REPORT%20TO%20SENATE%20ON%20ACADEMIC%20PLANNING

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• REPORT TO SENATE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING
• SHEILA EMBLETON
• VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC
• SEPTEMBER 28, 2000

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CONTEXT FOR PLANNING INTERNAL STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES

• liberal arts
• professional and applied studies
• building on strengths
• engineering and applied science
• interdisciplinary health studies
• high quality graduate education
• leading research university
• internationalization
• technology-enhanced learning

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CONTEXT FOR PLANNING - EXTERNAL

• Demographic changes
• Shifts in students interests
• Increasing demand for TEL
• Competition for faculty
• Private universities and college degrees
• Accountability
• Fees
• Trends towards targeted funding

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Demographic Change Double Cohort Scenarios,
Ontario
Enrolments (000)s
Demographic change plus double cohort (extreme
scenario)
Demographic change plus double cohort
(moderate scenario)
Demographic change
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PROJECTED NEW FACULTY REQUIREMENTS FOR ONTARIO
UNIVERSITIES
CUMULATIVE TOTALS FROM 1997-98 TO 2004-2005 2010-2011 CUMULATIVE TOTALS FROM 1997-98 TO 2004-2005 2010-2011
REQUIRED TO MEET INCREASED STUDENT DEMAND 3,800 4,500
REQUIRED TO MEET PLANNED RETIREMENTS 2,700 5,500
TOTALS 6,500 10,000
Source Price Waterhouse Coopers, Will there be
room for me?, March, 1999
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YORKS CUMULATIVE COMPLEMENT HIRING PROJECTIONS
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2001/02
2003/04
2005/06
2007/08
2009/10
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PROVINCIAL OPERATING GRANTS AND TUITION FEE
REVENUE PER FTE ENROLMENTONTARIO UNIVERSITIES
1987-88 TO 1998-99
Source COU Resource Document
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Source Office of the Vice-President Finance and
Administration
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APPOINTMENTS PLANNING
CATEGORY OF APPOINTMENTS Made Pending TOTAL
Fair Funding 33 36.4 69.4
ATOP (Access to Opportunities) 8 3 11
CRCs 5 (recommended) 26 31
Endowed/Externally Funded 23 2 25
TOTAL 69 67.4 136.4
Source Office of the AVP (Academic Resource
Planning) /University Secretariat
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SENATE ACADEMIC PLANNING CONTEXT

• Recent revision of UAP focuses on strategic
  priorities relating to
• enrolment
• programs
• pedagogy
• scholarship
• Process must allow York to respond both
  collegially and expeditiously to external
  initiatives
• Overall institutional objectives must be paramount

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (UAP)

• liberal arts
• professional and applied studies
• building on strengths
• engineering and applied science
• interdisciplinary health studies
• high quality graduate education
• leading research university
• internationalization
• technology-enhanced learning

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BUDGET PLANNING

• Budget planning must respond to academic
  planning/priorities
• Academic decision-making must take account of
  financial context

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ENROLMENT PLANNING

• Undergraduate
• Planning for enrolment decrease in liberal arts
  majors balanced with growth in applied and
  professional areas

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DRAFT
DIVERSITY AND REBALANCING
Projected Changes in Distribution of
Undergraduate FFTEs Between 1998/99 and 2005/06
Law
Consecutive Education
Other
Concurrent Education
Math Physical Sciences
Health Professions
Engineering Applied Science
Science
Commerce
Arts

-7
-5
-1
1
3
-3
Source Institutional Research and Analysis as
Submitted to MTCU, September 2000
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ENROLMENT PLANNING

• Double Cohort
• Planning to accommodate double cohort growth by
• some growth in liberal arts
• expansion in applied and professional areas
• TEL
• joint programming with CAATs

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DRAFT
DIVERSITY AND REBALANCING
Projected Change in Undergraduate FFTEs Between
1998/99 and 2005/06
Law
Consecutive Education
Other
Concurrent Education
Math Physical Sciences
Health Professions
Engineering Applied Science
Science
Commerce
Arts
-200
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Source Institutional Research and Analysis as
Submitted to MTCU, September 2000
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ENROLMENT PLANNING

• Graduate
• Increase numbers to maintain balance with
  undergraduate enrolments
• Need to develop more specific plans for graduate
  enrolment growth

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YORKS ENROLMENT PROJECTIONS
Students
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
1999-
2001-
2003-
2005-
2007-
2009-
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
Source Office of Institutional Research and
Analysis
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STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• Business/Professional
• Approved by Senate
• Business and Society Program accepted its first
  students this past year
• International BBA
• Human Resources Management
• Public Administration and Management
• Certificate and Diploma in Non-Profit Management
• Diploma in Business and the Environment
• In Planning
• Computational finance programming
• Executive MBA

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STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• Applied Science and Engineering
• Approved by Senate
• BASc in engineering science
• Biotechnology stream
• In Planning
• Collaborative programs with Seneca in
  biotechnology, chemical technology, environmental
  resource management, applied engineering
  technology

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STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• Health
• Approved by Senate
• School of Health Policy and Management with 3
  specializations health management health
  policy health informatics
• BSc in Nursing program accepted its first cohort
  of students from collaborative programs with
  Seneca and Georgian this year
• Under consideration
• Relationship with Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
  College

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STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• International Studies
• Approved by Senate
• European Studies Program
• International BBA accepted its first students
  this year
• In Planning
• BA program in International Development
• Certificate in teaching English to speakers of
  other languages (TESOL)
• Program in South Asian Studies
• Implementation
• APPC Task Force recommendations on international
  activities
• Endowment of a Chair in Hellenic Studies

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STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• TEL/Collaborative Programs
• Approved by Senate
• Collaborative programs with CAATs
• ecosystem management
• urban sustainability
• international project management
• Communication and Culture joint graduate program
  with Ryerson accepted its first students this
  year
• In Planning
• Expansion of collaborative programming with CAATs
  in applied science, business, health, and
  communication fields
• Implementation
• New appointments to support development of TEL
• New TEL building with Seneca
• Office for TEL established under VPRI to
  facilitate RD