Texas Tech University Raiders Engaged Institutional Summary of Academic Outreach and Engagement Academic Year 2015 Administration Report Date: April 25, 2016 Background Raiders Engaged is an in-house instrument administered annually by Texas Tech University (TTU) as the primary method for assessing its academic outreach and engagement activities. This report summarizes the results from the Academic Year 2015 administration of Raiders Engaged. Data encompasses outreach and engagement projects, which took place between September 1, 2014 and August 31, 2015, as reported by faculty and staff from academic and administrative units at TTU in response to the online survey. The 2015 Raiders Engaged online survey opened on November 2, 2015 accompanied by an e-mail from Provost Schovanec inviting TTU faculty and staff to participate in reporting any outreach and engagement projects conducted over the past academic year (see Appendix I.) Several e-mail reminders followed, and units were also contacted individually to encourage participation. The survey officially closed on December 1, 2015 but remained active for input to allow some units that were individually contacted after the deadline to report. A total of 2,114 faculty and administrative staff were invited to provide information regarding any outreach and engagement activities that they were involved in during Academic Year 2015. Overall, 472 entries were submitted via Raiders Engaged, at a response rate of 22.3%. An institutional summary report reflecting TTU’s overall results is included in Appendix II. Results Respondents reported on a total of 546 unique projects, 117 of which were new. Based on data submitted, 61,906 total faculty hours and 266,767 total staff hours were spent preparing, implementing, and evaluating these projects. TTU projects involved a total of 503 external and 427 internal partnerships. The following table provides a summary of project data reported by administrative units, colleges, and schools. Project Summary Unique Projects 546 New Projects 117 Unique Faculty Hours Unique Staff Hours 61,906 266,767 External Partnerships 503 Internal Partnerships 427 Projects by Reporting Unit Unit Administrative Units 257 College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources 18 College of Architecture 15 College of Arts and Sciences 56 Rawls College of Business 17 College of Education 50 College of Engineering 12 Honors College 3 College of Human Sciences 62 School of Law 12 College of Media & Communication 4 College of Visual & Performing Arts 40 TOTAL 546 Initiative Type The following reflects projects by Initiative Type. Projects considered Individual Initiative are those that were not dependent on any support from a program, department, or the university beyond base salary. Institutional Initiatives include projects that were sponsored or supported by a department, program, or the university. Multi-Institutional Initiatives are those initiatives led by multiple institutions. The majority of projects were conducted as Individual Initiatives (48%) followed by Institutional Initiatives (32%). Geographic Impact The following section highlights the geographic areas that were impacted by institutionwide outreach and engagement projects. In terms of the state-wide impact of TTU’s outreach and engagement efforts, 218 projects reported serving Lubbock County, followed by Dallas County (21) and Hale County (18). A full list of Texas counties served is provided in Appendix III. A total of 361 projects indicated impacting the entire state of Texas. Oklahoma and New Mexico were the second most-impacted states (10), followed by Arkansas (7). A full list of states served is provided in Appendix IV. In terms of the global impact of TTU’s outreach and engagement , 391 projects reportedly served the United States, while 155 projects reported serving a country other than the United States. The countries most served by TTU outreach and engagement were Canada (6) and Mexico, India, Honduras, Germany, China, and Brazil (5). A full list of countries served is provided in Appendix V. Texas Tech University Outreach and Engagement Partnerships in Texas Texas Tech University Outreach and Engagement Partnerships in Other U.S. States Texas Tech University Outreach and Engagement Partnerships in Foreign Countries Area of Concern and Type of Engagement The following graphs represent TTU outreach and engagement initiatives by Area of Concern andType of Engagement. The primary Area of Concern that outreach and engagement projects addressed was Pre-K-20 Education (24.86%), followed by Community Development/Arts/Culture/Civic Life (14.49%) and Science and Technology (10.4%). The primary Types of Engagement involved in faculty and staff outreach and engagement initiatives were: Engaged Instruction: Public Events and Understanding (18.4%) and Research