Southern Oregon University Living with Retrenchment

 Capacity Study – internal study (July 2012) ◦ Curriculum too diverse; not able to maintain current class size ratios ◦ Find a more effective and efficient way to organize academic programs  Program Prioritization – internal process (October 2012-June 2013) ◦ Programs ranked into Four Quintiles: Enhance, Maintain & Possibly Enhance, Maintain, Review and Restructure  Workforce Analysis – internal study (August 2013) ◦ Unaccounted faculty release was identified and underscored the need for systematic tracking of faculty loading  Delaware Cost Study – commissioned by OUS (January 2014) ◦ $6.86M in non ‐ course related activities identified

 Reorganization of Academic Departments ◦ Replaced the College of Arts & Sciences, School of Education, and the School of Business with 7 academic divisions of more equal size ◦ Eliminated 3 Deans and reduced department chair release by replacing them with 7 Directors and 1 Assoc. VP for Curricular Management ◦ Departments were recombined into the 7 division structure allowing for better managerial oversight as well as staff reductions ◦ 7 Divisions with Director and roughly 40 faculty FTE per Division  Business, Communication and the Environment  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics  Education, Health and Leadership  Oregon Center for the Arts  Humanities and Culture  Undergraduate Studies  Social Sciences

Faculty typeFTE Known retirements24.19 Permanent12.58 Adjunct (yearlongs)11.52 Anticipated retirements10.00 Adjunct (txt)3.31 TOTAL61.60  Reduced faculty positions (Retrenchment Plan, March 2014)

 Financials:  Financials: Build the fund balance and ensure financial viability  Enrollment :  Enrollment : Strengthen the application funnel and grow overall enrollment  Retention :  Retention : Improve the 1st to 2nd year and 1st to 3rd year retention rates  Course Sizing:  Course Sizing: Increase average class size and reduce low enrolled courses  Faculty Loading:  Faculty Loading: Manage efficiencies and accountability of faculty assignments

Student class Target F’13 to F’14Actual F’13 to F’14 All admitted UGs Fall to next Fall 77.0%77.1% All newly admitted UGs Fall to next Fall 70.0%72.7% All newly admitted first-time full-time freshmen 68.0%73.8% Retention Metrics

Class type Target Fall’14 Actual Fall’14 All Lower division Upper division Graduate Course Sizing Metrics Class type Target Fall’14 Actual Fall’14 All4725 Lower division 107 Upper division 199 Graduate189 Average class size:Number of low enrolled courses:

Class size bin # courses in bin Upper Division Courses

Course#EnrollmentMax 30113* * * *cross list enrollment From enrollment report – August 11, 2014 Course#EnrollmentMax 30118* * * *cross list enrollment From enrollment report – October 27, 2014 Course#EnrollmentMax 30113* * * *cross list enrollment Mean class size = 11.9Mean class size = 19.9

Course number and titleEnroll Loading (ELU) Reassignment PHL323:Moral Theory34 New course added, PHL207, with 24 students CS295:Web Development II 74 New course added, CS256, with 23 students BI318:Invertebrate Natural History and lab 88 New course added, BI101 and 101L, with 99 students in lecture MTH111:Precalculus I84 Reduced adjunct need and therefore expenses CW320:Contemporary Literary Culture 34 New course added, CW282, with 20 students HST476:American West to New course added, HST421, with 25 students HST484:1960s US54 Faculty reassigned to winter term course SOC337:Racial and Ethnic Relationships 64 Faculty reassigned to SOC343 with 24 students and reduced adjunct annual contract Courses cancelled for Fall 2014

SOU Faculty Loading - Academic Year Division Faculty's home program FTEFaculty TypeELU BasisTerm codeType Workload (ELU) Notes Index Code SSCCJ1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading)4CCJ231CRM001 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading)4CCJ361CRM001 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Program Chair4CCJCRM001 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading)4CCJ361CRM002 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Overload Paid-4CCJ399CRM002 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading)4CCJ399CRM002 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading)4CCJ430CRM002 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Program Chair4CCJCRM001 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading)4CCJ361CRM001 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading)4CCJ430CRM002 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Program Chair4CCJCRM001 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Scholarly Activity4researchCRM002 SSCCJ1.00Professorial Bank Deposit-4CRM Example of Faculty Loading from Report:

SOU Faculty Loading - Academic Year Division Faculty's home program FTEFaculty TypeELU BasisTerm codeType Workload (ELU) Notes Index Code STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH112MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH251MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH331MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH251MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH431/531MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Bank Withdrawal4MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH252MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH261MTH001 STEMMTH1.00Professorial Teaching (with standard loading) 4MTH421/521MTH Example of Faculty Loading from Report:

SOU Faculty Loading - Academic Year Division Faculty's home program FTEFaculty Type ELU Basis Term code Type Workload (ELU) NotesIndex Code DEHLED1.00Professorial Coordination of Graduate Program 3 MAT Middle/High School EDU001 CFATHR1.00Professorial Program Chair5TheatreTHR001 BCEES1.00Professorial Program Chair4Environmental StudiesENV001 CFAMUS1.00Professorial Program Chair3MusicMUS001 UNDUSEM1.00Professional Program Chair4University SeminarCURFRS SSCCJ1.00Professorial Program Chair4 Criminology & Criminal Justice CRM001 HCPHL1.00Professorial Program Chair4PhilosophyPHL001 HCFL1.00Professorial Coordination of Graduate Program 4 Summer Language Institute, Spanish FLASLI DEHLED1.00Professional Coordination of Undergraduate Program 3Elementary EducationEDU001 DEHLED1.00Professorial Coordination of Graduate Program 2Special EducationEDU001 STEMMTH1.00Professional Program Chair4MathematicsMTH001 STEMCHEM0.85Professorial Program Chair3ChemistryCHEM001 Example of Administrative Release from Faculty Loading Report:

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