College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Overview and Update

November 22, 2013 Board of Governors

Academic Affairs Committee

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Overview of CLAS Structure and Enrollment • 19 Departments in the humanities, social sciences and

natural sciences, and 26 programs, centers and institutes

• There are 10,376 undergraduates and 1,431 graduate students in Fall 2013

• CLAS generates 49% of the credit hours and 65% of the undergraduate credit hours of the entire university, including most general education courses

• CLAS is the core, hub and economic engine of Wayne State and similar institutions.

• Fluctuations in enrollment for WSU is 3.6% and CLAS 4%

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Total Headcount Enrollment Total Credit Hour Production

As of Fall 2011, the Department of Computer Science (CS) was moved to Engineering. Headcount and student credit hours for CS are now counted in Engineering and not included here.

Changes in Enrollment

13,307 13,533 13,043 12,298

11,807

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013

171,972 173,948

161,749 156,501

148,710

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

180,000

Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013

Budget Overview • Budget Comments

– Total General Fund Budget of $55 M – 97% of budget dedicated to personnel costs – Including salary increases, budget for FY 2014 is about the same as it

was in FY 2009 ($56 M)

Academic 88%

Non-Academic

9%

Operating 2%

ICR & Other

1%

FY 2014 Budget: $55 M

Academic 82%

Non-Academic

11%

Operating 5%

ICR & Other

2%

*FY 2009 Budget: $56 M

*includes computer science

School / College 1st Year Retention Rate

64% 69% 67% 68% 69%

5%

14% 10%

5% 6%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Business Education Engineering Fine Arts CLAS

Same College Other College

Degrees Awarded 2008-12

1134 1082 1001 1207 1206

293 308 282

236 283 87 101

99

114 89

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

DoctoralMastersBachelors

Faculty Profile • Faculty Highlights

– 413 full-time faculty in Fall 2012

– Student to Faculty Ratio of about 17:1 in Fall 2012

– In 2012-13, excellent tenure track faculty hires in physics, biology, psychology, English, political science, philosophy, and other departments

Full-Time Tenured, Tenured

Track 44%

Full-Time Non

Tenured 8%

Part-Time 48%

Faculty Distribution

Extramural Funding and Fellowships • CLAS has held its own in

extramural funding in a very difficult climate, but FY 2013 has been especially challenging

• Faculty also awarded prestigious fellowships (NEH, Sloan, ACLS, Guggenheim) and elected to learned societies such as AAAS

• CLAS faculty were key participants in the discovery of the Higgs Boson

$20.3 $19.0

$21.5

$17.2

$0

$5

$10

$15

$20

$25

FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012

Extramural Funding in Millions of dollars

Some Notable Grants • US-Dutch Mass Spectroscopy Consortium (PIRE)-

Mary Rodgers, Chemistry • Graduate Assistance for Areas of National Need

(GAANN)-Department of Mathematics • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and

Engineers (PECASE)-Wen Li, Chemistry • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)-

Alexey Petrov, Physics

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

More Notable Grants • Emotional Exposure and Cognitive Behavioral

Therapies for Fibromyalgia-Mark Lumley, Psychology • The Imaginary of Train Travel in the USA- Société

Nationale de Chemins de Fer (French Trains)-Alan Batteau, Anthropology

• Many individual investigator grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, other federal agencies, foundations, and corporations

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Philanthropy

• Wayne First - The Campaign for Wayne State University: CLAS raised over $34 million dollars, exceeding our original $23 million goal. • Aim Higher for Students Campaign: CLAS raised over $2,100,000 in new scholarships and student support funds, exceeding our $1 million goal. • Current Comprehensive Campaign: CLAS has raised over $20,819,230 from January 2009 through today, including principal gifts (over $1 million) from A. Paul and Carol Schaap for Chemistry, and anonymous gifts for CMLLC, CEEM, History and Economics.

$5,223,081

$8,362,276

$13,274,048

$18,422,790

$20,819,230

$0

$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Cumulative Total Giving for Current Campaign (Cash, Pledges, Planned and In-Kind Gifts)

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Philanthropy CLAS Major Gift Activity in FY 2013: • Major Gift Meetings (Strategic Contacts) = 691 • Major Gift Solicitations ($25,000 and above) = 70 • Major Gifts Secured = 21 Major Gift Prospects and Future Potential: • Capacity to give $1 M or more = 529 prospects (mostly out of

state) • Capacity to give $100,000 or more = 1,199 prospects

• Areas of Faculty Strength: English, chemistry, physics, psychology, mathematics, foreign languages, history

• Active hiring of faculty in the last two years to build social and life sciences

• Building social sciences by focusing on interdisciplinary work with health sciences

Faculty Research Profile

Current Initiatives

• Hiring and training 19 new academic advisors as part of the retention initiative

• Every department in CLAS will have an academic advisor by end of Winter 2014 term

• Launching Wayne Advising Management System (WAMS) for CLAS students by end of Fall 2013 semester, enabling students to make same day advising appointments 24/7

• Improving retention and 6-year graduation rates • Requiring every department to have a four year

degree plan

Current Initiatives, continued • Working with AVP for enrollment management to recruit

new students and get students who are close to graduation to cross the finish line. CLAS has about half of such students

• Enabling online major declaration for all students (Winter 2014)

• Steering entering students to declare major earlier with exploratory tracks (natural sciences, social sciences, life sciences, humanities) effective Winter 2014

• Improving research infrastructure by hiring staff to assist with finding funding opportunities and proposal preparation

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Priorities: Serving Students • Teach almost all classes with full-time faculty • Make undergraduate research, internships

and community engagement an integral part of the curriculum, to improve outcomes and ensure that students have the skills for success

• Align graduate programs better with the job market, career goals of students, and societal needs

• Distribute majors better among departments

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

• Grow spring/summer and online programs to improve quality and efficiency of instruction, increase enrollment, and grow revenue

• Staff spring/summer classes with full-time lecturers

Priorities: Serving Students, continued

Priorities: Faculty Hiring and Research

• Make the diversity of the faculty reflect better the diversity of our students

• Increase extramural research by hiring new faculty, many jointly and in cluster hires with other schools and colleges such as Medicine and Engineering

• Diversify extramural research portfolio by seeking more funding from foundations and corporations

• Collaborate more with other schools and colleges to procure training grants from NIH and NSF, Dept. of Defense, and Dept. of Education

• Partner with the School of Medicine to build the life sciences, and leverage the MBRB to attract great faculty in basic, applied and translational life sciences.

Priorities: Faculty Hiring and Research, continued

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Questions?