U. T. System Public Affairs Update for Chairman Miller

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Accountability and Performance Report February
2006
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Use of Our Accountability Reports

• Policy decisions provides reference material,
  supplements annual statistical handbook
• Compacts
• Presidential and campus evaluations
• Special reports Learning outcomes graduation
  rates research and tech transfer trends
  development benchmarking HR data
• Influence on state and national accountability
  public policy National Commission on the Future
  of Higher Education

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Framework

• Scope
• 72 measures for all academic institutions
• 52 measures for all health institutions
• 15 measures for the U. T. System as a whole
• 5-year longitudinal trends
• Institutional peer comparisons (10-15 selected
  indicators)
• Implications for future planning

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Enhancements for 2005-06

• New in 2005-06
• Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
• Multiple measures of student outcomes, including
  learning assessment and post-graduate experience
• Economic impact trends
• Distance education/UT TeleCampus trends
• Enhanced section on national rankings of degrees
  awarded to minority students

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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Diversity
The proportion of Hispanic freshmen at U.T.
System academic institutions (38) exceeded the
proportion of Hispanic students in statewide high
school graduating class (35)
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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Growth
For academic institutions, undergraduate
enrollment growth averaged 20 percent from 2000
to 2004
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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Affordability
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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Affordability
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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Outcomes Using Multiple Measures

• Student experience NSSE survey
• Student learning outcomes CLA results
• Licensure exam pass rates
• Postgraduation employment or study

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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Outcomes Student Experience
UTA Austin UTB UTD UTEP UTPA UTPB UTSA
UTT
UTA Austin UTB UTD UTEP UTPA UTPB UTSA
UTT
Nationally, 87 percent of students rate their
experience as good or excellent.
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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Outcomes Health Institutions

• Medical student satisfaction
• 80 to over 90 percent of undergraduates were
  satisfied with their education
• Postgraduation employment or study
• Between 90 and 100 percent of health-related
  institution undergraduates in all fields continue
  in graduate or professional school or are
  employed within one year after graduation in
  Texas

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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Health-Related Institution Enrollments and Degree
Recipients
1,860 graduate/professional degrees awarded in
2004
8,678 graduate/professional students enrolled in
2004
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Student Access, Success, and Outcomes
Health-Related Institutions Student Diversity

• National ranking diversity of degree recipients
• Professional/clinical sciences masters degrees
  to Hispanic students
• 5th UT HSC-Houston
• 10th UT HSC-San Antonio
• Medical degrees to Hispanic students
• 3rd UT Medical Branch
• 5th UT HSC-San Antonio
• Medical degrees to all minority students
• 4th UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Biology doctoral degrees to Hispanic students
• 5th UT HSC-Houston
• Dental doctoral degrees to African-Americans
• 9th UT HSC-Houston

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Teaching, Research, Health Care Excellence
Research Funding Trends

• Total research expenditures exceeded 1.6 billion
  in FY 2005
• 44 increase between 2001 and 2005

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Teaching, Research, Health Care Excellence
State Research Funding Trends
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Teaching, Research, Health Care Excellence
Research Funding Trends
UT System institutions continue to rank among top
universities in the country in terms of RD
expenditures (of 617 total)
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Teaching, Research, Health Care Excellence
Faculty Grants
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Teaching, Research, Health Care Excellence
Faculty Grants
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Teaching, Research, Health Care Excellence
Faculty Grants
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Collaborations
Examples

• Educational Collaborations
• UT Brownsville/TSC, UT El Paso, UT HSC-Houston
  Public Health programs
• UT HSC-Houston and UT M. D. Anderson Graduate
  School of Biomedical Sciences
• Research Collaborations
• UT San Antonio and UT HSC-San Antonio SALSI
• UT Medical Branch Biodefense and Emerging
  Infectious Disease Center
• K-12 Collaborations
• UT Arlington et al Texas Science Careers
  Consortium
• UT Medical Branch Outreach Programs for
  Students and Educators
• Business/Community Collaborations
• UT Pan American Center for Border Economic
  Studies
• UT Southwestern Medical Center Biotech Startup
  Initiative

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Collaborations with and Service to Communities
Teaching
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Collaborations with and Service to Communities
Economic Impact
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Collaborations with and Service to Communities
UT TeleCampus Distance Education Trends
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Organizational Efficiency and Productivity
Patient Care
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Institutional Profiles

• National and program rankings and analysis
• Institution award highlights
• Institution mission statements
• Peer comparisons
• Centers of Excellence

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Institutional Profiles
Peer Comparisons UT San Antonio
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Practicing Accountability

• UT System directions
• Special studies graduation rates, learning
  outcomes, development benchmarking
• Streamline financial and efficiency metrics
• Align with Boards strategic plan
• National directions
• Emphasis on learning outcomes
• Interest in value added and return on investment
  for individual, institution, business, society
• Concern with availability of data to track all
  students

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
For complete data sets, more extensive analysis,
and more information about the UT Systems
accountability and institutional improvement
initiatives, visit http//www.utsystem.edu/ipa/a
ccountability.htm.