Provost’s Update
Faculty Senate
September 15, 2015
Topics to be Covered
1. Fall Enrollment Projection
2. Accreditation
3. Updates
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Strategic Planning
Annual Faculty Evaluation Process and Tool
Faculty Compensation
Library Renovation
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Undergraduate Fall Enrollment Projections
Budgeted Headcount Goal of 4500 undergraduates for Census Day, October 2.
• Projected to be over 4500 by as many as 75 undergrads, driven by a very
successful new student enrollment increase.
• Headcount for international students up 10% on top of a 16% increase last
year.
• 443 in 2013
• 518 in 2014 16% increase
• 569 in 2015 10% increase
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College New Student Enrollment Trends and Observations
 A&S: continues to have largest enrollment of new students, and CETA second
largest for the last three years.
 Barney and CETA: had the largest % increases of new students year-to-year.
Barney had a major turnaround this year from several years of decline with a
34% increase. CETA continues to have strong enrollment increases with a
32% increase.
 ENHP: had a 10% increase driven by more than expected pre-PT students and
an increase in education majors.
 Hillyer: continues to be stable due to the second year of dual enrollment
admission.
 Hartt: is up by 10% due to actor training and musical theater.
 HAS: up slightly in first time students, down in transfers, overall flat.
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Positive Trends for Graduate Admissions
Graduate admissions—with spring admissions still ahead:
• Enrollment
Increase of 23% in AY 15 (799)
(summer 14, fall 14, spring 15)
• Credit hours
Increase of 4% in AY 15 (30,060)
(Barney, A&S, CETA all increased)
• Headcount even so far with 1612 students
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Updates on Growth of “Other” Tuition
SummerTerm
Tuition increase of 16.41% ($994, 413)
Summer Place
Tuition increase of 13.32% ($108,465)
SaturdayTerm (Face-to-Face and Online)
Tuition increase of 21.93% ($384,945)
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Accreditation
Successful Accreditation Decisions 2014-15
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Prosthetics and Orthotics – National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic
Education (NCOPE)
In Process
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NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design)
NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) Five-Year Interim Report
Upcoming Accreditation Visits 2015-16
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Engineering Undergraduate – Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology (ABET)
Dance – National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)
Music – National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
Education – National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
Business – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
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Strategic Planning Update – Goal I
1. Provided feedback on first-year implementation plans to all programs, sent Friday,
September 11.
2. Distributed RFP, soliciting proposals for funding to support design of new HIP courses or
incorporating HIP into existing courses.
3. Scheduled three discipline-targeted faculty development workshops on writing for this
fall--STEM Sept. 18, the Arts Oct. 2, and Business Oct. 9.
4. Planned other faculty development workshops this year for HIPs: collaborative learning,
learning communities, internships, undergraduate research, and capstone projects.
5. Created a more robust and engaging first-year experience during a redesigned Lift-off.
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Annual Faculty Evaluation Process Update
Basic Principals:
• Dual Focus – Supporting faculty development and assisting with evaluation
• Increased attention to role of service
• Multiple lenses on teaching
• Consistent set of evaluative categories
• Central Role for goal setting process
o Reflective
o Collaborative
o Adaptable
Leads to a separate rating for: teaching, scholarship, service
• Exceeds
• Meets
• Developing
• Unacceptable
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Annual Faculty Evaluation Process: The Result
• Focus for AY 2015-16
o Assist chairs and faculty in learning to set and review goals
o Integrate new system with existing college systems
o Finalize the evaluation form
• New system to be implemented in May 2016 for Annual
Evaluation of 2015-16
o Two years, then re-evaluate
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Faculty Compensation Updates from 2014-2015
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Nov. 2014: Completed final adjustments from “Raising to the
Minimum”
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Feb. 2015: Faculty town hall with Frank Casagrande
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Articulated Commission’s next steps
Presented aged salary framework
Spring 2015: Commission met with Casagrande 3 times
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Reviewed important compensation concepts & models
Discussed areas of faculty concern
Reviewed results of Survey of Future Funding Priorities
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Commission’s Recommendations
1. Address competitiveness and compression
2. Reinforce full implementation of the evaluation
process necessary to achieve these goals
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Plans for 2015-2016
• Sep. 16th: Commission meets with Frank Casagrande
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Discuss potential approaches to address Compression and Competitiveness
Discuss processes and timelines for the allocation of available funds
Finalize other Commission recommendations
• $250,000 minimum budgeted for 2015-2016
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Will confirm $$ number following fall census.
Three years of funding planned
• Nov. 2015: Implement salary adjustments
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Adjustments will be retroactive to 2015-2016 faculty contract start date.
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Library
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Discussion and Questions
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