August 21, 2008

Ralph Faudree

Provost

General Faculty Meeting

TERM Headcount03F 19911

04F 20668

05F 20465

06F 20562

07F 20379

08F ?

Number of Active Honors Students 2002-2007

711

907993

1103

1285

Distance Education Enrollment

Off-Campus Enrollment at Major Sites

Category Term

03F 04F 05F 06F 07F

High School GPA median

mean

3.10

3.10

3.11

3.12

3.13

3.15

3.12

3.14

3.11

3.12

ACT Composite median

mean

21

21.49

21

21.21

21

21.40

21

21.64

22

22.03

GMAT Total median

mean

530

533.66

540

538.61

555

546.00

530

539.31

530

538.85

GRE Verbal median

mean

470

475.91

500

495.33

470

475.90

470

480.61

470

471.75

GRE Quantitative median

mean

590

584.90

610

592.62

600

589.01

580

585.20

590

581.09

Figures for full time, first time freshmen or graduate enrolled students

Admission Standards

RACE T E R M 03F 04F 05F 06F 07F

Asian 39 57 47 42 48

Alaskan 0 1 0 0 0

Black 716 763 767 749 708

Hispanic 27 37 32 36 39

White 1028 1052 1102 1142 1125

Ethnicity Unknown

7 10 15 15 10

American Indian 7 1 2 3 7

Foreign 33 38 39 27 41

Total 1857 1959 2004 2014 1978

GENDERFemale 1112 1193 1179 1188 1144

Male 745 766 825 826 834

Total 1857 1959 2004 2014 1978

First-Term Freshmen

Sum of Person Id  

County 

% Change from

Previous Fall

Term Registration Type Crittenden Desoto Marshall Tate TunicaGrand Total

2005F

Continuing Registration; First Time @ UoM; Readmit; Transfer

Probation;Readmission103 465 37 17 6 628

2006F

Continuing Registration; First Time @ UoM; Readmit

Probation; Readmit; Transfer Probation 1st Time; Transfer Probation Readmit

155 612 59 23 10 859 36.8%

2007F** Returning; 1st Time at UoM; Readmit 149 530 49 19 11 758 -11.8&

West Tennessee and MSA Enrollment

Living/Learning Communities Carpenter Complex

– Architecture– Foreign Languages– Engineering

Honors Emerging Leaders New West Hall – other opportunities

Fresh Connections Learning Communities

Learning Community (% or

mean)

Control Group (% or mean)

Retention Rate (Fall to Spring 91% 88%

GPA after 1st semester – Fall 2.94 2.71

GPA after 1st semester – Spring 2.80 2.63

On Deans List 33% 21%

CSEQ: worked with other students 3.41 2.62

CSEQ: active learning index 53.73 49.36

CSEQ: explained course materials with others

3.41 2.62

CSEQ: asked instructor for course information

3.06 2.78

• 800 faculty referrals on ~600 students

• Positive faculty feedback

• Overwhelming student appreciation

• Majority referred to Instructional Support Office

• 1 semester retention rate noticeably higher

• Mean GPA First time freshman: 2.6 to 2.8

• 49/57 petitions for T, P or T&P positive

• 42 Promoted in Rank 7 to Full Professor 35 to Associate Professor

Dr. Shannon L. BlantonPolitical Science

(international relations, comparative politics, U.S. foreign policy)

Dr. Pu-Qi JiangRudi E. Scheidt School of Music

(orchestral studies)

Dr. Deborah L. LowtherInstruction Curriculum Leadership

(educational technologies)

Dr. Laurie MacGillivrayInstruction Curriculum Leadership

(literacy practices in urban areas)

Dr. Danielle S. McNamaraPsychology

(text comprehension; human memory; computer automated reading strategy training)

Dr. Charles PierceManagement

(workplace romance, sexual harassment in organizations ; HR management; organizational behavior; research

methods in management)

Dr. Jerry TurnerSchool of Accountancy

(auditing & fraud detection; auditing; IT auditing)

• MUSIC Leonardo Altino Jonathan Frazer

• ART Lucas Charles Gary Golightly

• COMMUNICATION Craig Leake

College ofCommunication & Fine Arts

College of Education

• ICL Celia Anderson Michael Grant Deborah Moberly J. Helen Perkins Angiline Powell Allen Seed

• Health and Sport Sciences Richard Southall Paul Wright

• Counseling, Ed Psych & Research Erin Martz

• Biomedical Engineering Amy Curry

• Civil Engineering Paul Palazolo

• Electrical & Computer Engineering Aaron Robinson

Herff College of Engineering

Linda Finch Brenda Gardner (clinical) Nancy Mele Diane Ruppel (clinical) Carolyn Speros Joan Thomas

