Academic Reports for 2007-2008

AAIP ACADEMIC REPORT FOR 2007-2008

2007-2008 Highlights

1. Programmatic Achievements—List initiatives undertaken and outcomes achieved in the following areas: a. Student engagement and success

Supplemental Instruction – 176 tables serving 1,310 students in support of Math 111 (3 terms), Math 112 (2 terms), Math 241 (1 term), Math 252 (1 term), ZOO 330 series (3 terms). 116% increase in study tables and 74% increase in total student participation over the previous year. Internship opportunities for 21 undergraduates and 1 GTA.

EOP - Courses: (23 sections taught fall, 21 winter, 19 spring), most through MTH and ALS, but also WR and COMM; 50-60 students turned away each term. Tutoring: filled 32 of 46 requests fall (70%); 15 of 21 winter (71%); 34 of 46 spring (74%)

Study Abroad - New study abroad programs in Iceland, Rome, Scandinavia (COF), Fu Jen exchange (HHS). First students to Mongolia, Antarctica, Vietnam, and Scotland.

International Student Support - “OSU Life Guidebook” (with ISOSU) to provide new international students with information on resources available in the community. First annual international student graduation reception.

CAMP – 45 new students; 44 completed the year. Average GPA = 2.94. 10 students participated in the UHDS Multicultural Community Internship (MCI) program; 4 students participated in the Study Abroad program; 5 students participated in the STARS Fellowship through the SMILE Program and 8 students participated in the AmeriCorps program.

CTL – Worked directly with HHS, COE, COF, EESC on initiatives. Teacher training certificate program for all OSU GTAs (pilot presently underway with Biology Department)

DPD – 11 faculty in summer seminar. Workshops for COE, CVM, and 2 campus-wide

CWL - Provided internship experience in the Writing Center for 55 writing assistants and a GTA,

WIC – 10 courses approved.

ROTC – Army: orientation program, peer mentorship and more targeted tutoring helped improve freshman GPA (2.75 to 2.90) and retention (up to 85%). Freshmen enrollment (those on full scholarship) increased from 3 to 14.

Library - developed course online assignment guides which allow students to find reading, websites, and much other information listed by course number. Reorganized public services departments to create a department focused on student teaching/engagement. Series of workshops for graduate students. ELI – New bridge program: the average GPA on the OSU transcript for the participants was 3.41 after this term. They took 10 OSU credits and 6 ELI hours. New end-of-term assessment procedures based on measurable outcomes for all 25 core courses.

BEST Summer Bridge Program – Participation grew from 34 student athletes in the 2006 BEST Bridge program to 53 student athletes in the 2007 program.

ASC and ASA collaborate in hiring and training learning strategists to work with at-risk athletes. Conducted weekly professional development sessions for approximately 35 learning strategists.

ASC - Worked with the Inter-fraternity Council on establishing academic goals for each house. Presented with coaches at three fraternities on Academic Success. Trained resident advisors for the Greek system in academic support strategies at the beginning of fall term. Collaborated with Head Advisors in Forestry and Engineering (and UESP) to design a web-based early intervention for first year students on Academic Warning. Participated in the Odyssey Revision Committee and assisted in the development of U- Engage. Collaborated with Math Department to bring Don Small to campus for training math and physics instructors in a modeling pedagogy for math reform.

VP for AAIP - Hired an Associate Provost for Academic Success and Engagement and reorganized AA to better focus on student engagement and success.

b. Research and its impact

Presentations:

WIC Director presented the WIC Writer’s Personal Profile Assessment at one national and one international conference. Five ELI faculty members gave juried presentations at the TESOL International conference in NYC. (<25% acceptance rate) Two ELI faculty members delivered plenary speeches at international conferences, one in Vietnam and one in Mexico.

Papers:

Lloyd, Kathleen, and Peter Saunders, “Teaching Efficiency and Student Satisfaction in a Traditional vs Non-Traditional University Classroom”, Research Report. Hoff, Joe, “Growth and Transformation Outcomes in International Education” in Developing Intercultural Competence and Transformation, Stylus Publishing. Annette McFarland, ID graduate, is having her thesis published by the Undergraduate Journal of International Studies.

Other:

CTL - collaborated on Learning Environments Studies with Carol Caughey, HDFS. Did research for Herman Miller on classroom style with mock students (Dottie Coven).

EOP - Derron Coles’ research on optimal math pedagogy to support the development of analytic skills in underrepresented persons; Support of graduate thesis research on 1st generation and low income students; Support of anthropologic research in applied mathematics related to water resource management by Natives.

IDEA - 16 International Degree graduates produced a thesis, working under the guidance of a faculty advisor; departments include FW, ME, ESS, ANTH, ENG, FR, HIS, COMM, BI, ENSC, & MB.

Library - ScholarsArchives@OSU digital repository for the scholarly work of the OSU community, ranked 4th in the US and 18th worldwide. In collaboration with Geosciences, the library acquired 9000 scholarly articles on middle east water conflict issues – perhaps the most premier collection of its kind. Purchased the Gerald Williams collection on forestry. Revised Pauling website on the Nature of the Chemical Bond; six month use statistics at 568,650 page views. 50,509 electronic journal titles; added the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, a collection of 5,128 electronic books.

