis, President, Undergraduate
  Student Government
• James Maxwell, Professor, Department of VCTE
• Pat Pauken, Chair, Faculty Senate
• Jeannie Sabaroff, President, Graduate Student
  Senate
• Barbara Waddell, Provost Chief of Staff
• Ellen Williams, Member, Committee on Academic
  Affairs

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University Work Groupfor Academic Affairs
BGSU GOALS (in relation to Ohio System
Goals) Excellence Access Affordability Economic
and Cultural Development Diversity Assessment/Acco
untability
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University Work Groupfor Academic Affairs
Existing Document Inputs

• Development of Mission Statement for BGSU
• Vision statement intact in the Academic Plan
  document
• Core values statement intact
• Benchmarks for academic programs in development
  through Compact process
• Learning Outcomes stated in Academic Plan
• Core Commitment proposal and Goals
• First Year Program Review Committee Report
• Strategic Positioning Group Report
• Thematic Interdisciplinary centers of
  excellence

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University Work Groupfor Academic Affairs
Work to date

• Reviewed documents
• Presentation by Dr. Shirley L. Baugher on the
  System of Higher Education in Ohio and Bowling
  Green State University
• Presentation to University Work Group on Premier
  Learning Positioning BGSU for Its Future
• First Year Programs Progress Report
• Economic Development IUC Discussion
• Faculty Senate Open Forum on Development of the
  Universitys Five Year Plan
• Accountability issues (VSA)
• Honors Program compact report

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University Work Groupfor Academic Affairs
Work to date

• Much Discussion!

Work to complete

• Review data from compacts
• Review Signature Program nominations and make
  recommendations
• Review Interdisciplinary Program papers and make
  recommendations regarding Centers of Excellence
• Establish basic metrics for the University
• Review draft of Master Plan created from
  deliberations

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Next Steps

• Review of all Graduate Programs
• Work with Admissions on Enrollment Management
  Plan
• Develop implementation plan for First Year
  Program and BGSU Learning Experience programs
• Develop implementation plan for transition of
  Honors Program

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Next Steps

• Review of Signature Programs finalize
• Review of Centers of Excellence finalize
• Participate in University Wide Strategic Planning
  Process
• Position Firelands in BGSUs Future
• Final documents Spring 2008

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Thank You

• Deans and their College staff and faculty
• Provosts Office staff
• Faculty and staff serving on multiple committees
• Cabinet
• The President