and Creative Activity (18.4%), followed by Technical or Expert Assistance (15.4%), and Service on Boards and Committees (14.0%). See Appendix VI for definitions and examples of each form of engagement. Participants and Funding Numerous external populations were served through TTU’s outreach and engagement initiatives – from public schools, to community colleges, four-year colleges, business and industry, government, non-profits, and the general public. Primary and secondary level students (K-12) were the most prominent participants in TTU’s outreach and engagement efforts. This coincides with TTU’s primary Area of Concern – Education - with a total of 247,045 K-12 students being impacted (this variable may include duplicate counts). The total funding generated for projects reporting Education as an Area of Concern was $8,070,171. The total funding generated for all initiatives combined during AY’ 15 was $24,038,525.80. Funding came from private business and industry, state and federal grants, foundations, other non-profit organizations, and event/and activities fees. Conclusion The Academic Year ’15 administration of Raiders Engaged showed a significant increase in outreach and engagement numbers from 2014 ,which may be due to changes that were made in the administration of the survey. The 2015 reported number of 657,287 Non-TTU Attendees and Participants was double that reported for 2014, along with a 100,000 person increase in K-12 participants. Faculty and Staff Involvement Hours also saw an increase compared to 2014. These changes could be attributed to the broader dissemination of the survey compared to 2014 as well as the personal follow-up with individual units on campus to encourage participation. Areas that did not show increase during this year’s administration were Funding Generated and unique non-TTU Partnerships. Based on a four-year trend, these numbers have consistently fluctuated from year to year. Due to the self-reported nature of Raiders Engaged, inconsistencies in these measures are likely due to the type of data reported. OPA is exploring ways to improve collection of these measures to ensure reliability in future administrations. Nonetheless, it is the perspective of OPA that the 2015 administration of Raiders Engaged is not only the most reliable and comprehensive, but represents a pivotal moment in Texas Tech’s assessment of outreach and engagement. It is our belief with further refinements that next year’s administration will have even greater validity and reliability Improvements from Raiders Engaged 2014 The AY ’15 administration of Raiders Engaged featured an enhanced instrumentation process based on recommendations for improvement from an ad hoc assessment committee as well as participant feedback from previous administrations. Some of the improvements made to the survey included earlier initial administration to allow time for communication, follow-up with areas, and discussion of specific issues with participants. Additionally, data was more easily accessible by Office of Planning and Assessment (OPA) staff throughout the administration which allowed for individual follow-up with respondents to obtain further information or clarification. The usability of the instrument was also improved, which made it easier for respondents to navigate and complete the survey. Finally, this year’s administration allowed for the uploading of Raiders Engaged data into DigitalMeasures. To avoid duplication or discrepancies in data, the respective “Outreach and Engagement” data fields were blocked in DigitalMeasures while the Raiders Engaged survey was open. After the Raiders Engaged survey closed, OPA uploaded information into DigitalMeasures accounts giving faculty the option to edit the information for Annual Reporting. In the future, this aspect of data collection needs to be better communicated to faculty who may have chosen not to complete the survey and, instead, waited until the fields in DigitalMeasures were open for input. Continuous Improvement The 2015 administration was the most successful administration to date, but further improvements are underway to create a more streamlined survey for the 2016 administration. We are aiming to make it easier for respondents to select the geographic locations of their outreach and engagement projects and partnerships by creating interactive visual maps for Texas, the United States, and the world. Additionally, respondents will be able to select regions versus individual counties in the state of Texas since they may not always have the specific break-down of their activity by county readily available. In addition, an interactive calendar will be added to allow respondents to individually select the month, year, and date of their specific project. More specific instructions will also be added to reporting fields that require input