University Council
December 7, 2010

OVERVIEW
President’s  Comments  on  Budget  Issues
Updates  by  the  Cabinet
Con8nuing  Educa8on  &  Special  Programs

Budget  Update  FY11
State  Appropria8ons:
FY10    (July  1,  2009)        =      83.8  M
FY11    (July  1,  2010)        =      77.5  M
-­‐6.3  M
Reversion?
Tui8on  revenue  for  FY11  =  $75.8  M

Budget  Update  FY12
Economic/Poli8cal  Environment
Federal
State
Revenues?
State  Funding?  —Requests
Tui8on?
Federal  Funding?
Costs?

Student  Affairs:  Enrollment
•   Undergraduate  applica8ons  are  3,297
(15%  increase  over  the  same  point  last  year)
•   54%  of  those  have  received  their
admission  decisions
•   Admissions  is  live  on  two  modules:
Campus  Solu8ons  (CS)  and  Customer
Rela8ons  Management  (CRM)
•   Admissions  will  begin  delivering   prospec8ve  student  extracts  to   departments  by  next  week.

Student  Affairs:  SIS

Student  Affairs:  Residence

Student  Affairs:  Residence

•   Individual  Studies
•   UNI  Museums
•   Office  of  Con8nuing  and  Distance  Educa8on

Bachelor  of  Liberal  Studies  (BLS)  degree
•   Designed  for  non-­‐tradi8onal  students
•   A  Regents  degree
•   175  ac8ve  BLS  students
General  Studies  major
•   15  semester  hours  of  upper-­‐level     coursework  from  three  Colleges
•   145  declared  majors

Individual  Studies  major
•   Design  an   individualized     interdisciplinary  program
•   Faculty  commiNee  oversees
•   6  hours  of  thesis  credit  required
Na8onal  Student  Exchange
•   Pay  UNI  tui8on,  aNend  one  of
180+  colleges  and  universi8es     within  the  U.S.,  its  territories,     or  Canada
•   30–40  outbound  students  each  year
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•   Accredited  by  the  American  Associa8on     of  Museums,   an  honor  bestowed  on     less  than  10%  of  the  museums  in  the  U.S.
•   Comprised  of  the   University  Museum  (a  museum     of  nature  and  culture)  and   Marshall  Center  School
(a  restored,  historic,  one-­‐room  schoolhouse).

Academic  Support
•   Mentored   25  students  from   5  UNI  colleges
(internships  &  special  projects)
•   Delivered  programs  to   60  classes     from   21  UNI  departments

Programs  and  Service
•   5  changing  exhibits  &
65  special  programs
•   15,000  visitors  to     campus  annually
•   The  Center  for  the  History   of  Rural  Iowa  Educa8on   and  Culture  preserved
9,000  documents  and   served  more  than
100  researchers

Mission   —  To  expand  access  to  high-­‐quality   educa8onal  opportuni8es  through  the  use  of  a   variety  of  methods  and  technologies  and  the   provision  of  exemplary  support  services.

Provide  leadership  and  support  for  UNI’s  con8nuing   and  distance  educa8on  courses  and  programs.
•   Iden8fy  and  assess  opportuni8es
•   Provide  support  to  faculty
•   Provide  and  facilitate  student  support  services
•   Plan,  coordinate,  and  market  offerings
•   Collect,  analyze,  and  report  data
•   Collaborate

•   Total  enrollment  of  11,749
•   84  coun8es  and  173  ci8es  and  towns
•   700+  course  sec8ons
•   23  degree  and  cer8ficate  programs

•   Online  courses
•   Guided  Independent  Study
•   Interac8ve  video
•   Off-­‐campus,  face-­‐to-­‐face
•   Blended  instruc8on
•   On-­‐campus  workshops

•   Compe88on
•   Capacity  to  deliver  (available  faculty)
•   Faculty  readiness
•   Rapidly  changing  technologies

•   High-­‐quality  instruc8on
–   “ Quality  MaNers ”  ini8a8ve
–   Assessment
•   High-­‐quality  support  services
–   “ Best  Prac8ces  for  Electronically  Offered  Degree   and  Cer8ficate  Programs ”
–   Assessment
•   Con8nuous  Improvement

•   Marke8ng/branding
–   eMarke8ng
–   Google  AdWords
–   Google  Analy8cs
–   CRM
•   New  Student  Informa8on  System  (SIS)
•   External  funding
•   Faculty  development

Thank  you!