ELI - $885,000 grant from the World Bank (Higher Education Development Project) for Yemen teacher training. The expectation was to train 15 teachers in IT (actually trained 91), 30 in Teaching/Research (actually trained 178), and 30 in English Language Skills (actually trained 171).

c. Outreach and engagement

OSU Press - reflects to Oregonians and others through its books the wide range of scholarship from OSU faculty and other scholars.

CAMP - students provided community hours in the Corvallis middle schools and Migrant Education programs. 1232 potential students and 243 parents received information about CAMP through 47 presentations throughout the state. 52 community organizations and schools received information about CAMP, applying for financial aid, process of admissions, and the benefits of higher education. Some of the organizations CAMP worked with are: OR Migrant Education Service Center, NELA, Upward Bound, ASPIRE, GearUp, Chemeketa and UO HEP programs.

WIC - Co-sponsored the national conference of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar July 2008. Co-hosted the second Oregon Information Literacy Conference. WIC director serves on the board of the International Writing Across the Curriculum Network.

ROTC – Army - hosted the 97th Annual Joint Service Review featuring the Army Chief of Engineers (and Head of the Coops of Engineers) as guest speaker. This opportunity also allowed the College of Engineering to spend time with the Chief and develop future working relationships on ongoing projects. Students raised more than $30k this year in monies for the Benton County Scholarship Foundation – helping raise the corpus of the military scholarship funds to over $500k. Students logged in more than 3,000 hours of community service (on- and off-campus).

EOP - Si Se Puede, APA Outreach, African American Outreach – in support of Intercultural Student Services programs. EOR Latino student outreach conference: represented OSU (~300 students, presented 3 workshops with 25-30 students each). IDEA - Presentations to high school groups visiting OSU and participated in an OSU recruiting fair for Asian and Pacific Islander students at Park Rose High School in Portland – educated H.S. students about Education Abroad options at OSU. Diversity scholars made 17 presentations (At CAMP, Cultural Centers and a high school visit) – outreach to students of color for IDEA programs. Joe Hoff served as the Coordinator of the Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus committee of the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community of NAFSA.

ISFS – Meetings with representatives of the Saudi Arabian Educational Mission and other embassies and sponsoring agencies. ICSP students staffed a display booth at the OSU pavilion during 2007 DaVinci Days festival, showcasing the activities of this group and International Programs.

Library - Pauling Symposium – Portland with Nobel prize winner Roderick MacKinnon attended by over 300 scientist and members of the public.

ROTC – Navy - Unit Food Share program drive raised over 900 lbs of food. Provided funeral detail to 83 veteran funerals and provided a military detail for local Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day celebrations. Hosted Armed Forces Blood Drive on campus and provided teams for the Benton County Foundation Fundraiser relay and the Relay for Life cancer research fundraiser.

ELI provided opportunities for the campus and community to interact with over 20 international teachers and over 135 students in homestays over ten weekends.

d. Community and diversity

All AAIP units involved in the Diversity Action Plan and Diversity 101 and 102 training.

WIC - Distribution of Writing Across Borders continues within OSU and nationally. Film promotes improved teaching and learning for international student writers.

CWL - Recruiting and retaining undergraduate student workers of color. Approximately 20% of our assistants are students of color.

EOP works closely with other units (SSS, CAMP, ISS, Div Dev, UHDS, ASC, Community and Diversity, Affirmative Action) on diversity-related issues. Faculty Serve on CC Adv Bds and as faculty advisors of student orgs. RA training for UHDS, Cultural Center staff training, Safe Space training, Advanced Safe Space training, Intersections of Identity, History of Power Movements, Camino Latino Outreach, Time Management, Budgeting, required multicultural course for CSSA graduate students.

IDEA staff presented on culture and intercultural values at the COB Integrated Business MA program orientation, Student Life retreat, CIRT professional development meeting, and Geography class.

ISFS - Second International Film Festival sponsored by Crossroads International. Inter- national Women’s Coffee Hour met regularly throughout the year. Library - Acquisition of the papers of the Portland Urban League for OSU Archives Multicultural Archives. OSU Press publication of First Oregonians – Native Americans telling their own story. Oregon Multicultural Archives -- significant additions to the OMA in FY 08 include a series of oral history interviews with members of the Japanese- American Association of Eugene who had served in WWI internment camps; the papers of Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, which include oral histories of Mexican immigrants and the children of early Mexicanon migrant settlers in Oregon; and additions to the Urban League of Portland Records. Braceros in Oregon Collection -- The Smithsonian Institution is using three images from this collection in its traveling exhibit, Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964.

ROTC – Navy - Performed NROTC recruiting trips to high schools with higher than average minority enrollment.

SAS – Staff participated in “Safe Space” training. Staff worked with the Dean of Students Office as a facilitator in discussions with students regarding sensitivity toward African American students following the “black face” incident on campus.

