Vice Chancellor of Engineering and Computer Science Oregon University System Mobilizing Oregon A...

Vice Chancellor of Engineering and Computer Science

Oregon University System

Mobilizing OregonA Partnership to Build a 21st

Century Technology Workforce



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Bob DrydenJanuary 10, 2002 Agenda for

quality and growth



Today’s Presentation

• Mission of the Vice Chancellor of Engineering and Computer Science

• An agenda for quality and growth• Today’s funding realities

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Bob DrydenJanuary 10, 2002



What is a Vice Chancellor of Engineering and Computer Science?• State wide – cross industry view

– ETIC• Partner with high technology leadership

– Connect with and listen to engineers• EE, CS, SWE• Civil• Mechanical• Metallurgical

• Support engineering institutions – Promote engineering education– Manage multi-institutional programs

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How to Build a Partnership for the 21st Century…

How to Build a Partnership for the 21st Century…

An Agenda for Quality and GrowthAn Agenda for Quality and Growth

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Agenda for Quality and Growth

• Invest in quality faculty• Invest in first-class facilities• Attract and train the best students• Identify and serve industry’s

workforce needs• Demand and measure outcomes• Communicate results

– institutions, industry, students, public, civic leaders and media

2002initiatives

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Link High Tech Workforce Education to Workplace Needs

• ETIC– Streamline procedures– Stimulate deeper industry participation– Develop 2003-05 investment plan– Monitor current investment progress– Communicate results and benefits

Agenda for quality and

growth

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Listen to customers

• Market research program– Quantitative benchmark studies of

industry and student needs and trends• Provide data to institutions and industry• Use data to drive new programs

• Engineering Education E-Roundtable• Engineering managers• Human Resource managers• Training managers


growth

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Promote Engineering Education and Research

• Vice Chancellor’s Web site– WWW.OregonEngineer.org

• Outreach to potential engineering students and high school teachers and advisors

• Repository for engineering and computer science faculty research publications

– Newsletter to state’s engineering community highlighting success and benefits - not process


growth

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Fill the Pipeline

• OCATE statewide– Deploy selected OCATE programming

beyond Portland

• Grow Oregon Master of Software Engineering program

• Build new scholarship and internship opportunities

• Improve connections with high schools and community colleges


growth

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Vice Chancellor’sObjectives

• Focus activities to:– Demonstrate need, target investments

and measure results with research– Deliver educational capacity to achieve

real and measurable results– Fill Oregon engineering education pipeline– Communicate benefits of engineering

education for Oregon…to Oregonians

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How AeA Can Help

• Share insights on our market research• Advocate for investments linked to

demonstrated needs and realistic goals

• Reward results• Expand sponsored scholarship and

internship opportunities • Support institutions through

partnerships

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OUS Funding Realities

• Oregon faces $850 million budget shortfall– State of Washington same magnitude with

double the budget base

• University engineering programs have improved quality and output– New faculty– Higher enrollments

• Preserving core programs – top priority

2002 budgetchoices

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Setting Engineering Investment Priorities for Quality and Growth

• Existing ETIC commitments held harmless

• Invest in doubling undergraduate and graduate engineering output by 2007

• Invest in multi-institutional quality improvement programs

2002 budgetchoices

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