STATE OF THE COLLEGE

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STATE OF THE COLLEGE

• Meredith College
• Report to Faculty, Staff and Students
• August 13, 2008

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VISION 2010
How are we doing???
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Elements of Vision 2010
Internationalization
Increase giving,
enrollment endowment
Leadership Initiatives
Improve salaries Financial aid
Greater Recognition
Plan for facilities
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Today we will
Review Priorities and Goals
Assess Measurable Progress
Discuss Challenges
Review 2008-09 College Goals
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PRIORITY 1

• To position graduates as global citizens and
  leaders, Meredith will foster an academic climate
  that is rigorous, engaging, personal, and
  transformative with specific programs that focus
  on internationalization and leadership

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Priority 1 Measures of Success

• Internationalization Study Abroad Measures
• Number of Students Studying Abroad
• 2000-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05
  05-06 06-07 07-08
• 82 89 66 111 118
  146 148 163
• change 9 -26 68
  6 24 1 9
• Grad. Yr. 2000 2001 2002
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  2008
• of Meredith
• Grads studying
• Abroad 7.7 11.2 13.9
  14.8 15.4 18.3 20 29.6
  26.7
• 2010 Goal Increase the number of students
  studying abroad to 25 of each graduating class

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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Study Abroad Measures
Total funding for study abroad aid to
students 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
2007-08 104,283 115,137 195,363
214,585 2010 Goal Increase the number of
students studying abroad to 25 of each
graduating class
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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Foreign Students Faculty
Foreign Students 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 24 29 26 20
23 23 International Faculty Staff
2006 2007 Full time
10 15 Part time
7 5 Visiting
3 3 2010 Goal Increase the number
of international students, faculty and staff
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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Opportunities for Faculty
Staff
Faculty leading/teaching in study abroad program
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
11 12 15 Faculty/staff
involved in travel/scholarly activity
abroad 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
20 53
60 2010 Goal Increase the number of faculty
and staff with international travel, study,
teaching, and service
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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Internationalization Summer Study Abroad Programs

• Italy and Switzerland
• England
• Paris Fashion Program
• Santiago de Compostela
• Denmark Interior Design
• Iceland
• Art in Ireland
• China MBA
• St. Clares, Oxford Teaching Fellows
• 26 students in non-Meredith summer programs
  (Senegal, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Peru

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Priority 1 Measures of Success
Student Leadership Measures
Participants in programs
01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07
07-08 Sophie Lanneau 82 65
49 52 42 27
34 Emerging Leaders 22 11
23 15 10 18
17 WILD 49
32 55 16 19 23
17 LeaderShape 36 40
38 39 39 32
30 High School Leadership 95
76 72 98 92 Sloan
Family Programs
134 414 469 Total
participants 189 148 260 198
316 612 659 2010 Goal
Increase leadership development
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Priority 1 Challenges

• To fund and implement the ambitious strategic
  plan for the Office of International Programs
• To increase the number of students studying
  abroad without a J-term using the facility in
  Sansepolcro as one magnet in a down economy
• To fund and initiate the Institute for Womens
  Leadership and continue to define its role
  bringing together the three existing centers

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PRIORITY 2
To support these innovative programs and to
provide the infrastructure needed, Meredith will
assure a strong student body, an outstanding
faculty and staff, a stimulating environment for
learning and living, and an appropriate array of
high quality academic offerings.
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Priority 2 Measures of Success

• Undergraduate Degree Seeking Students
• 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007
• 1,790 1,807 1,837
  1,853 1,935
• Graduate Degree Seeking Students
• 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007
• 120 128 130
  124 142
• Non-degree Seeking Students
• 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007
• 242 234 201
  163 125
• 2010 Goals Undergraduate degree seekers
  1955-2070
• Graduate degree seekers
  230-345
• Non-degree seekers 200-300

