College-wide Governance Meeting
October 17, 2012
Baker 146, 12:45PM
Agenda
1. Announcements
2. Robert C. French, VP Enrollment
Management and Marketing
3. Student Life Committee Report (McGee)
4. Faculty Ownership of Instructional Content
(Donaghy)
5. College Common Hour Scheduling (Donaghy)
6. New Business
Fall 2012 Enrollment @ ESF
A Five-Year Perspective
Robert C. French
October 17, 2012
Enrollment Headcount (Without SU or HS)
Undergraduate Full-Time
Undergraduate Part-Time
2015 (Planned) = 2300
1660
2013 (Planned) = 2255
1645
**2012 = 2336
1670
2011 = 2266
Graduate Full-Time
50
50
2009 = 2114
63
1527
2007 = 2030
44
1416
0
500
40
1000
1500
288
370
220
350
75
1635
Graduate Part-Time
210
328
263
322
332
246
211
286
2000
2500
Full-Time Undergraduates
Freshmen
Transfer
Continuing
2015 (Planned) = 1660
295
220
1145
2013 (Planned) = 1645
290
220
1135
**2012 = 1670
325
189
2011 = 1635
289
230
2009 = 1527
283
228
2007 = 1416
250
0
1156
1116
1016
195
200
400
971
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
Matriculated Undergraduates (Full & Part-Time)
Department
Fall 2007
Fall 2012
Change
Chemistry
62
42
(-20)
EFB
572
641
(+69)
ERE
92
128
(+36)
Env. Science
111
188
(+77)
Env. Studies
141
148
(+7)
FNRM
117
172
(+55)
Ranger School
44
49
(+5)
LA
162
163
(+1)
PBE
41
86
(+45)
SCME
94
78
(-16)
Undecided
5
10
(+5)
Quality Metrics – Entering Freshmen
Fall 2007
Fall 2009
Fall 2011
Fall 2012
Applications
1348
1678
1869
1630
Acceptance Rate
51%
43%
47%
51%
SAT Average
1150
1195
1190
1190
ACT Average
24
25
26
26
Top Tenth Rank
23%
39%
37%
37%
Top Quartile Rank
55%
77%
73%
72%
Top Half Rank
91%
96%
97%
95%
HS GPA
90%
92%
92%
92%
Diversity Metrics – Undergraduate Full-Time
Fall 2007
Fall 2012
Women
511 (37%)
726 (44%)
Underrepresented
109 (8%)
148 (9%)
International
13 (1%)
28 (2%)
150 (11%)
260 (16%)
States Represented
26
36
Countries Represented
6
13
Out-of-State U.S.
First Year Retention Rates
Fall Entry
Freshmen
Second Year
Retention
2011
289
249
86%
2010
259
216
83%
2009
283
251
89%
2008
310
252
81%
2007
250
223
89%
Six Year Graduation Rates
Fall Entry
Freshmen
Graduated
Rate
2007
250
170
68% (5 yr)
2006
242
163
67%
2005
260
171
66%
2004
227
148
65%
2003
228
149
64%
Undergraduate Costs
Fall Entry
Tuition & Fees
Room
Board
Total
2007 NY-Resident
$5,100
$5,660
$5,930
$16,690
2012 NY-Resident
$6,593
$7,500
$6,900
$20,993 (+26%)
2007 Non-Resident
$11,360
$5,660
$5,930
$22,950
2012 Non-Resident
$15,843
$7,500
$6,900
$30,243 (+32%)
Faculty Governance Committee on Student Life
Annual Report 2011-2012
Caroline Bailey – LA
Scott Blair – Student Life
Bob Dugan – Public Safety
Tom Fletcher – Admissions
Cat Foley - GSA
Ivan Gitsov/Paul Caluwe – Chemistry
Kavya Krishnan/Lauren Ziska – USA
Greg McGee – EFB
Giorgos Mountrakis – ERE
Douglas Morrison – FNRM
John View – Financial Aid
[Kevin Reynolds, Laura Crandall – Student Life]
Anne Lombard (ex officio)
Academic Integrity
2011 Review of Policies & Procedures
• Faculty familiarity with policies/procedures
• Faculty reporting tendencies
• Student Life record keeping
o 20 incidents 2011
o 55 incidents 2012
• Next Steps: education and exchange
2011 National Survey of Student
Engagement
(NSSE)
NSSE
• 85 questions
• 5 “benchmarks” of engagement
– Level of Academic Challenge
– Active and Collaborative Learning
– Student-Faculty Interactions
– Enriching Educational Experiences
– Supportive Campus Environment
NSSE
• 120 freshmen, 151 seniors
• Comparison Institutions
– RU/H: Carnegie Classification, >20 PhD degrees/year, ~61,000
– NSSE 2011: ~470,000
– Mid East Public: ~36,000
Level of Academic Challenge Benchmark
First-Year
Senior
100
100
“Effect Size” (g)
80
80
60
60
40
40
20
20
g=
.4
.4
0
SUNY
ESF
MidEast
Public
RU/H
.4
top
10%
NSSE
2011
.2 small
.5 moderate
.8 large
g=
.2
.2
SUNY
ESF
MidEast
Public
RU/H
0
NSSE
2011
Enriching Educational Environment Benchmark
First-Year
Senior
100
100
80
80
60
60
40
40
20
20
g=
.5
.5
0
SUNY Mid-East RU/H
ESF
Public
.5
top
10%
NSSE
2011
0
g=
g=
.2
SUNY Mid-East
ESF
Public
.3
RU/H
.2 small
.5 moderate
.8 large
.3
NSSE
2011
Some things we can say…relative to RU/H
ESF students tend to:
-
work more collaboratively on assignments
discuss ideas outside of class more
integrate concepts among different classes more
think more critically
analyze quantitative problems
address complex real-world problems
- acquire a more narrow general education
- acquire higher levels of job-related training and skills
development
Some things we can say…relative to RU/H
ESF Seniors
vs.
RU/H Seniors
77%
49%
participate in internship, field experience, co-op
36%
20%
work on research projects with faculty
53%
32%
participate in culminating senior experience
Some things we can say…relative to RU/H
Community Service
Freshmen
Seniors
ESF
84%
71%
RU/H
41%
58%
Some things we can say…relative to RU/H
ESF students are:
- seniors are less likely to have serious conversations with
students of different race or ethnicity
- freshmen are more likely to have serious conversations with
students of different religious/political backgrounds
- seniors are less likely to engage in classroom discussions and
assignments that include perspectives based on race, religion,
political belief
- seniors are not asked to understand people of different racial
and ethnic backgrounds
- Foreign language 22% ESF
vs.
41% RU/H
Faculty Ownership of
Instructional Content
• Copyright Law - Work for hire
– Work prepared by an employee within the scope
of employment
– Work specifically ordered or commissioned and
prepared per written contract
• Instructional text, tests and test answers
SUNY’s Copyright Policy
• Written in 1954
– Under 1909 federal copyright act
– Common-law exception
– Faculty work vests in the faculty not SUNY
• At the time, the term used was all “written
works”….
Instructional Materials for the Web
• Blackboard, On-line Courses
• No difference from classroom
“You own what you produce unless you have
knowingly given up your rights to the product.”
-UUP Copyright FAQ,
www.suny.edu//provost/academic_affairs/FacultyOwnership.cfm
Commercial Lecture Note Companies
• On-Line Courses
– College use course after you’ve “left”
• Commerical Lecture Note Companies
– CourseHero…
• Lawsuits require registration
United States Copyright Office at
www.loc.gov/copyright