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Building a National Reputation

By Successfully Serving its Region

Diana Natalicio, President

The University of Texas at El Paso

[email protected]


NCSL

August 8, 2011


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• The U.S. has fallen to 12th among 36 developed nations in the Percentage of adults (25–34) with a college degree, behind Korea, Canada, Russia … and Australia.

• Fewer than 42% of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 have earned college degrees.

• Students from the highest income families are almost 8X as likely as those from the lowest income families to earn a degree by age 24.*

*Source: Education at a Glance 2010: OECD indicators, Chart

A1.1. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/45/39/45926093.pdf

Our National Challenge

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/45/39/45926093.pdf

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• President Obama: Restore America’s Leadership in

Higher Education by having the highest proportion of

students graduating from college in the world by

2020

• Lumina’s Big Goal: 60 percent of Americans to have

a postsecondary degree by 2025

• The College Board: Increase the proportion of 25- to

34-year-olds who hold an associate degree or higher

to 55 percent by the year 2025 in order to make

America the leader in educational attainment in the

world.

National Goals


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Part of the challenge in reaching the goal of 55

percent of young Americans with an associate

degree or higher lies in erasing disparities in

educational attainment for low-income students

and underrepresented minorities. By eliminating

the severity of disparities between under-

represented minorities and white Americans, it is

estimated that more than half the degrees needed

to meet the 55 percent goal would be produced.

The College Completion Agenda 2010 Progress Report

Closing the Gaps

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• Pre-College Preparation

• Financial Aid & Scholarships

• Academic & Career Advising

• Degree Program Options

• Flexible Class Scheduling

• Robust Research Infrastructure

• Competitive Faculty & Students

• Expanded Graduate Programs

• Enhanced Graduate Fellowships

• Enriched Undergraduate Programs

Closing the Gaps Tier One

Access and Excellence at

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Focus on Access at

Aspirational

Academic

Financial

Participatory

an atmosphere where the dream of

higher education is encouraged

programs that support pathways to

success in college level academics

affordable tuition, a variety of loan and

scholarship programs, on-campus

employment

evening & weekend courses, online

opportunities, multiple entry/exit points


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Responding to the historically low educational attainment of El Paso

youth, particularly Hispanics, this vertically integrated PK-16 partnership

among UTEP, EPCC, school districts and civic/business leaders was

established in 1991 to:

• Raise aspirations of all families in the region

• Unite the community around a commitment to quality education

• Increase the educational attainment of all children

• Eliminate achievement gaps between ethnic groups

• Enhance the preparation of tomorrow’s teachers

• Gather and share assessment data to inform continuous improvement at

all educational levels

Over the past 20 years, the El Paso Collaborative for Academic

Excellence has often been recognized as one of the most innovative and

effective systemic education reform efforts in the United States.

The El Paso Collaborative for

Academic Excellence


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Source: Texas Education Agency, AEIS Regional Performance Reports


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Completing Recommended & Advanced High School

Programs (All Educational Service Center Regions in Texas)

Source: TEA and THECB, Texas PK-16 Public Education Information Resource,

High School Graduates' Longitudinal Analysis - by Education Service Center Region

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District Hispanic White African-American

%

Graduation Rates for Major Texas Cities

and El Paso Region, 2008-09

Source: Texas Education Agency.

http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/Standard_Reports.html


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48.9%

38.2%

19.8%16.2% 15.7% 15.6% 13.9% 13.3% 13.1% 11.6%

9.7%

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60.0%

*El Paso included in Upper Rio Grande.

Economic disadvantage is defined as students who qualified to receive free or reduced lunch

while in high school.