Enrollment Measures
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Enrollment Measures
Percentage of full-time students within
undergraduate population 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 78
79 82 85 87 Number of
students living on campus (and of full-time
degree-seeking undergraduates) 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 818 825
886 924 962 53 53
55 55 55 2010 Goals Full-time
undergraduates at least 80 On campus
population of 1,500 75 of UG degree seekers
living on campus
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Diversity Measures Minority
multicultural students 2001 2002 2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 9.2 10.5
11.6 14.9 17.1 16.8 17.5
UG minority 10.3 11.6 13.3 16.2
17.8 18.1 18.7 All multicultural
Non-North Carolina residents 2001
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 9 8 10 12
11 11 9 2010 Goals 20
minority and international students
20 out-of-state students
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Student Quality Measures
Honors Students 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 14 22 20
15 28 28 33 (new
freshmen) 3.89 3.89 3.93 3.90
3.78 3.80 3.79 (mean GPA) Teaching
Fellows 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 22 13 11 18
22 30 24 (new freshmen) 3.46
3.60 3.70 3.68 3.58 3.54
3.50 (mean GPA) 2010 Goals
Improve the academic quality of entering classes
by setting targets for higher GPA, increased
ranking in top quarter of HS classes, higher SATs
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Priority 2 Measures of SuccessStudent Access
Measures

• Documented direct cost need 24,174,079 (1,327
  students)
• Need met with grants 13,591,895 (56)
• Need met with grants and loans 18,507,498 (77)

2010 Goals Meet at least 80 of documented
direct cost need for academically well-qualified
students
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Priority 2 Measures of SuccessStudent Access
Measures

• Breakdown of Grants Sources
• Meredith
  Non-Meredith
• Tuition 7,286,600
• Endowment 1,744,940
• Restricted 181,796
• State 5,745,619
• Federal 1,675,798
• Other
  2,201,057
• TOTAL 9,213,336
  9,622,474
• GRAND TOTAL 18,835,810

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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Student Access Measures Average
Student Indebtedness at Graduation (in
thousands of dollars) 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 13.9 14.8
18.1 21.2 20.3 29.1 2010 Goals
Meet at least 80 of documented direct cost need
for academically well-qualified students
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Priority 2 Measures of Success

• Personalized Learning Measures
• Percentage of credit hours taught by full-time
  employees 2001 2002 2003 2004
  2005 2006 2007
• 69 72 71 72
  74 75 75
• Average undergraduate class size
• 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  2006 2007
• 17 16 16 16
  16 17 16
• Undergraduate faculty to student ratio
• 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  2006 2007
• 110.4 19.7 19.3 110 110.8
  19.9 110
• 2010 Goals Full-time faculty teach 80 of
  credit hours
• Class size of approximately 20
• Faculty to student ratio of approximately
  112

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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Faculty Compensation
Measures Faculty Salaries vs. Peer Median
(2006-07 and 07-08) Professor
Assoc. Professor Asst.
Professor 06-07 07-08
06-07 07-08 06-07
07-08 Meredith 67,154 72,469 58,044
60,208 45,983 49,817 Peers
77,733 83,453 63,452 65,285
51,485 54,267 Change in Average Salaries
06-07 to 07-08 Meredith 7.91
3.73 8.34 Peers 4.67
2.89 5.40
of Meredith Faculty in Each Rank
46 44 32 36
46 49 Second of three phases to meet
goal in 2008-09 budget 2010 Goal Raise faculty
compensation (salary retirement benefits) to
peer median by 2010
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Priority 2 Measures of Success Staff
Compensation Measures

• 2007-08 2008-09 increase
  increase

All staff 32,760 35,998 3,258
9.89
Housekeeping 19,662 21,869
2,207 11.22 Grounds 22,329
23,249 920
4.12 Maintenance 37,037 38,575
1,538 4.15 Technology
45,900 54,486 8,586
18.7 Dept. Assts. 29,021
30,735 1,714 5.90
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Priority Two Measures of SuccessFinancial
Measures

