Academic Affairs Dec. 4, 2012

Three divisions Academic Affairs/The Colleges Enrollment Management Research and Economic Development

Academic Affairs An intentional, integrated and experiential UG education – Linked courses – Alignment with specific competencies – Expanded honors program – Expanded learning communities The Colleges – Support for existing programs – New program development

New Program Development Strategic initiatives leveraging existing strengths – UG Forensic specializations– Chemistry, Biology and Criminal Justice – UG and Grad Analytics program – Business, Statistics and Information Systems – Specialized master level business programs – Sales, Healthcare – Accelerated Bachelor/Master programs – Joint graduate programs with international partner universities New alternative delivery program – Media and Communications online professional masters – Blended Masters in Educational Administration

Academic Affairs Faculty – Contract with BGSU-FA – Faculty Development Higher Learning Commission Facilities Decision Support Systems – Analytics

Enrollment Management: Recruit, Retain and Graduate Recruitment Strategies – Traditional UG student population Scholarship shift, yield, new programs – Non-traditional UG student population Leverage articulation agreements, focused regional strategy, “finish what you started” campaign – Graduate Students (full-time and part-time) Marketing, allocation of scholarships, New programs – International Grad and UG Embassy visits, leveraging alumni, ESL programs – Alternative Delivery Methods (On-line, Hybrid, Weekend, Evening programs) Increase visibility of existing programs Develop additional alternative delivery methods of existing programs Develop new programs

Historic Freshmen Retention Rates (%) Fall 2011 (As of fall 12) Fall 2010 (As of fall 11) Fall 2009 (As of fall 10) Fall 2008 (As of fall 09) Number of new students3,8603,8993,1423,054 BGSU average retention % of all FTFT Freshmen69.2%71.8%76.6%73.1% Ave. retention % of declared major during first year Ave. retention % of academic learning communities

Historic Freshmen Retention Rates (%) Fall 2011 (As of fall 12) Fall 2010 (As of fall 11) Fall 2009 (As of fall 10) Fall 2008 (As of fall 09) Number of new students3,8603,8993,1423,054 BGSU average retention % of all FTFT Freshmen69.2%71.8%76.6%73.1% Ave. retention % of declared major during first year71.8%73.6%78.9%75.6% Ave. retention % of academic learning communities79.2%82.3%84.2%83.1% Engage the student….retain the student

Retain and Graduate Academic and Administrative Policies and Procedures Support and Feedback for Students Progress Reporting, Learning Commons Academic and Career Advising (including programs for undecided majors and pre- professional) Academics Linked Courses, First-year Academic Seminar Assessment of Student Learning Expanding internship programs Faculty Support and Development (grants and integration of centers) Alignment of teaching space to support active learning pedagogy

Research and Economic Development Importance of Research – For faculty – For students – For BGSU BGSU’s role in our region

BGSU Role of Technology – Recruitment, Teaching, Assessment, Coaching/Advising, Placement, Research Everything we do

For Discussion: BGSU commitment to students Four year graduation commitment Experiential education opportunity for every student (internship, study abroad, service learning, applied capstone, etc.) Success based scholarships For qualified students, the ability to graduate debt free of tuition and fees