President’s Report to the Faculty

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President’s Report to the Faculty

January 8, 2009

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Key Report Issues

• 2008 Critical Success Factors

• 2009 External Environment

• Enrollment Profile

• Budget and Impact of the Recession

• Strategic Thinking

• Technology Initiatives

• Facilities Improvements

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2008 Trinity Critical Success Factors

• Enrollment: increased to 1756» Improved Retention, New Programs

• New Program Success Stories» Nursing» Criminal Justice» CAS General Education Program

• Faculty and Staff Achievements 2007-2008

• Budget: FY08 Operations end in the black

• Audit: smooth process, good comments

• Technology Improvements

• Facilities Improvements

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2009 Operating Environment

• Presidential & Political Transition• Deep Global Recession• Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan• Gaza Crisis• Ongoing Terrorism Threats• US Banking and Credit Crisis• Wachovia/Wells Fargo Merger• Washington Region Relative Economic Stability• Higher Education Relative Economic Stability• D.C. Public Schools Ongoing Drama• Capital Availability Slowdown

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Snapshot of Fall 08 Enrollment

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421 423505 551 519 526 560

504631

572659

382 409

476 404 472 436 352357

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CAS EDU SPS

1315 1327

16451637 1659

1618 1605

CURRENT ENROLLMENTS: FALL 2000 FALL 2008 HEADCOUNTSShowing Budget Projections for Spring 09

1519

16401565

1756

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Trinity Enrollments Showing Credit VolumeFall and Spring Enrollments, Fall 01 to FALL 2008

57905660 7024

6566 75206893 7112

7077 73246636 7372

68858712

8053 9302

313 276 158357

235163

206249

176

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CAS CR FT CAS CR PT SPS CR UG SPS CR GR EDU CR

11,94712,395

14,425 14,645

15,522 15,185 15,493 15,851 15,359 15,647 15,345 14,797 16,118 15,637

17,514

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Financial Analysis

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Key Positives in Fiscal Profile

• Strong budget management

• Disciplined internal spending environment

• Carefully targeted capital projects

• Clean audits

• Meeting debt covenants

• Expectations for returns on each initiative

• Pro-active risk management practices

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Major Challenges in Fiscal Profile

• REVENUE GENERATION

• Economic climate

• Banking climate/Credit Climate

• Escalating construction costs

• Expense of rapid changes in technological environment for higher education

• Pushback on tuition prices

• Charitable Giving Decline

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AUXILIARIES

INTEREST EXPENSE

PUBLIC SERVICE

INSTITUTIONAL

FACILITIES

STUDENT SERVICES

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

INSTRUCTION

FINANCIAL AID (DISCOUNT)

OPERATING INTEREST

OTHER REVENUES

STUDENT ROOMS

AUXILIARIES

GOVERNMENT

GIFTS AND GRANTS

FEES

SPS TUITION

EDU TUITION

CAS TUITION

GROSS REVENUE/EXPENSE ACTUALS FISCAL 2006,2007,2008

26.3 26.1 26.1 25.8

27.1 27.1

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Gifts/Grants, 1,215,000, 5%

Gov 't Contracts, 660,000, 3%

Trinity Center, 712,500, 3%

Other Aux iliaries, 1,615,000, 6%

Interest Income, 290,000, 1%Other Rev enues, 148,140, 1%

All Student Rev enues, 20,479,215, 81%

All Student Revenues

Gifts/Grants

Gov't Contracts

Trinity Center

Other Auxiliaries

Interest Income

Other Revenues

FISCAL 2009 TRINITY BUDGET REVENUE SOURCES

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What Are Trinity’s Expenses?

57 cents = Salaries and Benefits for Trinity’s Faculty and Staff

15 cents = Facilities including utilities

5 cents = SECURITY

3 cents = Technology

3 cents = Food Service

3 cents = Printing and Postage

3 cents = Insurance, Legal, Audit

2 cents = Bad Debt2 cents = Advertising

1 cents = Library1 cent = Campus Shuttle

5 cents = Everything Else

On the expense side of the ledger, for every dollar Trinity spends here’s how the money is allocated…

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Strategic Thinking

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CURRENTSTRATEGIC FINANCIAL ANALYSIS(Goal 2)

NEWSTRATEGIC

ENROLLMENTGOALS(Goal 1)

BASELINE5-YEAR

FINANCIAL MODEL(Goal 2)

CAPITALCAMPAIGN

PLAN(Goal 2)

PROGRAMS(Goal 3)

TECHNOLOGY(Goal 4)

PEOPLECAPACITY(Goals 5-6)

SERVICEREPUTATION

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT

(Goals 7-8-9)

FACILITIES(Goal 10)

STRATEGIC PLANNING DESIGNFor the full Strategic Plan “Achieving Trinity 2010” please visit the website

