report to senate on academic planning sheila embleton vice-president academic september 28, 2000

REPORT TO SENATE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING

SHEILA EMBLETON

VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2000

CONTEXT FOR PLANNING – INTERNAL: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• liberal arts• professional and applied studies• building on strengths• engineering and applied science• interdisciplinary health studies • high quality graduate education• leading research university• internationalization• technology-enhanced learning

CONTEXT FOR PLANNING - EXTERNAL

• Demographic changes• Shifts in students’ interests• Increasing demand for TEL• Competition for faculty• Private universities and college degrees• Accountability• Fees• Trends towards targeted funding

VP (Administration)

Demographic Change: Double Cohort Scenarios, Ontario

190200210220230240250260270280290

Enrolments (000)’s

Demographic change

Demographic change plus double cohort (moderatescenario)

Demographic changeplus double cohort(extreme scenario)

PROJECTED NEW FACULTY REQUIREMENTS FOR ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES

CUMULATIVE TOTALS FROM 1997-98 TO:

2004-2005 2010-2011REQUIRED TO MEET INCREASED STUDENT DEMAND 3,800 4,500

REQUIRED TO MEET PLANNED RETIREMENTS

2,700 5,500

TOTALS 6,500 10,000

Source: Price Waterhouse Coopers, Will there be room for me?, March, 1999

YORK’S CUMULATIVE COMPLEMENT HIRING PROJECTIONS

0

400

800

2001/02 2003/04 2005/06 2007/08 2009/10

Possible Additional Staff Growth

Possible Additional Faculty Growth

Staff Required for Superbuild Enrolment Growth

Faculty Required for Superbuild Enrolment Growth

Staff RetirementReplacements

Faculty Retirement Replacements

600

200

1000

PROVINCIAL OPERATING GRANTS AND TUITION FEE REVENUE PER FTE ENROLMENT

ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES 1987-88 TO 1998-99

$0

$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

$10,000

$12,000

88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

Year Ending

Con

stan

t 19

98-9

9 D

olla

rs

TuitionFees

OperatingGrants

Source: COU Resource Document

YORK UNIVERSITY - GRANT AND FEE INCOME(Erosion of Budget Flexibility)

200

225

250

275

300

325

350

1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01

Ope

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g G

rant

and

Fee

Inco

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- $ M

Actual Projected

Total Operating Grant and Fee Income

Non-Flexible Income

Source: Office of the Vice-President Finance and Administration

APPOINTMENTS PLANNING

CATEGORY OF APPOINTMENTS

Made Pending TOTAL

Fair Funding 33 36.4 69.4

ATOP (Access to Opportunities)

8 3 11

CRCs 5(recommended)

26 31

Endowed/Externally

Funded

23 2 25

TOTAL

69 67.4 136.4

Source: Office of the AVP (Academic Resource Planning) /University Secretariat

SENATE ACADEMIC PLANNING CONTEXT

• Recent revision of UAP focuses on strategic priorities relating to – enrolment – programs – pedagogy – scholarship

• Process must allow York to respond both collegially and expeditiously to external initiatives

• Overall institutional objectives must be paramount

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (UAP)

• liberal arts• professional and applied studies• building on strengths • engineering and applied science• interdisciplinary health studies • high quality graduate education• leading research university• internationalization• technology-enhanced learning

BUDGET PLANNING

• Budget planning must respond to academic planning/priorities

• Academic decision-making must take account of financial context

ENROLMENT PLANNING

• Undergraduate:

–Planning for enrolment decrease in liberal arts majors balanced with growth in applied and professional areas

DIVERSITY AND REBALANCINGProjected Changes in Distribution of Undergraduate FFTEs Between 1998/99 and 2005/06

DRAFT

-3Source: Institutional Research and Analysisas Submitted to MTCU, September 2000

-7 -5 -1 1 3

Commerce

Engineering & Applied Science

Health Professions

Math & Physical Sciences

Concurrent Education

Other

Consecutive Education

Law

%

Science

Arts

ENROLMENT PLANNING

• Double Cohort– Planning to accommodate double cohort

growth by:• some growth in liberal arts • expansion in applied and professional

areas • TEL • joint programming with CAATs

DIVERSITY AND REBALANCINGDRAFT

Projected Change in Undergraduate FFTEs Between 1998/99 and 2005/06

-200 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400

Arts

Commerce

Science

Engineering & Applied Science

Health Professions

Math & Physical Sciences

Concurrent Education

Other

Law

Consecutive Education

Source: Institutional Research and Analysisas Submitted to MTCU, September 2000

ENROLMENT PLANNING

• Graduate: – Increase numbers to maintain balance with

undergraduate enrolments– Need to develop more specific plans for

graduate enrolment growth

YORK’S ENROLMENT PROJECTIONS

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

1999-2000

2001-2002

2003-2004

2005-2006

2007-2008

2009-2010

Additional Growth Contingent on Operating and Capital Funding

Graduate International

Graduate Domestic

Undergraduate International

Undergraduate Domestic

Students

Source: Office of Institutional Research and Analysis

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• Business/Professional:Approved by Senate:– Business and Society Program accepted its first students

this past year– International BBA – Human Resources Management– Public Administration and Management– Certificate and Diploma in Non-Profit Management – Diploma in Business and the Environment In Planning:– Computational finance programming – Executive MBA

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• Applied Science and Engineering:Approved by Senate:– BASc in engineering science– Biotechnology streamIn Planning:– Collaborative programs with Seneca in

biotechnology, chemical technology, environmental resource management, applied engineering technology

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• Health:Approved by Senate:– School of Health Policy and Management with 3

specializations: health management; health policy; health informatics

– BSc in Nursing: program accepted its first cohort of students from collaborative programs with Seneca and Georgian this year

Under consideration:– Relationship with Canadian Memorial Chiropractic

College

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• International Studies:Approved by Senate:– European Studies Program– International BBA accepted its first students this year

In Planning:– BA program in International Development– Certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages

(TESOL)– Program in South Asian Studies

Implementation:– APPC Task Force recommendations on international activities– Endowment of a Chair in Hellenic Studies

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• TEL/Collaborative Programs:Approved by Senate:– Collaborative programs with CAATs:

• ecosystem management

• urban sustainability

• international project management

– Communication and Culture joint graduate program with Ryerson accepted its first students this year

In Planning:– Expansion of collaborative programming with CAATs in

applied science, business, health, and communication fields

Implementation:– New appointments to support development of TEL– New TEL building with Seneca– Office for TEL established under VPR&I to facilitate R&D