• Gifts received (in millions)
• 2001-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06
  06-07 07-08
• 2.82 3.76 3.45 4.33 4.08
  5.77 4.33
• Value of endowment (in millions, as of June 30)
• 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007 2008
• 54.2 54.2 60.3 67.6
  73.0 85.6 80.8

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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Measures of Environmental Improvement
Completed Residence hall improvements -
7,700,000 Academic buildings (Joyner) -
500,000 Technology facilities (servers) -
150,000 Library facilities (storage) -
250,000 Athletic fields - 90,000 Pool
Renovation - 100,000 Johnson Hall -
550,000 Roofs and fascia in Cate, Gaddy
Hamrick and Library - 275,000 Heilman -
300,000 In progress Joyner elevator -
600,000 Soccer field and track -
4,500,000 Apartment housing - 22,500,000
Jones Auditorium - 1,420,000
Infrastructure survey - 350,000
2010 Goal Provide high-quality facilities to
support living, learning and teaching
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Priority 2 Measures of Success
Academic Program Measures
Majors and concentrations 2003 listings 2006
listings 2007 listings 70
56 50 Program reviews Completed
In progress 48 5
2010 Goal Assess academic programs and reduce
total number of offerings
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Priority 2 Challenges
To increase enrollment and quality measures at
the same time, in an unsettled economy To
strengthen and grow the graduate programs To
meet more student financial need with grants To
find the resources to address the quality of
facilities and to add new facilities To assure
that any growth in academic programs is of high
quality
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PRIORITY 3

• To achieve greater recognition for rigorous and
  transformative education, Meredith will develop
  efforts at regional and national levels to
  attract students, create partnerships, and
  promote the mission.

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Recognition Measures

• Examples of recent national media hits 2007-08
• Clyde Frazier (History Political Science)
  interviewed for three different Associated Press
  articles articles ran in nearly 50 medial
  outlets in April and May
• Cynthia Edwards (Psychology) quoted in an AP
  articles about disaster fatigue and was featured
  in tips to help children with disaster articles
  ran in more than 180 news outlets
• Doreen Fairbank (Psychology) and Kathryn Cole
  (Autism Program) quoted on autism therapies in a
  parenting blog that receives 7 million hits a
  month
• Jennifer Olson (Education) was featured expert
  about school supplies multiple media outlets
  including ABCNews.com

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Recognition Measures, cont.

• Doug Spero (Communication)
• Michael Novak (History Political Science) and
  two students interviewed by Icelandic National
  Radio
• Summer Reading Program included in the USA Today
  Higher Education blog on USA Today.com
• Faculty/Staff Travel Program featured in
  University Business Dailys UB Buzz.blog
• Local/regional media attention include 114
  mentions in the News Observer plus WUNC
  program on Families of Abraham, NBC-17 health
  feature on Francie Cuffney and students research

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Media Measure 1-year comparison Meredith, Peace,
Mary Baldwin
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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Website Measures
Unique hits on website, February 2005
2006 2007 2008 56,951
70,876 74,982 93,251 Number
of departmental websites updated Completed 35
In progress 4 New homepage
design 2010 Goals Create a compelling website
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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Outreach Programs for Girls

• Young Writers Camp (6th -8th grade girls)
• Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM)
  Discovery Camps (6th-8th grade girls)
• Girls Leadership Institute (6th-8th grade girls)
• Looking Toward College (rising 10th -12th grade
  girls)
• Math Week at Meredith (10th grade girls)
• Summer Arts Academy (K-8th grade)
• Music Camps(middle and high school)

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Priority 3 Measures of Success
Alumnae Partnership Measures
of Alumnae chapters 2002 2006
2007 2008 7 31
31 32 of New students using
alumna/friend voucher 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 (to date) 162 253 333
230 255 (vouchers received) 77
122 139 123 90 (students
matriculated) of alumnae receiving the Lux
2006 2007 2008
6,106 8,082
9,581 2010 Goal Utilize alumnae strategically
in recruitment outreach
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Priority 3 Challenges
To identify Merediths brand (what makes us
unique) To increase name recognition (while
every other college/university is trying to do
the same thing) To create more partnerships to
bring middle and high school girls to campus To
plan, implement and communicate events on campus
in a purposeful way
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Other Notable Measures of Success