Enrollment Drivers Financial Drivers

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Strategic Progress: Enrollment• Enrollment @ 1756 is progress, but need faster growth to reach goal of 3000

more quickly

• Continuing investment in high growth subject areas is essential for more rapid enrollment progress, including

• Health Professions• Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement,

Forensics• Psychology fields – Social Work, Counseling• Teacher Education outside of DC • Applied Communications – Journalism, Web Design,

Technological Fields for Communications

• Investments in facilities and technology are essential to ensure academic capacity to increase enrollmnet

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Strategic Progress: Technology• Technology is fast becoming one of the key drivers or inhibitors of Trinity’s ability

to open new markets through effective new programs. Therefore, in 2008-2009 Trinity is planning and implementing significant infrastructure upgrades that provide the platform for more rapid transformation of academic programs for enrollment growth, such as:

– Replacing all servers and switches to ensure network capacity

– Phased replacements of desktop and classroom hardware

– Replacing online delivery software (driven by a change in the SCT software) to adopt a new platform for online and web-enhanced courses

– Creation of new course products sufficient to meet online enrollment goals

– Training of faculty and staff for new course management system and expanded ability to deliver entire courses and programs online

– As a result of February 2009 national conversion to all-digital television, acquisition of software and hardware necessary to bring cable television capacity to Trinity’s campus

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Beyond improving today’s academic functionality, technology is becoming THE key issue we must consider in the design and functionality of any new academic facilities…

The ways in which technology influences instruction in all fields, particularly the sciences, in communications, in library and research, all require Trinity to rethink how physical space design interfaces with technological platforms.

Technology also drives capacity --- how many students will we teach on campus, how many online, how does this affect planning capital improvements?

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Trinity Technology Environment

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POWERCAMPUS:STUDENT

INFORMATIONMANAGEMENTENROLLMENT

SERVICES

IQ WEB:PUBLIC

INTERFACE W/POWERCAMPUS WEBSITE

MARKETINGCOMMUNICATIONS

POWERFAIDS:FINANCIAL AID

GREAT PLAINS:ACCOUNTING

LIBRARYALADINWRLC

30 DATABASES

COMMUNICATIONSEMAIL

TELEPHONY

HARDWAREDESKTOPS

LABSCABLES

WIRELESSETC

TRINITY

TECHNOLOGY

ELEMENTS

COURSE MGTMOODLE

BLACKBOARDACADEMIC

TECH

INTERNETACCESS AND

INTERNET USES

SHIFT 4ONLINEPYMT

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

FORTECH

DIGITAL MEDIALAB AND

PROGRAM

OTHERACADEMIICSOFTWARE

CABLETELEVISION

IPTV

ALUMNAE/DEVELGIFT RECORDS

SERENACOLLAGE

LAPTOPSPDAS

STUDENTEMAIL

PHONES

SMARTHINKING

ETHINKSUPPORT

SCTSUPPORT

TRINITYTECH SVCS

WEBMASTER

ACADEMICSUPPORT CLASSROOM

TECHNOLOGY

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Network Management

DataManagement

TelecommunicationsManagement

AcademicTechnologyManagement

UserSupport

and Training

Hardware & StuffManagement

-Servers-Software-Trouble Calls-System Monitoring-Security

-PowerCampus-IQ Web-Student Database-Alumni Database-Admissions-Enrollment Services-Business Office-Human Resources

-Telephones-Voicemail-Email-Website

-Help Desk-Ticket Response Plan-Credentials-New computer config-New Employees-General training-Specialized training

-Servers-Cables-Wireless Routers-Desktop computers-Printers-Laptops-PDA’s-Facilities Interface

ProjectManagement

-Upgrade Planning-Conversions and Schedule for new Installations-Teaming with other offices on specific projects

-Service and support to classrooms, labs, faculty, library, etc.-Participation in management Of software and services forOnline and web enhanced Instruction-Installation and management of specialized software

-Manage all personnelIn Tech Services-Manage vendor contractsAnd asses service quality-Manage IT budget-Keep Trinity CEO and managementInformed of industry Developments-Strategic IT Plan and participatein institutional planning

Technology Services Environment

ExecutiveManagement:

Vendors, Budget, Personnel, Planning

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AlumnaeWebsite

Prehistoric 1980’s 1990s 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

APTRON CAMPUS SYSTEM

USE OF CUA SYSTEM VIA COUPLERS,

EARLY COMPUTER COURSES IN

FORTRAN, BASIC, DATA

MANAGEMENT

First email via Bulletin

Board

Network Created

Groupwise Email

PowerCampus ImplementationAnd related Data Conversion

Microsoft Platform

Outlook Email

MOODLEAdopted

Library gets $50,000 grant

to create online catalog

MarilleyClassroom

Phone System

Conversion

Website created

PowerCampus UPGRADE

IQ WEBCOURSE MGT

Small Blackboard Platform Adopted

Early Online CoursesDeveloped

Website Redesigned

Online Donations

OnlineAdmissions Application

New Admissions Web Portal

Website CMS

AOL/PT3/DOL GRANTS SMARTROOMS

TRINITYONLINE CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED

CABLE TV

TrinityTechnologyInitiativesTimeline

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Dawn of Moodle

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What is Moodle?

