TOP TIER STRATEGIC PLAN PROGRESS CARD
Impact of our research, scholarship, and creative activities. [L1] At UNLV, we will evaluate our success as a leading research university by our progress on these measures: Impact of our research, scholarship, and creative activities. [L1] Student achievement of learning outcomes. [L2] Student, faculty, and staff diversity, including maintaining UNLV’s Minority Serving Institution (MSI) status and Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) status. [L3] Intellectual activity, patents, startups, and entrepreneurial activity fostered by UNLV. [L4] Impact of our clinical services. [L5] A deeper engagement of UNLV with Las Vegas and our region to ensure ongoing alignment with our diverse community’s needs and interests. [L6] Carnegie Classification criteria (research expenditures; doctoral degrees granted per year; and number of non-faculty research staff). [L7] Faculty and staff satisfaction and infrastructure improvements. [L8] As a measure of overall university effectiveness and progress, UNLV will prepare, implement, and disseminate a progress card. Marta talking points: *leadership *stability of the university mission *commitment to Top Tier Chris talking points
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Research Expenditures ($M)
Faculty – Tenure & Tenure-Track
Faculty – Number of Publications
Creative Activity – Number of Announcements
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES
Student Learning Experiences 5.06 average rating on a 7.0 scale
Learning Experiences (SSI)
Milestone GPA
DIVERSITY
MSI Status 2012 HSI, AANAPISI Status 2015
INTELLECTUAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY
Intellectual and Entrepreneurial Activity 2025 Goal: 60 19 45 404 42 (70% of goal) 49 (108% of goal) 8 (42% of goal) 328 (81% of goal) Disclosures: (research that had yielded a discovery or invention) - potential to lead to economic development that will directly benefit the local community, the region, and the nation. Goal 60 Patents Issued: confirms UNLV’s contribution to new goods and services based on its research which will ultimately benefit the local, state, and national communities. From 1 in 2015 to 8; goal19 Starts direct measure of the economic development that UNLV provides within its local community. All benefit the community and contribute to mission fulfillment. Goal of 45, at 49 (from 3 in 2015) Clients Served: evidence of outreach efforts the university makes to spur local economic development 328 of 404 goal (from 92 in 2015) SBDC Jobs Created = 207 (nearly doubled from 111 last year). Exceeds 2025 goal of 150. Economic impact Disclosures Submitted Patents Issued New Business Starts SBDC Clients Served
CLINICAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY
Community 84,000+ 465 27,428 Campus Visitors Cultural Events Community Partners Service Hours Community Connections objective - directly focus on the number of efforts UNLV is making to connect with its community. Specifically, the university is measuring the number of community partners and the number of projects performed each year with those partners. Libraries/Cultural and Intellectual Vitality and Athletics number of attendees at specific cultural events and locations on campus such as the Barrick Museum of Art, Performing Arts Center, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University Libraries Events, Barrick Lecture Series, and the Geosymposium. This metric allows the university to track activities that enrich the cultural vitality of the community, a direct link to the mission statement. Office of Service Learning and Leadership how well UNLV promotes the engagement of students with the broader southern Nevada community. Service Hours: Hours generated in identified service-learning courses as well as co-curricular service hours through various programs and student organizations. Service-Learning Courses: 2017-18 was marked by the creation of UNLV service-learning and a full, course-by-course curriculum review by every college and school on campus to establish which courses across the institution met the criteria. "Service-learning is a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and development. Reflection and reciprocity are key concepts of service-learning." 967 Community Projects
CARNEGIE CRITERIA
$66 M 155 54* Carnegie Criteria FY17 (44% of goal) (78% of goal) 2025 Goal: $150 M 200 120 $66 M FY17 (44% of goal) 155 (78% of goal) 54* (45% of goal) ?2017 Target Goal for Research Expenditures was $69M, but we have achieved $72M Research Expenditures Doctoral Degrees Non-faculty Researchers *Change in personnel titles in Workday
SATISFACTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Satisfaction and Infrastructure 2.51 (out of 4.0) Faculty & Staff Satisfaction 2025 Goal: 2.55 17.5% Employee Turnover 2025 Goal: 12.5% Lombardi, “How Universities Work” – define and create our academic substance; enable our functions for teaching and research Faculty Satisfaction 2.51 (4.0 scale), up 0.03 18-item Overall Job Satisfaction Index ranges from 0-4 Mean 2.48 with a standard deviation of .87 Tenure & Tenure-Track faculty increased by 21 from 792 to 813 over two years (through 2017) 15% increase in faculty publications over 3 years, from 1092 to 1258 (goal 1,504) productivity of our faculty and their work in disseminating their knowledge Web of Science and Scopus with duplicates eliminated (calendar year) factor analysis - 18 items loaded on a single factor (factor loadings ranged from .60 to .82), indicating that they collectively indicate overall job satisfaction from a statistical perspective. The number of factors were determined by their Eigenvalues and a Scree plot. The 18-item Overall Job Satisfaction Index ranges from 0-4 (0= strongly disagree, 1=disagree, 2=neutral, 3=agree, 4=strongly agree) with higher values indicating greater satisfaction. The mean value on the index is 2.48 with a standard deviation of .87, which is a relatively positive degree of satisfaction. The internal consistency for this index was high (Cronbach’s alpha=.96). 3 years