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Fall Community Advisory Board Meeting
November 1, 2012
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Halyburton Park Community Room
Master of Public Administration Program
Meeting Agenda
November 1, 2012
• 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
– Fall ‘12 Admissions & Updated Student Profile
• 8:40 – 9:00: News & Updates
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SENCASPA, MPA-GSA, & NCCCMA Liaisons
MPA Faculty search
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
Student Profile – New Students
• Applications for Fall ’12
– 45 applications, 32 enrolled
– ND seeking students
• 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
Master of Public Administration Program
Student Profile – Current Enrollment
• Current Enrollment: 85 (+18% from F’11)
– 67% female (n = 57)
– 33% male (n = 28)
• Racial diversity: 10 or 11.8%
– 6 African American
– 1 Black Hispanic
– 1 Hispanic
– 1 Other
– 1 International students
• Full time vs. part time
– 31 taking 9 credit hours or more (36.5%)
– 54 taking less than 9 credit hours (63.5%)
• Total Enrollment: 86 (9 non-degree)
• Expected Graduates ‘12 – ‘13: 25
Master of Public Administration Program
Recruitment for Spring ’12
• Recruitment efforts
– Goal is 20 applications
– Current status:
• 3 Submitted (3 incomplete)
• 17 (11 Active since Sept. 1st) not submitted
– Application deadline is December 1, 2012
– Enrollment & diversity
• We need your help in identifying and encouraging minority
applicants and men
Master of Public Administration Program
MPA Admissions Trends
Applications for Fall Admission
70
60
Total Number
50
40
Total Applications
Accepted
30
Withdrawn & Incomplete
Rejected
20
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2001
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Largest number of applications since Fall 2010 (50% increase)
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MPA Admissions Trends
Applications for Spring Admission
25
22
22
Number of Applications
20
15
16
15
15
17
16
Total Applications
12
10
10
11
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Accepted
MPA Enrollment Trends
Number of Students
MPA enrollments
90
80
70
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40
30
20
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An 7.4% decline from our high in Fall ’10 of 81 students
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Full-Time vs. Part-Time Enrollments
Full-Time vs. Part-Time Sutudents
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
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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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Student Credit Hours by Semester
Total Student Credit Hours (SCH) by Semester
Total Student Credit Hours (SCH)
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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SCH by Academic Year
Student Credit Hours (SCH) by Academic Year
1400
1200
Total SCH
1000
800
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2005200620072006
2007
2008
Academic Year
20082009
20092010
20102011
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Student Credit Hours (SCH) During 2009 – 2010 were the highest
ever (1197, equivalent of about 10 full-time students)
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Number of MPA Graduates
MPA Degrees Conferred
Number of Graduates (Annually)
35
30
25
20
15
10
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20092010
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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
News & Updates
• MPA - Graduate Student Association (MPA GSA)
– Megan O’Hare, President
– Activities & Events
• SENCASPA Chapter
– Kathryn Thurston, Chapter President
– Activities & Events
• NCCCMA Liaison
– Calvin Peck, Village Manager, Bald Head Island
– Planning some networking opportunities targeted at students
– Plan to hold our 4th annual Alumni/Friends of the Program
Breakfast at NCCCMA Meeting February 7, 2012
Master of Public Administration Program
Faculty Research & Regional Engagement
• Faculty Research Activities
– Publications, grants, and conference activities
• Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations
(QENO)
– Tom Barth
– Recent activities and developments
• Academy for Strategic Management
– Tom Barth
– Progress of the Fall ‘12 Academy
• Lower Cape Fear Stewardship Development
Coalition
– 8th annual awards luncheon is February 27th
– If you want to sponsor or attend, contact Mark Imperial
Master of Public Administration Program
Program Development Activities
• MPA Faculty Search
– Currently searching for a faculty member who can teach policy
analysis and make other contributions
• Master of Coastal & Ocean Policy Degree Program
– Fall ‘13 start date – Now accepting applications
– 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
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Program Development Activities
• Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Social
Entrepreneurship
– Laurie Paarlberg
• Study Abroad & Internationalization
– Dr. Min Ren, Associate Professor, Department of Public
Management, from Guizhou University is working with Dr.
Imperial and will be visiting through January 2013
– Several international applicants admitted for Fall ‘13 with others
planning to apply
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MPA Alumni Development
• Social networking media
– Facebook page, LinkedIn Group page, and Twitter account
• Alumni Breakfast at the NCCCMA meeting
– 8:00 – 9:00 AM, Sheraton RTP
• Alumni Development
– We are in the process of updating our Alumni contact
information
– We will be surveying all of our alumni for the first time in
Spring ‘13.
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Board Input & Involvement
• NASPAA Accreditation
– Self-Study report was submitted in August ’12 and is based on
data the last 2-5 years
– We had to fully assess 1 category of learning competencies from
the new standards
– SACS report discuss progress towards the MPA program’s
student learning and program outcomes
– Should get a letter in early December 2012 requesting additional
information
– Site visit will then occur in the spring
– We will need advisory board help during this process
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Board Input & Involvement
• Periodic review of the advisory board
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Need to update contact information
Identify potential new members
Examine the roles of advisory board
Suggestions for improvements
Want to create a sub-committee to bring proposals to the spring
board meeting
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Mark Your Calendars
• December 6th
– MPA Capstone Presentations & Graduation Ceremony,
6:00 – 8:30 PM, TBA
• April 18th
– Spring MPA Community Advisory Board Meeting, 8:00
– 9:30 AM, Location TBA
• April 26th
– MPA Capstone Presentations & Graduation Ceremony,
6:00 – 8:30 PM, TBA
• May 11th
– MPA Graduation Brunch, 9:30 – 11:00, TBA
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