FSU Tomorrow Economic Transformation Through Teaching, Research, and Service

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FSU Tomorrow Economic TransformationThrough
Teaching, Research, and Service

• Presenters
• Chancellor T. J. Bryan
• Dr. Jon Young
• Ms. Emily Dickens
• April 27, 2007

Fayetteville State University A Constituent
Institution of The University of North Carolina
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Welcome
A constituent institution of The University of
North Carolina
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Presentation Content

• FSUs Role in Economic Transformation
• Whom do we serve?
• What can we do to address the greatest barrier to
  economic transformation, which is low educational
  attainment?
• How do our academic programs respond to regional
  and state needs?
• How do our research and service respond to
  regional and state needs?
• How can we collaborate with regional partners to
  promote economic transformation?
• Closing Comments

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Outline

• To promote the economic transformation of our
  service area, FSU must
• address barriers to educational attainment
• provide academic programs that prepare its
  graduates to succeed in and contribute to the
  global economy
• focus research and service on meeting regional
  and state needs and
• strengthen partnerships to support
  economic-transformation activities that meet
  regional and state needs.

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Service Area

• Definition not a simple matter
• Multiple perspectives
• Historical outreach (Cumberland and five
  surrounding counties)
• BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) Regional Task
  Force (11 counties)
• State economic-development zone (Southeast
  Regional Economic Development Board)
• Partnerships with community colleges (sixteen
  campuses)
• Enrollment and recruiting (top twelve counties)

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Historical Service Area

• Bladen County
• Cumberland County (Home County)
• Harnett County
• Hoke County
• Robeson County
• Sampson County

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The Southeast Region of NCSource Southeast
Regional Economic Development www.ncse.org/countie
s.php
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BRAC Partnership Region

• Bladen County
• Columbus County
• Cumberland County (Home County/Ft. Bragg)
• Harnett County
• Hoke County
• Lee County
• Moore County
• Richmond County
• Robeson County
• Sampson County
• Scotland County

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Community College PartnershipRegion

• Bladen CC
• Cape Fear CC (Pender)
• Central Carolina CC (Harnett/Lee)
• Fayetteville Technical CC (Cumberland Home
  County)
• James Sprunt CC (Duplin)
• Johnston CC
• Lenoir CC
• Montgomery CC
• Pitt CC
• Southeastern CC (Columbus)
• Richmond CC
• Robeson CC
• Sampson CC
• Sandhills CC (Hoke)
• Wayne CC
• Wilson CC

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Enrollment and RecruitingRegion

• Top Twelve Counties (Prioritized)
• Cumberland
• Mecklenburg
• Robeson
• Wake
• Harnett
• Hoke
• Sampson
• Guilford
• Halifax
• Columbus
• Wayne
• Bladen

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Historical Service Area

• Bladen County
• Cumberland County (Home County)
• Harnett County
• Hoke County
• Robeson County
• Sampson County

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I Educational Attainment

• FSU will promote economic transformation by
  working to eliminate barriers to educational
  attainment through outreach programs, student
  success initiatives, and methods of instruction
  and program delivery that serve traditional-aged
  college students and adult learners.

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Low Educational Attainment
Source U.S. Census, 2000
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Low Median Income / High Poverty
Source U.S. Census, 2000
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Traditional First-Time StudentsAcademic
Preparation - SAT
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High Minority Population
Source NC State Demographics
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Addressing Educational Attainment Pre-College
Programs

• Upward Bound
• Educational Talent Search
• GEAR-UP
• Mathematics-Science Education Network
• Cross Creek Early College High School (FSU
  campus)
• Fire Science (222) Program (CCS high school,
  FTCC, and FSU)
• Education Opportunity Center (EOC) (college entry
  preparation for adult learners)

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Addressing Educational Attainment Recent and
Proposed

• University Community Alliance for Mathematics and
  Computer Science (2006)
• P-16 Science-Mathematics Initiative
• (in planning stage)
• Increasing Male Enrollment Initiative
• (in planning stage)
• SAT boot camps

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Addressing Educational Attainment University
Programs

• Comprehensive student success and retention
• CHEER Creating Higher Expectations for
  Educational Readiness (summer-bridge program)
• University College (programs for first- and
  second-year students)
• Learning communities

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Enhancing Delivery of Instruction and Programs