of numbers in order to eliminate error messages received for inputting signs or symbols in addition to numbers. We further intend to provide a link to the TTU Global Address Book to aid respondents in identifying and selecting other TTU personnel involved in the project. Moreover, we plan to pre-populate Internal Partners with a menu of on-campus entities that respondents can select from more easily. . Appendix I – Email Invitation from Provost Appendix II – Institutional Summary Appendix III – Projects by County County Projects Anderson 20 Andrews 20 Angelina 20 Aransas 20 Archer 20 Armstrong 20 Atascosa 20 Austin 20 Bailey 27 Bandera 22 Bastrop 21 Baylor 22 Bee 20 Bell 22 Bexar 27 Blanco 22 Borden 21 Bosque 20 Bowie 20 Brazoria 20 Brazos 22 Brewster 20 Briscoe 22 Brooks 20 Brown 22 Burleson 20 Burnet 25 Caldwell 20 Calhoun 20 Callahan 22 Cameron 20 Camp 20 Carson 21 Cass 20 Castro 24 Chambers 20 Cherokee 20 Childress 20 Clay 20 Cochran 27 Coke 20 Coleman 21 County Projects Collin 24 Collingsworth 20 Colorado 21 Comal 23 Comanche 20 Concho 20 Cooke 20 Coryell 20 Cottle 21 Crane 20 Crockett 20 Crosby 32 Culberson 20 Dallam 20 Dallas 41 Dawson 25 De Witt 20 Deaf Smith 22 Delta 20 Denton 26 Dickens 26 Dimmit 20 Donley 22 Duval 20 Eastland 21 Ector 22 Edwards 24 El Paso 26 Ellis 20 Erath 20 Falls 20 Fannin 22 Fayette 20 Fisher 21 Floyd 27 Foard 21 Fort Bend 21 Franklin 20 Freestone 20 Frio 20 Gaines 30 Galveston 21 County Garza Gillespie Glasscock Goliad Gonzales Gray Grayson Gregg Grimes Guadalupe Hale Hall Hamilton Hansford Hardeman Hardin Harris Harrison Hartley Haskell Hays Hemphill Henderson Hidalgo Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Howard Hudspeth Hunt Hutchinson Irion Jack Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jim Hogg Jim Wells Johnson Projects 30 29 20 20 20 21 22 20 20 22 38 21 20 21 21 20 34 20 20 22 24 21 20 25 20 34 20 20 21 23 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 20 20 20 20 21 County Projects Jones 22 Jones 20 Karnes 21 Kaufman 20 Kendall 24 Kenedy 20 Kent 21 Kerr 22 Kimble 22 King 24 Kinney 20 Kleberg 20 Knox 22 La Salle 20 Lamar 20 Lamb 33 Lampasas 21 Lavaca 21 Lee 20 Leon 20 Liberty 20 Limestone 21 Lipscomb 21 Live Oak 21 Llano 21 Loving 20 Lubbock 238 Lynn 34 Madison 20 Marion 20 Martin 21 Mason 24 Matagorda 21 Maverick 21 McCulloch 20 McLennan 22 McMullen 20 Medina 22 Menard 20 Midland 24 Milam 20 Mills 20 Mitchell 22 County Projects Montague 20 Montgomery 22 Moore 21 Morris 20 Motley 21 Nacogdoches 20 Navarro 20 Newton 20 Nolan 23 Nueces 21 Ochiltree 21 Oldham 20 Orange 20 Palo Pinto 20 Panola 20 Parker 21 Parmer 25 Pecos 20 Polk 20 Potter 24 Presidio 20 Rains 20 Randall 24 Reagan 21 Real 20 Red River 20 Reeves 21 Refugio 21 Roberts 20 Robertson 20 Rockwall 22 Runnels 21 Rusk 20 Sabine 20 San Augustine 20 San Jacinto 23 San Patricio 20 San Saba 21 Schleicher 20 Scurry 26 Shackelford 21 Shelby 20 Sherman 21 County Projects Smith 20 Somervell 20 Starr 20 Stephens 21 Sterling 20 Stonewall 22 Sutton 21 Swisher 25 Tarrant 32 Taylor 22 Terrell 20 Terry 25 Throckmorton 21 Titus 20 Tom Green 23 Travis 27 Trinity 20 Tyler 21 Upshur 20 Upton 20 Uvalde 20 Val Verde 20 Van Zandt 20 Victoria 21 Walker 20 Waller 21 Ward 21 Washington 20 Webb 22 Wharton 20 Wheeler 22 Wichita 20 Wilbarger 21 Willacy 20 Williamson 24 Wilson 20 Winkler 20 Wise 21 Wood 20 Yoakum 26 Young 21 Zapata 20 Zavala 20 Appendix IV – Projects by State State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Projects 7 5 5 12 11 9 5 5 6 11 9 5 8 9 7 8 8 State Projects State North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi 7 8 5 6 8 8 7 5 Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina 8 9 10 5 Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont 7 5 15 15 5 Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Projects 6 9 15 8 6 5 5 6 9 366 6 5 9 9 6 7 11 Appendix V - Projects by Country Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Angola Anguilla Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Commonwealth of Dominica Costa Rica Cote D'ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Projects 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 5 2 Country Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy 1 Jamaica 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kurdistan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Projects 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 5 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 Country Latvia Lebanon Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palestinian Territory Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Projects 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 Country Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Projects 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 Appendix VI - Forms of Engagement Definitions Clinical