1. Purdue University Calumet Faculty Convocation Fall 05 Purdue University Calumet Faculty Convocation Fall 05 Academic Affairs Current Status and Goals for 05/06 Nabil A. Ibrahim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs September 28, 05

2. Outline  Significant 04/05 Accomplishments Students Faculty Community Engagement  Goals for 05/06  Next Strategic Focus  Challenges

3. Our Shared Vision By 2008 PUC will become  The university of choice for quality education in the region  Recognized for scholarship in applied research and creative endeavor  The engine that drives economic development in NW Indiana

4. Significant 04/05 Accomplishments I. Students  Best and Brightest Initiative  Enrollment Head counts Billing Hours  Retention Strategies Supplemental Instruction Academic Recovery Program

5. Enrollment Data 03/0404/0505/06Change Best & Brightest 018520015 Fall Headcount 9,1289,2229,30280 Fall Billing Hours 88,71889,83092,3302,500 Fall Credit Hours 84,46687,01389,7572,744

6. Trend in Fall Billing Hours Production

7. Trend in Fall Enrollment

8. Academic Learning Center Merrillville, Indiana

9. II. Faculty  Office for Research & Professional Development  Center for Instructional Excellence  Initiative for Increasing Tenure Track faculty  Centers and Institutes: Water Institute Energy Efficiency and Reliability Science and Technology Education Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Women and Minorities in Construction  Endowed Professorships, Lilly Initiative  Grants & Contracts

10. Faculty Development Outcomes % Tenure track Faculty From 54% to 62% 17 New Tenure Track Lilly Endowed Professorships 5 Endowed Professorships $ 2.5 M Grant Awards 20% increase 20% increase From: $2,950,000 To: $3,530.000 Federal Earmarks $ 500,000 Water Institute $ 300,000 High Performance Computing Grid $ 1,000,000 Energy Center

11. III. Community Engagement  Purdue Technology Center, Merrillville  Lilly Initiative “Opportunity for Indiana” Business Plan Competition Student Internships  Partnership on Hammond Business Incubator  Extended and Distance Education

12. Goals for 05/06 I. Students  Develop a plan to incrementally increase admission standards for new students and help achieve 70% retention in 3 years  Achieve a target of 195,000 billing hours and an enrollment of 9400 students  Implement the marketing plan for the Academic Learning Center and start fall 05 offerings  Develop a recruitment strategy to expand out-of–state students  Implement the Academic Recovery Initiative and Develop learning communalities as another strategy for student retention  Expand Supplemental Instruction to 3 high schools  Hire a director for the Student Honors Program and start first year implementation

13. II. Faculty  Hire the 05/06 director of the Center for Instructional Excellence and support CIE mission to enhance teaching and learning  Hire a new director for the Undergraduate Research and Institute the program in every school  Assess first year implementation of web CT and Develop a strategy for enhancing quality of web-based instruction  Continue the growth of Academic Computing  Implement plans for PUC Water Institute and Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center  Develop and offer Leadership Institute for Deans, Heads and Directors  Support the Office of International Studies and assess potentials for expanding International market  Form a Taskforce to institute AQIP as an academic strategy  Initiate search processes for 5 endowed professors and define the role they play in harnessing intellectual capital at PUC

14. III. Community Engagement  Implement the second year “Opportunity for Indiana”  Continue to participate actively in the development of Purdue Technology Center  Support the development of Hammond Incubator in collaboration with the city of Hammond  Develop a Center for Regional Economic Development including a Technical Assistance Program to support local business  Align applied research activities in Centers & Institutes to serve economic development in NW Indiana

15. Our Next Strategic Focus Pride in Academic Quality Building Academic Distinction

16. Five Basic Strategies  Develop Institutional Niche  Enhance Student Quality  Ensure Competitive Marketing  Build Intellectual Capital  Achieve Financial Stability

17. Transforming PUC Tier IVTier III

18. The Seven Challenges  Retention  Graduation Rate  Admission Standards  Competition /Market Share  Faculty/staff Salaries  Regional/National Recognition  Leveraging Resources

19. Discussion  Questions,  comments  suggestions ??