Discussion on Chancellor Fingerhut’s

Strategic Plan

Presented by:William McMillen, Ph.D.

April 8, 2008

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Typical UT faculty member’s work load today:

Forty-five year old tenured English professor.

Field is contemporary literature. Teachingfive undergraduate/graduate classes per

year(all on Main Campus)

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Today:

• 2 junior-level introduction to major courses• 1 junior-level introduction to

literature survey course• 1 senior-level course in

contemporary world literature• 1 senior-level/graduate course on

Thomas Pynchon

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Today:

•Serves on 2 department committees including merit & curriculum

•Serves on Faculty Senate

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Typical UT faculty member’s workload five years from today:

• Fifty-year old tenured English professor. Field is contemporary literature. Teaching five undergraduate/graduate classes per year.

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Five years from today:• 1 junior-level introduction to major

course on Main Campus• 1 junior-level composition course

taught for a UT Center of Excellence on MC• 1 junior-level introduction to

literature survey course in the evening at Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio

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Five years from today (continued):

•1 senior-level course in contemporary world literature once a week on Saturday morning on the Scott Park campus.

•1 senior-level/graduate course on Thomas Pynchon

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Five years from today (continued):

•Serves on an ad hoc department committee investigating how to integrate older students into credit programs

•Serves on a statewide Articulation and Transfer Course Approval Panel

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Five years from today - SUMMER:• Spends six weeks teaching at the

UT/Ohio Northern European campus in Avignon, France. Teaches a course on contemporary French literature to USO students studying abroad and teaches a course on contemporary American literature to French students planning to study at UT or Ohio Northern in the Fall.

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Five years from today:•1 junior-level composition

course taught for a UT Center of Excellence on the Main Campus

“…the only way for the system as a whole to raise its quality is for each institution to develop distinctive missions and Centers of Excellence…” (Page 38)

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Five years from today:• 1 junior-level introduction to literature

survey course in the evening at Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio

“A number of community colleges have adopted a ‘University Center’ model, where they invite colleges & unversities to offer the 3rd and 4th year of a bachelor’s degree program on their campus, with the stipulation that these programs accept the associate degree earned in full as transfer credits.” (Page 66)

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Five years from today:• 1 senior-level course in contemporary

world literature once a week on Saturday morning on the Scott Park campus.

“A key element of cost-efficiency is the ability to offer students low-cost educational options…It also includes offering discounts on the university main campuses for students who take courses during off-hours, on weekends and in the summer, or online where the online material is deemed equal in academic value to the live version of the same course.” (Page 68)

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Five years from today:

• 1 senior-level/graduate course on Thomas Pynchon

“The production of graduate degrees is an important component of meeting the overall educational goal in this plan, while keeping and attracting graduate degree holders will also be closely measured and tracked.” (Page 42)

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Five years from today:•Serves on an ad hoc department

committee investigating how to integrate older students into credit programs.

“Community colleges and universities will include older Ohioans in their for-credit recruitment activities in order to grow their enrollment, increase the overall education level in Ohio, and maintain a strong and viable older workforce.” (Page 60)

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Five years from today:• Serves on a statewide faculty Articulation &

Transfer Course Approval Panel.“After a date to be established in consultation withchief academic officers, no new courses appropriateto the statewide Articulation & Transfer System willbe listed or offered at any University System of Ohio School before they are reviewed by statewide

faculty and included in the Ohio Credit Transfer System.” (Page 61)

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Five years from today – SUMMER:

• Spends six weeks teaching at UT/Ohio Northern European campus in Avignon, France. Teaches a course on contemporary French literature to USO students studying abroad and teaches a course on contemporary American literature to French students planning to study at UT or Ohio Northern in the Fall.

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Five years from Today:“The University System of Ohio will work

with Ohio’s private colleges and universities to develop shared programs for study abroad that are more affordable to Ohio Students.” (Page 94)

“Globalization measure: Total international students/Ohio students studying abroad annually. Today: 13,538/6,328. In 2017: 35,134/16,413.” (Page 104)

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To download a copy of the Chancellor’s Strategic Plan,

go to:

www.universitysystem.ohio.gov

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Questions?

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