STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

May 29, 2012

STATUS UPDATES

SUMMER 2012

• The campus is offering a state-supported summer.

• Summer 2012 FTES target:– 5400 Resident– 161 Non-resident

CONVERSION

Quarter to Semester Task Force:

• Co-Chairs:– President James M. Rosser, Cal State L.A.– President Jeffery D. Armstrong, Cal Poly SLO

• Systemwide Academic Senate Representative:– Dr. Kevin Baaske

THE UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2016

Vision Statement:

California State University, Los Angeles will be nationally recognized as a leader in transforming student lives through effective learning and community engagement in a diverse urban setting.

THE UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2016

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:

I. Student Success

II. Community Engagement: Resources, Recognition & Partnerships

III.Collaborative Culture: Working

Together Toward a Common Purpose

Cal State L.A. has identified the following Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs):

INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Knowledge: Mastery of content and processes of inquiry

• Proficiency: Intellectual skills

• Place and Community: Urban and global mission

• Transformation: Integrative learning

GRADUATION INITIATIVE GOALS

First Time Freshmen:• Increase 6 year graduation rate for all students from 34%

to 45%. • Increase 6 year graduation rate of underrepresented

minority students (URM) from 30% to 42%.

Transfer Students: • Increase 4 year graduation rate for all students from 49%

to 57%. • Increase 4 year graduation rate for underrepresented

minority students(URM) from 47% to 56%.

CSULA FY Retention and Graduation Rates by Cohort

2001-2010

CSULA CC TRF Retention and Graduation Rates by Cohort

2001-2010

GRADUATION INITIATIVE: ADVISING ENHANCEMENTS

• Increase in the number of Student Services Personnel (SSP).

• Established SSP training program.• Super Senior initiative. • Enhancement to “Degree Completion Report”.• Initiated University Advising Council.• Approval of Student Success Fee.• College advising plans completed by May 31.

ADDITIONAL GRADUATION INITIATIVE EFFORTS IN

MAY 2011-12

Across campus, in the colleges and in the divisions: • Enhance communication with students.• Enhance academic and social support to

students.• Improve student learning achievement with the

assessment of student learning outcomes.• Revise general education.

EARLY START

EARLY START• EO 1048 requires all students who have not

demonstrated college readiness in English composition and/or mathematics to begin remediation prior to the term for which they have been admitted.

• Summer Quarter 2012, CSULA will offer Early Start courses in two summer sessions in English composition, for students who need ENGL 095 and in mathematics, for students who need MATH 089, 090, or 091.

• As of May 24th, 666 students have enrolled in Early Start courses at CSULA.

EARLY STARTOther means by which Early Start requirement

may be met include:• Participation in Summer Bridge or Summer

Transition into the ECST Program (STEP) and the English and/or math workshops offered by the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). 

• Completion of acceptable community college course.

• Participation in Early Start at another CSU campus.

SENATE BILL 1440

SENATE BILL 1440

Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act • There are 18 Transfer Model Curricula (TMCs)

that have been approved as similar at CSULA.• For Fall 2012, students completing an approved

TMC for the transfer AA degree will have admission priority.

• Students who complete a TMC will also be admitted to CSULA in Spring 2013.

K-12 AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS

Cal State L.A. –• El Monte Union High School District – Rio

Hondo College• LAUSD (Local Region 4) – Los Angeles City

College• Pasadena Unified School District – Pasadena

City College

STUDENT SUCCESS FEE

• The $80 per quarter fee will be assessed beginning Fall Quarter 2012 to provide students with supplemental academic advising and retention services; personal development and career services opportunities; and expanded access to vital infrastructure and applications technologies.

• Administrative procedures currently under review.

HONORS COLLEGE THE INAUGURAL YEAR

Honors College –• Orientation welcomed newly matriculated students (40 first-year,

27 sophomores, 17 juniors).

• Student Center and Housing promoted community.

• Faculty collaborated to teach innovative and interdisciplinary core courses focused on local and global citizenship.

• First year students introduced to undergraduate research.

• “Teas and Talks” enhanced student/faculty interaction.

• Specialized advisement promoted pathways to graduation, graduate school, internships, and study-away with national honors exchange programs.

• Honors College Preview Day introduced prospective students and families to CSULA’s tradition of academic excellence.

• Students (including EEP and President’s Scholars) received recognition at Honors Convocation.

