1. April 23, 2015 Deba Dutta Provost Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs GRADUATE COUNCIL State of the University – Provost’s Perspective

2. Accountability: % who believe college is “very important” dropped from 75% in 2010 to 44% today Affordability: Top 4 reasons students turn down an admissions offer are related to cost Debt: $1 Trillion+: Linked to long term well-being issues CHALLENGES IN HIGHER ED Moody’s Analytics, BLS CPI Data Tuition & Fees Student Housing % Change in Price Since 1990 Overall CPI Medical Care

3. STATE APPROPRIATIONS – WEST LAFAYETTE Millions

4. INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE Academic excellence Student success Diversity

5. PURDUE RANKINGS – OVERALL 2012201320142015 Academic Ranking of World Univ. – Shanghai Jiao Tong 565760NA THE World Rankings 986962102 USNWR – Best National Universities 62656862 USNWR – Top Public Universities 232420

6. PURDUE RANKINGS – GRADUATE LEVEL 2012201320142015 Education 373238 Engineering 10886 Krannert MBA 42444053

7. FACULTY AWARDS & RECOGNITION NEW UNIT Provost’s office assisting faculty with applications and nominations for 30 top awards and memberships.

8. RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY July to Jan. sponsored awards: Award $ per faculty for entire fiscal year All figures are without ARRA. Faculty include tenure track instructors, clinical & research faculty. Millions Award per Faculty

9. 9 GRADUATION RATES WEST LAFAYETTE – All are record highs Four-Year Graduation First-Year Retention Second-Year Retention Entering Cohort Year Five-Year Graduation Six-Year Graduation -- 4-yr Graduation -- 5-yr Graduation -- 6-yr Graduation Average time to PhD = 5.52 years

10. 10 TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF U.S. MINORITIES WEST LAFAYETTE –MINORITIES 5,626 – UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES 3,219 Native American or Alaskan Native Asian Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Black or African American Hispanic Two or More Races

11. April 23, 2015 Deba Dutta Provost Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Thank You!