Enhancing and Sustaining Local and Global Communities, Environments, and Economies
OSU2007Fostering Excellence in:
Arts & Sciences
Biosciences & Health
Earth Systems Science
Technology & Commerce
Natural Resources
OSU 2007 Vision
OSU will be a student-centered, research-intensive, and engaged learning community that enhances and sustains local and global communities, environments and economies.
OSU 2007 Goals
Student Access and Success Programs of national prominence in:
– Arts & Sciences– Biosciences & Health– Earth Systems Science– Natural Resources– Technology & Commerce
Efficiency and Sustainability
Proposals
VISION
GOAL GOALGOAL
Proposals for Academic Programs
Proposals for Administrative Programs
Proposals for Student Services
Proposal for a Capital Campaign
Supported By
Goals for Design of Academic Programs
Provide high quality degree programs in focus areas Enhance research in focus areas Engage in solving Oregon’s problems Enhance teaching and learning (86% retention) Increase interdisciplinary teaching and research Reduce administration and program duplication Provide consistent access to high quality services Increase fundraising effectiveness Increase faculty and GRA/GTA salaries to peer averages
Proposals for Academic Programs
Initiatives within the five focus areas Organize programs for impact and efficiency
– Align some college functions into larger unit– Merge programs/departments
Competitive proposals for innovative curricula Ph.D. programs in College of Liberal Arts Center for Teaching and Learning Academic Success Center Task force on Indirect Cost Rate distribution Interdisciplinary Curriculum Council Framework for Centers, Institutes & Program’s
Initiatives for Focus Areas
‘Theme Teams’ in each area are developing 1-3 initiatives that would advance our institution in the focus areas– Teams have representation from teaching,
research, and extension– Initiatives are broad and encompass all aspects of
our mission– Drafts by 2/28/03
Organize Some College Functions into Larger Units
Arts & SciencesCollege of Liberal Arts, College of
Science, Honors, School of Education, Center for Teaching and Learning, Academic Success Center, Centers Institutes & Program’s, Extension
Biosciences & HealthCollege of Health & Human
Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Vet. Med., Centers
Institutes & Program’s, Extension
Natural Resources
College of Forestry, College of Agricultural
Sciences, Centers Institutes & Program’s, Extension
Technology & Commerce
College of Engineering, College of Business, Centers Institutes &
Program’s, Extension
Units led by Council of Deans, Leadership TeamBy 2005: - Develop/implement initiatives within themes - Reduce duplication and merge programs/departments - Reduce costs by sharing business and administrative functions - Consider College mergers and how to administer Extension within unitsBy 2007, E&G and ICR will be allocated to larger unitCost savings reallocated to focus area initiatives and increased salaries
Earth Systems ScienceCollege of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Science, Centers Institutes & Program’s, Extension
Merge Programs/Departments
Committee to establish criteria– Finish by 6/30/03
Committee to evaluate/make recommendations– Finish by 6/1/04
Invite suggestions from campus Engage external constituents
Competitive Proposals for Innovative Curricula
Committee establishes criteria by 12/03 RFP by 1/04 with 7/04 deadline Decisions by 9/04; implement in 05-06 As Athletics debt is retired (per OUS plan),
redirect $1 million in Budget Allocation Model from Athletics
Ph.D. Programs in CLA
Focus on programs that make OSU competitive with our peers, and make faculty competitive for research funding
Programs should align with the five focus areas of OSU 2007
CLA to conduct feasibility and financial analysis
Center for Teaching & Learning
Faculty Senate task force plans center– Assistance in the following:
Large classes Teaching Assistant training/mentoring Educational technology (including DE) Assessment, peer evaluation of teaching Diversity issues Teaching faculty orientation Interdisciplinary teaching
0.5 FTE plus one staff person– Coordinate with School of Education programs
Redirect $1 million from Athletics
Academic Success Center
One-stop for student assistance– Centralized information and referral– Testing– Tutoring– University Exploratory Studies Program advising– Academic success courses (Odyssey, plus others)– First-year experience– Establish advising standards– Advising training/mentoring
Use current resources and realign
Task Force to Review Indirect Cost Rate
Determine allocations that optimally support scholarship, research, and creativity with an emphasis on the five focus areas
– Central Establish criteria for core research facilities/technicians to be
centrally funded
– Clusters– Centers, Institutes & Program’s
Representation from all groups affected by distribution of returned overhead
Encourage Interdisciplinary Programs
Establish Interdisciplinary Council with Coordinator (no FTE; may be a standing Faculty Senate Committee)
– Enhance communications– Coordinate efforts to establish programs/courses– Evaluate interdisciplinary programs
Charge existing employee with oversight of interdisciplinary graduate programs
Link with Centers, Institutes & Program’s Revise Budget Allocation Model to account for ID teaching All new ID programs go through competitive proposal
process
Consistent Framework for Centers, Institutes & Program’s
Task force to establish consistent definitions and criteria with level of support needed
