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FIU iREAL Commission CAC Update

October 18th, 2013

President’s Charge“Multiple movements are emerging, and, for FIU, business as usual is no longer an option.”

— Mark B. Rosenberg

As we complete our Worlds Ahead Plan, now is the time to develop a new plan that:• builds on our significant accomplishments• prepares FIU for a future of unprecedented changes in

higher education

FIU iREAL will:• Be “Worlds Ahead”-bold and innovative and open to

exploring non-traditional approaches • Focus on problem solving for FIU and our stakeholders and

investors• Identify, quantify and elaborate a series of transformational

goals for FIU• Include broad scale consultation with faculty, staff, students

and community, to ensure effective harvesting of ideas and expertise

• Be based on the best available studies and reviews pertaining to the future of universities and their role in society

Outcomes• Provision of a clear road map for transforming FIU

to meet challenges and opportunities

• Identification of specific areas where philanthropic support can facilitate positive transformation

• Promotion of University and community debate

• Guiding and influencing FIU next strategic plan

• Opportunity to promote FIU’s bold plan nationally

Questions for Working Groups• What are the major drivers of change, now and in the foreseeable future, in

the delivery of educational services, and how will they likely impact FIU and our predominantly minority and non-traditional (working) students who have been shown to have a greater need for high-touch educational experiences?Connie Boronat

• What are the major drivers of change in the assessment of learning at the university level, and how will they impact FIU? Elizabeth Bejar

• How will new modalities of education impact the six-year graduation rate of our first-time-in-college students, the primary performance funding indicator used by the Board of Governors? Kathleen Wilson

• How can the research university survive if the focus is on providing validation of individual learning in ways that are “less expensive than ever before”? Ken Furton

• What alternative scenarios of institutional change should we consider, and what are the pros and cons as well as the costs of the initiatives proposed? Jerry Cohen

• How can faculty, staff, students, and the community be thoroughly engaged with changes that are proposed? Pablo Haspel

• How will FIU respond to, and benefit from, the changes in the global educational market? Expanding overseas educational activities Mihaela Plugarasu

• How do we balance the pressure to deliver inexpensive degrees with the need to maintain a high quality product that represents excellent value to our students and maintains FIU’s trusted brand status? Carlos Becerra

• How can we best harness the innate entrepreneurial spirit of our students, staff, faculty, and alumni? Christina Jardim

• How can we get maximum benefit from FIU’s growing health related initiatives that include building on existing FIU expertise and demonstrating value to our university, South Florida, and global constituencies? Yogi Hernandez

Questions for Working Groups

How do we engage all of our stakeholders?

• White papers from FIU stakeholders posted on website

• Concept papers and published articles posed on website

• Have discussions with groups starting with the Deans and VP’s

• Poll groups to examine importance of various issues

• Other ideas?

Strongly Disagree = 1 Disagree = 2 Agree = 3 Strongly Agree = 4

VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

1. FIU is student centered in its commitment, services and resources.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

2. All FIU faculty should be excellent teachers and assessed through a comprehensive student and peer evaluation process.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

3. FIU's students, most of whom work and commute to campus, need greater access to more flexible approaches to learning such as hybrid courses (part

online and part in person) as well as fully online courses and degrees.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

4. FIU's students should be allowed to obtain credit for prior learning and experience in order to expedite completion of degree requirements (e.g.,

competency-based learning).


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Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

5. A direct link exists between FIU's research quality and its ability to deliver an effective education to its students.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

6. FIU delivers value for the cost of degrees for its students.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

7. FIU needs to reduce the cost of degrees even if quality suffers (Note: FIU tuition and fees = $6,416/year; national average for public 4-year universities =

$8,655/year; national average for private nonprofit 4-year universities = $29,056/year).


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

8. FIU should take a leadership role in reducing its carbon footprint (e.g. reducing electricity use and reducing the number of required campus visits).


9. FIU should have fewer students and be more focused.

VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

10. The South Florida business community will significantly benefit from greater engagement of FIU students with local, national and global business

priorities through increased access to opportunities such as fieldwork, research, and internships.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

11. FIU should expand the number of students it recruits from other states.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

12. FIU should expand its overseas educational opportunities.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

13. FIU should develop and maintain a life-long relationship with its students.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

14. FIU should offer a variety of free universally accessible online courses (often referred to as Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs).


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Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

15. FIU faculty should conduct research that ties into the community.


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Students

Community

16. FIU should be more focused on entrepreneurship to create additional opportunities for students, faculty and the community.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

17. FIU should make targeted contributions to meeting South Florida's and the nation's growing health care needs.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

18. FIU's athletics play an important role in recruiting and retaining current students and keeping alumni connected to the university.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

19. FIU's degree programs represent a trusted brand to employers and the community.


VPs / Deans

Faculty / Staff

Students

Community

20. FIU should expand access to accelerated degree completion programs such as dual enrollment (college credit while in high school) and accelerated degree

programs (e.g., 5-year BA/MA degrees, 5-year MA/PhD degrees).

Rank the importance of the following for FIU for the next strategic plan (2015-2020). 1=most important and 15=least important (use each number only once) Percent in High Priority

By Group

Percent Faculty

StaffCommunity

LeadersTopics High

Priority Students

Becoming more student centered 74 78 69 69Improving teaching 63 65 60 58Becoming more community engaged 49 46 52 60Improving graduation rates 46 42 54 33Keeping cost of degrees low 38 49 23 22Expanding access to online & hybrid classes & programs 36 39 30 29Improving FIU’s trusted brand status 35 34 35 49Providing educational opportunities for all qualified students 34 30 40 38Increasing research 31 26 38 38Expanding and diversifying income streams 28 26 30 27Increasing doctoral production 18 16 21 22Expanding overseas educational activities 16 18 14 9Leading in sustainability 12 12 13 4Maintaining a life-long relationship with graduates 11 8 13 22Improving athletics 10 11 8 20

n= 1,908 1,086 777 45High priority = 1-5 on scale of 15

Medium priority 6-10 on scale of 15

Low priority 11-15 on scale of 15

Priorities for Students, Faculty, Staff and Community Leaders

PercentageHigh Priority

65-74 Student centered, Improve teaching

55-64

45-54 Community engaged, Improve graduation rates

35-44 Low cost degrees, online/hybrid, Trusted brand status

25-34 Access to qualified students, increasing research, diversifying income streams

15-24 Increasing PhD production, expanding overseas

<15 Sustainability, life-long relationships, improving athletics

Timeline

• 10/4/2013 iREAL commissioners appointed• 10/10/2013 First iREAL commissioner meeting• 10/16/2013 Submit names of proposed committee members

including :– Faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community representatives– Dean’s Office distributes template for commission reports

• 10/18/2013 Confirmation of working group members• 10/19/2013 – 10/25/2013 Initiate working group meetings • 11/15/2013 First working group drafts due• 11/29/2013 Final working group reports due• 12/13/2013 Draft of iREAL white paper• 12/23/2013 Final of iREAL white paper

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