Provost’s Update Faculty Senate September 15, 2015

Topics to be Covered 1. Fall Enrollment Projection 2. Accreditation 3.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 in % increase 569 in % 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 SummerTerm Tuition increase of 16.41% ($994, 413) Summer Place Tuition increase of 13.32% ($108,465) SaturdayTerm (Face-to-Face and Online) Tuition increase of 21.93% ($384,945) 6

Accreditation Successful Accreditation Decisions 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 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 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 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 Reflective o Collaborative o Adaptable Leads to a separate rating for: teaching, scholarship, service Exceeds Meets Developing Unacceptable 9

Focus for AY o Assist chairs and faculty in learning to set and review goals o Integrate new system with existing college systems o Finalize the evaluation form New system to be implemented in May 2016 for Annual Evaluation of o Two years, then re-evaluate Annual Faculty Evaluation Process: The Result 10

Faculty Compensation Updates from 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 Sep. 16 th : 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 Will confirm $$ number following fall census. Three years of funding planned Nov. 2015: Implement salary adjustments Adjustments will be retroactive to faculty contract start date. 13

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Discussion and Questions 15