The University of Hawaii West Oahu

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The University of HawaiiWest Oahu

• Taking Stock
• March 17, 2004

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Affirming our Mission
UH West Oahu is committed to providing access to
higher education for students in the rapidly
growing leeward region of Oahu and on the
neighbor islands. With an emphasis on
interdisciplinary liberal arts and professional
studies, UHWO offers quality teaching and
innovative integration of teaching/ learning
technologies.
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Strategic Priorities

• Student Success 
• Partnering
• Global and Multicultural Opportunity
• Resource Investment
• Community-based

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UHWO the context

• Between 1990 2000
• Ewa census division (Aiea to Waianae)
  population increased 18.3
• Waianae census division population increased
  13.0
• Honolulu decreased 1.3
• (US 2000 Census)

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UHWO the context

• K-12 enrollment in the service area
• Leeward and Central School Districts enrolled
  71,816 students in 82 schools
• Honolulu District enrolled 32,800 students in 54
  schools
• (DOE Enrollment Report 2002-2003)

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UHWO Student Profile

• Headcount 834
• FTE 472
• Resident 92 Women 70
• Non-resident 8 Men 30
• Full-time 37 Average Age 33.1
• Part-time 63
• (MAPS Fall Enrollment Report 2002)

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UHWO Student Profile

• Enrollment by Ethnicity

Includes Pacific Islander, Mixed Asian Other
Asian (MAPS Fall Enrollment Report 2002)
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UHWO Student Profile

• Enrollment by Major Program

Includes Professional Studies, General,
Unclassified and No Data. This chart reflects
enrollment by major, not degree credential. (MAPS
Fall Enrollment Report 2002)
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UHWO issues

• Given resources (both human and physical), UHWO
  is approaching capacity.
• Student-faculty ratios highest among campuses at
  upper division UHWO 13.5, UHH 10.6, UHM 10.3
• Average class size highest among campuses at
  upper division UHWO 22, UHM 19, UHH 17.
• No economy of scale enrollments a function of
  infrastructure

(MAPS Report 2002)
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Current Revenue Mix

• General funds 2.88 million 54
• Tuition fees 1.30 million 24
• SS/other fees .16 million 3
• Contracts/grants .98 million 19
• Total 5.32 million

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The growing demand

• Population of leeward and central Oahu is
  growing.
• Demand for programs at a distance is growing (20
  of UHWOs students are enrolled in distance
  programs).
• Need for workforce development in the region is
  evident.
• Access that UHWO provides to under-served
  populations is critical to the states workforce
  needs.

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UHWO must grow

• Its academic programs to expand the education
  training options to meet the changing needs of
  the community it serves.
• Its faculty and staff by partnering with other
  UH programs and by hiring selectively.

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What we need to do next

• Determine resource needs given current program
  offerings to ensure quality and access
• Determine new initiatives that
• best meet regional workforce needs
• capitalize on UHWOs strengths
• leverage those strengths by partnering with
  sister campuses.

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Response to WASC

• Improve academic infrastructure
• System allocation (VPAA Institutional
  Researcher)
• Increase faculty
• System allocation (Two Faculty FTE)
• Increase student service staff support
• System allocation (Registrar)
• Title III funding

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New initiatives

• Health care technical services and administration
• Education Early Childhood and K-12 Teacher
  Preparation

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Hawaiis Employment Outlook, 2000 - 2010
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Health care Respiratory Care

• Partnership with Kapiolani CC
• Inverted degree technical at KCC, liberal arts
  at UHWO
• A.S. degree articulated to UHWO
• Advanced technical courses developed delivered
  by KCC faculty as affiliate faculty of UHWO

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Health care Revive Administration

• Initially offer Respiratory Care as
  Specialization in Public Administration
• Health Care Administration Certificate
  Specialization need to be revisited
• Certificate stopped out due to loss of faculty
• Need one FTE faculty member to revive develop
  new degree

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Health care Bachelors Degree in Applied Science

• Final phase to develop a BA in Applied Science
• Appropriate degree for Comprehensive campus
• Potential to articulate with other A.S. degrees
  (respiratory, occupational, physical, emergency,
  radiological)
• Meets regional workforce needs provides career
  growth opportunities

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Education Early Childhood

• Prompted by NCLB requirements of Head Start
  other early childhood education providers
• Honolulu CC planning grant to develop BA that
  articulates with AS degree
• Partnership with CCs to offer inverted degree
• UHWO will contract w/ HCC faculty to develop
  professional courses
• Initially offer as specialization in BA in Social
  Sciences

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Education Teacher Preparation

• HI teacher shortage UHWO faculty priority
• Planning to find most viable option
• Partnering with UHM COE
• BED in elementary articulate AA in Teaching or
  other cc models
• Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary
• Have resources to plan will require new faculty
  to deliver

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UHWO immediate priorities

• Successful WASC Educational Effectiveness Visit
• Permanent Chancellor
• Permanent Vice Chancellor for AA
• Solution to increasing space problem

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Planning for the future

• Launch first steps of new initiatives
  (Respiratory Care Early Childhood) with current
  resources
• Increase revenues to expand curriculum (BA in
  Applied Science BED/Post-Bac in Teacher
  Education)
• Increase general fund support, tuition fees,
  and entrepreneurial efforts

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