Advancing effective public governance in southeastern North Carolina and beyond through the education of future leaders, relevant research, and a commitment to service that strengthens communities.
May 2, 2013
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Halyburton Park Community Room
Master of Public Administration Program

Meeting Agenda
May 2, 2013
• 8:00 – 8:15: Breakfast Social
• 8:15 – 8:30: Welcome & Introductions
– Advisory Board, Guests, and UNCW Faculty
– Introduce Students & Alumni
• 8:30 – 8:40: MPA Director’s Report
– Spring ‘13 Admissions & Updated Student Profile
• 8:40 – 9:00: News & Updates
– SENCASPA, MPA-GSA, & NCCCMA Liaisons
– MPA Faculty searches
– Lower Cape Fear Stewardship Development Coalition
– Academy of Strategic Management
– MCOP Program – Begins Fall ‘13
– Cameron Family Distinguished Professor
• 8:50 – 9:30: Board Input & Involvement
– NASPAA Accreditation & SACS Report
– Periodic review of Advisory Board
Master of Public Administration Program

• Applications for Spring ‘13
– 10 applications, 7 enrolled (2 ND seeking)
• New MPA students for Fall ‘12
– Old GRE: 1,000 (466 V, 534 Q)
– New GRE: 152 (V) 490 or 56%, 147 (Q) 570 or 40% (1060)
– Ave GPA: 3.24
– 25% Part-time vs. 75% Full-time
– 40.6% are < 2 years from BA/BS vs. 34.4% > 5 years
– 81.9% Females vs. 18.8% Males
– 5 (15.6%) Minority students
– 1 (3.1%) international students
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• Current Enrollment: 68 (-20%)
– 62% female (n=42) -5%
– 38% male (n=26)
• Racial diversity: 8 or 11.8% (unchanged)
– 4 African American
– 1 Black Hispanic
– 1 Hispanic
– 1 Other
– 1 International students
• Full time vs. part time
– 28 taking 9 credit hours or more (41.2%) +5
– 40 taking less than 9 credit hours (58.8%)
• Total Enrollment: 70 (4 non-degree) (-16 or -18%)
• Expected Graduates ‘12 – ‘13: 26
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– Goal is 40 applications
– Current status:
• 16 Submitted (6 admit, 9 incomplete)
• 36 active (12 Active since March 1 st ) but not submitted
– Application deadline is June 15, 2013
– Enrollment & diversity
• We need your help in identifying and encouraging minority applicants and men\
• Tuesday May 7 th from 5:00 – 7:00 PM in lobby of
Leutze Hall
Master of Public Administration Program

Applications for Fall Admission
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Total Applications
Accepted
Withdrawn & Incomplete
Rejected
0
Fall
2001
Fall
2002
Fall
2003
Fall
2004
Fall
2005
Fall
2006
Fall
2007
Fall
2008
Fall
2009
Fall
2010
Fall
2011
Fall
2012
Largest number of applications since Fall 2010 (50% increase)
Master of Public Administration Program

Applications for Spring Admission
25
20
15
10
15
10
8
10
6
8
6
7
12
9
16
15
17
16
11
10
5
4
0
Spring
2002
0
Spring
2003
Spring
2004
Spring
2005
Spring
2006
Spring
2007
Spring
2008
Spring
2009
Spring
2010
Spring
2011
Spring
2012
Spring
2013
Total Applications
Accepted
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MPA enrollments
50
40
30
20
10
0
90
80
70
60
2001-
2002
2002-
2003
2003-
2004
2004-
2005
2005-
2006
2006-
2007
2007-
2008
2008-
2009
2009-
2010
2010-
2011
2011-
2012
Academic Year
An 7.4% decline from our high in Fall ’10 of 81 students
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Full-Time vs. Part-Time Sutudents
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Full Time - Total Part Time - Total Half Time Less than Half Time Total Enrollment
In Fall ‘12, about 35% were full-time and 65% were part-time
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Total Student Credit Hours (SCH) by Semester
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Semester
SCH in Spring ’10 peaked at 639. In Fall ‘12 we are at 531, our highest since Fall ‘10
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Student Credit Hours (SCH) by Academic Year
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2001-
2002
2002-
2003
2003-
2004
2004-
2005
2005-
2006
2006-
2007
Academic Year
2007-
2008
2008-
2009
2009-
2010
2010-
2011
2011-
2012
Student Credit Hours (SCH) During 2009 – 2010 were the highest ever (1197, equivalent of about 10 full-time students)
Master of Public Administration Program

Number of Graduates (Annually)
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2001-
2002
2002-
2003
2003-
2004
2004-
2005
2005-
2006
2006-
2007
2007-
2008
2008-
2009
2009-
2010
2010-
2011
2011-
2012
Academic Year
Averaged about 27 MPA degrees per year over the last 3 years
235 alumni graduates by the end of Summer ’12
14 more scheduled to graduate in Fall ‘12
Master of Public Administration Program

• MPA - Graduate Student Association (MPA GSA)
– Lindsay Maher, President,
– Activities & Events
• SENCASPA Chapter
– Angela Keith, Chapter President
– Activities & Events
• NCCCMA Liaison
– Calvin Peck, Village Manager, Bald Head Island
– Planning some networking opportunities targeted at students
– Held our 4 th annual Alumni/Friends of the Program Breakfast at the NCCCMA Meeting February 7, 2013
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• Faculty Research Activities
– Publications, grants, and conference activities
• Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations
(QENO)
– Jeff Brudney
– Recent activities and developments
• Academy for Strategic Management
– Tom Barth
– Now accepting applications for the Fall ‘13 Academy
• Lower Cape Fear Stewardship Development
Coalition
– 8 th annual awards luncheon was February 27 th
– If you know of potential applicants for award, please contact
Mark Imperial
Master of Public Administration Program

• Master of Coastal & Ocean Policy Degree Program
– Fall ‘13 start date – 9 applications, 6 admits, 2 I, 1 W
– http://www.uncw.edu/mcop/
– Will be searching in Fall ‘13 for a new faculty member to contribute to the MPA/MCOP programs
– If interested in serving on MCOP advisory board, let Mark know
• Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished
Professorship of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector
– Dr. Jeffrey Brudney
– Planned Activities
Master of Public Administration Program

• MPA Faculty Search
– We hired Dr. Jennifer Biddle, who is currently finishing a postdoc position with American University. She will be teaching courses in policy analysis and environmental policy
• Dr. Laurie Paarlberg
– She will be leaving us for a position with Texas A & M
University
• Replacement search for Dr. Paarlberg is underway
Master of Public Administration Program

• NASPAA Accreditation
– Self-Study report was submitted in August ’12 and is based on data the last 2-5 years
– We received the interim report from COPRA in December
– Site Visit occurred in March
– Site Visit team’s final report in April
– Our final response to the site visit team report is due May 16 th
(we have no response)
– We should get our accreditation letter in late June or July
• Findings
– Site visit was asked to investigate 7 items. Most serious issues focused on diversity and resources available to implement the program
– Report found that the site visit team had no concerns in any area and only offered some minor recommendations for program improvement
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• Sub-Committee Discussion on Ways to Enhance the
Community Advisory Board
– What should be the role of the MPA Advisory Board?
– Is there a desired demographic for the membership?
– How can we improve participation in the following areas?
• bi-annual full meetings
• Capstone presentations
• Open Houses
• Graduation
• Others?
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• May 7 th
– MPA Open House, 5:00 – 7:00 PM, Lobby of
Leutze Hall
• May 11 th
– MPA Graduation Brunch, 9:30 – 11:00, OLLI
Bldg.
Master of Public Administration Program