Provost’s Update Faculty Senate September 15, 2015.

Provost’s Update

Faculty SenateSeptember 15, 2015

Topics to be Covered

1. Fall Enrollment Projection2. Accreditation3.Updates

• Strategic Planning• Annual Faculty Evaluation Process and

Tool• Faculty Compensation• Library Renovation

2

Undergraduate Fall Enrollment Projections

Budgeted Headcount Goal of 4500 undergraduates for Census Day, October 2.

•Projected to be over 4500 by as many as 75 undergrads, driven by a very successful new student enrollment increase.

•Headcount for international students up 10% on top of a 16% increase last year.

• 443 in 2013• 518 in 2014 16% increase• 569 in 2015 10% increase

3

College New Student Enrollment Trends and Observations

A&S: continues to have largest enrollment of new students, and CETA second largest for the last three years.

Barney and CETA: had the largest % increases of new students year-to-year. Barney had a major turnaround this year from several years of decline with a 34% increase. CETA continues to have strong enrollment increases with a 32% increase.

ENHP: had a 10% increase driven by more than expected pre-PT students and an increase in education majors.

Hillyer: continues to be stable due to the second year of dual enrollment admission.

Hartt: is up by 10% due to actor training and musical theater. HAS: up slightly in first time students, down in transfers, overall flat.

4

Positive Trends for Graduate Admissions

Graduate admissions—with spring admissions still ahead:• Enrollment

Increase of 23% in AY 15 (799) (summer 14, fall 14, spring 15)

•Credit hours Increase of 4% in AY 15 (30,060)

(Barney, A&S, CETA all increased)

• Headcount even so far with 1612 students

5

Updates on Growth of “Other” Tuition

SummerTermTuition increase of 16.41% ($994, 413)

Summer PlaceTuition increase of 13.32% ($108,465)

SaturdayTerm (Face-to-Face and Online)Tuition increase of 21.93% ($384,945)

6

Accreditation

Successful Accreditation Decisions 2014-15• Prosthetics and Orthotics – National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic

Education (NCOPE)

In Process• NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design)• NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) Five-Year Interim Report

Upcoming Accreditation Visits 2015-16• Engineering Undergraduate – Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)• Dance – National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)• Music – National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)• Education – National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)• Business – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

7

Strategic Planning Update – Goal I

1. Provided feedback on first-year implementation plans to all programs, sent Friday, September 11.

2. Distributed RFP, soliciting proposals for funding to support design of new HIP courses or incorporating HIP into existing courses.

3. Scheduled three discipline-targeted faculty development workshops on writing for this fall--STEM Sept. 18, the Arts Oct. 2, and Business Oct. 9.

4. Planned other faculty development workshops this year for HIPs: collaborative learning, learning communities, internships, undergraduate research, and capstone projects.

5. Created a more robust and engaging first-year experience during a redesigned Lift-off.

8

Annual Faculty Evaluation Process Update

Basic Principals:•Dual Focus – Supporting faculty development and assisting with evaluation•Increased attention to role of service•Multiple lenses on teaching•Consistent set of evaluative categories•Central Role for goal setting process

o Reflectiveo Collaborativeo Adaptable

Leads to a separate rating for: teaching, scholarship, service•Exceeds•Meets•Developing•Unacceptable

9

• Focus for AY 2015-16o Assist chairs and faculty in learning to set and review goalso Integrate new system with existing college systemso Finalize the evaluation form

• New system to be implemented in May 2016 for Annual Evaluation of 2015-16

o Two years, then re-evaluate

Annual Faculty Evaluation Process: The Result

10

Faculty Compensation Updates from 2014-2015

• Nov. 2014: Completed final adjustments from “Raising to the Minimum”

• Feb. 2015: Faculty town hall with Frank Casagrande• Articulated Commission’s next steps• Presented aged salary framework

• Spring 2015: Commission met with Casagrande 3 times• Reviewed important compensation concepts & models• Discussed areas of faculty concern • Reviewed results of Survey of Future Funding Priorities

11

Commission’s Recommendations

1.Address competitiveness and compression

2. Reinforce full implementation of the evaluation process necessary to achieve these goals

12

Plans for 2015-2016

• Sep. 16th: Commission meets with Frank Casagrande • Discuss potential approaches to address Compression and Competitiveness• Discuss processes and timelines for the allocation of available funds• Finalize other Commission recommendations

• $250,000 minimum budgeted for 2015-2016• Will confirm $$ number following fall census. • Three years of funding planned

• Nov. 2015: Implement salary adjustments• Adjustments will be retroactive to 2015-2016 faculty contract start date.

13

Library

14

Discussion and Questions

15