June Commissioner's Report

Commissioner’s Report Board of Regents, June 25, 2010

This Day in History – June 25
1678 - Elena Piscopia – first female Ph. D.
1949 - “Long Haired Hare” - starring Bugs Bunny
1967 – First global satellite TV program “Our World”
1970 – Birth date of Tina Fey
2010 – Utah Regents meet in Heber

Congratulations!
Gordon Crabtree, U of U Hospitals and Clinics
Dennis Klaus, Salt Lake Community College

Congratulations!
University of Utah Joins Pac-10

Elizabeth Hitch Starts July 6
Associate Commissioner for Academic Affairs
Meet with CAOs on each campus
Establish academic affairs agenda
College readiness standards

Planning Activities Underway
State Plan for Higher Education
Planning committee product
Conversations with key leaders
Wiki – hearing

Governor’s Educational Excellence Commission – six issue “clusters”
Strategic Goal and Plans
Standards and Accountability
Funding
Involvement
Technology
Business Support

Salt Lake Chamber Initiative
Pre School
At-Risk Students
Elementary
Reading and Math Proficiency
High School
Higher Standards
Post Secondary
Participation and Retention

Lumina Foundation – Tuning Process
Currently “tuning” History and Physics
Expand to Math and Elementary Education
Additional grant receipt of $150,000 expected
Introduce process to all faculty Sept. 25-26

UHEAA Update
Rightsizing organization
54 layoffs or buyouts
Seeking more than100,000 service contracts
Know by end of 2010
Studying new loan programs
Part-time students
Professional degrees

UESP Update
160,000 accounts - $3.2 billion in assets
Utah State tax refund
LDS church employees (25,000)
5-29 College Savings Day – 568 new accounts

Student Longitudinal Data Grant
$9.6 million federal grant over 3 years
Utah Data Alliance
USHE
USOE
UEN
UEPC
DWS
Agenda
Coordinate data collection (group data only)
Use data for longitudinal research to improve outcomes
Tracking of students
Connection to workforce

Legislative Outreach
Regents’ Executive Committee Met with Majority Leadership (Minority Leadership in July)
15 One-on-One meetings with key legislators
June 23: Presentation on UtahFutures.org to Education Interim Committee
Responding to Requests for Information from Legislative Staff

Strategic Direction - Participation
Participation Task Force
USHE Schools + Davis, Granite, Iron, Canyons Districts
Met 4 times since Nov. 2009
Final report in October
Issues
Programs to sustain growth (i.e. Gear Up, Utah College Advising Corp)
Regional K-16 Alliances
Community College Task Force
Expand Early Interventions

Strategic Direction - Participation
College Access Challenge Grant
Applying for $7.5 Million over 5 years
Information to parents & students
Regional financial aid evenings
Enhance UtahFutures.org
Higher Education Marketing Campaign
Professional development for counselors
USHE Conference
Utah Women and Education Project
Strengthen statewide infrastructure
Grants to USHE institutions to strengthen outreach

Strategic Directions - Retention
Nashville Visit
Bouchard, Kearl, Stephenson, Sederburg, Hitch
Conversation among 22 states & experts
CCA Plan
Establish state goal
Develop measurements
Implement performance funding
Reduce time to degree
Transform remediation

Strategic Directions – Economic Development
Cluster Acceleration Program
DWS Commitment for $500,000
Governor’s Commitment for $500,000
Completing the 3 Pilot Projections
FY11 Convening Institutions:
SUU, DSC, Snow & USU-CEU
Additional Proposals Welcome
Tie to UTC’s “BioVision”

Meeting Highlights
Capital Development Priorities - CDP
Mission-Based Funding
Electronics Engineering at Weber

June Commissioner's Report

by HigherEdUtah on Jul 26, 2010

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