University of Louisville

IndianapolisAlumni Outreach

UofL: It’s Happening Here!

7/18/08

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What’s Happening Here?Let’s start with where we have

been…Milestones

1970: UofL enters State Higher Education System

1970–97: Another mouth (expensive) to feed

1996: Boyle Report- Community agenda to grow/diversify economy–new

cluster• Healthcare/Life Science• Logistics/Distribution

- Role of UofL

1997: HB1 -- Postsecondary Education Improvement Act -- Public Agenda – increase economic

opportunity/Quality of life -- UofL shall be a premier nationally recognized

metropolitan research university

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Boyle Report – 1996

Community Agenda to Build

Economy

House Bill 1 - 1997

A Public Agenda for Higher

Education to Build Economy

Challenge for Excellence

U of L 10 Year Plan

1998 - 2008

What’s Happening Here?So…

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1.Achieve classification as a Carnegie Research I University

Done

The Goals

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The Goals

2. Have a national reputation for its quality undergraduate programs

Done

Improved ACT scores from 21.2 to 24.3 Increased graduation rate from 33.2% to 43.6% Increased retention rate from 72.1% to 78.2% Wall Street Journal survey named UofL on of the top

30 feeder schools to nation’s top graduate schools Record number of student awards (Fulbright,

Goldwater, etc.)

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The Goals

3. Have at least 20 nationally recognized research and graduate/professional programs

Done

30 nationally recognized programs in 2007 Spinal Cord Injury Research Center -- SOM

Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center -- SSEEnsemble Program -- MusicEntrepreneurship – Business College of Education and Human Development

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The Goals

4. Attain designation as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Center

In Progress

More than 15 new cancer drugs under development – top 5 in the country

Nationally sponsored research funding grew from $300,000 in 1999 to $44 million in 2007

Cancer capital campaign topped its $60 million, five-year goal in only 18 months; campaign continues

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The Goals

5. Have 75 endowed chairs and professorships in key fields

Done

54 to 125 Role of “Bucks”

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The Goals

6. Graduate at least 140 doctoral students per year

Done

72 to 155

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The Goals

7. Increase federal funding to more that $40 million annually and increase total sponsored funding to $80 million per year

Done

Increased federal funding from $15 million to $80.4 million in 2007

Increased total sponsored funding from $28.9 million to $101 million in 2007

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The Goals

8. Increase its endowment from $255 million to $500 million

Done

$796 million

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The Goals

9. Increase significantly the number of business start-ups that develop from university research activity

Done

0 - 31

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The Goals

10.Increase the number of patents and licenses based upon university research

Done

40

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The Goals

11.Be recognized as a national leader for linking its resources to the needs of its community

Done Metropolitan College Signature Partnership New Cities Solution Partnership for Green City Haymarket/NUCLEUS

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Pretty good progressBut you have heard the expression “What have

you done lately?”

“It’s time to finish the job.”-- President James Ramsey

State of the University address

September 2007

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It’s Time to Finish the Job

Strategic Plan 2008-2020 Vision Goals Strategies Tactics Funding Plan

Capital Campaign Branding Effort

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The 2020 Plan

Educational Excellence Achieve “Double the Numbers” goals (CPE)

2300-3100 Award 350 doctoral degrees, up from 155 Achieve Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Transform campus life and housing so that

32% of our students live on campus Double the number of nationally

recognized programs – 30 to 60

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The 2020 Plan

Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity

Recruit 180 nationally recognized researcher/scholars and increase total grant and research to $400M, including $193.5M in federal funding

Achieve NCI Cancer Center designation

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The 2020 Plan

Community Engagement Expand our commitment to downtown

Louisville and support all Kentucky cities through the City Solutions Center

Achieve the 13 goals of the West Louisville Signature Partnership to reduce disparities in education, health, economic and social conditions

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The 2020 plan

Diversity, Opportunity and Social Justice

Be the leader nationally in preparing students to live and work in a global society, with particular emphasis on cultural diversity, international studies, and social justice

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The 2020 Plan

Creative and Responsible Stewardship Increase our endowment from $796.8M to

$3B in 2020

Spur economic development in Louisville and Kentucky through the commercialization of research at our business development and commercialization enterprises (Nucleus, Metacyte, Haymarket, Shelby Campus)

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But

Fiscal Year 2002 – Fiscal Year 2005State Cuts

Fiscal Year 2008 $5M Cut

Fiscal Year 2009 $10M Cut

Fiscal Year 2010 $10M Cut

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So a New Challenge

Keep momentumKeep moving forwardLook for light at the end of the

tunnel

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How, You Say?

EfficiencyUnderperforming assetsClinical operationsPrivate partnershipsFundraisingResearch CommercializationBeing Smart

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