Keeping Momentum Towards Excellence

Paula Myrick Short, Ph.D.

Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UH System Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, UH

September 18, 2013

35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 20% 5% 0% 2008 Freshmen Graduating in Top 10% of High School Class 21% 2009 24% 2010 27% 2011 33% 2012 35% 2013 75% Growth

1140 1120 Average SAT of Entering Freshmen 1100 1080 1060 1040 1060 1020 2008 1079 2009 1089 2010 1114 2011 1133 2012 73 Point Growth

Growth in National Academy Members 11 11 11 12 13 7 7 8 9 9 9 8 7 8 9 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Increase in Doctoral Engineering Students 372 237 234 232 262 284 57% Growth Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012

New Undergraduate Program Fast-Tracks Future Medical Students

The Honors College: Cultivating Excellence Number of Entering Students 608 633 529 476 Average SAT of Entering Students 1323 1316 1302 1285 1283 339 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Bauer MBA Students

National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping

Dr. William Carter Dr. Craig Glennie

2013 NSF CAREER Award Recipients Dr. Timothy Cooper Dr. Haleh Ardebili

Dr. Ognjen Miljanic

Anadeli Bencomo

$2.5 Million Grant from NIH/NIDA Ezemenari M. Obasi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Education& Director of the Hwemudua Addictions and Health Disparities Laboratory (HAHDL)

Olafs Daugulis

2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from American Chemical Society 2013 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship 2007 National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Rachel Vacek

Our Prestigious Library

Marilyn Myers

Oak Forest Neighborhood Library

But… Much to Do

53% Tier One Avg.

16% UH 4-year Graduation Rate 75% Tier One Avg.

46% UH 6-year Graduation Rate

Estimated Cost to Student for Delaying Graduation ONE Semester Tuition & Fees = On-Campus Room & Board = Books & Supplies = Miscellaneous Expenses = Foregone Earnings =

*Average starting salary for UH grads is about $45,400 according to payscale.com

Grand Total $4,656 $4,150 $600 $1,975 $15,133 $26,714

Data from FY2013 THECB University of Houston Institutional Resume unless otherwise noted .

Average Credit Hours per Semester 13,17 2012 12,15 12,03 11,89 11,51 All Students Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors

First Year Student Retention

Tier I UH

89% 89% 90% 90% 90% 82% 81% 79% 79% 77% Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011

Low Retention after Freshman Year Students Retained After Year 1 2006

77.5%

After Year 2

64.3%

2007

79.2% 65.2%

After Year 3

58.6% 56.9%

After Year 4

39.9% 38.4%

2008

79.3% 64.5% 57.1% 37.3%

2009

81.6%

2010

81.1% 67.7% 60.2% 66.6%

2011

83.2%

Comparison of UH Graduate Average Student Credit Hours with Texas Peer Universities UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON U. OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON U. OF TEXAS AT EL PASO U. OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS U. OF TEXAS AT DALLAS TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY U. OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Number of Degrees 3,426

2,756 1,930 2,768 3,827 4,546 1,614 7,831 7,435

Average SCH per Graduate 151 Average Number of Semesters 10.7

149 148 146 146 145 144 137 131 10.8

11.1

10.7

9.8

10.3

9.9

9.0

8.8

Percentage of UH Graduates with 30+ Excess SCH 70% 51% 43% 50% 47% 54% 45% 46% 57% University Architecture Business CLASS Education Engineering HRM NSM Technology

345 239 Doctoral Degrees Awarded

Tier I Schools UH

359 358 346 360 284 259 231 231 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

COACHE Benchmark Results Nature of work: Research Nature of work: Service Nature of work: Teaching Facilities and work resources Personal and family policies Health and retirement benefits Interdisciplinary work Collaboration Mentoring Tenure policies Tenure clarity Tenure reasonableness Promotion Leadership: Senior Leadership: Divisional Leadership: Departmental Departmental collegiality Departmental engagement UH Mean

3.31

3.39

3.74

3.44

3.00

3.32

2.47

3.59

2.83

3.55

3.42

3.95

3.60

3.47

3.14

3.53

3.70

3.51

Comparison

p q q q q p p q p q q p p Top 30% q Bottom 30%

Game Changer Strategies To…… Decrease Time Graduation Increase Doctoral Graduates Increase National Competitiveness Recruit and Retain World-Class Faculty

Foundations of Excellence First Year Experience Organization Learning All Students Improvement

UH in 4

Grants, Gifts, Income, Investments Driven by faculty, executed by students

UH Graduate School

Higher Rankings More external resources Effective recruitmen t

Perfect for strategic investment

Higher scholarly output Larger student body

Graduate School

Top-notch students Fast-track progression Intellectual exuberanc e

Help recruit top-notch faculty

Top Tier Faculty Development

Teaching Excellence Faculty Support Faculty Success

Energy Initiative

Much to Celebrate Much to Do Keep the Momentum

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves”

William Shakespeare