School of Law

December 9, 2009

Thank you for this opportunity!

It is good to be back to visit with you!

And of course…2

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Happy Holidays!

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Goals

· Talk about where we have been

· Where we want to go

· Listen to you

And of course, thank you for what you do!

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Economists like pictures and graphsSome dots and a triangle…

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• Weather• Neurosurgery• Other• And of course, “stinking” economy…

It’s Been Some Year

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We know that nationally times have been unprecedented…

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GDP Declines During Postwar Recessions(peak-to-trough percent change; date is year of peak quarter)

1948 1953 1957 1960 1970 1973 1980 1981 1990 2001 2008 1st Qtr 2009

2nd Qtr 2009

3rd Qtr 2009

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-1.8

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-1.5-1.1

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-2.2

-3.8

-1.4

-0.2

-4.8

-5.7

-0.700000000000001

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U. S. Job LossAre we out of the woods yet?

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Apr-08

May-08

Jun-08

Jul-0

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Aug-08

Sep-08

Oct-08

Nov-08

Dec-08

Jan-09

Feb-09

Mar-0

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Apr-09

May-09

Jun-09

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Aug-09

Sep-09

Oct-09

Nov-09-800

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-160-137

-161-128

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Kentucky has not been immune to those impacts

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Notes: 1. Employment 2009 < employment 1999

2. Sept. ‘08 – Sept. ‘09 employment loss -4.7% General Fund decline – 4.0%

Jan-99 Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-101750.0

1770.0

1790.0

1810.0

1830.0

1850.0

1870.0

1890.0

1769.4

Dec. '071872.4

Oct. ' 091762.9

Oct. ‘09207.0 (p)

Kentucky Economy:Manufacturing – Our Bread and Butter

Manufacturing employment (in thousands)

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We (Kentucky) face challenges

• Big challenges

• Structural challenges

• We will struggle for a while – next biennium budget will be ugly

(How is that for a forecast?)

In the words of that great philosopher, Lily Tomlin,“It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets worse.” 11

What’s all this have to do with UofL?

We are expected to help improve economic opportunity and quality

of life for Kentuckians (HB1 – 1997)

Law has not changed.

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“U of L to be Premier Nationally Recognized Metropolitan Research University”

“Challenge for Excellence”(1998 – 2008)

“We met Challenge”

2020 Plan

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And the weak economy has an impact on us too…

Kentucky Employment Losses

Cuts/Cuts/Cuts

9 for 9

State Individual Income Tax/Sales Tax

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Some numbers…(Depressing, aren’t they)

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e – estimatea – actualr - revised

Year State General Fund (000,000)

FY 08 $8,664.0 (a)

FY09$9,005.7 (e-budget '08)

$8,548.4 (r-Nov. '08)$8,426.0 (a)

FY10$9,417.6 (e-budget)$8,295 (r-May ‘09)

$8,214.0 (r-Aug. ‘09)$8,135.0 (r-Oct. ’09)

FY11 $8,315.0 (Oct. ‘09)

FY12 $8,623.0 (Oct. ‘09)

But no one is… hanging it up

or calling it quitsjust because we are

challenged –

To the contrary…

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Despite cuts and other distractions,

we are making progress…

We are resilient

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Our Students…

• Freshman class average ACT• 1998 – 21.4• 2009 – 24.5

• State avg. – 20.8 (19.4)

• National avg. – 21.1

• 24 National Merit Scholars

• More students from outside Jefferson County than inside

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Our Graduates…

• 1998 – 1,734 degrees awarded• 2009 – 2,428 degrees awarded

– 2020 Goal – 3,074• Graduation rate

– Increased from 30% in 1998 to 48.4% in 2009– 2020 Goal – 60%

• Doctoral Degrees– 1998 – 76– 2009 – 142– 2020 Goal – 350

• A Rhodes Scholar

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Our Research…

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Research Funding and NIH Funding

Total grants:

1998 - $42 M2009 - $140 M

2020 Goal - $400 M

“From mind to marketplace”

1998 2008 2020 Goal

Startup companies (cumulative) 1 22 34

Patents (cumulative)

Applications filed

151 710 1,064

License option agreements (cumulative)

17 73 110

Note: By 2008, 130 patents were issued, a 136% increase since 1998.

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School of Law

• The opening of the University of Louisville Law Clinic.

The inaugural class of students in the University of Louisville Law Clinic:Dustin Thacker, Becca O'Neill, Chad Reid, Christopher McDavid, Caroline Lynch Pieroni, and Amy Jay.

