LSU Transition Advisory Team Update to the LSU Board of Supervisors on March 18, 2013

1. LSU 2015 | UPDATE TO
LSU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MARCH 18, 2013

2. Board of Supervisors Expectations for
the LSU 2015 Process
 Develop a vision for a world class
university
 Identify elements critical to remaining
competitive in the higher education
environment of the future
 Recommend best-practice organizational
models for a multi-campus flagship
university
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3. Why Does LSU Need to Change?
Higher education across the country is
experiencing a period of “disruptive
transformation”
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4. Cost Trend is Not Sustainable
 Extraordinarily complex organizations
 Retirement costs are escalating
 Three decades of 6% to 7% annual price
increases have put college beyond the
means of most families
 State funding is waning
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5. College!Prices!Growing!…!
College Prices are
% Change in College Sticker Price against other consumer Growing
Areasrpk1999/00 – 2010/11
– GROUP
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6. Consumer Demand is
Growing and Changing
 Income advantage offered by a college degree
is double what it was a generation ago
 Number of non-traditional students is
growing
 Affordable paths needed for jobs of the future
*Stuart M. Butler: The Coming Higher-Ed Revolution 6

7. New Technology/Quality/Branding
 Online learning offers significant potential for
higher education to transform its basic
business model
 It is increasing the number of disruptive
entrants in the higher education market –
DeVry, MIT’s OpenCourseware
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8. Association of American Universities
An association of 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada
 The 62 AAU universities in the United States award more than one-half of
all U.S. doctoral degrees and 55% of those are in the sciences and
engineering.
 Federal academic research conducted by AAU universities totaled $18.9
billion in FY 2009, or 58% of all federal research funds provided to
colleges and universities.
 In 2008, 65% of U.S. academic postdoctoral positions were at AAU
institutions.
 Since the founding of the Nobel Prizes in 1901, 35% of all winners and
70% of winners at U.S. universities have been affiliated with an AAU
institution.
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9. Transition Advisory Team Structure
 Academic Sub-Committee
 Dr. William “Bill” Jenkins
 Dr. Lester W. Johnson
 Finance and Revenue Sub-Committee – Task Forces (3)
 Mr. Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr.
 Mr. G. Lee Griffin
 Operations and Technology Sub-Committee – Task Forces (3)
 Mr. William M. Comegys III
 Mr. William L. “Bill” Silvia
 Research and Discovery Sub-Committee
 Dr. James W. “Jim” Firnberg
 Student Experience Sub-Committee
 Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré
 Ms. Carroll W. Suggs
 Legal and Regulatory Advisory Group
 Dr. James W. “Jim” Firnberg
 Mr. W. Shelby McKenzie
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10. Task Forces
Finance and Revenue and Operations and Technology Sub-Committees
 Commercialization and Technology Transfer
 Streamlining Procedures, Rules, and Regulations
 Technology
 Administrative Services
 Revenue Generation
 External Affairs
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11. Proposed Vision for LSU 2015
LSU will be a statewide, integrated university
committed to service, rich culture, and bold
enterprise, recognized by peer
institutions, faculty, students and employers for its
high level of academic achievement and research
excellence.
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12. Proposed Tenets for LSU 2015
 Build a faculty and learning environment that
inspires academic excellence
 Provide a student living, learning experience that
supports a lifetime of success and understanding
 Produce collaborative and cross-unit discoveries
that solve Louisiana’s and the world’s most
pressing challenges
 Fuel Louisiana’s economic development
 Build a cohesive, accountable, and sustainable
operating model for the 21st century
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13. 21 Meetings to Date
53.5 HOURS OF
COLLABORATION
AMONG
STAKEHOLDERS
ACROSS THE LSU
SYSTEM
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14. Transition Advisory Team
KEY  Refocus energy and resources on
PRIORITIES academics and research
 Develop and leverage alternative
revenue sources
 Serve the economic and workforce
development needs of the state and
students
 Improve quality and the LSU brand
through innovative delivery models
and collaborative research
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15. 41 Speakers to Date
 Dr. James Duderstadt, President Emeritus, University of
EXTERNAL Michigan
SPEAKERS OF  Dr. Stan Ikenberry, Regent Professor; President
NOTE Emeritus, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
 Dr. Gordon Gee, President, The Ohio State University
 Jeff Selingo, Author and former editor, The Chronicle of Higher
Education
 Margaret Wagner Dahl, Associate Provost, Economic
Development; Director, Georgia BioBusiness Center
 Joe Lovett, Managing General Partner, Louisiana Fund 1
 Ross Barrett, Managing Partner, BVM Capital
 Michael Madnick, Deputy Director, External Relations, Global
Health Policy/Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
 Aaron Miscenich, President, The New Orleans BioInnovation
Center
 Mike Marsiglia, Owner, Marsiglia Construction
 Shandy Husmann, John Curry, Malcom White, Huron Education
Consultants
 Anthony Gillespie, Manager, Battelle
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16. 700+ People Watched Meetings
Online Via Live Stream at lsu.edu/tat
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17. Survey Respondents to Date
Faculty, staff, and students across 10 LSU
institutions
2,200 and counting
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