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SETTING GRADUATE SEM GOALS:CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS
AACRAO SEM CONFERENCE, ChicagoNovember 2013
Jay DoeringVice-Provost (Graduate Education)
Susan GottheilVice-Provost (Students)
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Today’s Session• Institutional Context• A short history of SEM at the University of
Manitoba• Who are We?: Being Strategic• A Brief Environmental Scan• Setting Graduate Enrolment Goals• Challenges and Implications• Next Steps
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Polar bears on Manitoba’sHudson Bay coastline
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Picture of UM campus
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The University of Manitoba• A member of Canada’s U15 group of research intensive
universities; comprehensive, medical / doctoral • Established in 1877; first university in western Canada • 29,770 students
– 25,479 undergraduate– 3,657 graduate– 634 PGME
• Two campuses• Commuter institution (4% live in residence)• Large Indigenous and international student population
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Strategic Planning Framework
Four ‘Pillars’:
• Academic Enhancements (six areas)• Exceptional Student Experience• Indigenous Achievement• Outstanding Employer
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Student Experience
Our Strategic Planning Framework promises students an outstanding student experience.
“The University of Manitoba will be a student-focused research university from the time of recruitment: a life-long academic home where students contribute to a diversity of ideas and experiences.”
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Delivering an exceptional student experience…
“In our efforts to enrich the student experience, we will focus on”: … an enrolment management plan and a focused international student recruitment plan to ensure a vibrant and exciting diversity on campus.”
University of ManitobaPlanning Framework, 2009
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SEM Planning Framework Strategic Enrolment Management (SEM) provides an opportunity for us to reflect on who we are, where we have been, and where we want to go. It is a process that enables us to intentionally plan the size and composition of our student body, enhance the student experience, and support student success.
University of ManitobaPlanning Framework, 2013
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If you don’t know where you’re going,
any road will take you there.Chesire Cat,
Alice Through the Looking Glass
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What is SEM?
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SEM is a comprehensive approach to integrating all of a college or university’s programs, practices, policies and planning related to achieving the optimal recruitment, retention, and graduation of students.
Enrollment management becomes strategic enrollment management when it actively integrates planning and strategies with an institution’s strategic planning, academic vision, and fundamental mission.
- David Kalsbeek, 2009
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Putting the Planning into SEM
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SEM Planning History at the University of Manitoba
1. 2004: The Student Affairs SEM plan: recruitment
2. 2008: The Student Affairs SEM plan: retention
3. 2009 - present: An integrated university-wide SEM plan: It’s everything!!
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2004: The Initial UM SEM Plan
• Why was this plan built?– Student Affairs leaders decided UM needed a SEM plan
• Who built it? For whom?– Student Affairs built it for UM
• What was the planning context?– Narrow context focused primarily on recruitment, especially of
international and Aboriginal populations
• What were the elements of the plan?– Goals were qualitative, not quantitative
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2008: The Student Affairs SEM plan• What was this plan built?
– Student Affairs decided to set goals for itself; the VPA added his views (a “quick fix” – “2% solution”)
• Who built this plan? For whom?– Student Affairs– No buy-in from deans and academic units
• What was the planning context?– Sense of isolation; awareness of retention needs
• What were the elements of the plan?– Focus on welcoming environment and learning outcomes
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Plan #3
2009: An Integrated University Plan
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All PSEs are NOT the sameDistinguished by:
• size• location• student body• mission• accessibility
• We can’t be all things to all people!
*** SEM IS ABOUT MAKING CHOICES AND BEING STRATEGIC ***
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• Our Mission: “...to create, preserve and communicate knowledge and, thereby, contribute to the cultural, social and economic well-being of the people of Manitoba, Canada, and the world”.
• Our Place in Manitoba: We are part of a broader postsecondary system. We are differentiated from other PSE institutions in the province by our:
• Research intensity• Significant graduate programs• Wide range of professional programs• Range and depth of undergraduate programs
WHO ARE WE?
