The University of Hawai‘i
West O‘ahu
Taking Stock
March 17, 2004
Affirming our Mission
UH West O‘ahu is committed to providing access
to higher education for students in the rapidly
growing leeward region of O‘ahu and on the
neighbor islands.
With an emphasis on interdisciplinary liberal arts
and professional studies, UHWO offers quality
teaching and innovative integration of teaching/
learning technologies.
Strategic Priorities
• Student Success
• Partnering
• Global and Multicultural
Opportunity
• Resource Investment
• Community-based
UHWO: the context
Between 1990 & 2000:
• Ewa census division (‘Aiea to
Wai‘anae): population increased 18.3%
• Wai‘anae census division: population
increased 13.0%
• Honolulu decreased 1.3%
(US 2000 Census)
UHWO: the context
K-12 enrollment in the service area:
• Leeward and Central School Districts
enrolled 71,816 students in 82 schools
• Honolulu District enrolled 32,800
students in 54 schools
(DOE Enrollment Report 2002-2003)
UHWO Student Profile
Headcount:
FTE:
834
472
Resident:
Non-resident:
92%
8%
Women:
Men:
Full-time:
Part-time:
37%
63%
Average Age: 33.1
(MAPS Fall Enrollment Report 2002)
70%
30%
UHWO Student Profile
Enrollment by Ethnicity
Fall 1992
Other
Asian*
5.8%
Fall 2002
Chinese
3.9%
Filipino
Hawaiian
11.0%
10.7%
Japanese
28.0%
Caucasian
25.3%
Other
Asian*
5.8%
Hawaiian
18.0%
Japanese
17.1%
Caucasian
24.6%
Mixed
10.4%
All Other
5.6%
*Includes Pacific Islander, Mixed Asian & Other Asian
(MAPS Fall Enrollment Report 2002)
Filipino
14.0%
Chinese
2.2%
Mixed
12.6%
All Other
5.7%
UHWO Student Profile
Enrollment by Major Program
Fall 1992
Public
Admin
14.7%
Humanities
11.8%
Other
Major*
15.2%
Fall 2002
Social Sci
26.7%
Bus Admin
31.6%
Public
Admin
13.4%
Humanities
8.6%
Other
Major*
13.2%
*Includes Professional Studies, General, Unclassified and No Data.
This chart reflects enrollment by major, not degree credential.
(MAPS Fall Enrollment Report 2002)
Social Sci
36.7%
Bus Admin
28.1%
UHWO issues
• Given resources (both human and physical),
UHWO is approaching capacity.
• Student-faculty ratios highest among campuses
at upper division: UHWO: 13.5, UHH: 10.6,
UHM: 10.3
• Average class size highest among campuses at
upper division: UHWO: 22, UHM: 19, UHH: 17.
• No economy of scale; enrollments a function of
infrastructure
(MAPS Report 2002)
Current Revenue Mix :
General funds
$ 2.88 million
54%
Tuition & fees
$1.30 million
24%
SS/other fees
$ .16 million
3%
Contracts/grants $ .98 million
Total
$ 5.32 million
19%
The growing demand
• Population of leeward and central O‘ahu is
growing.
• Demand for programs at a distance is
growing (20% of UHWO’s students are
enrolled in distance programs).
• Need for workforce development in the
region is evident.
• Access that UHWO provides to under-served
populations is critical to the state’s
workforce needs.
UHWO must grow:
Its academic programs: to expand the
education & training options to meet the
changing needs of the community it
serves.
Its faculty and staff: by partnering with
other UH programs and by hiring
selectively.
What we need to do next:
• Determine resource needs given current
program offerings to ensure quality and
access
• Determine new initiatives that
– best meet regional workforce needs
– capitalize on UHWO’s strengths
– leverage those strengths by partnering with
sister campuses.
Response to WASC
• Improve academic infrastructure
– System allocation (VPAA & Institutional
Researcher)
• Increase faculty
– System allocation (Two Faculty FTE)
• Increase student service staff support
– System allocation (Registrar)
– Title III funding
New initiatives
Health care technical services and
administration
Education: Early Childhood and K-12
Teacher Preparation
Hawai‘i’s Employment Outlook, 2000 - 2010
SOC Code Occupation Title
Total, All Occupations
35-0000
43-0000
41-0000
25-0000
53-0000
37-0000
29-0000
39-0000
33-0000
11-0000
47-0000
31-0000
49-0000
51-0000
13-0000
15-0000
21-0000
27-0000
19-0000
17-0000
45-0000
23-0000
Food Preparation & Serving Related
Office and Administrative Support
Sales and Related
Education, Training, & Library
Transportation & Material Moving
Building & Grnds Clean & Maint
Healthcare Practitioners & Techn
Personal Care and Service
Protective Service
Management
Construction and Extraction
Healthcare Support
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair
Production
Business & Financial Operations
Computer and Mathematical
Community and Social Services
Arts, Design, Enter, Sports, & Media
Life, Physical, & Social Science
Architecture and Engineering
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
Legal
Average Annual Openings
Due To
Due To
Growth Separations
Total
6,820
14,730
21,560
550
600
630
680
410
530
500
320
300
360
290
420
140
130
150
300
230
130
50
50
20
40
3,380
2,100
1,980
740
910
700
500
590
600
500
450
250
420
410
360
60
130
180
190
160
100
30
3,930
2,700
2,610
1,420
1,310
1,230
1,000
910
900
850
740
670
550
540
510
360
360
310
240
210
120
70
Health care: Respiratory Care
• Partnership with Kapi‘olani CC
• Inverted degree: technical at KCC, liberal
arts at UHWO
• A.S. degree articulated to UHWO
• Advanced technical courses developed &
delivered by KCC faculty as affiliate faculty
of UHWO
Health care: Revive Administration
• Initially offer Respiratory Care as
Specialization in Public Administration
• Health Care Administration Certificate &
Specialization need to be revisited
• Certificate stopped out due to loss of
faculty
• Need one FTE faculty member to revive &
develop new degree
Health care: Bachelor’s Degree
in Applied Science
• Final phase to develop a BA in Applied
Science
• Appropriate degree for Comprehensive
campus
• Potential to articulate with other A.S.
degrees (respiratory, occupational,
physical, emergency, radiological)
• Meets regional workforce needs &
provides career growth opportunities
Education: Early Childhood
• Prompted by NCLB requirements of Head
Start & other early childhood education
providers
• Honolulu CC planning grant to develop BA
that articulates with AS degree
• Partnership with CC’s to offer inverted
degree
• UHWO will contract w/ HCC faculty to
develop professional courses
• Initially offer as specialization in BA in
Social Sciences
Education: Teacher Preparation
• HI teacher shortage; UHWO faculty priority
• Planning to find most viable option:
– Partnering with UHM COE
– BED in elementary: articulate AA in Teaching
or other cc models
– Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary
• Have resources to plan; will require new
faculty to deliver
UHWO immediate priorities
• Successful WASC Educational
Effectiveness Visit
• Permanent Chancellor
• Permanent Vice Chancellor for AA
• Solution to increasing space
problem
Planning for the future
• Launch first steps of new initiatives
(Respiratory Care & Early Childhood)
with current resources
• Increase revenues to expand
curriculum (BA in Applied Science &
BED/Post-Bac in Teacher Education)
• Increase general fund support, tuition
& fees, and entrepreneurial efforts
The University of Hawai‘i
West O‘ahu