FINANCIAL AID STATISTICS

UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT Fall 2012 Applicant Information

Res Non res Total Res Non res TotalFTF 2,885 60 2,945 3,684 158 3,842 897 + 30%

Transfer 3,689 149 3,838 3,275 148 3,423 -415 -11%

Res Non res Total Res Non res TotalFTF 22,305 1,917 24,222 24,808 2,487 27,295 3,073 + 13%Transfer 13,563 1,191 14,754 12,625 1,042 13,667 -1,087 -7%

Fall 2011

Enrollment Confirmation Deposit

Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Change

Applications

Fall 2012 Change

CSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES’INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT

FINDINGS FOR 2012

2011-2012 INFORMATION SECURITY AUDITS

CSULA continued to perform well, with minimal campus audit findings in previous two audits.

• Sensitive Data Audit – one recommendation:1. Sensitive data on servers and in paper documents are not

identified, reviewed, secured and reported annually. Remediation underway with current risk assessment survey.

• Student Administration Audit – two recommendations:1. Remove security administration access from employees

working outside CSM and enterprise systems. Remediation completed.

2. Improve notification to ITS to remove user access to administrative systems when employees transfer within or between departments. Remediation completed.

INFORMATION SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT SURVEY FOR 2012

Why? CSU policy requires an annual review process to identify, assess, monitor and mitigate campus risks.

How? The brief online worksheet, taking about 10 minutes, addresses physical security, electronic documents and paper documents.

Who? All faculty, staff and administrators must participate.

Where? Visit www.calstatela.edu/its/forms. Look under the risk assessment category for the Information Security Risk Assessment Worksheet.

INFORMATION SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT 2012 DEADLINES

February 6 Vice Presidents notified of the requirement.

July 13 Last date for employees to complete online worksheet.

July 16 Data extraction and report preparation begins.

July 23 Report distributed to the Vice Presidents.

August 15 Vice Presidents’ Risk Remediation/ Acceptance report due to the University internal auditor.

DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION FOR STUDENTS

• First vital technology project made possible by the Student Success Fee.

• Students will be able to “virtually” access applications on-campus, or remotely from any device with an Internet connection.

• Applications available beginning in Fall Quarter 2012 include Microsoft Office 2010 suite, Adobe Creative suite, Visual Studio, Mathematica, Matlab, SPSS, SAS, and Windows XP and Windows 7 virtual desktops.

CAPITAL PROJECTS

GOLDEN EAGLES APARTMENTS

Student housing renovated

SUSTAINABLE HYDROGEN FACILITY

Construction completed

CORPORATION YARD

Main building complete Shops for the trades: July completion

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Undergoing seismic reinforcement

TELEVISION, FILM, AND MEDIA STUDIES

Anticipated completion: Summer 2012

LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS SHARED USE FACILITY

Scheduled completion: end of Fall 2012

2012-13 BUDGET

2012/13 FISCAL IMPACT TO CSU2011/12 Budget Act General Fund Appropriation $2,141,273,000 2011/12 $100M Mid-Year Reduction ($100,000,000) 2011/12 Retirement Adjustment ($38,521,063)2011/12 Revised General Fund $2,002,751,937

2012-13 Base Budget Adjustments: Lease Revenue Bond Payments Adjustments $5,495,000 Annuitants' Dental Insurance Adjustment $1,096,000 State Interest Payment Adjustment $1,310,000 Provision to Shift General Obligation Bond Debt Service $189,775,0002012/13 General Fund After Base Adjustments $2,200,427,937

2012/13 General Fund Trigger Reduction * ($250,000,000) **

2012/13 General Fund $1,950,427,937

*Including unfunded mandatory cost (i.e., health, dental, energy, and new space) of approximately $22.4 Million, total budget cuts to CSU is about $272 Million

** CO budget letter B 2012-01 includes original trigger cut of $200 Million

Sources: CSU System Budget Office Budget Letter B 2012-01

CSULA Budget Impacts 2012/13• FTES Resident Target will be 16,350, which is zero growth from the 2011-

12 Target.

• Proposed budget includes $4.7 Million reduction, which is the campus pro-rata share of the prior year mid-year reduction of $100 Million.

• Proposed budget includes an additional $11.9 Million reduction, which is the campus pro-rata share of the $250 Million trigger cut.

• Unfunded mandatory costs (i.e., health care and energy) estimated at $891,000.

• No 2012-13 compensation increases.

• Assumes the 9% tuition rate increase approved by the BOT in November 2011.

CSU Budget Response Key Message

• CSU continues its efforts to educate legislators on ramifications of deeper cuts. The $250 Million trigger cut will result in serious long-term damage to student access, closing the achievement gap, student services, workforce development and job growth in the state.

