Riding the Waves of Change Planning with Purpose

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Riding the Waves of ChangePlanning with Purpose
Passion

• Chancellor Rose Tseng
• University of Hawaii at Hilo
• UH System Board of Regents Meeting
• October 15, 2009

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UH Hilos Four Labors of Aloha

• Achieving access excellence
• Building a University town
• Honoring diversity as our greatest resource
• Improving quality of life

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UH Hilos Distinct Mission

• Quality undergraduate education
• Graduate and professional programs that meet
  State needs
• Research that benefits the community

An Evolving Comprehensive University
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UH Hilos Unique Educational Niche

• Living laboratory
• Integration of culture, science technology
• Emphasis on 1st generation low income students
• Commitment to Native Hawaiian API students
• Student-faculty interaction
• Experiential learning

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Hawaii Islands Natural Resource Endowment is
Critical to the State

• Purposeful academic program development
• Conservation of environmental cultural
  resources
• Economic diversification
• Quality of life for Native Hawaiians all
  residents

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• Undergraduate
• Accounting
• Administration of Justice
• Environmental Studies
• Astronomy
• Environmental Science
• Masters programs
• Education
• Counseling Psychology
• Tropical Conservation Biology Environmental
  Science

• Doctoral Programs
• Pharmacy
• Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Culture
  Revitalization

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Planning Overview

• Why and How We Do What We Do

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Context for Campus Planning
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2002-2010 Strategic Goals
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Campus-Level Planning Model
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UH System Strategic Outcomes Performance
Measures, 2008-2015

• UH Hilos Progress Report

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Strategic OutcomeHawaiis Educational Capital

• To increase the educational capital of the state
  by increasing the participation and completion of
  students, particularly Native Hawaiians,
  low-income students, and those from underserved
  regions.

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UH Hilo Enrollment Growth, 1986-2014
Source UH Institutional Research Office,
1996-2008
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UH Hilo Degrees Certificates Earned,
1997-2015UH System Goal Increase 3-6 per year
Source UH Institutional Research Office,
1996-2008
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Disbursement of Pell Grants to UH Hilo Students,
2004-2015UH System Goal Increase 5 per year
Source UH Institutional Research Office, 2009
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Going Rates of Hawaii High School Graduates to
UH Hilo, 1997-2015UH System Goal Increase 3
per year
Actual
Goal
Source UH Institutional Research Office, 2009
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Hawaii Residents as Proportion of UH Hilo
First-Time Freshmen, 2003-2009
Source UH Hilo Institutional Research Analyst,
2009
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Strategic OutcomeNative Hawaiian Educational
Attainment

• To position the University of Hawaii as one of
  the worlds foremost indigenous-serving
  universities by supporting the access and success
  of Native Hawaiians.

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Degree Attainment of Native Hawaiians at UH Hilo,
1997-2015UH System Goal Increase 6-9 per year
Actual
Goal Exceeded
Fiscal Year
Source UH Institutional Research Office, 2009
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Strategic OutcomeEconomic Contribution

• To contribute to the States economy and provide
  a solid return on its investment in higher
  education through research and training.

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UH Hilo Extramural Fund Support for Teaching
Research, 1996-2015UH System Goal Increase 3
per year
Actual
Goal
Source UH Hilo Office of Research RCUH, 2009
Source UH Hilo Office of Research RCUH, 2009
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UH Hilos Economic Impact

• 2nd largest employer in East Hawaii
• 610 direct jobs
• 3,907 indirect jobs
• Every 1 in state funds generated 3.06 back to
  the state in 2008

• Return on Investment

• Sound Economic Engine

Source David Hammes, UH Hilo, 2004, 2006, 2008
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Strategic OutcomeGlobally Competitive Workforce

• Address critical workforce shortages and prepare
  students (undergraduate, graduate professional)
  for effective engagement leadership in a global
  environment.

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Degrees in STEM Fields Awarded by UH Hilo,
1997-2015UH System Goal Increase 3 per year
Source UH Institutional Research Office, 2009
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Projected Annual Vacancies in Workforce Shortage
Areas UH Hilo Output, 2007-2015UH System Goal
Increase 5 per year
Actual
Goal
Projected Annual Vacancies IT (Bachelors) 297 ?
RN 487 ? Teachers 1,222
Source UH Institutional Research Office, 2009
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Globalization of Student Learning at UH Hilo,
2005-2009
Academic Year
Source UH Hilo Center for Global Education
Exchange, 2009
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Strategic OutcomeResources Stewardship

• To acquire, allocate and manage public and
  private revenue streams and exercise exemplary
  stewardship over all of the Universitys
  resources for a sustainable future.

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UH Hilo Non-State Revenue Streams, 2002-2015UH
System Goal Increase 3-15 per year
Actual
Fiscal Year
Source UH Institutional Research Office, 2009
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Out-of-State Tuition Subsidy at UH Hilo 2003-2010
2010 is projected
Source UH Hilo Budget Office, 2009
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Gifts Donations to UH Hilo, 1993-2015UH System
Goal Increase 3-15 per year
FY
Centennial Campaign
Source UH Foundation, 2009
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Closing Thoughts

• Transforming Our Students,
• Transforming Our Community

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UH Hilos Labor of Aloha -Achieving Access
Excellence

• Low-income, 1st generation students are four
  times more likely to leave after one year of
  college than peers who are neither
• At public four-year institutions, only 34 earn a
  bachelors in six years (compared to 66)
• Source The Pell Institute, 2009

• Opportunities for underserved students families

• Commitment to overcome the odds!

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How We Can Beat the Odds

• Team of first responders
• High student involvement
• Strong first-year programs
• Improved intro courses
• Early warning systems
• Sufficient support services
• Institutional leadership

Source The Pell Institute, 2009
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Commitment to Our Community

• Achieving access excellence
• Building a University town
• Honoring diversity as our greatest resource
• Improving quality of life

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Mahalo and Aloha!

• Excellence is the result of caring more than
  others think is wise, risking more than others
  think is safe, dreaming more than others think is
  practical and expecting more than others think is
  possible.