• Moodle is an open source learning management system

• Moodle is software that makes it possible to expand the use of technology-enhanced pedagogy and online learning

• Moodle is becoming widely accepted in higher education as an alternative to Blackboard

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Who uses Moodle?

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Why do we need Moodle?

• SCT/Sungard upgrade PowerCampus, changes public interface

• IQ Web will continue to be the name for new public interface for registration and student information management (SCT calls this new product “self-service” but we’re keeping the older name)

• Since the software upgrade would require entirely new course management software anyway, we decided that this was the best time to adopt a more robust online platform to support expanded use of technology in classroom based courses, to expand hybrid courses, and to make it possible to take some programs completely into the online delivery format.

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Moodle Project Objectives

• Faculty Training: by Fall 2009 ALL faculty will be using Moodle for course management

• Improved Pedagogy with Technology: By Fall 2009, professional development program will include faculty learning objectives at basic-advanced-proficient levels for use of tech tools in pedagogy

• Expanded opportunities for hybrid courses: By Spring 2010 a significant percentage (yet to be determined) of graduate-level courses will deliver in the hybrid format

• Online Programs: by Fall 2009, Trinity will launch its first entirely online program (RN to MSN)

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Multiple Delivery Platforms

Hybrid

Enhanced

100%Online

Traditional

DeliveryPlatforms

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INFRASTRUCTURE

TRINITYONLINE…business unit through which

Trinity will deliver 100% online programming

PEDAGOGY

PROGRAM

COMMUNICATION

INFORMATION

Success of TrinityOnline

depends on the quality, creativity

and speed of innovation in five

critical components

The “stuff” --- hardware, software, peripherals, people --- that makes technology possible

The use of technology for instructional purposes including delivery systems

The instructional content, curricula, majors

Library and research in support of academic curricula

Student Information System

Other Information Systems

Tools to share information and deliver instruction including website, broadcast media, marketing

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Academic Unit Provides:1. Curriculum and Academic Policy Oversight2. Faculty consultants for design, delivery, assessment

Multiple DeliveryPlatforms

Multiple Learning Experiences

Existing/Future Physical Assets

ExpandedAcademicProgram

Multiple StaffingSources

MultipleEnrollment Sources

Academic Unit(SPS, EDU, CAS)

TrinityOnline Unit Provides:1. Infrastructure development for 100% online delivery2. Marketing and Admissions for Online Markets3. Market Information for Program Development4. Instructional Design and Faculty Delivery5. Business plan and management of the unit

TRINITYONLINE

Organizes and delivers100% online programs

Targeted to distant markets

Conceptual Relationship: TrinityOnline to the Academic Units

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NEXT STEPS FOR ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY

• Faculty Moodle Training: Spring 2009, remainder of EDU and SPS, ALL CAS, advanced for ALL

• Planning to launch TrinityOnline with RN-to-MSN program in Fall 2009

• Hiring Director of TrinityOnline and addition of other staff in FY10 for instructional design

• Creation of a robust Academic Technology Plan to map the future for all dimensions of academic technology

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ACADEMICTECHNOLOGY

PLANCOMPONENTS

PEDAGOGYFACULTY

DEVELOPMENT

ADMINISTRATIVEIQ WEB

POWERCAMPUS

LIBRARYALADINWRLC

DATABASES

CURRICULUMDEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMSABOUTTECH

SOFTWAREMOODLEOTHER

APPLICATIONSTRINITYONLINE

INFRASTRUCTURECLASSROOMS

LABSDESKTOPSEQUIPMENT

INNOVATIONENVIRONMENT

DIGITAL MEDIA LABPRODUCTION

STUDIO

NEW TOOLSCABLE TV

VIDEO ON DEMAND

EXTERNALSUPPORT

eThinkRegisMerlot

Other…

STAFF SUPPORTINSTRUCTIONAL

DESIGNTEAM

BUDGET AND PERSONNEL

COMMUNICATIONWEBSITE

EMAILTELEPHONY

CABLE TV

MANAGEMENTAND

GOVERNANCE

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Facilities Updates• Relocation of Academic Affairs, CAS Dean, DOSS and Continuing

Education to Second Floor North Wing of Main

• THANKS to SNDs for providing this beautiful space!

• Relocation of ALL Enrollment Services staff to contiguous space in former Academic Affairs location

• Relocation of some faculty offices in spaces vacated by these moves

• Summer 09: Restroom Upgrade project to create new women’s restroom facility in current DOSS suite, renovate existing women’s room to make a larger men’s room (and in subsequent years we’ll tackle other restrooms in this building!!)