• Enhancing face-to-face instruction through
  engaging pedagogies and web-enhanced instruction
• Implementing hybrid courses a blend of
  face-to-face and online instruction
• Increasing online courses and degree programs
• Using interactive television
• Incorporating new technologies (e.g., PDAs)

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Enhancing Delivery of Instruction and Programs
for Adult Learners

• Extended hours for key offices
• Online resources for self-service
• Weekend-and-evening condensed terms (eight-weeks)
• Consolidated academic-advisement center
• Courses taught on community-college campuses
• Dual-enrollment agreements with community colleges

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II. Economic Transformation Through Teaching and
Academic Programs

• FSUs core curriculum and major programs will
  enable graduates to succeed in the global economy
  and become change agents for economic
  transformation in the region and the state.

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Employer Needs

• Employers cited the following skills as most
  important for new employees
• Teamwork skills (44)
• Critical thinking reasoning (33)
• Oral/written communication (30)
• Ability to assemble/organize information (21)
• Innovative/thinking creatively (20)
• Able to work with statistics/numbers (9)
• Source How Should Colleges Prepare Students to
  Succeed in Todays Global Economy, AACU, 2006.

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Meeting Employer Challenge

• Core curriculum learning outcomes to meet needs
  of global economy
• National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to
  measure level of student engagement in
  educationally purposeful activities, including
  soft skills
• Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) to assess
  writing and analytical reasoning skills

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Meeting the Challenge

• Student Development Activities for Soft Skills
• Leadership-development programs
• Service and outreach
• Health and wellness programs
• Career services
• Living-learning communities

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Addressing State and Regional Needs through
Degree Programs
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Addressing State and Regional Needs Through
Degree Programs
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Addressing State and Regional Needs Through
Degree Programs
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Addressing State and Regional Needs Through
Degree Programs (Proposed and Approved to Plan)
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Our Graduates

• ACT Alumni Outcomes Survey of graduates from
  2002-2006 provided the following results
• 71 of respondents to Alumni Survey report that
  they are living and working in North Carolina
• 86 of respondents stated that their current
  positions are related to their major.
• 48 reported that they plan to pursue a Masters
  degree and 24 stated that they plan to pursue a
  doctorate
• 17.6 of our undergraduates from 2002-2006 are
  enrolled in graduate or professional schools (594
  of 3,379)
• Survey conducted in spring 2007 - 117 of 2,025
  responded to paper survey 194 of 2500 responded
  to email survey

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III. Economic TransformationThrough Research
and Service

• The universitys research and service activities
  must also serve the economic transformation of
  the region and state.

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Addressing Regional Needs Through Research

• Health Disparities Research that addresses
  social and behavioral factors that affect health
  disparities in the region
• Criminal Justice Research for local law
  enforcement agencies to assess fear of crime
  among city residents
• Mental Health Research on the patterns of
  mental illness and substance abuse among newly
  released offenders
• Natural Sciences Research on nanotechnology
  studies of biodiversity and conservation

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FSU Tomorrow The Institutes

• Concept emerged in strategic-planning process
• Implementation between 2007 2012
• Infrastructures for focusing research, service,
  and teaching on areas of high need
• Community Justice
• Entrepreneurship
• Health Disparities
• Teaching Excellence
• World Service

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FSU TomorrowThe Institutes

• Key objectives of the Institutes
• Collecting and disseminating data about key
  indicators
• Guiding review of academic programs to ensure
  they are current and relevant in the light of
  regional and state needs
• Conducting forums that enable researchers and
  members of the community to come together to
  solve regional and state problems
• Providing internships, service-learning projects,
  and other real-world experiences for students.

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FSU and Regional Economic Transformation

• FSU is contributing to regional economic
  transformation by
• Breaking down barriers that limit educational
  attainment among the citizens of the region
• Providing academic programs that prepare
  graduates to succeed in the global economy and to
  become change agents for economic transformation
• Establishing Institutes that focus research and
  service on meeting regional and state needs.

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IV. Strengthen partnerships to meet state and
regional needs

• The University must meet state and regional
  needs through a process that is responsive and
  reliable to garner support for its economic
  transformation activities.

