CFS in the 21st CenturyPeople, Partnerships and Possibilities

Purdue UniversityBoard of TrusteesMay 28, 2009

Dept. of Consumer Sciences & Retailing

Dept. of Child Development & Family Studies

Dept. of Foods & Nutrition

Dept. of Hospitality & Tourism

Management

Miller Early Learning Center

Child Development Laboratory Preschool

Individual, Couple & Family Therapy Clinic

HTM Cafe

John Purdue Room

CFS Extension

CFS Education

COLLEGE of CONSUMER AND FAMILY SCIENCES

Strategic goals for CFS 2008-2014• Increase the quality of the entering students

• Increase entering freshman SAT scores from 1074 to at least 1150• Increase the diversity to match at least State norms• Grow the holistic evaluation of applicants

• Improve retention and graduation rates• Double study abroad, honors graduates and service learning activities• Reduce upper division class size from 55 to 45 by adding capstone

courses• Double scholarship support for Access and Success and Dean’s honor

students from $250,000 to $500,000 per year• Increase the six year graduation rate from 64% to 70%• Increase the first year retention rate from 84% to 90%

Strategic goals for CFS 2008-2014• Increase number and quality of faculty

• Increase named and distinguished professors from 4 to 8• Increase faculty to 80 FTE to improve student/faculty ratio

• Grow new interdisciplinary partnerships in Health and Human Sciences

• Remodel and build facilities to support translational human research• Grow our global reach in discovery with delivery• Expand multi-investigator research programs

Learning that Improves Quality of Life: Undergraduate Majors • Early Childhood Education and

Exceptional Needs & Early Intervention (59)

• Youth Adult and Family Services (182)

• Apparel Design & Technology (89)• Financial Counseling & Planning

(170)• Retail Management (295)• Selling & Sales Management (221)• Dietetics (165)• Nutrition, Fitness, & Health (151)• Hospitality & Tourism

Management (488)• CFS Education (38)

National Recognition• Marriage and Family Therapy

#1 ranking 2009• Hospitality and Tourism

Management #1 ranking 2002 (last available rankings)

Undergraduate Enrollment

1800

Graduate Enrollment175 Doctoral Students & 50 Graduate Students

Engaging for Community and Economic Development

• F&N Corporate Affiliates Program• HTM Strategic Alliance Council• Center for Families Advisory Council• CSR External Partners Council• Military Family Research Institute Advisory

Council• CFS Alumni Board

Graduates600 Undergraduates & 75 Graduate Students

Graduation with Honors28

Diversity: StudentsUniversity CFS Current CFS Goal

African-American 3% 2% 4.5%

Asian-American 5% 4% 4%

Hispanic, Latino 3% 3% 4%

Native American 1% 1% 1%

White, Non-Hispanic 74% 82% 76.5%

International 14% 8% 10%

Female 76%

Male 24%

Undergraduate honors opening new opportunities

Extension/Engagement Programs • Health

– Nutrition Education for Food Stamp Eligible Audiences– Healthy Communities/Healthy Individuals– Eat Your Way to Better Health– Safe Food for the Hungry– Have a Healthy Baby– Dining with Diabetes

• Human Development– It’s My Child Too - Fathering Project– Adult Children/Aging Parents

• Personal Finance– Get Checking– Where Does Your Money Go?

Engaging communities to solve societies grand challenges

Operation Purple: Building Military Families

SAT Scores for CFS Beginners

Study Abroad Participation300

2008-09 Study Abroad Locations

Changing lives one experience at a time

Sponsored Program AwardsGoal: to sustain $25M per year

Sponsored Program Expenditures Goal: to sustain

$25M per year

FundraisingGoal: sustain $10M per year

CFS Centers: Integrating Discovery, Delivery & Learning

• Center for Families• Tourism & Hospitality Research Center• Center for Customer-Driven Quality• NIH Botanicals Center (multiple partners)• Center for Ingestive Behavior (w/ Psych)• Military Family Research Institute• Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (w/

DP and IU)

People, Partnerships and Possibilities: Grand Challenges

for CFS• Global – Families– Health – Transformed economy

• Leadership– Student quality– Student experience– Diversity– Health Sciences collaborations