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– 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(As of fall 12)

Fall 2010(As of fall 11)

Fall 2009(As of fall 10)

Fall 2008(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(As of fall 12)

Fall 2010(As of fall 11)

Fall 2009(As of fall 10)

Fall 2008(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

• Progress Reporting, Learning Commons• Academic and Career Advising (including

programs for undecided majors and pre-professional)

• Academics• 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