Arkansas State University

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Arkansas State University

• Fall Faculty Conference
• 2007

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Highlights 2006-2007

• 550
• 267,712
• 157
• 13,000
• 2,047
• Research
• 71.9 41

• FTE Faculty
• Semester Credit Hours of Instructional Activity
• Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs
• Students
• Associate, Bachelors, Masters, Specialist, and
  Doctoral Degrees Being Awarded

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ASU 2007 A Year of Transition

• Communication
• Transparency
• Relevancy
• Passion
• Character

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Communication

• Shared Governance
• Assessment
• HLC Focus Visit
• People Admin.

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Transparency
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PASSION
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Character

• The higher education so much needed today is not
  given in the school, is not to be bought in the
  market place, but it has to be wrought out in
  each one of us for himself it is the silent
  influence of character on character.
• -William Osler (Canadian Physician)

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Relevancy of Higher Education

• We teach the people who solve the problems and
  change the world.
• The American Council on Education (Solutions for
  the Future Campaign Slogan)