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Academic Affairs Budget Presentations - 2015
2015 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
BUDGET PRESENTATION
College of Arts and Sciences Gregory Simpson, Dean
March 31 & April 1, 2015
Alumni Center
Academic Affairs Budget Presentations - 2015
COLLEGE OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES
FY15 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND PRODUCTIVITY
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
CAS Strategic Goals and Educating Illinois
AREAS OF STRATEGIC FOCUS
• Focus 1: Facilitate academic
excellence (EI 1, 2)
• Focus 2: Enhance the systems
and infrastructure supporting
academic excellence (EI 2, 3, 5)
• Focus 3: Diversify and
enhance financial support for
academic excellence (EI 3, 4)
• Focus 4: Share and Promote
our academic excellence (EI 3)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Faculty Hiring
Major Accomplishments
In FY16, the college
anticipates 10 new
faculty
This fall, the college
welcomed 15 new
faculty.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
2015 Student Body
• CAS continued to confer a significant
portion of the University’s degrees
– 1,455 undergraduate degrees
– 267 MS/MA degrees
– 7 graduate certificates
– 38 doctoral degrees
• Undergraduate enrollment at 4,983
• College generated
– 275,492 credit hours
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Newly Implemented Academic Programs
• Graduate Certificate in Instructional
Technology and World Languages (LAN)
• Two sequences, a Ph.D. and M.S. in
Neuroscience & Physiology (BSC)
• One undergraduate sequence in Creative
Writing (ENG)
• Formalized Latina/o Studies Program –
new LAL designation – poised to become
an academic program
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Re-Accredited Programs
• BS Social Work & MS Social Work successfully
completely re-accreditation in February 2015
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
EdTPA
• CAS units with Education programs are
requiring students to complete edTPA to
acquire data that will facilitate future
student preparation.
• A new IDS course will prepare students
for the edTPA process.
• The first course will be offered this
summer.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Joint Faculty Hiring Program
• Appointments to be shared between two
academic units
• Initiative enhances faculty collaboration in
research and teaching, and development
of inter-disciplinary programs on campus
• In FY15 BSC & PSY successfully hired a
new faculty member through the joint
faculty hiring program (Neuroscience)
• The college expects the arrival of a new
joint faculty hire in FY16 between
Anthropology and WGS
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Faculty Professional Development
Programs
– Faculty Professional Development
Series for new faculty
– Mid-Career Faculty Professional
Development Series for tenured
faculty
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Administrative Fellows Program
• Part of Professional Development Program for mid-career faculty
• Dr. Gina Hunter– Sociology and Anthropology
• Dr. Laura Vogel – Biological Sciences
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Staff Professional Development Programs
– David G. Lewis,
President/CEO of Lewis
Consulting Group
presented “Be better…”
– Improving interpersonal
and intrapersonal skills,
communication and
productivity
Annual Lead Staff and Staff Retreat
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
On Campus and Community Events
• Launched the Main
Street College Event – Events are designed to reach out to
the community and showcase ISU’s
faculty activity and expertise
Sally Parry & Bob McLaughlin
Fred Smith
Visiting the Ancestors:
A Night Out with Neanderthals
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
International Travel Program
• Promote high-quality research,
scholarship, and creative activity by
tenured and tenure track faculty
• Supplement travel funds provided to
faculty members by department to
defray costs of professional travel
outside the contiguous US
• $14,278 supported research
activities of 20 faculty members
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Student Team Travel Program
• Promote high-quality competitive team
activities in the CAS
• Joined effort between CAS, the Office of
the Provost and Office of Student Affairs
• Program provided support for the following
teams:
– Model UN
– Mock Trial
– Forensics
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Undergraduate Student Travel Program
• Provided funds to offset
travel expenses for
undergraduate students to
attend and present their
research at professional
conferences
• Allocated $10,000 for
initiative
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Faculty/Student Scholarly Activities
• Faculty members continue to engage
students in formal scholarly and creative
activity
• Last year 136 or 24% of all journal
articles, book chapters, and peer-
recognized creative efforts note at least
one student co-author
• Total of 265 or 32% of all conference
presentations listed at least 1 student
collaborator
• 29 presentations offered outside of the
US listed at least 1 student co-author
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Faculty Scholarly Activities • In 2015 the CAS faculty authored or co-authored
– 20 books and monographs
– 8 edited books
– 13 textbooks
– 537 journal articles and book chapters
– 44 creative works
– 848 conference presentations,144 given
outside of the U.S.
