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Your University.Your University.Missouri’s Future.Missouri’s Future.
Speaker’s Name Here
Date
Your university. Missouri’s future.
Goal: Be recognized as one of
the best public research universities
in the nation and world• Missouri’s only public, land-grant, doctoral-granting
research institution• Educates more students than any other public or private
institution in the state• Four distinct campuses, consolidated
health center and extension component;
all share common vision
Higher Education
Our state university system is a mirror reflection of how much we, as Missourians, value higher education.
For nearly 170 years, the University of Missouri has been a proud reflection of Missouri’s thirst for learning, desire for growth and drive for innovation.
But today, that reflection is beginning to grow dim ... We need your help.
Four Critical Initiatives
1. Caring for Missourians2. Taking intellectual capital to
market3. Retaining and recruiting world-
class faculty4. Building and preserving our
physical infrastructure
Four Critical Initiatives
1. Caring for Missourians2. Taking intellectual capital to
market3. Retaining and recruiting world-
class faculty4. Building and preserving our
physical infrastructure
Caring for Missourians
• Looming crisis in Missouri health care– 14th in nation in the number of people 65 and older– Communities can’t fill openings for health care
professionals– Shortages
• Physicians: 95% of counties underserved
• Nurses: 20% shortage by 2015• Pharmacists: Shortage of 157,000
by 2020• Dentists: 93% of counties
are underserved
Caring for Missourians
• UM health care system– Serves more than
164,000 patients– Focuses on 26
community service areas– Provides $49 million in
uncompensated care
Caring for Missourians
• Limited funding – 220 applicants turned away
from UM’s three nursing schools– MU & UMKC medical schools
rank among bottom 7 of 74 schools in terms of state support
• National average = $94,000 • UM = $32,000
Caring for Missourians
• The plan – Teaming up with all of the state’s public
two- and four-year institutions– Goal to increase number of health
professional graduates by 20%– In total, requesting $39.8 million from
General Assembly• If approved, equates to
900 additional health care professionals over 5 years
Four Critical Initiatives
1. Caring for Missourians2. Taking intellectual capital to
market3. Retaining and recruiting world-class
faculty4. Building and preserving our physical
infrastructure
Taking intellectual capital to market
• UM is an economic growth engine for the state
• UM infuses nearly $572 million into the state’s economy, creating almost $1.1 billion in economic activity and more than 13,000 jobs
• UM generates a 5:1 return for every dollar appropriated
Taking intellectual capital to market
• MU had two discoveries on Discover’s top 100 science stories in the world– The only public or private university in
Missouri on the list
• Each campus contributes to the innovation initiative:– Missouri S&T: chrome-free primer– UMKC: regeneration for bone loss in jaw– UMSL: $2 million grant to study plant lipids
as an energy replacement to petroleum
Taking intellectual capital to market
• The plan– $1.5 million request in state funding for:
• Professional staff• Software resources• Grants to campus faculty
Four Critical Initiatives
1. Caring for Missourians2. Taking intellectual capital to
market3. Retaining and recruiting world-
class faculty4. Building and preserving our
physical infrastructure
Retaining and recruiting world-class faculty
• Strong faculty attracts the best and brightest students
• The university has been falling behind in competitive faculty pay for 9 years
Retaining and recruiting world-class faculty
• Average national faculty salary increase between 1997-2006:– Increases in surrounding states: 29%-47%
– UM was only 20%
• MU ranks last out of 33 public AAU universities in the growth of base faculty salaries
• Other three UM campuses also significantly lag behind peers
Retaining and recruiting world-class faculty
• The plan
– $21.6 million investment in compensation
– Will bring salaries of ranked faculty to average salary levels of comparable institutions
– Funding for this initiative was not included in the 2009 state appropriations, creating a need to reallocate resources within the UM
System
Four Critical Initiatives
1. Caring for Missourians2. Taking intellectual capital to
market3. Retaining and recruiting world-
class faculty4. Building and preserving our
physical infrastructure
Building and preserving our physical infrastructure
Regardless of the quality of teaching
that goes on inside, our facilities can
either demonstrate to the outside
world that we are a first-class
institution …
or that we are struggling
just to keep pace.
Building and preserving our physical infrastructure
• Quality facilities = quality educational environment
• Preventative repair and renovations needed• New construction needed to accommodate
programs, students• State-of-the-art equipment
that helps drive innovation
Facilities for the Future
Missouri ranks 47th in capital expenditures per capitafor higher education
Facilities for the Future
NEED$624
million
University’s Share:Private gifts & capital reserves
General Assembly request
$497 m
$127 m
Critical Repairs: $35 m
Highest Priorities:
$346 m
Call to Action
Here’s how you can help:
• Complete survey card.
• Get more information atwww.umsystem.edu/speakers
• Sign up to be a speaker.
• Ask friends, family, neighbors to support legislative request.
• Talk to your state senator and state reprensentative.