Stateoftheundergraduateprogramandfuturedirections

JenniferAlix-GarciaandJamesSternsOregonStateUniversity

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Purpose

• Providecontextforprogram• Discusskeydecisionpoints• Defineissuesrequiringfurtherdiscussioninupcomingfacultyretreat

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Background- Datasources

• UniversitylistdownloadedfromCarnegieFoundationeducationalstatistics

• Universeofinterest:R1landgrantuniversities• N=37• Dataonag econandecondepartmentsgleanedfromwebsearch– Somemissingdata…

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OSUistheonlyuniversityinthesamplethatdoesnotawardaPh.D.ineconomics;wehavefewereconfaculty,ag econfaculty,andgraduate(mastersandPh.D.)students.

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Werank33/37fortotalecon/ag econtenuretrackfacultynumbers

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Ourratiooftotalenrolledundergraduates(2014)toecon/ag econtenuretrackfacultyisveryhigh

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Datausedtoassessenrollmenttrends(BackgroundinfofromPenny)

• Admitsare– Campus– New– Enrolled– AsofSept7,2017

• AlldataisavailablefromCoreorBannerunlessspecified

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CorvallisFall2017AdmitsREGISTERED_IND Y

RowLabelsCountofMAJOR

104- AgriculturalBusinessManageme ↑351- Freshman<36hours 12- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 19T- Transfer 15113- BioresourceResearch 52- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 1T- Transfer 4120- CropandSoilScience 32- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 1T- Transfer 2125- AnimalSciences ↑1381- Freshman<36hours 42- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 1137- PostBaccalaureate 2T- Transfer 19

1- Freshman<36hours 12- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 127- PostBaccalaureate 4T- Transfer 10145- Horticulture ↑201- Freshman<36hours 12- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 6T- Transfer 13237- EnvironmentalEconandPolicy 82- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 6T- Transfer 2259- AgriculturalSciences ↑342- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 227- PostBaccalaureate 1T- Transfer 11292- RangelandSciences 17- PostBaccalaureate 1

135- FoodScienceandTechnology27

515- Botany 161- Freshman<36hours 12- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 7T- Transfer 8733- FisheriesandWildlifeScience 481- Freshman<36hours 42- Freshman- EarlyAdmit 237- PostBaccalaureate 5T- Transfer 16GrandTotal 335

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CASundergraduateenrollmentsforpast10years– beginningtoplateau

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Areweprovidingtherightsetofcourses?

• Shouldwepushstudentsintoappliedeconometrics?– Changedegreerequirements?Changecoursepre-req’s?

• ShouldweaddskillscoursesassuggestedbyRobKing?(e.g.,enterprisebudgeting;appraisal;etc.)

• WhatcanwedotoprovidemoreupperdivisionpossibilitiesforEEP?– Roblistsseveral- Quantmethodclass;capstone;operationsresearch– Note– AEC453(ConservationPrivateLand)goingaway

• SamequestionforABM– Robsuggestsseveral– Supplychainmanagement;sales;organizationalbehavior;consumer

marketing;AEC466isonlyonthebooks,AEC475haslimitedoffering

• Shouldweencouragedevelopmentof“certificates”?Inwhatareas?ShouldthisbeincollaborationwithEconomicsand/orCOB? 12

Whatcanwedotoimproverecruitment?

• Marketing,ingeneral?• Easingenrollmentintominor(remove313requirement)

• What’sour“brand”?Isit“AEC”orareweco-branding“ABM”and“EEP”(webpagesuggeststheformer)

• What’sour“valueproposition”?(previousslide)• Whopotentiallyhas“influence”?NeedtoIDandrecruitinfluencers(e.g.,KirkMaag?)

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Canweimproveretention?• Providegreaterfaculty/studentinteraction• Create/improvephysicalspaceforstudent/student

interaction,andforfaculty/studentinteraction• Improvedprofessionaltraining(viaAEC310,other

routes)?• Betterthematiclinkagesbetweencourses?Howto

institutionalize?• Student“community”?– Clubandteams(otherthanQuizBowl)– AEC-sponsoredactivities(e.g.,tours);events(e.g.,socials)

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Movingforward

• Whatrequiresfurtherdiscussion?• Doweneedmoreinformationonparticulartopics?

• Whatisourlistofactionitems?

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