FACULTY, STUDENT AND CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

• Paula Arvedson (Curriculum and Instruction) was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture in Durban, South Africa, for the 2011-12 academic year.

• David Blekhman (Technology) was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and conduct research in Saint Petersburg, Russia, during the 2011-12 academic year.

• Carlos G. Gutiérrez (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was selected by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) for its 2011 Distinguished Undergraduate Institution Mentor Award, Oct. 2011.

• Taylor Dark (Political Science) was selected for a June 2012 Fulbright German Studies seminar, entitled "Nation-State and European Identity,” to begin in Berlin and conclude in Brussels, Germany.

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

• Helen Ryaciotaki-Boussalis (Electrical Engineering) was presented a 2011 Faculty Research Award by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

• Kirsten Fisher and Paul Narguizian (Biological Sciences) both were bestowed the title of Education Fellows in the Life Sciences by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 2011.

• Frances Siu (Special Education and Counseling) received the 2011 New Career in Rehabilitation Education Award.

• Yongyi Song (University Library) was honored with the California Library Association’s 2011 Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award for his librarianship and dedication to resisting censorship.

• Ping Yao (History/Asian and Asian American Studies) was awarded a 2011-12 Fulbright Scholar grant to China in spring 2012.

• Feimeng Zhou (Chemistry and Biochemistry) in January received the 2012 Faculty Research Award by the CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB).

MORE FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS• Anthropology major Mario Giron-Abrego received the William Randolph Hearst/CSU

Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement. He also received the CSU Foundation Board of Governors’ Scholar, a distinction enhancing the Hearst scholarship.

• Cal State L.A.’s “Super Stars” Australia Cazares, Christina Harding and Benjamin Wu made it to the top 10 in the American Institute of CPA’s Fraud and Forensic Accounting Competition last fall.

• Jacqueline Kiwata,’11, who earned a Master of Science in Kinesiology, received the 2010/2011 WAGS/UMI Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. The award recognizes distinguished scholarly achievement based on originality, significance of the study, overall quality, and outcomes and accomplishments.

• Jazma Tapia, microbiology, is one of 11 CSU students recently honored with the Howell-CSUPERB Research Scholar Award at the 24th CSU Biotechnology Symposium.

• Biology students Adrianna Hernandez and Jennifer Retana were selected to participate in the CSU-LSAMP Costa Rica Research Summer 2012 Program, a four-week intensive, interdisciplinary tropical field experience for undergraduates.

• Selected as one of only five undergraduates nationally, and the only CSU student, Amy Wat will attend the 2012 Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate International Workshop in Grenoble, France.

• Representing the largest group from any CSU campus, 11 CSULA students were selected as Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars for the 2011-12 academic year.

• Cal State L.A.’s Model United Nations team, which served as ambassadors for Belgium, received honors at the annual National Model United Nations in New York.

• Two alumni have established a fellowship in honor of faculty who profoundly impacted their lives: Ethan Lipton (Technology) and Ali Modarres (Geosciences and Environment).

• CSULA students placed second and third for innovative projects—the Cal State L.A. Pepper Mill and The Eagle Stove—at the WESTEC (Western Tool Exposition and Conference) 2012 Manufacturing Challenge.

MORE HIGHLIGHTS

ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS• Touted as one of the best in the nation, CSULA’s nursing program celebrates its 60th

anniversary this year.

• The Peace Corps has recognized Cal State L.A. as among its top volunteer-producing Hispanic Serving Institutions. This year, CSULA ranked fifth with 11 undergraduate alumni serving as volunteers for the international support program.

• Cal State L.A. and Cal Poly Pomona have received a three-year, $1.5 million grant renewal for stem cell education and research from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Five students from each campus are selected for CIRM internships. The grant also helps develop stem cell curriculum and promote cross-campus faculty and student interactions. 

MORE ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Through the system-wide Math and Science Teacher Initiative (MSTI), the CSU achieved its goal of doubling the number of math and science teachers. At Cal State L.A., nearly 90 qualified math and science teachers are ready to enter the workforce each year. As a result of the system’s success, the University has been included in the “100Kin10” national initiative to increase by 100,000 the number of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in the next decade.

• The American Society of Engineering Education’s Corporate Member Council (CMC) named the Professional Practice Program (Senior Design Program) as the recipient of  2012 CMC Excellence in Engineering Education Collaboration Award.

• The Memorandum of Understanding with the National University of Education, South Korea, promotes educational and professional development, including student/faculty exchanges.  

THANK YOU.