Service Engaged Instruction: Credit Courses and Programs Engaged Instruction: Noncredit Classes and Programs All client and patient (human and animal) care provided by university faculty or staff through unit-sponsored group practice or as part of clinical instruction, and by medical or graduate students as part of their professional education and practice. Courses and instructional programs that offer academic credit hours to nontraditional students - those specifically designed and marketed to serve those who are neither traditional campus degree seekers nor campus staff. Such courses and programs are often scheduled at times outside of the university’s traditional operating hours or delivered via nontraditional means (online, skype, offcampus). Classes and instructional programs designed and marketed specifically to nontraditional learners -those who are neither degree seekers nor on-campus faculty, staff, or students. These programs typically provide certificates of completion or continuing education units to professionals, career seekers, or lifelong learners, but do not provide academic credit. Engaged Instruction: Public Events and Understanding Academic or administrative resources designed for the general public that include either managed learning environments (e.g., museums, libraries, gardens, galleries, exhibits, expositions, demonstrations, fairs); or educational materials and products accessible through print, radio, television, or web media (e.g., pamphlets, web sites, software, CD’s). The learning experience is often short-term and directed or paced by the learner. Experiential or Service Learning* Classes and curricular programs that enable students to learn with and from community partners in a community setting while linking their academic study with civic needs. Includes any class with a service learning component in which students are asked to reflect on their Examples: Symptom screening of children exposed to domestic violence; tax or legal clinics for indigent populations; family counseling services. Examples: A weekend MBA program; an off-campus Master's program in Education offered in a rural area; an online certificate program in human resource management. Examples: A short-course for engineers on the use of new composite materials; a summer math camp for high school students; a personal enrichment program for older adults; a summer institute for bank executives; a conference on solar technologies (note: this does not include conferences that are purely designed for academic audiences); a seminar for counseling professionals. Examples: Exhibits, interactive displays, demonstrations, presentations, archival documents that draw on scholarly knowledge but are designed for and accessible by the general public. Pamphlets, booklets, self-paced online course modules or CD-ROMs on contents of interest to the general public (i.e. gardening, shelter construction, organizational skills, travel, etc.), software, or textbooks for lay audiences; Dissemination of knowledge through media such as speaker’s bureaus, TV appearances, newspaper interviews, radio broadcasts, web pages, and podcasts, if scholarly and readily available to the public; popular writings in newsletters, popular press, or practitioner-oriented publications.* Examples: A student-led after-school health and exercise program for children; a study abroad trip to Mexico involving drinking-well construction in Mexico; a reading program for preschool children at a local library; a student internship at a wind power Research and Creative Activity Service on Boards and Committees Technical or Expert Assistance community practice or make connections between academic content and the community setting. Activities provide students with academic credit and are conducted under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member. Also includes study abroad programs with service learning components. Other forms of experiential learning include careeroriented practicums or internships whether at a local, national, or international location. Research: Applied or community-based research specifically targeted at a community-defined problem and intended to have a direct impact on a specific community while creating new knowledge for the community and the discipline (for potentially broader societal applications). Also includes capacity-building, evaluation and impact assessments, as well as technology transfer. May be funded through grants or contracts from government agencies, businesses, community-based organizations, nonprofit agencies, or foundations. Creative Activity: Original creations of literary, fine, performing, or applied arts and other expressions of creative disciplines or fields at the university that are made available to or generated in collaboration with external, public audiences. Contributions of scholarly