Lowenberg School of Nursing

• Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

Pankaj Jain

• Marketing & Supply Chain Management

R. Jeffrey Thieme

Fogelman College of Business & Economics

Linda Jarmulowicz

School of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology

• English Lorinda Cohoon Brad McAdon Joshua Phillips

• Biology David Freeman

• Foreign Languages Cosetta Gaudenzi

• Philosophy Mary Beth Mader Deborah Tollefsen

• Physics Mohamed Laradji

• Math Sciences Randall McCutcheon

College of Arts & Sciences

• Dr. Ken Reardon, Director

Graduate Program in City & Regional Planning

• Cornell University

• East St. Louis Action Research Project

• Recovery planning for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward

Faculty Spotlight

Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Gayle Beck Lillian and Morris Moss Chair of Excellence

in Psychology

• Moss Chair of Excellence in Psychology

• SUNY Buffalo

• Research: post-traumatic stress disorder; panic disorder; anxiety in the elderly; generalized anxiety disorder

• Dr. Robert Kozma, Professor of Computer Science & Director – Computational Neurodynamics Lab

Nominated as finalist for the 2007 Sensors Directorate “Patron of the Year Award”

– Dr. Steven D. Mittleman, Deputy Division Chief, Electromagnetics Technology Division, Air Force Research Laboratory

Faculty Spotlight

Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Robyn CoxProfessor of Audiology

• Director – Hearing Aid Research Laboratory

• Research: improving methods for fitting hearing

aids on older adults Determining long-term outcomes of

hearing aid fitting Other audiological rehabilitation

Academic Spotlight

• Dr. Daphne McFerren – Director,

• Graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School

• Trial attorney for U.S. Dept of Justice

• Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno

Total Tenure/Tenu

re Track Faculty

Non-Returning Faculty

# Retirements/

DeathsNew

Faculty

% Not Returning Excluding Death And Retirement

2003 673 64 12 55 7.7%

2007 695 45 7 37 5.5%

% change 3.3% -29.7% -41.7% -32.7%

•PhD with major in Environmental Health Sciences (submitted to TBR 06-30-08)

•PhD with major in Health Services Research and Administration (submitted to TBR 06-30-08)

•PhD with major in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences (submitted to TBR 06-30-08)

•PhD with major in Health and Sport Science (submitted to TBR 11-20-07; revision submitted 07-07-08)

New Graduate Degrees

•Applied Lean Leadership

•Local Government Management

•Artist Diploma (submitted to TBR) June 2008)

New Graduate Certificates

•Department of Architecture

•School of Public Health

New Academic Units

Total External Funding (2006-2008)

Total External Funding by

Academic Unit (2006-2008)

Total $49,191,337 $51,403,154 $50,596,827

Institutional Improvements

Square Footage of Classroom Space Impacted Cumulative

204 “smart rooms”.

McWherter Library Turnstile Count

The Learning

Commons

Faculty Evaluation Process

SETEs(Student Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness)

•Spread over larger # of sections•Overall results remain constant•Ability to view grade when posted

NCATE reaccreditation

NO findings NO weaknesses

NOTED strengths in every area!!!

College of Education

On-line degree programs(>400 on-line courses)

• 5 Undergraduate degree programs BA - History BA - Public Relations BPS - Organizational

Leadership BPS - Information

Technology BLS interdisciplinary studies

• IDT (instructional design technology masters –level certificate)

• 6 Graduate degree programs MS – ICL with Library Info

Spec endorsement MA - Journalism MA – ESL MSN -Nursing MED – Education MPS – Professional Studies

Research - $100M

•Systemic Initiatives•Interdisciplinary Grants

• Centers• Institutes• FIT

•Strategic Hires•Focus Areas•State/Federal Earmarks•New Programs

• School of Public Health

Proposal SubmissionsOver and Under $150,000

• Submissions up 34% over 2006

• Large proposal submissions up 61% from 2006

• # of individual faculty submitting proposals continues to rise

• Partnership development laying groundwork for future funding

• Enrollment MSA Dual Enrollment Honors/Emerging

Leaders Off site Online New programs Out of State

• Retention Early intervention Course Redesign Classroom improvement Living/Learning

Communities Fresh Connections New buildings (West,

UC)

23,000 by 2010

• 1% of student body x tuition + state funding = ~200 additional students~$1.2M additional funds