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Meeting New Demands

• Expanding the role of the Bronco Development
  Corporation
• Forming Economic Development Advisory Board
• Drafting an economic development strategic plan
• Increasing sponsored programs staff to support
  additional pursuit of grants and government
  contracts

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Economic Challenges

• Low-wage, low-skills, declining industries
• Heavy reliance on military as economic engine
• Poor transportation infrastructure and indirect
  rail routes
• Competition for talent
• Strain on resources due to growth at Fort Bragg

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Existing Partnerships

• Minority and small business initiatives in
  partnership with the Cumberland County Business
  Council
• Fire Station on FSU campus (City of Fayetteville)
• Workforce Development Board (Cumberland County)

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Existing Partnerships

• Educational Channel (joint initiative with FTCC,
  Cumberland County Schools, Ft. Bragg Schools)
• Institute for Community Leadership (initiative
  with Cumberland County, Cumberland County
  Schools, City of Fayetteville, and Methodist
  College)
• Intelligence-studies outreach program (Cumberland
  County School System)

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Existing Partnerships

• Internships and degree-program development
  (Defense Services Technology Accelerator)
• Roland Community Resources Initiative (NC Dept.
  of Commerce, Office of NC Representative Garland
  Pierce)

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Establishing New Partnerships

• Potential Partners
• Smaller municipalities within the economic-
  development service area (e.g., Spring Lake,
  Roland)
• Veterans and retired military business owners
• Department of Defense and defense industries

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Implementing Economic Transformation Activities

• Application of research and teaching to regional
  needs
• Microprobe lab at FSU
• Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
  Development (WIRED) Initiative
• MBA student consultant services

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Implementing Economic Transformation Activities

• Workforce Development
• Target displaced workers
• Degree-completion program partnership with
  Workforce Development
• Re-establishment of continuing-education
  initiative for displaced homemakers

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Implementing Economic Transformation Activities

• Opportunities for small and minority-owned
  businesses
• Fayetteville Business Center responsible for
  eighteen existing businesses
• Bronco Square, a unique retail community center
  adjacent to FSU campus
• Non-degree certification for small businesses,
  such as the Minority Entrepreneurship and
  Franchising Certificate program
• Proposed Historically Underutilized Businesses
  (HUB) Academy

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Implementing Economic Transformation Activities

• Development and implementation of community-
  redevelopment activities in surrounding area
• Location of FSU bookstore at Bronco Square
• Location of FSU Institutes in the community to
  serve as resources
• HUD/HBCU proposal to address community resource
  needs
• Partnering with City on Murchison Road
  redevelopment

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Addressing the BRAC Impact

• Identify opportunities for University and its
  stakeholders
• Develop resource relationships
• Pentagon and Ft. McPherson (Atlanta)
• Educational institutions in previous BRAC-
  affected cities
• University of Alabama - Huntsville
• Alabama AM
• Participate in local and state planning
• BRAC regional taskforce (11 counties)
• State BRAC Partners Committee

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Addressing the BRAC Impact

• Potential Areas of Need and Service
• Graduate and undergraduate degree programs in
  homeland security
• Graduate degree programs for higher-ranking
  military personnel transferring into Ft. Bragg
  and civilian workers
• Graduate and undergraduate programs for local
  workforce to attain qualifications for civilian
  jobs on base
• Undergraduate-degree programs for military
  personnel and dependents
• Continuing-education courses and certificate
  programs for military personnel, dependents, and
  civil-service workers

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Enhance Quality of Life Through Cultural
Offerings and Outreach

• Increased instances of popular programs
• Distinguished Speaker Series
• Performing Arts Series
• Public Art Exhibits
• FSU Touring Troupe provides free theatrical
  performances for elementary schools on and off
  campus
• Development of more joint-community programs
• Fayetteville Symphony
• Museum of Art
• Cape Fear Regional Theatre
• Planetarium visits for school, civic, and social
  groups
• Continuing-education seminars (e.g., Experience
  China)

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FSU and Economic Transformation

• Economic Transformation activities at FSU will be
  conducted within a framework that is responsive,
  reliable and focused on
• Continuing to serve the City of Fayetteville and
  Cumberland County
• Becoming a resource to other municipalities in
  Cumberland County
• Extending resources to historical service areas
• This will be accomplished by
• Strengthening existing partnerships
• Developing new partnerships
• Applying research and teaching to regional needs
• Focusing on niche areas of workforce development
• Increasing opportunities for small and minority
  owned businesses
• Implementing community development activities in
  the surrounding area
• Addressing the BRAC impact

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Closing Comments