• Beginning the process of integrating the full-time and part-time divisions into a single program conferring the degree of juris doctor

School of Law

• Hiring two new tenure-track faculty members: Ariana Levinson and Shelley Santry (our new clinic director)

• Some representative faculty achievements: – Sam Marcosson received a 2009 Distinguished Faculty

Award for Teaching – Les Abramson edited "Kentucky Lawyers Speak: Oral

History from Those Who Lived It" – John Cross and Lars Smith staged the second annual

Conference on Innovation and Communications Law – Susan Hanley Duncan completed her term as president of

the Legal Writing Institute

School of Law

• Our faculty's scholarship runs the gamut of contemporary legal issues: social networking sites, indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge, the language of judicial decisions, professional responsibility, commercial transactions, securities regulation, mental illness in the legal profession, corporate ethics, same-sex marriage, race-consciousness in public education, special education and disability law, and immigration.

• Some significant student achievements: – More than 4500 hours in public service performed by the members of

the class of 2009 – Continuing to outpace statewide averages in overall bar passage rates

(86% versus 80%) and bar passage rates for first-time candidates (89% versus 85%)

We have far, far more to do despite the challenges!

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1. Reengineer operations2. Convert underperforming assets to fully

performing assets3. Increase fundraising4. Expand clinical activities5. Develop partnerships6. Improve contract

research/commercializing7. Being creative (e.g. TIF)

But – we will have to do more!

How do we do this with cuts?

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How do we do this with cuts?

2. Under performing assets…

3. Increase fundraising…4. Expand clinical activities

1. Reengineer operations

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How do we do this with cuts?

5. Develop partnerships…

7. Being creative (e.g.. TIF)

6. Improve contract research/commercialization…

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• Biggest dividends

• Minimized unit cuts

• Continue to leave “carry forward with Deans/VPs

but • We know…salaries/operating/etc.”

Some other thoughts…

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1. We have been challenged, significantly challenged

2. But we have progress, significant progress

3. It isn’t going to get any easier – challenges are not going away

4. But we will stay focused and do the best we can

WHY?

Before we hand off to the Provost

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Per Capita Income in All 50 States v. Adults with Bachelors Degrees or Higher - Data for 2007

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000

$45,000

$50,000

$55,000

15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

2007

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The 2020 Plan

What we will try to do

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2020 Strategic Plan Creation

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House Bill 1:

Become a premier metropolitan researchuniversity by 2020

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2020 Strategic Plan Areas of Focus

1. Educational Excellence

2. Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

3. Community Engagement

4. Diversity, Opportunity and Social Justice

5. Creative and Responsible Stewardship

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“Trying to improve something when you don’t have a means of measurement and performance standards is likesetting out on a cross-country trip in a car without a fuelgauge. You can make calculated guesses and assumptionsbased on experience and observations, but without harddata, conclusions are based on insufficient evidence.

Mikel Harry, author of a good book on “Six Sigma.”

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“Measurements that are not in service of an organizationalstrategy are worthless. So I would agree that if you aremeasuring for measurement’s sake, you are wasting time.Metrics should be aligned to an organizational vision.When they are, they tell you if you are headed in thedirection of fulfilling your strategy or not.

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“Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions,measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously.Yet most of the important things in life cannot be preciselydefined or measured. Can we define or measure love,beauty, friendship or decency, for example?”

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Scorecard implementation plan and schedule developed, presented and discussed with Deans, Academic Officers, and Vice Presidents.

Annual goal setting and accountability. Scorecard metrics reviewed and revised slightly to ensure they are

SMART: S. specific, stretching M. measurable, motivational A. agreed upon; action oriented R. relevant; results oriented T. time-based; trackable

Scorecard metrics and baselines defined Scorecard goals projected from 2009-2010 to 2020-2021

2020 Strategic Plan Implementation

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Metric Units

Baseline

Assignment

2014

2020

Scorecard Year

2020 Strategic Plan Assignment Strategy

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– Graduation rate • Best students• Transfers

– NSSE• i2a – critical thinking and engaged teaching

– Ph.D.– Faculty

Educational Excellence

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• Funding• Clinical – translational CTSA• Interdisciplinary programs• Prestige • Economic development

Research

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• Diversity plans• Create an engaged, inclusive community

• How do we keep commitments and respond to changing world?

• What are the metrics to measure accomplishment?

Diversity, Opportunity & Social Justice

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• City Solutions Center• Signature Partnership• Our neighborhood

• Campus community• Great Places to Work

• Carnegie Classification• Clinical and service opportunities• Athletics

Community Engagement

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• Philanthropy• Efficiency• Accountability• Haymarket/Shelbyhurst• Sustainability

Responsible Stewardship

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http://louisville.edu/president/2020plan/

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