Enhancing and Sustaining Local and Global Communities, Environments, and Economies

OSU2007Fostering Excellence in:

Arts & Sciences

Biosciences & Health

Earth Systems Science

Technology & Commerce

Natural Resources

OSU 2007 Vision

OSU will be a student-centered, research-intensive, and engaged learning community that enhances and sustains local and global communities, environments and economies.

OSU 2007 Goals

Student Access and Success Programs of national prominence in:

– Arts & Sciences– Biosciences & Health– Earth Systems Science– Natural Resources– Technology & Commerce

Efficiency and Sustainability

Proposals

VISION

GOAL GOALGOAL

Proposals for Academic Programs

Proposals for Administrative Programs

Proposals for Student Services

Proposal for a Capital Campaign

Supported By

Goals for Design of Academic Programs

Provide high quality degree programs in focus areas Enhance research in focus areas Engage in solving Oregon’s problems Enhance teaching and learning (86% retention) Increase interdisciplinary teaching and research Reduce administration and program duplication Provide consistent access to high quality services Increase fundraising effectiveness Increase faculty and GRA/GTA salaries to peer averages

Proposals for Academic Programs

Initiatives within the five focus areas Organize programs for impact and efficiency

– Align some college functions into larger unit– Merge programs/departments

Competitive proposals for innovative curricula Ph.D. programs in College of Liberal Arts Center for Teaching and Learning Academic Success Center Task force on Indirect Cost Rate distribution Interdisciplinary Curriculum Council Framework for Centers, Institutes & Program’s

Initiatives for Focus Areas

‘Theme Teams’ in each area are developing 1-3 initiatives that would advance our institution in the focus areas– Teams have representation from teaching,

research, and extension– Initiatives are broad and encompass all aspects of

our mission– Drafts by 2/28/03

Organize Some College Functions into Larger Units

Arts & SciencesCollege of Liberal Arts, College of

Science, Honors, School of Education, Center for Teaching and Learning, Academic Success Center, Centers Institutes & Program’s, Extension

Biosciences & HealthCollege of Health & Human

Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Vet. Med., Centers

Institutes & Program’s, Extension

Natural Resources

College of Forestry, College of Agricultural

Sciences, Centers Institutes & Program’s, Extension

Technology & Commerce

College of Engineering, College of Business, Centers Institutes &

Program’s, Extension

Units led by Council of Deans, Leadership TeamBy 2005: - Develop/implement initiatives within themes - Reduce duplication and merge programs/departments - Reduce costs by sharing business and administrative functions - Consider College mergers and how to administer Extension within unitsBy 2007, E&G and ICR will be allocated to larger unitCost savings reallocated to focus area initiatives and increased salaries

Earth Systems ScienceCollege of Oceanic and Atmospheric

Science, Centers Institutes & Program’s, Extension

Merge Programs/Departments

Committee to establish criteria– Finish by 6/30/03

Committee to evaluate/make recommendations– Finish by 6/1/04

Invite suggestions from campus Engage external constituents

Competitive Proposals for Innovative Curricula

Committee establishes criteria by 12/03 RFP by 1/04 with 7/04 deadline Decisions by 9/04; implement in 05-06 As Athletics debt is retired (per OUS plan),

redirect $1 million in Budget Allocation Model from Athletics

Ph.D. Programs in CLA

Focus on programs that make OSU competitive with our peers, and make faculty competitive for research funding

Programs should align with the five focus areas of OSU 2007

CLA to conduct feasibility and financial analysis

Center for Teaching & Learning

Faculty Senate task force plans center– Assistance in the following:

Large classes Teaching Assistant training/mentoring Educational technology (including DE) Assessment, peer evaluation of teaching Diversity issues Teaching faculty orientation Interdisciplinary teaching

0.5 FTE plus one staff person– Coordinate with School of Education programs

Redirect $1 million from Athletics

Academic Success Center

One-stop for student assistance– Centralized information and referral– Testing– Tutoring– University Exploratory Studies Program advising– Academic success courses (Odyssey, plus others)– First-year experience– Establish advising standards– Advising training/mentoring

Use current resources and realign

Task Force to Review Indirect Cost Rate

Determine allocations that optimally support scholarship, research, and creativity with an emphasis on the five focus areas

– Central Establish criteria for core research facilities/technicians to be

centrally funded

– Clusters– Centers, Institutes & Program’s

Representation from all groups affected by distribution of returned overhead

Encourage Interdisciplinary Programs

Establish Interdisciplinary Council with Coordinator (no FTE; may be a standing Faculty Senate Committee)

– Enhance communications– Coordinate efforts to establish programs/courses– Evaluate interdisciplinary programs

