University of Cincinnati:
Leading in the 21st Century
Academic
Planning
Town
Hall
Meeting
April 8, 2004
LUNCH &
ACTION TEAM
WORK SESSION
Agenda
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11:30 a.m.
Buffet Lunch
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12:00 noon
Action Teams work on deliverables
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1:45 p.m.
Timelines
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2:00 p.m.
Discussion: Vision
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2:45 p.m.
Large Group Activity
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3:20 p.m.
Adjourn
“You are
here”
Round #1
Local Input
Meetings
12/8
Town
Hall
1/29
Town
Hall
Group
Context
Forms
2/12
Town
Hall
Big
Ideas?
Round #2
Local Input
Meetings
2/24
Town
Hall
3/8
Town
Hall
3/29
Town
Hall
4/8
Town
Hall
Consider Work
Work
Respond
Input On Plan On Plan
To
Feedback
4/20
Town
Hall
Plan
v2.0
Vetting Process
Operations Group Meetings
May
2004
Plan
Unveiled/
Inauguration
The Planning Process
Vision
 Current State Barriers and
Enablers
 Key Strategies
 Action Steps
 Assessment and Accountability
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Action Steps
• A description of the recommended “first steps”
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related to the strategies.
Who needs to commit to this?
Who needs to be involved?
What stakeholder groups need to be included?
What other resources are needed?
Who will be responsible for what activities?
What is the timeline from start to positive
impact?
What funding mechanisms should be used?
What is the expected economic benefit, if any,
to the University?
Assessment & Accountability
How can the positive impacts of this
plan be measured?
 What benchmarks can be used to
compare impact or effectiveness with
other efforts around the country?
 How will stakeholders know if this is a
successful endeavor?
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Timelines
Public
Presentation
May
Action
Teams
Action
Teams
Action
Teams
Action
Begins
June
July
August
September
Review
Refine
Plan
Execute
LINGERING QUESTIONS:
Nancy Zimpher, President
Lingering Questions:
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What do we do with tensions in our
groups?
 Is this plan “real”?
 Whose plan is this?
 What exactly will we have when we are
done?
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What will we hear on May 21st?
What will happen over the summer?
What will we see and hear on August 1st?
What happens next year?
VISION WORK
Naming Our Plan: Why?
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI:
Leading in the 21st Century
Why emphasize 21st century?
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Only in Year 4 of the 21st century
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Changes will be accelerated, given the
pace of technological development
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Competition for students and from forprofit entities and online learning
Why emphasize 21st century? (Cont’d.)
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Projecting major changes in the
academy, i.e., divisionless, more
experimental
 Increasingly diverse cohort of learners
 Increasing call to bring intellectual
capital to societal needs
 Serving as economic engine in a
knowledge-based environment
Step 1: Reduce the University
of Cincinnati to “UC”
+ The most ‘economical’ way to
reference the university
+ In our logo
+ In the hearts and minds of our
students: “UC!”
Step 2: Add in “21”
UC|21
UC 21
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Short and catchy
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Easily symbolized
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Invites clarification
or explanation
UC21
Step 4: After the colon
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UC|21: Leading in the 21st Century
UC|21: 21st Century Cities Need 21st Century
Universities
UC|21: Leading the Urban Renaissance
of the 21st Century
UC|21: A 21st Century Pioneer
The UC Plan for a Great Urban University
The UC Commitment of a Great Urban
University
Rationale for “Urban”
+ Founded as a municipal university;
We have cities in our roots
+Resides in a metropolitan area
+Chartered as a state university, and
the only public, urban “Research I”
in Ohio
Rationale for “Urban” (cont’d.)
+National in scope & the potential to truly
redefine the national perspective on
urban-engaged universities
+Future of the country rests on the
welfare of our cities
+Global demography: by 2025, 75% of
world’s population will reside in cities
LARGE GROUP
ACTIVITY I
CAPP Feedback/Naming Plan
Comment on:
I.
a.
b.
Comment on:
II.
a.
b.
III.
UC|21, UC 21, UC 21
Or, create your own
The six statements
Or, create your own
Other Ideas/General Comments
LARGE GROUP
ACTIVITY II
Standards of Excellence
Becoming More
Student
Centered
Students First
Building Upon
Our
Research
Excellence
Achieving
Academic
Excellence
Research
Excellence
National Presence
and Recognition
High-Profile
Interdisciplinary
Centers
Selectivity with
Clear Access
Pathways
World-Class
Faculty
The Guiding
Principles of
Academic
Programs
Experts in Residence
Liberal Education
as Our Core
Cincinnati Healthy
Select UC
UC Anytime/
Anyplace
Engaging in
Key
Relationships &
Partnerships
Teaching as
Scholarship
Teaching Matters
World-Class
Faculty
Establishing
A Sense Of
“Place”
Creating
Opportunity
Exchange Programs
UC Community
Cultural Competence
Experiential Learning
East-West
Connections
Selectivity with Clear
Access Pathways
Community
Partnerships
Revenue Generation
and Performance-based
Budgeting
Community
Partnerships
Students First
Seamless
Transitions/PK-16
Economic Force
UC Anytime/
Anyplace
Students First
Categories & Clusters
1.
Categories and clusters OK?
(Some double listing)
2.
Naming “Standards of
Excellence”…any other
suggestions?
THANK YOU!