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Comprehensive
Land-grant, sea-grant, space grant
Member AAU
Over 100 disciplines
Outreach mission
Premier U.S. research institutions
Focused on research
& graduate education
$574M grants & contracts
Highly ranked
Among top 15 U.S. publics
Preparing the state’s
next generation of leaders
Cost effective & efficient
Graduated over 9200
undergrads in FY 09-10
82% 6-year graduation rate
 Aims to strengthen its standing among U.S. publics
 Increasingly a driver of Florida economic
development - through grants & contracts;
development & transfer of intellectual property;
collaborations with private enterprise
 A leader in innovative multidisciplinary
approaches to the grand challenges we face
 Access: through growth of distance education
 Health Care: through Clinical & Translational
Sciences Inst., Inst. On Aging, Emerging
Pathogens Inst., Cancer & Genetics Inst.,
McKnight Brain Inst.
 Energy & Sustainability: through Nanosciences
Inst., Florida Inst. For Sustainable Energy,
Cellulosic Biomass  Ethanol
 Tech Transfer & Economic Development:
through Office of Technology & Licensing and
Innovation Hub; Entrepreneurship
 Uniquely equipped to tackle grand challenges requiring contributions
of many disciplines
• Cancer & Genetics, Neuroscience, Aging, Nanotechnology, Emerging
Pathogens, Sustainability, Energy, Climate Change, Water
 Renew the undergraduate experience
• Provide a UF experience through common Gen Ed courses, such as new
humanities course
• Create Undergraduate Office of Research to provide research experiences
• Integrated teaching of science & mathematics through HHMI Science for
Life Program
• Creative B summer program to invigorate educational & cultural aspects of
summer B
• Creation of undergraduate major in biomedical engineering
 Expand access, primarily through distance education
• Currently over 52 degree programs available through distance education,
mostly graduate level
• Plan substantial expansion at undergraduate level through services of external
distance ed provider
• UF degree programs on state college campuses (currently two degree
programs in operation on SFC; discussions underway with Edison State College
and Miami-Dade College)
• Double size of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine class from current 88 to 160
over next four years
 Continue to improve graduation rate
• 6-year rate currently 82%. Will improve incrementally
 Integrate operations of Medical School and Shands Teaching Hospital
 Spur economic development
• Research & Development
• CTSI
• Innovation Hub
 Invest in faculty
• Maintain strength in research/economic development
• Improve student/faculty ratio
 Invest in cutting-edge fields
• Biomedical engineering
• Computational biology ?
 Engage with the world outside Florida
• Offer students opportunity to experience different cultures and modes of
business
• Modest outposts abroad: Paris, Beijing
• Exploring possibility of additional outposts – South Korea?
• Increase international enrollment
 Because of several large undergraduate
classes admitted 4-6 years ago, UF is
graduating historically high numbers of
undergrads. On-campus undergrad
degree production will return to
sustainable level consistent with state
budget, campus infrastructure and
student-faculty ratio
 Graduate degree production will
maintain and increase slowly,
consistent with UF focus
 Committed to growing professional
education
• Granted over 1100 professional degrees in
09-10
• Are expanding entering DVM class from 88
to approx 160 (over 4 years)
 Access to degrees thru distance ed will
increase. In 08-09, UF awarded nearly
900 such degrees, mostly at
grad/professional levels. Access for
undergrads will increase.
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Family, Youth & Community Sciences (R)
Public Health (BR)
Occupational Therapy(R)
Biology (MR) – will replace separate degrees
Genetics Counseling (M)
African American Studies (B)
Digital Health & Wellness (M)
Biomedical Engineering (B)
 We hope for a stable state budget
 UF will become increasingly entrepreneurial
 Restoration of state matching programs
should be a priority
 UF will rely on:
• Differential tuition
• Authority granted recently by Legislature to:
block tuition, implement fees, charge market
rates
• Self-funded mechanisms
• Increased nonresident tuition
 UF proposes to increase differential
tuition by 7%
 To be used to fund faculty/advisers
to provide instruction/advising and
improve student-faculty ratio
 Equivalent of 30% to be used for
need-based student aid will be
provided from other sources ?