Source: THECB, Regional Plan for Texas Higher Education 2008

Economically Disadvantaged HS Graduates

who Enrolled in Universities AY2005-06

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UTEP and EPCC Collaborations

Joint admissions and common ID numbers

Integrated student data systems

Joint financial aid workshops

Common degree audit

Transfer scholarships

Joint financial aid for concurrent enrollment

Reverse transfer degree tracking

Articulation agreements

Joint training sessions for UTEP and EPCC staff


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UTEP Enrollment Trends Closing the Gap in Student Participation

14,67714,695 15,224

16,22017,232

18,54218,918

19,268 19,84220,154 20,458

21,011

22,106

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5,000

10,000

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20,000

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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010


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Largest U.S. Ethnic Groups Shown

Source: UTEP Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research and Planning

UTEP Enrollment:Student Race/Ethnicity Trends

76.2%

10.0%

2.8%0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

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% HISPANIC

% WHITE

% BLACK

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UTEP Student Origins


El Paso County

83%

Other Texas5%

Other U.S.4%

Mexico6%

Other International

2%

Fall 2010


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Top 10% Enrollment at UTEP

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Query of all top 10% in Fall 2009

from El Paso County who enrolled in any Texas Public University or 4-year college

62.3%

Texas A&M4.6%

UT-Austin21.0%

Texas Tech4.4%

All Others7.8%

Texas Public University Enrollment Top 10% High School Graduates from El Paso County,

Fall 2009


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Total Scholarships Awarded

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2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Total Dollars Awarded Total Number of Students Awarded

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Source: THECB Affordability Survey 2009-10

Texas Regional Median Incomes for 2009-10

$54,032$50,955 $49,907

$39,987 $39,700 $39,615$38,073 $37,693 $36,673

$33,588

$45,132


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Financial Aid2009-10

Number of UTEP students who applied for financial aid: 17,403

Average family income of financial aid applicants: $33,179

Percent of financial aid applicants with family income of

$20,000 or less: 45%

Percent of UTEP students with reported family income of

$20,000 or less: 31%

Percent of students with family income of less than $20,000 at large public

research (doctoral) universities: 10%.

Percent of students with family income of less than $20,000 at small and mid-size

private colleges and universities: 12%

(Council of Independent Colleges: http://www.cic.edu/makingthecase/data/access/income/index.asp)

Percent of students with family income of less than $20,000 at community colleges: 29% (Lumina Foundation

Focus, Fall 2005, P. 5).

http://www.cic.edu/makingthecase/data/access/income/index.asp

Texas Public Institutions by Average Tuition and

Fees (FY2011) and Growth (FY2000-2011)

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1,695

3,031

12,471

17,205

12000

13000

14000

15000

16000

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19000

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22000

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2650

2850

3050

3250UG Degrees Awarded

UG Enrollment

Undergraduate Degrees and

Enrollment Trends

38% Growth in Undergraduate Enrollment from Fall 1999 to Fall 2009

79% Growth in Undergraduate Degrees Awarded from Fall 1999 to Fall 2009

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Change in Weighted Degrees per 1000

Population in Texas Metropolitan Areas

Texas Metro Areas

AY2006 Weighted*

Degrees Awarded

2006 Population

2006 Ratio

AY2009 Weighted*

Degrees Awarded

2009 Population

2009 Ratio Change

El Paso 7,856 720,756 10.90 10,021 751,296 13.34 2.44

McAllen/Edinburg 6,803 683,719 9.95 8,485 741,152 11.45 1.50

DFW 72,489 5,999,411 12.08 81,543 6,447,615 12.65 0.56

Houston 47,664 5,484,883 8.69 53,270 5,867,489 9.08 0.39

San Antonio 20,658 1,932,720 10.69 22,896 2,072,128 11.05 0.36

Austin 43,284 1,528,958 28.31 45,675 1,705,075 26.79 -1.52

Degrees Awarded are weighted based on criterion used by the Talent Dividend Prize:

Associate Degrees = 1, Baccalaureate & above =2

Degrees Source: IPEDS National Data Center

Population Source: U.S. Census, American Community Survey


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UTEP Awarded 3,973 Degrees in 2009-10

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Education Engineering Health Profession/Nursing

Liberal Arts Science Multidisciplinary and Leadership

Studies/Public Admin.

Graduate

Undergraduate

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1,754

1,957

2,106

2,394

2,749

2,9993,031

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73% increase in total undergraduate degrees awarded

9% increase in graduation rate

Growth in Undergraduate Degrees Awarded

vs. Graduation Rate

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70% of UTEP graduates do not count in graduation rate

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Who is Counted in

Calculating Graduation Rates?

