SACS LEADERSHIP RETREAT

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SACS LEADERSHIP RETREAT

• Western Carolina University
• September 23, 2004

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University Highlights
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WCU Enrollment Change1972 to 2004

• Approximately 50 of WCUs 32-year growth has
  occurred in the last 2 years.
• WCUs annualized rate of growth is approximately
  14 times as great in the last two years as in the
  previous 30 years.

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WCU HC Projectionsfor 2005 and 2006

• Actual Projected
• 2004 2005 2006
• Headcount 8,396 9,084 9,584

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• Campus Growth
• Existing - 272 Acres
• Killian Property - 69 Acres
• (Recently purchased)
• Hooper Property - 281 Acres
• (Awaiting closing)
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• Total - 622 Acres

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• Were not just bigger,
• were better.

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• And not Just Bigger and Better
• but
• Different !

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• WCU was the first institution
• in the UNC System to require
• computer ownership of the
• entering Freshman class.

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• WCU is dedicated to small
• class size.

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• ACADEMIC PROGRAMS APPROVED FOR IMPLEMENTATION
  SINCE FALL 2004
• Undergraduate
  Implementation
• Computer Engineering, BS
  Fall 2005
• Electrical Engineering, BS
  Fall 2004
• Environmental Sciences, BS
  Fall 2004
• Athletics Training Sports Medicine, BS
  Fall 2004
• Construction Management
  Fall 2003
• Emergency Management, BS
  Fall 2003
• Music, BM
  Fall 2002
• Telecommunications Engineering Tech., BS
  Fall 2002
• Entrepreneurship, BSBA
  Fall 2001

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• Graduate
  Implementation
• Master of Social Work
  Fall 2005
• Master of College Student Personnel
  Fall 2004
• Fine Arts, MFA
  Fall 2004
• Master of Entrepreneurship
  Fall 2003
• Comprehensive Education, MAEd
  Spring 2000
• Educational Supervision, MAEd
  Fall 200
• And a host of existing programs approved for
• delivery by Distance Education. . . . . . . . . .

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• Construction Under Planning
• Student Recreation Center Break ground
  in 13M
• (Between Reid old Book Feb. 05
• Store)
• Student Residence Hall Open in August
  05 ??
• Evaluate Private Sector
• Housing Capacity Growth
• MAHEC Bldg. (Center for Go to BOG
  10M
• Heath and Aging on in Oct. 04
• Millennium Campus)
• College of Education Bldg. Not funded
  35M
• (on Millennium Campus) High in
  priority (est.)
• Hospitality Tourism Mgmt. High in
  priority 12M
• Bldg. (next to Football Stadium)
  (est.)

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• Construction Under Planning
• Business School Building Under
  discussion ??
• Faculty Office Space Under
  discussion ??
• Build new building?
• Build new residence hall
• and make office building
• out of existing residence hall?
• Dodson Renovation/ Under
  discussion ??
• Replacement
• And the list goes on and on . . . . . . . . . .

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• What do we wish
• to become?

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• WCU is expanding beyond its normal
• boundaries
• Faculty Engagement
• Economic Development
• Millennium Campus
• Graduate Education
• Distance Education

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• WCU has seemingly unlimited opportunities before
  it.
• But with these opportunities come
  responsibilities
• How do we focus our growth?
• What do we want to become?
• How can we state that?
• How do we measure its
• achievement?

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• Central to these critical questions are
• SACS Reaffirmation Process
• Establishing a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

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Possible QEP Themes

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Information Literacy
• Distance Education/Faculty Outreach
• Faculty Engagement
• Regional Economic Development
• Technology Information Environment

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Table Topics Session

• What do you think WCUs QEP should be?