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• Our Place Beyond Manitoba: We compete with other medical-doctorial universities in Canada and abroad (bearing in mind our provincial context and the need to be strong in areas of central importance to Manitoba).
WHO ARE WE?
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Setting Enrolment Targets• Overall size• Undergraduate / graduate mix• % International students• % Aboriginal students• Outcomes:
– persistence– time-to-completion– graduation rates
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Setting Enrolment Targets• Other possibilities:
– program mix– quality (admission averages)– low-income– first generation and/or rural students– transfer students– full-time vs part-time– on-line enrolment– gender– out-of-province domestic enrolment
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Should We Grow?• We have been incrementally growing 1-3% annually and
will continue to do so with no intentional planning • Our costs increase faster than our revenues• Government funding is limited, constrained, and targeted• Quality is being eroded• Infrastructure needs to be addressed to support our core
functions• Integrated planning, supported by (more) data, needs to be
developed and embedded in our operations
WE SHOULD PLAN FOR A TOTAL STUDENT ENROLMENT OF 32,000 FTE
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The Demographic Pipeline: MB• High school graduates account for 73% of new
direct-entry admissions• Canadian-born youth population (18-24 years)
projected to decline starting in 2014• Provincial immigration soared by 41% from 2008-
2010• 14.1% were in 15-24 year age category – will mitigate
previous forecasts of decline in high school students• Immigrants have higher university participation rates
than children of Canadian-born parents
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The Demographic Pipeline: MB• Aboriginal youth population growing
• Almost 2/3 of Winnipeg Aboriginal population has education at or above high school level (2006)
• High school retention and graduation rates of Aboriginal population in rural and northern communities remains very low
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Undergraduate enrolment: actual and predicted
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Graduate Student Enrolment:
TARGET: 20% of Total Enrolment
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Graduate Enrolment: Western Canada
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Graduate Enrolment - Canada (Statistics Canada & AUCC 2010)
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Graduate Enrolment: Goal
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Ratio of M to D students at U15 universities
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Indigenous Student Enrolment
10% undergraduate (15% by 2022)5% graduate (8% by 2022)
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Self-Declared Aboriginal Students
2011 2012Undergraduate 7.4% 7.7%Graduate 4.0% 4.1%
Total 7.1% 7.2%
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International Student Enrolment
10% undergraduate20% graduate
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Student Outcomes
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Master’s degree completion after 5 yrs (2005 cohort)
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Average time-to-completion: Master’s (2005 cohort)
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Doctoral degree completion after 9 yrs (2001 cohort)
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Average time-to-completion: doctoral (2001 cohort)
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Recommended Targets: 2018
• Overall Size: Controlled growth to 32,000
• Graduate Enrolment: 20% of total enrolment
• Indigenous Enrolment: 10% undergraduate (15% by 2022), 5% graduate (8% by 2022)
• International Enrolment: 10% undergraduate, 20% graduate
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Recommended Targets: 2018
• Master’s students: – 83% complete within 5 years– average time-to-completion 27 months
• Doctoral students: – 75% complete within 9 years– average time-to-completion 60 months
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Challenges
The populations we are targeting at both the undergraduate and graduate level (i.e., Indigenous and international students) face challenges to access and success:
- Academic preparation- Information, guidance and encouragement- Unwelcome campus climate- Financial support
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Challenges
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Implications
- Student funding/support- Resource constraints ($$, faculty and staff,
space)- Student housing / residences; low vacancy rate
in Winnipeg- Childcare- Academic services and student supports (e.g.,
academic integrity; career services)- Community and government support / reaction
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SEM Planning Framework: Next Steps
• Senate and the Board passed SEM Planning Framework in June 2013
• Have met with each Dean and Associate Deans to discuss program-specific enrolment targets
• Campus planning efforts ongoing (including development of adjacent golf course)
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Lessons Learned ….
• Does a traditional SEM planning process work for graduate enrolment/graduate programs?
• Are there unique issues requiring attention for graduate SEM planning?
• How do you achieve “buy-in” from across campus?
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Questions?
Thoughts?
Discussion?
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Contact Information
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