The Changing Face of Queen’s 1995 – 2015 Board of Trustees/Senate Retreat November 12, 2005 A Presentation by Principal Karen Hitchcock and Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane

Queen’s University – Our Students Faculty and Research The Learning Environment Financial Resources The Competitive Environment

Our Students – Full-time enrolment has grown (26% undergrad; 23% grad):

Our Students – Out-of-province and international enrolment has increased as a percentage of total enrolment:

Our Students – Enrolment of women (full-time undergraduate & graduate) has stabilized after many years of increase:

Faculty and Research – Equivalent full-time faculty counts have not increased in recent years:

Faculty and Research – Research revenue (all sources) has grown substantially:

Faculty and Research – Faculty research productivity has increased:

The Learning Environment – The student:faculty ratio continues to edge upward:

The Learning Environment – Student satisfaction has increased but may have topped out:

The Learning Environment – Student involvement in international experiences has grown:

Financial Resources – Total revenue (all funds) has nearly doubled and continues to grow. But, expenditure requirements related to a growing enterprise “consume” all revenue growth.

Financial Resources – –1997 – 2005 operating fund growth lags behind other funds: Operating: 167% (declining inflation- adjusted expenditure per student) Research: 216% Ancillaries: 174% Trust: 272%

Financial Resources – The market value of the endowment has tripled:

Financial Resources – Annual donations maintain an upward trend:

Competitive Environment – Proliferation of rankings Global marketplace for faculty Intense competition for top students Shifting government policy Competitive philanthropic environment

The Changing Face of Queen’s 2005 – 2015 Board of Trustees/Senate Retreat November 12, 2005

Looking Ahead What will Queen’s look like if these patterns of change continue? Undergraduate enrolment Graduate enrolment International students Research Student/Faculty ratios

Looking Ahead Undergraduate enrolment:

Graduate enrolment (showing potential impact of new graduate growth funding) Looking Ahead

Proportion of International Students:

Looking Ahead Research Dollars per faculty member

Other G 10 Universities

Looking Ahead Student:Faculty Ratio:

Other G 10 Universities

Student/Faculty Ratio Impact Academic quality (undergraduate and graduate) Student satisfaction (undergraduate and graduate) Student quality (undergraduate and graduate) Research productivity

Our Immediate Priority Recruitment of high quality faculty and graduate students

Looking Ahead – How do we shape a distinctive role for Queen’s in the Canadian post-secondary environment in order to be competitive for the best faculty and students?

Distinctiveness of Mission Engagement in the context of the learning environment Engagement beyond our campus

Queen’s University’s strategy for engagement Engagement aligned with: Institutional strengths and needs Municipal/community needs Provincial needs Canada’s priorities

Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching Examples include the GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, the Centre for Neuroscience Studies, the Development Studies Progam in Arts and Science and the proposed School of Public Health. Queen’s is involved in collaborative research and teaching which embody our engagement to the society’s most pressing needs.

Expanding Opportunities To Study Outside of Canada Cornell-Queen’s Executive MBA program (Business) International Law program at the ISC (Law) International study term in Development Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, China Close to 100 formal exchange agreements with universities from five continents across the globe

A commitment to global engagement across all of our programs of research and teaching An analysis of recruitment strategies, student demographics, academic programs, curriculum and pedagogy Making difficult choices to identify distinctive, world-class programs of research and discovery Engaging all of our constituencies in supporting this vision and in communicating the excellence and distinctiveness of Queen’s

Discussion Topics Graduate and Undergraduate Student Recruitment Faculty Recruitment and Research Graduate/Undergraduate Learning Environment and Student Experience Queen’s Relationship with its External Communities …in the context of a commitment to global engagement.