Academic Affairs
Dec. 4, 2012
Three divisions
• Academic Affairs/The Colleges
• Enrollment Management
• Research and Economic Development
Academic Affairs
• An intentional, integrated and experiential UG
education
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Linked courses
Alignment with specific competencies
Expanded honors program
Expanded learning communities
• The Colleges
– Support for existing programs
– New program development
New Program Development
• Strategic initiatives leveraging
existing strengths
– UG Forensic specializations– Chemistry, Biology
and Criminal Justice
– UG and Grad Analytics program – Business,
Statistics and Information Systems
– Specialized master level business programs – Sales,
Healthcare
– Accelerated Bachelor/Master programs
– Joint graduate programs with international partner
universities
• New alternative delivery program
– Media and Communications online professional
masters
– Blended Masters in Educational Administration
Academic Affairs
• Faculty
– Contract with BGSU-FA
– Faculty Development
• Higher Learning Commission
• Facilities
• Decision Support Systems – Analytics
Enrollment Management:
Recruit, Retain and Graduate
• Recruitment Strategies
– Traditional UG student population
• Scholarship shift, yield, new programs
– Non-traditional UG student population
• Leverage articulation agreements, focused regional
strategy, “finish what you started” campaign
– Graduate Students (full-time and part-time)
• Marketing, allocation of scholarships, New
programs
– International Grad and UG
• Embassy visits, leveraging alumni, ESL programs
– Alternative Delivery Methods (On-line, Hybrid,
Weekend, Evening programs)
• Increase visibility of existing programs
• Develop additional alternative delivery methods of
existing programs
• Develop new programs
Historic Freshmen Retention Rates (%)
Fall 2011
Fall 2010
Fall 2009
Fall 2008
(As of fall 12)
(As of fall 11)
(As of fall 10)
(As of fall 09)
Number of new students
3,860
3,899
3,142
3,054
BGSU average retention % of all FTFT Freshmen
69.2%
71.8%
76.6%
73.1%
Ave. retention % of declared major during first year
Ave. retention % of academic learning communities
Historic Freshmen Retention Rates (%)
Fall 2011
Fall 2010
Fall 2009
Fall 2008
(As of fall 12)
(As of fall 11)
(As of fall 10)
(As of fall 09)
Number of new students
3,860
3,899
3,142
3,054
BGSU average retention % of all FTFT Freshmen
69.2%
71.8%
76.6%
73.1%
Ave. retention % of declared major during first year
71.8%
73.6%
78.9%
75.6%
Ave. retention % of academic learning communities
79.2%
82.3%
84.2%
83.1%
Engage the student….retain the student
Retain and Graduate
• Academic and Administrative Policies and
Procedures
• Support and Feedback for Students
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Progress Reporting, Learning Commons
Academic and Career Advising (including
programs for undecided majors and preprofessional)
• Academics
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Linked Courses, First-year Academic Seminar
Assessment of Student Learning
Expanding internship programs
Faculty Support and Development (grants and
integration of centers)
Alignment of teaching space to support active
learning pedagogy
Research and Economic Development
• Importance of Research
– For faculty
– For students
– For BGSU
• BGSU’s role in our region
BGSU
• Role of Technology
– Recruitment, Teaching, Assessment,
Coaching/Advising, Placement, Research
Everything we do
For Discussion:
BGSU commitment to students
• Four year graduation commitment
• Experiential education opportunity for every student
(internship, study abroad, service learning, applied
capstone, etc.)
• Success based scholarships
• For qualified students, the ability to graduate debt
free of tuition and fees