– 55 (9%) journal articles and book
chapters co-authored with international
collaborators
– 45 scholarly presentations featuring
international collaborators
• 1.89 scholarly products per faculty member
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Faculty Scholarly Activities
• In FY15 the CAS was home to 108 editors, associate editors,
or editorial board members of national and international peer-
reviewed journals
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Faculty Scholarly Activities & Grantsmanship
• In FY15, CAS generated $5,780,063 in
external funding
• 91 grants were awarded across 13 units
• New inductees into the Million Dollar Club
– John Baur (CHE)
– Rachel Bowden (BIO)
– Matt Aldeman (ECO)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Faculty Accomplishments
• Dr. Craig Gatto (Biological Sciences) named
University Professor
• 7 faculty recognized for their excellence in teaching,
research, and service through University Awards
programs
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Student Accomplishments
8 BONE SCHOLARS
• Samantha De Carlo (ENG)
• Kristine Demonbreun (COM)
• Taylor Hobson (ENG)
• Jennifer Jaroch (MAT)
• Tyler Malone (BSC)
• Samuel Quast (HIS)
• Raymond St. John (BSC)
• Matthew Weber (BSC)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Fund- and Friend- Raising
• Between 1/1/14 and 12/31/14 the
CAS raised $2,291,318
• Established new scholarship fund for
the social sciences, in excess of
$700,000
• The Lee Ann Murray “Everything
Counts” Actuarial Science Endowed
Scholarship Fund (MAT)
• Other new endowed scholarships –
ENG & POL
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Worldwide Campus Fund
• Endowed in 2015 through an alum gift
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
FY15 Reallocations & Reorganizations
• Internal reallocation of permanent and
temporary variance funds made several
important initiatives possible (examples only):
– Replacement of existing and purchase of new
scientific equipment with GR and other funds
– Funding of start-up packages for incoming
faculty
– Allocation of funds for faculty professional travel
– Student travel & Washington Internship program
– Digital Measures
– Upgrades, hiring, retention of faculty and staff
– Facilities renovations
– Support journal editors, guest speakers, and
conferences
– Accreditation fees
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
FY15 ENHANCEMENT FUNDS – THANK YOU!
• CAS student team travel initiative - $10,000
• CAS student teacher supervision travel - $57,807
• Summer incentive program - $20,960
• Additional Gen Ed/IC funds - $200,000
• ENG Race to the Top - $12,218
• ENG Obsidian Journal - $13,500
Academic Affairs Budget Presentations - 2015
COLLEGE OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES
FY16 PLANNING
MAJOR OBJECTIVES
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
FY 16 Major Objectives
• Maintain and build upon our academic excellence
• Continue to enhance systems and infrastructure
critical in supporting this excellence (CAS Foci 1, 2;
EI Goals 1,2)
• Recruit new & retain existing faculty, staff, and GAs
• Ensure availability of adequate start-up funds
• Ensure availability and accessibility to adequate
research and office space
• Maintain technology & scientific instrumentation
• Enhance support for faculty professional travel
• Fully support student teacher supervisor activities
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Permanent Funding Enhancement Requests
College-wide initiatives
1. Graduate Stipends ($160,000)
2. General Revenue Operating Funds ($50,000)
3. Faculty Professional Travel ($40,000)
4. Technology – Recapitalization of Faculty
Computers and Chemical Stockroom Security
Solution for BSC ($52,000)
5. Student Teacher Supervision Salaries/Travel
($100,000)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Strategic Budgeted Carryover Requests
• 35 requests totaling $706,956
• Proposed Initiatives: – Instruction
– Replacement of scientific instrumentation
– Start-up package supplemental funds
– Student and faculty professional travel
– Conference sponsorship
– Graduate assistantships
– Faculty/staff computer recapitalization
– Facility renovations
– Student recruitment
– Fund and friend-raising
– Student Awards
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
Provost Enhancement Requests
Twelve requests totaling $494,729 :
• CAS Instruction (PE)
• CAS Student Teacher Supervision Travel (PE)
• CAS Start-up Funds (SBC + PE)
• BSC Mobile Lab & SLB Greenhouse Sustainability
• CHE Teaching & Research Instrumentation
Support (PE)
• CAS Student Team Travel (PE)
• COM NUVI Subscription (PE)
• LAN STV 227C Remodel (PE)
• PHY Lab & Research Equipment (PE)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
FY17 TENURE TRACK FACULTY REQUESTS
Principal Criteria for Prioritization:
Enrollment demands
Recent trends in faculty base (hires, retirements,
etc.)
Programmatic needs
External pressures (e.g., accreditation)
New department/school leadership
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Affairs Budget Presentations 2015
CAS FY16 FACULTY HIRING REQUEST
Total request: $2,463,462
Unit Priority
Rank
Specialization/Discipline Faculty Rank
PSY 1 Clinical-Counseling Psychologist Assistant Prof
BSC 2 Virologist Assistant Prof
GEO 3 Hydrogeology/Applied Geophysics Assistant Prof
SOA 4 Quantitative Sociologist Assistant Prof
LAN 5 French Assistant Prof
ECO 6 Public-Sector Economics Assistant Prof
PHY 7 Experimental Physics Assistant Prof
CSD 8 Audiology Assistant Prof
POL 9 International Relations Assistant Prof
CHE 10 Biochemistry Assistant Prof
MAT 11 Statistics Assistant Prof
COM 12 Public Relations Assistant Prof
PHI 13 Normative/Applied Ethics Assistant Prof
ENG
14
Technical Communication, Specializing in Digital Rhetoric & Web –
Based Technologies
Assistant Prof
SOA 15 Non-North American Archaeologist Assistant Prof
GEO 16 Environmental Geography Assistant Prof
CSD 17 Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Prof
PSY 18 Quantitative-Developmental Psychologist Assistant Prof
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES
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