1 / 24

FOCUS 2015: State Budget & Election Priorities | University Enrollment & Sustainability | Fall 2010 Priorities

This overview discusses the state budget, election focus, and 2010 University priorities including enrollment management, experiential learning, sustainability, and diversity.

ryanf
Download Presentation

FOCUS 2015: State Budget & Election Priorities | University Enrollment & Sustainability | Fall 2010 Priorities

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Overview • State Budget and Election • Fall 2010 University Priorities • Questions/comments/discussion

  2. State Budget and Election Focus 2015

  3. Election 2010

  4. UW as % of State GPR Expenditures

  5. State Budget Estimates of the state’s structural deficit heading into the next budget biennium range from $2.1 to $2.7 billion.

  6. 2011-13 Biennium • The $641 million DOA lapse in 2009-11 biennium “will need to continue in the 2011-13” biennium. • Plan for at least 10% base reduction. • Assume zero growth in overall GPR appropriations. Only exception for UW System is instruction and research activities focused on economic growth. • Additional funding requests will be limited to revenue availability and “only the highest priority programming needs.”

  7. FOCUS 2015 Goals Focus 2015

  8. Strategic Planning Model Mission Less Frequent Iterations Values Vision Situational Analysis Stakeholder Visioning Goals Action Plans Performance Indicators More Frequent Iterations Periodic Reviews

  9. Visioning 2008 Cooperative Education Service Agency Board of Regents Industry K-12 Schools Foundation Board UW-System Officers UW-Stout Faculty, Staff, and Students University Administrators Legislators Unions Technical Colleges State Department of Public Instruction County and City Administrator Economic Development Specialist

  10. Four FOCUS 2015 Goals • Develop knowledge, respect and validation of differing values, cultures and beliefs in students, faculty and staff • Expand early and ongoing experiential learning opportunities including undergraduate applied research and entrepreneurship • Further develop and execute integrated enrollment management • Focus on sustainability: Implement key elements of the President's Climate Commitment and educational and applied research Initiatives

  11. Fall 2010 University Priorities Focus 2015

  12. Fall 2010 University Priorities: Enrollment Management Examine policies and procedures for matriculation of all students making it user friendly and borrowing from universal design.

  13. Enrollment Management Priority ACTION PLAN: • User-friendly methods of payment • Eliminate paper add/drop card • Expansion of add/drop period • Online waitlists • “Return to Wisconsin” program • Streamline scholarship process • Automate distribution of transcripts

  14. Experiential Learning Priority • ACTION PLAN: • Standardized definition for the implementation of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities in a transcript or portfolio. • Individual responsible for coordination • Campus-wide steering group • Tool to track and report these activities

  15. Fall 2010 University Priorities: Experiential Learning #2 Expand learning communities to enroll greater numbers and achieve 2015 targets, as proposed in the recruitment and retention proposal.

  16. Experiential Learning Priority #2 ACTION PLAN: • Update the Learning Community Advisory Committee • Research best practices related to learning communities • Develop model to achieve 2015 targets for learning communities • Determine the comprehensive costs/resources associated with current learning communities and future projected costs • Implement the plan to achieve the 2015 targets

  17. Fall 2010 University Priorities: Sustainability Integrate sustainability into the curriculum, via classroom experiences, research projects, and general education courses, as appropriate.

  18. Sustainability Priority ACTION PLAN: • Recommend a definition of “Infusing Sustainability into Curriculum.” • Provide a list of potential classroom projects. • Make available to campus a summary of action plans from the ‘Infusing Sustainability into Curriculum’ conference, and develop recommendations for campus-wide initiatives. • Introduce the concept and definition of “Infusing Sustainability into Curriculum” to the Faculty Senate and request endorsement.

  19. Fall 2010 University Priorities: Sustainability #2 Develop and approve the energy conservation policy and the waste reduction policy.

  20. Sustainability Priority #2 ACTION PLAN: • Review and evaluate environmental cost benefit analysis methodologies and recommend one • Complete a high level preliminary summary of the financial and greenhouse gas impact • Categorize or rank the components of each policy from near‐term to long‐term implementation • Propose the policies incorporating the feedback from the campus

  21. Fall 2010 University Priorities: Diversity Implement plans to increase enrollment, retention and graduation of minority students, as proposed in the multicultural recruitment proposal.

  22. Diversity Priority ACTION PLAN: • Conduct an in depth qualitative study to assess how to improve graduation rates for minority students at UW-Stout, and develop recommendations • Conduct quantitative market research to generalize the results from the qualitative study to the UW-Stout population

  23. Questions?Comments?Discussion Focus 2015

More Related