Charge existing employee with oversight of interdisciplinary graduate programs

Link with Centers, Institutes & Program’s Revise Budget Allocation Model to account for ID teaching All new ID programs go through competitive proposal

process

Consistent Framework for Centers, Institutes & Program’s

Task force to establish consistent definitions and criteria with level of support needed

– Guidelines for central support: $, FTE, space, discretionary $– Models for faculty, salaries, Indirect Cost Rate sharing with

academic units Option for faculty to raise salary by 25%

– Incentives to interact with start-up businesses– Criteria for initiation and termination

Review every 2-4 years Coordinate with University Budget Committee

Goals for Design of Administrative Services

Save resources that can be reallocated to the academic mission – 20%

Provide consistent, high quality services across the institution

Administrative Services Proposals

75% of all business processes at cluster level Enhance central services:

– Assessment– Diversity– Library– Marketing, communications, publications– International programs– Facilities, class scheduling, large classrooms– Professional development and training– Information Services

Organization of Services

One or more service centers in each cluster– Councils decide number and what services beyond business

practices will be provided there IN: accounting, HR, payroll, purchasing, property management MAYBE: IS, marketing, publications, communications, media NOT IN: advising, curriculum, alumni relations, foundation

– Move business processes to web Policy and legal oversight from central partners

– Matrix organization with dual reporting to cluster and central unit Planning and implementation to involve current staff Retirement vacancies and training minimize impacts

Diversity Programs

Increase Faculty Diversity Initiative to $500,000 Increase underrepresented grad student

recruiting to $100,000 Realign existing resources and staff into

cohesive Office of Diversity and Multicultural Education with Executive Director (no new FTE)– Report to President or Provost

Library

Provost and President should decide on reporting lines for Library

Library academic faculty should have P&T dossiers reviewed in an academic unit

Marketing, Communications, Publications

Develop and Adopt OSU web standards Create a strategic communications plan and

Council– Vice President for Advancement leads– Include departmental representation

Central works with staff in clusters to coordinate efforts

International Programs

Dean of International Programs funded at 0.5 FTE OSU (0.5 FTE OUS)

– Begin search immediately Reinstate Faculty Grants and Awards Program

– $25,000/year; encourage college match Funding proposal to student fees committee for new

position in student involvement focused on international students

Improve link with Alumni Assoc. & Foundation– Target international recruitment and fund-raising

Facilities

Space charge model– Facilities services owns space and allocates money to each

cluster based on space standards. Clusters buy back space from Facilities Services.

Flexibility in space standards for differences across units

Centralize classroom scheduling– Task force to define classrooms

All new buildings include 1-2 enhanced classrooms with capacity of 150+

Address space crisis for Services to Students with Disabilities

Faculty, Staff Development

Institution-wide framework– Every employee has an individual development plan

Career goal development within the mission of their unit Training Mentoring

– Performance evaluations include assessment of plan Include leadership training at all levels, focusing on

shared leadership skills 1-2 FTE from central Human Resources (no new FTE)

Information Systems

Standard reliable bandwidths across campus Campus standard for e-mail and file storage

– Everyone has e-mail account and access to e-mail– Everything beyond this funded by cluster

Expand consulting desk Replace SSN’s for ID’s Task force to determine IT needs for

implementation of OSU 2007

Goals for Design of Student Services

Increase access to high quality programs

Enhance livability of campus environments

Enrollment Management

Organize enrollment management around a student access agenda

– Single financial services unit (Financial Aid, Registrar, Business Services)

– Increase enrollment as state support increases– Increase Honors enrollment by 5%/year to 2007

Increase fees for self-support– Establish standing committee to determine future enrollment

“mix” that is desirable and affordable– Manage access to degree programs– Increase scholarships available

Efficient Delivery of Credits

Task force to develop, implement, and enforce class scheduling procedures– Standards for 1-5 credit courses and lab courses

Lower tuition for classes taken in off-hours Fee schedule for testing services

Housing

Plan for deferred maintenance by 11/03 Committee to explore new financing options Committee to establish criteria for “approved

housing” 90% of all first year students in approved

housing by 2009 No 1st term membership in non-approved

Greek houses

Healthy Campus Community

Establish a President’s Commission for a Healthy Campus Community

Establish the President’s Coalition for Alcohol/Other Drugs

Multicultural Support

Coordinated services under Diversity and Multicultural Education

– Collaboration and communication among units – increase visibility and ease of access to services– Assessment of current services– Plan for increased services (e.g., older than average students,

first generation students)– Create a campus wide multicultural education and training

program to address issues of retention and campus climate

Capital Campaign

Prioritization of initiatives by a highly functioning University Development Council

– Align fund raising with major OSU 2007 initiatives– Increase endowed chairs and scholarships– UDC to include one representative from each cluster– Faculty representation (past President of Fac. Senate)– All proposals must go through UDC, including Athletics (none

go around the process)– Head of OSU 2007 implementation on UDC