1. Academic Efficiency, Quality and Innovation
University of Massachusetts
Academic Effectiveness and Efficiency
April 2017
THIS DASHBOARD IS A ‘WORK-IN-PROGRESS’

2. Academic Efficiency, Quality and Innovation Strategic Priorities1
Improve retention and reduce the cost to students and their families.
Strengthen campus-based academic planning by identifying opportunities to maximize student enrollment in programs and courses.
Support academic collaboration and promote efficiencies in academic support and administration including the Libraries.
Enhance innovation and growth in online education.
Boost research revenue and promote efficiency in research administration. UC

3. Improve Freshmen Retention and Graduation Rates
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
Retention and Graduation Success
1-Year Retention Rate (Freshmen): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
(1st year Medical Student) UMMS
90%
80%
79%
84%
100%
91%
78%
75%
86%
73%
85%
4-Year Graduation Rate (Freshmen): UMA
UMMS
67%
16%
28%
32% -
17%
26%
39%
71%
18%
36%
38%
6-Year Graduation Rate (Freshmen): UMA
(Medical School Graduate) UMMS
76%
42%
47%
54%
98%
46%
56%
45%
49%

4. Improve Transfer Student Retention and Graduation Rates1
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
1-Year Retention Rate (Transfer-FT): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
85%
83%
77%
81% -
88%
80%
76%
87%
78%
4-Year Graduation (Transfer-FT): UMA UMB UMD UML UMMS
74%
64%
71%
62%
66%
69% UC

5. Reduce Costs to Students and Families1
AY 14/15
AY 15/16
AY 16/17
Costs to Students and Families
Percent Financial Need Met (in-state): UMA UMB UMD UML UMMS
82%
90%
97%
87%
88%
91%
89%
84%
TBD
TDB
Percent Students Graduating with Debt: UMA
UMB UMD UML UMMS
70%
66%
81%
62.5%
68%
63%
78%
61%
Average Debt Load: UMA UMB UMD UML UMMS
$31,958
$27,229
$31,070
$30,505
$133,970
$31,397
$28,368
$31,926
$31,432
$115,772
$31,198
$32,099 UC

6. Strengthen Academic Planning
Academic Quality & Development (AQAD)*:
AY 14/15
AY 15/16
AY 16/17
# of Depts under review/total # of Depts: UMA UMB UMD UML UMMS
# of Programs under review/ total # of Programs: UMA
UMB UMD UML UMMS
Total # of Programs with Professional Accreditation: UMA
12/57
4/40
2/38
11/35
1/24
43/240
1/136
21/136
29/186
0/4 63 27 2 46
11/59
3/40
3/38
6/35
1/25
23/239
0/136
8/140
13/189 29
9/59
7/40
6/38
2/35
4/25
37/239
4/136
17/142
6/192
2/4

7. Strengthen Academic Planning
AY 14/15
AY 15/16
AY 16/17
Fall % of Low Enrollment Undergraduate Classes (<12): (UG classes with <12 students as a % of all UG classes) UMA UMB UMD UML (No undergraduate students) UMMS
10% 6%
16% -
11% 9%
12% 7%
15%
Fall% Low Enrollment PhD&Masters level Classes (<6): (Grad classes with <6 students as a % of all Grad classes) UMA UMB UMD UML UMMS
19%
39%
13%
7.5%
41%
14%
4.3%
17%
46%
4.9%

8. Support Academic Collaboration
Library and Information Technology Initiatives across all 5 campuses
(metrics to be determined)
▪ Open Education Initiatives (Savings to Students)
Open Source Text Books
Course Reserves
▪ Digital Measures (Faculty e-Portfolio Project)
Consortia licensing of E-Content – databases, e-journals, e-books
E-Scholarship
▪ System-Wide Assessment of Journal Usage
Elsevier contract – ScienceDirect for 5 UMass campuses
Business Source
▪ Procurement Initiatives:
Database Management
Journal & Software Acquisition,
Training Software,
Site Licenses – EndNote, Turnitin
Contract Negotiations
Resource Sharing Initiative
ILLiad/document delivery
Green High Performance Computing Center

9. Enhance Online Growth Online Growth FY 2013/14 FY 2014/15 FY 2015/16
Annual Online Course Registration: UMA UMB UMD UML
(* First year of online offerings) UMMS
21,864
14,637 4,353 23,372
749*
22,686
14,601
5,384
25,021
2,724
24,524
15,556
6,302
26,834
3,794
26,923
TBD
Annual Online Course Registration Growth: UMA UMB UMD UML
(Online offerings initiated FY 13/14) UMMS
10% % %
3.8% -
1.2%
23.7%
7.1%
264%
8.2%
6.1%
17.1%
7.3%
39%
10%
Annual Online Revenue Growth:
UMA
UMB *(Annual revenue) UMD UML
UMMS
$3.8M
$5.5M
$4.2M
$515,976
$1.8M
$795,451
$7.1M
$2.4M
$333,586
$2.6M
$756,040
$7.9M
$1.6M
(-$121,560)
$4.9M
$1.4M
$3.9M

10. Boost Research Revenue Production
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
Externally Funded Research (Millions) UMA (Reported as Fiscal Year) UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Indirect cost recovery: UMA
UMB
$136M
$44.1M
$10.8M
$37.3M
$210.1M
$30.8M
$7.07M
$977,000 $8.4M
$65.4M
$144.1M
$37.9M
$9.3M
$41.4M
$217.7M
$29.6M
$7.05M
$844,000 $9.3M
$67.2M
$149.2M
$41.3M
$9.6M
$36.9M
$217.4M
$29.8M
$7.1M
$872, $8.4M
$73.1M
Total R&D Expenditures: UMA
$200.2M
$61.2M
$28.2M
$64.6M
$241.9M
$213.9M
$62.3M
$26.7M
$70.4M
$250.3M
$214.5M
$64.2M
$26.8M
$68.5M
$253M

11. Boost Research Revenue Production
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
R&D Expenditure per Tenure-System Faculty
UMA UMB UMD UML
UMMS
$142,200
$125,638
$93,440
$151,267
$173,881
$141,500
$124,499
$88,264
$166,392
$182,462
$150,500
$125,436
$87,660
$159,289
TBD
INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES
Technology Licensing Revenue: UMA
UMB UMD UML
$752,709
$1464
$30,000
$348,000
$29.9M
$711,498
$1,091
$35,000
$290,000
$33.0M
$1M
$2,218
$39,167
$2.9M
Patent Applications: UMA 40 4 3 24 78 37 6 25 67 53 2 1 21

12. Human Resource Management Initiatives
Fall 2013
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
Total Faculty FTE (T/TT/NTT/PT): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
1346
791
458
695
1532
1406
840
449
714
1545
1426
910
461
747
1531
1416
890
474
755
1521
Total T/TT Faculty FTE (%T/TT of total FTE):
UMA
*UMMS
*Lower % is in line with AAMC Accreditation Standards
1026(76%)
466 (60%)
302 (66%)
413 (59%)
243 (16%)
1047 (74%)
487 (58%)
303 (67%)
407 (57%)
242 (16%)
1054 (74%)
518 (57%)
300 (65%)
413 (55%)
240 (16%)
1048 (74%)
508 (57%)
306 (65%)
427 (57%)
227(15%)

13. Next steps
System-wide Academic Innovation conference to bring together faculty and academic technologists to highlight and discuss best practices and implementation strategies
Friday, April 28, 2017
UMass Club, One Beacon St., Boston
Keynote Speaker: Randy Bass, Vice Provost for Education, Georgetown University
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