– Guidelines for central support: $, FTE, space, discretionary $– Models for faculty, salaries, Indirect Cost Rate sharing with
academic units Option for faculty to raise salary by 25%
– Incentives to interact with start-up businesses– Criteria for initiation and termination
Review every 2-4 years Coordinate with University Budget Committee
Goals for Design of Administrative Services
Save resources that can be reallocated to the academic mission – 20%
Provide consistent, high quality services across the institution
Administrative Services Proposals
75% of all business processes at cluster level Enhance central services:
– Assessment– Diversity– Library– Marketing, communications, publications– International programs– Facilities, class scheduling, large classrooms– Professional development and training– Information Services
Organization of Services
One or more service centers in each cluster– Councils decide number and what services beyond business
practices will be provided there IN: accounting, HR, payroll, purchasing, property management MAYBE: IS, marketing, publications, communications, media NOT IN: advising, curriculum, alumni relations, foundation
– Move business processes to web Policy and legal oversight from central partners
– Matrix organization with dual reporting to cluster and central unit Planning and implementation to involve current staff Retirement vacancies and training minimize impacts
Diversity Programs
Increase Faculty Diversity Initiative to $500,000 Increase underrepresented grad student
recruiting to $100,000 Realign existing resources and staff into
cohesive Office of Diversity and Multicultural Education with Executive Director (no new FTE)– Report to President or Provost
Library
Provost and President should decide on reporting lines for Library
Library academic faculty should have P&T dossiers reviewed in an academic unit
Marketing, Communications, Publications
Develop and Adopt OSU web standards Create a strategic communications plan and
Council– Vice President for Advancement leads– Include departmental representation
Central works with staff in clusters to coordinate efforts
International Programs
Dean of International Programs funded at 0.5 FTE OSU (0.5 FTE OUS)
– Begin search immediately Reinstate Faculty Grants and Awards Program
– $25,000/year; encourage college match Funding proposal to student fees committee for new
position in student involvement focused on international students
Improve link with Alumni Assoc. & Foundation– Target international recruitment and fund-raising
Facilities
Space charge model– Facilities services owns space and allocates money to each
cluster based on space standards. Clusters buy back space from Facilities Services.
Flexibility in space standards for differences across units
Centralize classroom scheduling– Task force to define classrooms
All new buildings include 1-2 enhanced classrooms with capacity of 150+
Address space crisis for Services to Students with Disabilities
Faculty, Staff Development
Institution-wide framework– Every employee has an individual development plan
Career goal development within the mission of their unit Training Mentoring
– Performance evaluations include assessment of plan Include leadership training at all levels, focusing on
shared leadership skills 1-2 FTE from central Human Resources (no new FTE)
Information Systems
Standard reliable bandwidths across campus Campus standard for e-mail and file storage
– Everyone has e-mail account and access to e-mail– Everything beyond this funded by cluster
Expand consulting desk Replace SSN’s for ID’s Task force to determine IT needs for
implementation of OSU 2007
Goals for Design of Student Services
Increase access to high quality programs
Enhance livability of campus environments
Enrollment Management
Organize enrollment management around a student access agenda
– Single financial services unit (Financial Aid, Registrar, Business Services)
– Increase enrollment as state support increases– Increase Honors enrollment by 5%/year to 2007
Increase fees for self-support– Establish standing committee to determine future enrollment
“mix” that is desirable and affordable– Manage access to degree programs– Increase scholarships available
Efficient Delivery of Credits
Task force to develop, implement, and enforce class scheduling procedures– Standards for 1-5 credit courses and lab courses
Lower tuition for classes taken in off-hours Fee schedule for testing services
Housing
Plan for deferred maintenance by 11/03 Committee to explore new financing options Committee to establish criteria for “approved
housing” 90% of all first year students in approved
housing by 2009 No 1st term membership in non-approved
Greek houses
Healthy Campus Community
Establish a President’s Commission for a Healthy Campus Community
Establish the President’s Coalition for Alcohol/Other Drugs
Multicultural Support
Coordinated services under Diversity and Multicultural Education
– Collaboration and communication among units – increase visibility and ease of access to services– Assessment of current services– Plan for increased services (e.g., older than average students,
first generation students)– Create a campus wide multicultural education and training
program to address issues of retention and campus climate
Capital Campaign
Prioritization of initiatives by a highly functioning University Development Council
– Align fund raising with major OSU 2007 initiatives– Increase endowed chairs and scholarships– UDC to include one representative from each cluster– Faculty representation (past President of Fac. Senate)– All proposals must go through UDC, including Athletics (none
go around the process)– Head of OSU 2007 implementation on UDC