1. Are we seeking an enhanced national reputation with a branch campus, regional name?

2. Missouri Public HS Graduates 1987-88 to 2001-02 (actual), 2002-03 to 2017-18 (projected)
WICHE: Knocking at the College Door, 2003

3. Missouri’s 2005 Student Funnel for All Engineering Fields
Public High School Seniors Cohort: 67,074
Public High School Graduates: 57,495
All ACT Testers/College Bound: 42,705
Any Engineering Interest, all scores: 1,519
Engineering Interest, +21 comp. score: 1,028
(21 = MO average score / 50%)
Engineering Interest, +24 comp. score:
(24 = UM minimum for auto admission)
UMR’s Freshmen Engineering Majors
from Missouri

4. Projected Change in High School Graduates +9
-11
-17
-20 -4 +7
-10
-10
+11
-11 -6 +4 -2
-22 -2 -1 -8 -3
+53 -7 -3
+10 +3 +7 +5 +5 +4 -7
+12 +3 -6 -4 +6 +3
-10
+13 +8
+20 -8 +2 -1 -3 +2
+16 -1
-12 +7 +9 +9
> 20 %
+11% to +20%
0% to +10%
Decreases
-10
NCES, 2003

5. Trends in Engineering
(<5%)

6. Name Recognition Among College-Bound Students Outside of Missouri
Even with the increased recruiting efforts since 2000, of the more than 1.1 million ACT testers in 2006, only 551 non-Missouri high school seniors sent ACT scores to UMR.
238 of the 551 out-of-state ACT scores were from students interested in engineering.
UMR is 9th in Missouri for number of ACT scores received from out-of-state students.

7. Average enrollment is 6,457
Average enrollment is 29,391

8. The Arts and Sciences departments are critically important to the future of our University.

9. Arts and Sciences
UMR hired a total of 18 new tenure track faculty members in FY06 and FY07.
8 tenure track hires were in Arts and Sciences, including English, Philosophy, and Psychology
Currently searching for tenure track faculty in Computer Science, History, Spanish, and Technical Communication
This years’ A&S budget has been supplemented by over $890,000
Potential graduate programs

10. Interesting Fact: Examples:
Outstanding programs in Business, Economics, English, Finance, History, Management Information Systems, Psychology, etc. exist at technological research universities.
Examples:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute