goals defining the new urban research university...report card 2007 significant progress emerging...

Goalsdefining the new urban research university

REPORT CARD 2007 Progress NeededSignificant Progress Emerging



STUDENT SATISFACTION 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change Since Change Since Most Recent Measure Baseline Year SSI Measure (Overall Satisfaction) 4.05 4.82 19.0% 19.0% NSSE Measure-Freshmen (All Categories Combined) 42.9 47.4 46.9 -1.1% 9.3% NSSE Measure-Seniors (All Categories Combined) 45.3 48.9 50.2 2.7% 10.8%

RETENTION First Year Retention Rate 77% 78% 79% 80% 82% 2.0% 5.0% Six Year Graduation Rate 48% 48% 50% 52% 52% 0.0% 4.0%

24/7 LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Distance Learning Enrollment (Instructional FTE) 519 782 1,170 1,352 1,479 9.4% 185% Distance Learning Enrollment - Degree Program Headcount 642 1,213 1,937 2,290 2,505 9.4% 290.2% Distance Learning by Locales - States and D.C. Represented 44 50 50 51 50 -2.0% 13.6% Distance Learning - Countries Represented 5 9 20 25 37 48.0% 640.0% Distance Learning - Number of Degree Programs 8 9 14 15 16 6.7% 100.0% Student Use of Blackboard 66% 74% 77% 81% 86% 5.0% 20.0% Faculty Use of Blackboard 33% 45% 51% 58% 64% 6.0% 31.0% Number of Wireless Access Points Installed 185 302 585 646 667 3.3% 260.5%Wireless Coverage (Estimated) 15% 25% 50% 54% 56% 2.0% 41.0%

Goals

Goal 1 – Place Students at the Center

OT h E R AC h i E v E m E n T s

Tuition Freeze – For the first time since 1977, UC approves a zero percent in-crease in undergraduate tuition and non-instructional fees as a result of a statewide compact generating increased state funding in return for university cost-cutting.

Free Rides – New UC partnership with Metro provides free and environmen-tally friendly transportation for students, faculty and staff, resulting in more than 100,000 rides in the program’s first months and over 10,000 UC riders per week.

Unlocking the Tool Box – New Advisor’s Tool Box puts important tools at advisors’ fingertips to enhance student guidance.

First Class Dining – Food Management magazine selects UC’s CenterCourt as one of three “Best New Facilities” in a national competition among food service operations in colleges and universities, business dining, health care, K-12 schools, museums, and sports and entertainment venues.

Lighting Up Uptown – UC students and staff work with the City of Cincinnati to gain more lighting around Bearcat Transportation System shuttle stops.

Called to serve – The president’s cabinet expands to include student representation – presidents of both the undergraduate and the graduate student governance associations.



2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change Since Change SinceRESEARCH FUNDING Most Recent Measure Baseline YearTotal Research Funding $310,483,057 $319,624,151 $332,298,402 $332,655,266 $333,502,261 0.3% 7.4% Total Research Expenditures $255,083,000 $276,326,000 $286,036,000 $294,146,932 2.8% 15.3%

Rank among Publics 37 37 38 -1 -1 Federal Research Expenditures $185,261,000 $194,965,000 $202,654,000 $201,674,583 -0.5% 8.9%

Rank among Publics 22 24 24 0 -2 Corporate Research Investment in UC $6,439,014 $2,937,176 $4,674,578 $6,253,398 $8,726,966 39.6% 35.5% State Research Funding Investment $14,341,289 $11,812,095 $16,298,482 $11,176,496 $5,245,144 -53.1% -63.4% Total Stipend Support for Graduate Students $22,152,704 $23,499,676 $25,002,671 $28,343,685 $30,214,004 6.6% 36.4%

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITYResearch Grant Submissions 1,528 1,530 1,754 1,702 1,763 3.6% 15.4% Grant Proposals Funded 869 814 921 930 729* -21.6% -16.1% Number of Patent Applications 25 35 60 73 56 -23.3% 124.0% Number of Patents Issued 8 12 9 11 13 18.2% 62.5%

Doctorates Awarded 237 212 239 264 252 -4.5% 6.3% Rank among Publics 39 49 45 4 -6

Postdoc Appointees 184 191 233 227 283 24.7% 53.8%

FACULTY AWARDS, DISTINCTIONSNational Academies Members 5 6 6 6 6 0.0% 20.0%

Rank among Publics 51 49 50 -1 1 Faculty Awards 12 8 14 75.0% 16.7%

Rank among Publics 33 51 29 22 4

Goal 2 – Grow Our Research Excellence


Tools for Discovery – Procter & Gamble provides full access and use of its chemical compound library to the Genome Research Institute (GRI) – a resource containing more than 250,000 individual chemical compounds and a potentially powerful tool for enhancing the university’s drug discovery mission.

Boosting Undergraduate Research – UC establishes a new Office of Undergraduate Research and web portal to enhance opportunities for students to work one-on-one with faculty and other student researchers in more than 250 programs.

Interdisciplinary Investment – UC’s University Research Council awards nine $25,000 grants to encourage interdisciplinary research.

Scholarly Sweep – UC wins both of Ohio’s only Eminent Scholars awards for 2007, gaining funds to recruit to two faculty members from among the nation’s fin-est research talent – one in nanotechnology and the other in advanced propulsion and power systems.

Solar House Raising – More than 200 students in business, engineer-ing and design combine skills to construct a 100-percent solar-powered house to compete in the prestigious Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in October 2007. Only 20 universities from around the world have been selected to compete.

Environmentally Friendly – UC’s new Sustainable Urban Engineering (SUE) education and research center works to break down disciplinary silos to solve the challenges of modern urban centers without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs.

*New data tracking and business procedures implemented in FY 2007 changed the calculations for some research information. As a result, there may be fluctuations in certain reporting categories.



Goal 3 – Achieve Academic Excellence

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change Since Change Since NATIONAL PRESENCE & RECOGNITION Most Recent Measure Baseline Year U.S. News & World Report 160 160 145 139 148 -9 12

SELECTIVITY MEASURESNumber of Merit Scholars (Total Enrolled) 53 47 52 89 117 31.5% 120.8% Number of Merit Scholars (New) 18 11 19 39 29 -25.6% 61.1% ACT Scores of Entering Class 23.5 23.4 23.8 24 24.1 0.4% 2.6% Percentage of Entering class in Top 10 percent of their class 19.3% 21.3% 19.5% 21% 19.8% -1.2% 0.5%

OUT OF STATE & TRANSFER STUDENTSOut of State Enrollment (Headcount) 4,430 4,840 5,689 5,772 5,991 3.8% 35.2% Out of State Enrollment (Percent) 13.1% 14.1% 16.1% 16.2% 16.5% 0.3% 3.4% Transfer Students from Non-UC Schools & Universities 1,090 1,105 1,256 1,349 1,280 -5.1% 17.4%


Elite Entry – For the first time, UC makes the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of universities reporting large numbers of National Merit Scholars, entering the list at No. 64 in the nation among the top 100.

Making the Cut – Princeton Review ranks UC among the nation’s best colleges.

Signs of Success – Swelling numbers of first-year students for fall 2007 result in a UC admission’s first – a waiting list for freshmen – plus the largest first-year class ever.

Lauding Our Teachers – UC adds luster to the role of teaching by selecting 22 faculty members for inaugural induction into its new Academy of Fellows for Teaching and Learning.

Worldly Partnership – The new School of World Languages and Cultures in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences gives strength in numbers to large and small academic programs drawn into one cohesive unit.

International Appeal – For the second consecutive year, UC ranks No. 1 in international student satisfaction when measured against a pool of leading universities.




Baby Boomer Innovation – Major corporations including P&G, General Mills, CitiGroup, Hillenbrand/Hill-Rom and LPK join forces with UC in the Live Well Collaborative, an interdisciplinary incubator focused on consumers age 50 and older.

Shandong Agreement – Our first comprehensive strategic partnership overseas results in the creation of the Joint Center for Urban Research, as well as a commitment to create a Joint Management Innovation Research Center and a potential Executive MBA Program, all with Shandong University in Jinan, China.

Regional Collaboration – UC assumes an active role in two initiatives vital to the region’s future – the shared regional action plan known as Agenda 360 and the city-wide economic development initiative called GO Cincinnati.

Seamless Transitions – UC agreement with Cincinnati State establishes Cincinnati Pathways, an admissions program to UC baccalaureate programs for qualified Cincinnati State students, soon followed by a similar agreement with Sinclair Community College.

Carnegie Designation – UC stands among an elite group of 76 colleges and universities around the country that received the Carnegie Foundation’s new classification as “community engaged” institutions.

Focused on Student Success – Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky’s Strive regional coalition attracts more than $2 million in in-kind support mobiliz-ing education, business, civic and non-profit partners in an effort to ensure all students graduate from high school and a college or certificate program.

Urban Collaboration – President Nancy Zimpher leads the Urban Serving Universities, a national coalition working to revitalize urban America by harnessing the knowledge and intellectual resources of urban-serving public research universities.

City Fellow – The Center for the City’s first fellow serves at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

Justice Served – The College of Law and the School of Social Work have teamed with the Hamilton County (Ohio) Public Defender’s office, the Ohio Justice & Policy Center, and Northern Kentucky University to create a Criminal Defense Clinic.

Cincinnati Goes Green – Seniors in DAAP’s graphic design program work side-by-side with leadership from the Cincinnati Park Board to create a communica-tions strategy and tools for the Cincinnati Parks’ 100-year master plan. Many of the materials produced by the students are 100% recyclable.

Treating Chronic Disease – In a collaboration supported by the Harriette R. Williams Downey Fund, the Visiting Nurse Association and UC’s Diabetes Center partner on a new study that may improve the long-term health of patients with diabetes through better care management.

Goal 4 – Forge Key Relationships and Partnerships

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change Since Change Since INTERNAL PARTNERSHIP Most Recent Measure Baseline Year* Articulation and Transfer from UC Branch Campuses 436 467 533 559 641 14.7% 47.0%

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTStudents Participating in Volunteer Activities NA NA NA NA 4,529 Number of Service Learning Courses NA NA NA NA 39Number of Service Learning Community Partnership Organizations NA NA NA NA 61Community Partners “Very Satisfied” with Service Learning Experience NA NA NA NA 71.4% Charitable Giving Funds Raised $302,355 $333,551 $318,091 $286,725 -9.9% -5.2% Fine Arts Funds Raised $40,200 $55,741 $48,352 $52,134 $54,585 4.7% 35.8% Habitat for Humanity Investment $0 $62,000 $36,482 $33,000 $41,300 25.2% XX% Faculty/Staff Volunteer Hours ** NA NA 87,600 53,856 -38.5% XX%Community Organizations Served by Faculty/Staff Volunteers ** NA NA 590 540 -8.5% XX%

* Where XX appears data was not collected in the baseline year; a percentage change is not calculable.** Self reported.



Goal 5 – Establish a Sense of Place

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change Since Change Since VISITORS Most Recent Measure Baseline Year* Number of TUC Visitors 650,000 1,400,000 1,450,000 3.6% 123.1% Number of Freshman Orientation Visits 3,153 3,193 3,579 3,495 3,950 13.0% 25.3%

STUDENT LIVINGResidence Hall Occupancies 3,014 3,498 3,568 3,263 3,277 0.4% 8.7% Affiliated Housing Occupancies 1,169 1,236 5.7% 5.7%

WEB TRAFFIC Views of UC Web Pages per Fiscal Year (www.uc.edu only) 24,527,973 34,760,883 39,655,454 49,544,149 54,008,522 9.0% 120.2%

PUBLIC SAFETYCrimes Part 1 - East & West Uptown Campuses 777 695 505 535 5.9% -31.1% Crimes Part 1 - Off Campus (Corryville, CH/UH, Fairview) 2,244 1,917 1,690 1,693 0.2% -24.6%

ATHLETICSTeam Sports Athletic Wins NA 105 117 121 3.4% XX% University Athletics Academic Progress Rate 0.946 0.952 0.944 -0.8% -0.2% Number of Big East Championships 0 1 1 1


Report Card on Community Development – A study on universi-ties’ redevelopment efforts in their communities puts UC’s efforts in Uptown in the top tier on financial commitment, housing increases, innovative financing, partner-ships with other institutions, presidential leadership and urban design.

Civic Engagement House – Service and volunteerism take up residence in a consolidated living and learning environment at the new Center for Community Engagement at Stratford Heights.

Going Green – UC signs onto the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Campus now has three buildings certified as meeting nation-ally accepted benchmarks for high-performance “green” buildings in construction and operations.

Uptown Progress – The Uptown Consortium serves as master developer for the Burnet Avenue Revitalization Project in Avondale and teams up with the Cincin-nati Park Board to draft a master plan for Uptown parks.

Alumni Spring Gathering – Inaugural Alumni Weekend, held in mid-May, combines the 50th Class Reunion and Golden Bearcat activities, UC Day festivities, the awarding of the William Howard Taft Medal for notable alumni achievement, and the annual MainStreet Stride celebration, providing a seasonal bookend to autumn’s Homecoming and drawing many UC alumni back to campus.

Telling Our Own Story – During FY07, nearly 1 million readers visited UC’s online news site, a 21 percent increase over the previous year.

Seeing is Believing – Prospective student tours set records with attendance – up over 50 percent.

* Where XX appears data was not collected in the baseline year; a percentage change is not calculable.



Goal 6 – Create Opportunity 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change Since Change Since ENROLLMENT Most Recent Measure Baseline Year Total Enrollment 33,823 34,364 35,244 35,527 36,415 2.5% 7.7% Size of Entering Class - Total University, Full-Time Only 4,624 4,546 4,977 4,784 5,178 8.2% 12.0%

STEM DEVELOPMENTGraduates in High Demand STEM Fields - Ugrad 1436 1397 1471 1338 1591 18.9% 10.8% Graduates in High Demand STEM Fields - Grad/Prof 867 912 986 1004 946 -5.8% 9.1%

GLOBAL EDUCATIONInternational Student Enrollment (Headcount) 1,945 1,885 1,923 1,885 1,909 1.3% -1.9% International Student Enrollment (Percent) 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.2 -0.1% -0.6% Percent of Baccalaureate Graduates that have Studied Abroad 6.0% 6.9% 10.8% 12.8% 13.8% 1.0% 7.8% Students Studying Abroad 659 644 754 844 870 3.1% 32.0%

DIVERSITYDiversity of Faculty - Full-Time Faculty Female Headcount 726 771 827 850 850 0% 17.1% Full-Time Faculty % Female 34.8% 35.7% 36.5% 37.2% 37.3% 0.1% 2.5% Full-Time Faculty African American Headcount 82 87 85 86 90 4.7% 9.8% Full-Time Faculty % African American 3.9% 4.0% 3.8% 3.8% 4.0% 0.2% 0.1% Full-Time Faculty Minority Headcount 342 377 402 417 420 0.7% 22.8% Full-Time Faculty % Minority 16.4% 17.4% 17.8% 18.3% 18.4% 0.1% 2.0% Diversity of Students - Total University Female Headcount 17,747 18,235 19,105 19,363 19,745 2.0% 11.3% Total University % Female – Students 52.5% 53.1% 54.2% 54.5% 54.3% -0.2% 1.8% Total University African American Headcount – Students 3,787 3,951 4,023 3,858 3,677 -4.7% -2.9% Total University % African American – Students 11.2% 11.5% 11.4% 10.9% 10.1% -0.8% -1.1% Total University Minority Headcount – Students 5,302 5,562 5,630 5,468 5,396 -1.3% 1.8% Total University % Minority – Students 15.7% 16.2% 16.0% 15.4% 14.8% -0.6% -0.9%

FISCAL HEALTHOBR Financial Health Composite Score* 2.8 3.6 3.6 2.6 -1.0 -0.2 Annual Debt Service as % of Total Revenue 4.7% 4.3% 5.0% 5.5% 0.5% 0.8%Bond Rating - Moody’s Aa3 A1 A1 A1 A1 0 -1 Bond Rating - S&P AA- AA- AA- A+ A+ 0 -1 Revenue Driven Programs - UC Investment $1,382,064 $1,391,054 $3,592,892 $3,989,183 $2,216,751 -44.4% 60.4% Institutional Liquidity -Avg. Daily Operating Cash Balance (June - target $236M) $74.6M $67.2M $62.8M $29.8M $46.0M 54.4% -38.3%

PRIVATE SUPPORTFoundation - Total Donations $70,745,341 $71,057,786 $88,842,674 $84,044,247 $79,004,470 -6.0% 11.7% Faculty/Staff Campaign Results - Number of Donors 1,875 2,128 2,138 0.5% 14.0% Faculty/Staff Campaign Results - Amount $5,471,054 $8,921,081 $9,541,102 7.0% 74.4% Endowment Assets $873,327,000 $987,785,000 $1,032,124,000 $1,101,100,000 $1,185,400,000 7.7% 35.7%

Rank among Publics 15 17 19 19 0 -4 Annual Giving (Private Support – Cash, Inkind) $51,491,000 $51,384,000 $65,919,000 $70,706,000 $67,954,143 -3.9% 32.0%

Rank among Publics 47 51 42 44 -2 3* Scale is 0-5; fiscal watch results after two consecutive years of 1.75 or lower.




Fiscal Prudence – UC cuts costs by $27 million in FY 2007 and approves a FY 2008 budget smaller than the previous year’s, reflecting cost reductions, increased support from the state, and effective long-range budget planning. Among the FY07 cost-savings are 106 abolished positions, restructuring that merged two divisions, and $2.6 million in reduced energy consumption.

Committing to Diversity – Acting on recommendations from the President’s UC|21 Diversity Task Force, President Zimpher appoints a chief diversity officer and establishes a university-wide Diversity Council.

New Governance Framework – Working with Faculty Senate and an ad hoc committee, UC creates a new structure for decision-making to enhance accountability, encourage greater representation of stakeholders and better align-ment of decision-making to the university mission.

Baseline on Women – The Women’s Initiative Network publishes a baseline Report on the Status of UC Women, providing a metric to measure future progress. International Connections – UC students study abroad in greater numbers and the percentage of UC students graduating with overseas experience reaches record levels as the university goes online with a user-friendly database that improves tracking of its international relationships and activities.

Goal 6 – Create Opportunity



PROGRAms OF sTUDY Doctoral (PhD, MD, DSc, etc.) 98 Master’s (MA, MS, MBA, etc.) 170 Bachelor’s (BS, BA, BSW, etc.) 167 Associate (AA, AAS, AGS, etc.) 139

LiBRARiEs University of Cincinnati Libraries holds 3,209,337 books

sTUDEnTs Enrollment (06-07) 35,527

PERsOnnEL Faculty Full-Time 2,514 Faculty Part-Time 2,724 Staff Full-Time 3,089 Staff Part-Time 293 Total (Without students) 8,620 Student Workers/Graduate Assistants 6,361 Grand Total 14,981

EnDOWmEnT (2007) $1.185 billion

EXTERnAL GRAnTs & COnTRACTs (2006) $332.6 million

LAnD & BUiLDinGs Acreage 473 Gross Square Footage 13,453,824 Buildings 117

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