or professional expertise by faculty or staff to nonuniversity audiences on an ad hoc or ongoing basis via local, national, or international boards or committees. Activities in which faculty or staff respond to requests from individuals, programs, or agencies and organizations external to the university by sharing their knowledge, expertise, and skills in order to help those entities achieve their goals. There is direct interaction with the external constituency (as opposed to responding by delivering a pamphlet or reference to a Web site or the like). production plant. Examples: A U.S. Beef Processing Study for Food Industry Specialists; a community garden project in a “foodarm” neighborhood; an after-school mentoring program for educationally disadvantaged students. Examples: community performances; after school enrichment programs in theatre, dance, music, or the arts; film and video productions. Examples: Service on Child Protective Services Board; Participation in ad hoc committee on addressing gang violence in certain parts of the city. Examples: Providing expertise to address or improve the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization or to improve knowledge and skills; providing expert testimony and other forms of legal advice; consulting work for the benefit of the constituent; assisting agencies or businesses with analyzing production processes. Appendix VII – Raiders Engaged Survey Questions 1. During which Academic Year(s) did your project take place? 2. What is the exact Title of the Project (Program or Activity)? 3. Please provide a brief description. 4. What is the current Status of the Project? 5. Is this project an individual, institutional, multi-institutional project? 6. Provide a Summary of the Project/Activity Results. 7. Project Start Date (if exact date is unknown select the first date of the month when it began) 8. What are the Forms of Engagement used in this Project? Select the top one or two forms of engagement. 9. o Clinical Service o Engaged Instruction: Credit o Engaged Instruction: Non-Credit o Engaged Instruction: Public Events and Understanding o Experiential or Service Learning o Research and Creative Activity o Service on Boards and Committees o Technical or Expert Assistance o Not Applicable o Unknown o Other (Specify) What are the Societal Issues addressed? Select the top one or two issues. o Business/Economic Development o Community Development/Arts/Culture/Civic Life o Education (Pre-K - 20) o Environment/Natural Resources/Land Use o Global Issues o Governance and Public Policy o Health and Health Care o Facilities and Construction o Safety and Security o Science and Technology o Youth and Family Relationships & Well-Being o Not Applicable o Unknown o Other (Specify) 10. What are the Domains that were impacted by this Project/ Activity? Select the top one or two domains. o Economy o Health and Human Life o Human Capital o Human Relations/Behavior/Well-Being o Infrastructure o Intellectual Property o Quality of Life o Recruitment o Research o Rural Life o Social Empowerment o Teaching and Learning o Technology Transfer o University-Community Ties o Urban Environment o Not Applicable o Unknown o Other (Specify) 11. External Funding Sources: Please provide the total Amount of external Funding or Revenue generated through the Project for the Report Year 12. What were the Sources of Funding or Revenue? Select all that apply o Private Business/Industry o Federal Grant o State Grant o Foundations o Other Non-Profit Organizations o Event/Activities Fees o Other (Specify) 13. Please select the Population served by your Project during the Report Year and indicate how many Individuals were served in each Category. o K-12 students, administrators, teachers o Community college students, faculty, staff o Other 4-Year institutions’ students, faculty, staff o Private business & industry o Government o Non-profit agencies o General public o Other: Description Number Served 14. Who were the primary Partners in this Project? Please select the institutions, organizations, or agencies that you worked with from the drop down list provided. 15. External (External Partner/Organization) 16. Internal (Internal Partner/Organization) 17. Which Texas Counties were directly affected by this Project? (Required)* 18. Which States were directly affected by this Project? 19. Specific Countries served by the Project/Activity (Select all that apply) 20. What was your Primary Role in the Project? o Project Manager o Key Personnel o Lead/PI o Co-PI 21. Please provide the Email Address of any other TTU Faculty or Staff member who was involved this project. 22. Approximate Total Number of Hours Spent by TTU Faculty on Project/Activity for the current reporting year. 23. Approximate Total Number of Hours Spent by TTU Staff on Project/Activity for the current reporting year.