• Successful campaign, new gifts and new fund
  raising efforts (Athletic field/track, Steinway,
  Habitat for Humanity, library, more scholarships,
  business school support)
• New safety efforts (ConnectEd, siren/alarm
  system)
• Increased efforts in sustainability

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VISION 2010 Next Steps
MEREDITH COLLEGE GOALS 2008-09 Vision 2010 has
set the long-term goals for Meredith College.
Using this strategic plan as our guide, we will
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Priority 1 Goals 2008-09

• Foster an academic climate that is rigorous,
  engaging, personal, and transformative with
  specific programs that focus on
  internationalization and leadership
• Make application for a Phi Beta Kappa chapter
• Continue to increase the internationalization of
  the College by
• Providing more opportunities for students to
  study abroad (increasing travel awards and
  developing the semester abroad program in
  Sansepolcro, Italy)
• Continue to develop partnerships to recruit
  international students (Initiative to Educate
  Afghan Women, Zawadi Africa, FuHsing School
  summer program, Dongbei University) and to
  provide excellent support services for
  international students
• Support leadership programming through the
  Institute for Womens Leadership

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Priority 1, continued

• Build and strengthen graduate programs
• Gain SACS approval for and implement the Master
  of Arts in Teaching program (MAT)
• Identify new or expanded graduate programs
• Enhance services for graduate students
• Prepare for accreditation and reaccreditation
• AACSB prepare and submit final documentation
• SACS demonstrate full compliance and prepare
  the Quality Enhancement Plan
• Develop opportunities for Meredith Community to
  come together
• Implement as appropriate the recommendations
  coming from the General Education Committee
• Tie to academic and campus programs the 2008-09
  campus theme, Sustaining Our Environment,
  Developing Our Greenprint

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Priority 2 Goals 2008-09

• Assure a strong student body, an outstanding
  faculty and staff, a stimulating environment for
  learning and living, and an appropriate array of
  high quality academic offerings.
• Increase the total student enrollment through
  improved retention and recruitment of first-time
  freshmen, out-of-state students, and minority
  students
• Determine Merediths goal for the percentage of
  documented need met for students with financial
  need
• Raise the percentage of credit hours taught by
  full-time employees to 80 by fall 2009
• Take the next steps in the salary plan for
  faculty and staff
• Continue to work aggressively on campus
  facilities
• Finalize funding for and construct Phase I of the
  soccer field and track
• Complete construction on apartments and address
  quality of life issues and policies
• Increase the budget for facilities renewal to
  975,000 in the next budget
• Finish the comprehensive long-range facilities
  plan, including a capital budget
• Take next steps in planning and developing the
  Human Performance and Physical Activities Center

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Priority 2, continued

• Explore and define Merediths niche in the
  current educational climate in North Carolina
• Enhance support for the library and technology
• Continue our emergency preparedness planning
• Enhance wellness programming and education for
  faculty, staff and students
• Enhance the vibrancy of end-of-week and weekend
  intellectual and social activities
• Structure community programs better to connect
  with and support the mission of the College
• Improve the climate and infrastructure for high
  quality assessment and planning across all
  divisions
• Fund raise for projects and Meredith Fund,
  include more administrators and faculty in the
  process

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Priority 3 Goals 2008-09

• Achieve greater recognition for the College
• Continue to enhance Merediths digital presence
• Begin next phase of the web enhancement project
  by redesigning websites for Human Resources and
  Institutional Advancement
• Develop strong partnerships between Marketing and
  Communications and academic departments
• Improve communications to parents of students
• Improve the all-campus calendar
• Cultivate relationships between Meredith College
  and local, state and national officials
• Promote Meredith as a great place to live, work
  and learn