Only a student who is

First-time freshman

Enrolled full-time

Seeking a degree

Enrolled in the fall semester

= “FTFTF” (First Time, Full-Time Freshman)

Not counted are

Transfer students

Part-time students

Returning students

Those who enroll in spring semester

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How are Graduation Rates Calculated?

# of First Time, Full-Time Freshman (FTFTF) students

entering in a given year

# of those same FTFTF students who graduate 4 or 5 or 6 years later from

the same university

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Student Success Indicators

Law School Admissions

• More than 90% of UTEP graduates who apply to law

schools are accepted, compared to 66% nationally

• Of those, 33% enrolled at the top 15 law schools in the

U.S., compared to 5% nationally

Medical School Admissions

• UTEP ranks 2nd among all U.S. universities –after UCLA– in

the number of Mexican-American graduates who are

successfully admitted to U.S. medical schools


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Institution Rank

University of PR Rio Piedras Campus 1

University of PR Mayaguez Campus 2

University of California-Los Angeles 3

University of Texas at Austin 4

University of California-Berkeley 5

Florida International University 6

University of Texas at El Paso 7

Arizona State University 8

University of So. California 9

University of Florida 10

Source: National Science Foundation, Survey of Earned Doctorates – AY 2009 - 2010

Top 10 Feeder Schools for

Hispanic Doctorates

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Focus on Excellence at

Closing the Gaps

Robust Research Infrastructure

Competitive Faculty & Students

Expanded Graduate Programs

Enhanced Graduate Fellowships

Enriched Undergraduate Programs

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UTEP’s Quest for Excellence

UTEP’s Tier One goal is directly related to our commitment to access and to creating

enriched educational opportunities for residents of the Paso Del Norte region.

We pursue excellence for and with our students, not in spite of them, thereby creating a new

national research university model.

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UTEP’s National Research University Goals

• Annual expenditure of at least $100 million in

externally funded research, according to

commonly accepted national standards; and

• Annual graduation of more than 100 doctoral

degrees.

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*Reported to NSF, Science Resources Statistics (SRS)1NSF Survey, FY 2009

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Growth in Total Research ExpendituresFiscal Years 1991-2010

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Federal Research and Development

Expenditures at Emerging Research InstitutionsFY 2009

Sources: NSF, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges,

FY 2009

Total

Expenditures

in Millions

(NSF)

University of Houston $40.0

UT El Paso $29.4

UT San Antonio $26.4

UT Dallas $25.7

Texas Tech $24.2

UT Arlington $24.3

University of North Texas $9.0


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FY 2004

FY 2005

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2008

FY 2009

FY 2010

Federal Research Expenditures per

FTE Faculty


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Research Priorities and

Cross-Cutting Research Themes

Health and

Biomedical

Sciences &

Engineering

Education for

the 21st

Century

Demographic

National

Defense and

Border

Security

Global

Enterprise &

Border Studies

Energy &

Environment

Research

Priorities

Cross-Cutting Research Themes

Cyberinfrastructure and Collaborative Environments

U.S.-Mexico and Latin America: Social and Behavioral Issues

Emerging Technologies: Information Technology, Biotechnology,

& Nanotechnology


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Total Yearly Doctoral Enrollment

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Nursing Practice

Physical Therapy (24)

Teaching, Learning and Culture (40)

Computational Science (22)

Chemistry (24)

Computer Sciences (21)

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (31)

Eng. Rhetoric and Composition (29)

International Business (50)

Civil Engineering (16)

History (37)

Biological Sciences (49)

Education Leadership & Admin. (65)

Environmental Science & Engineering (63)

Psychology (40)

Materials Science and Engineering (26)

Electrical and Computer Engineering (40)

Geological Sciences (23)

UTEP Doctoral Enrollment Growth


600

Closing the Gaps in Hispanic Student Participation

by Emerging Tier-One Research Universities in Texas

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Vision

The University of Texas at El Paso will proudly become

THE FIRST NATIONAL RESEARCH (TIER ONE) UNIVERSITY

with a 21st Century Student Demographic

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