ELI - Two faculty members presented a workshop on cultural diversity for an Intercultural Career Development Conference sponsored by OSU’s Career Services. Had students from 33 countries who were matched with OSU students as conversation partners.

ASC - Over 50% of staff have completed safe space training. Moira Dempsey attended a two-day Personal Leadership training centered on inter-cultural leadership.

e. International-level activities and accomplishments

CTL - Gave presentations about CTL activities and the future institutes to representatives from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, and international scholars from Hong Kong.

CWL hosted the International Writing Centers Association Summer Institute. More than 50 writing center administrators, representing 7 nations, attended the institute.

IDEA - Five professors applied for AHA NCSA faculty positions and one (Maureen Hosty) was successful and will teach on the AHA Rosario, Argentina program. Professor Ursula Bechert (COS) recruited to be faculty leader for the AUIP Fiji summer ’08 study abroad program. Professor Michael Harte (COAS) recruited to be faculty leader for AUIP fall on-line course and field trip to Antarctica. Renee Stowell presented on Curriculum Integration at the NACADA national conference, and on international research conducted by ID students at the NAFSA annual conference. Joe Hoff presented on Internationalization efforts in Japan, Mexico, Europe and Australia at the NAFSA annual conference.

Library - Janet Webster serves on the Science and Technology Committee of the International Federation of Libraries and Associations. She works with colleagues worldwide to address the provision of technical information in the international context of trade agreements and copyright, language barriers and technological advances. Professor Webster continues her collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN through work on a technical guideline on information and knowledge sharing issues affecting the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. In 2008, she attended an expert consultation in Rome, Italy to work with colleagues from India, the United Kingdom, Sweden and FAO.

ELI - Provided an opportunity for 8 OSU faculty and emeritus faculty members to work on the Yemen HEDP grant. Two faculty members secured US State Department Senior Fellow positions in Turkey. In that position they each presented or co-presented more than 20 workshops throughout the region.

ASC - Hired a Saudi student to be an Academic Coach. This summer, she is teaching an Academic Success course in Saudi Arabia using our materials. We provided program materials on student engagement activities plus a tour of our facility to Karla Díaz from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.

ISFS - Day-long Saudi cultural workshop for campus.

All AAIP – Participated in planning for the INTO partnership.

f. Other appropriate initiatives

VP for AAIP – Collaborated with Faculty Senate on revision of P&T Guidelines, Post- tenure Review, and Mid-term Review policies. 61 faculty received Professional Faculty/Instructor Development Funds. Led P&T process with 54 promotion cases (50 positive) and 28 tenure cases (25 positive). Awarded one TFDI to Sociology ($60,000 for 3 years). The first recipient of the LL Stewart Faculty Scholar Award, Milo Koretsky, gave a workshop on his accomplishments, and the third award was given to Leslie Burns. Granted emeritus status to 17 faculty members.

ISFS - Overhauled the J-1 student program, did a thorough revision of all student and scholar documents for public distribution, and further developed the ISFS website. In particular, all public forms are now available on the web.

2. Brief assessment of unit’s efforts in areas in (1): what worked; areas that need improvement; major barriers

What worked:

CTL - Faculty development seminars and other efforts to improve teaching and learning continue to be popular and effective.

BEST Program - Continues to show retention gains. The current retention rate for BEST is 85%. The program also serves as a visible success for the University and the Athletic Department. ASA - Working with Head Coach Mike Riley, we have made strides in reducing the number of scholarship players who leave the University prematurely. For example, first- year retention had been near 60%; now they are close to 90%.

VP for AAIP - The Undergraduate Education Council and the International Council continue to be good vehicles to engage the broader university in AAIP affairs.

CAMP – Continues to be very successful (retention rate of 98% for 07-08) and has seen an increase in the number of applications received for 2008-09. CAMP ensures retention by engaging the students in academic support services and student activities including clubs, peer mentoring, volunteerism, and cultural field trips. There is a waiting list of students who are eligible for the program but due to budget constraints, we are not able to serve these students.

IDEA - Exit surveys suggest that students who complete the ID program are very pleased with ID experience, including academic and thesis advising

ELI - An outstanding grass roots effort led to an accreditation self-study and site review (awarded accreditation in July). Our achievements resulted in a major overhaul of the curriculum to make it entirely documented and outcomes based. Two assessment instruments developed and implemented for each of the 25 courses in the curriculum. Our mission was refined and major assessment procedures were developed for programmatic review in curricular issues, student achievement, and student services.

Supplemental Instruction - A smooth transition to new leadership. Foundation staff and our donor were very pleased with the work accomplished over the last year. This program is well positioned to serve students at OSU in high risk STEM classes.

Areas that need improvement; barriers to success:

CAMP - College affordability continues to be a barrier for many of the migrant students. Potential participants in the program do not receive OSU’s scholarship because of late applications and/or other OUS universities offer better financial aid packages.

Supplemental Instruction - Despite our widespread support from students, faculty, and advisors to extend SI to include other STEM disciplines, financial realities preclude our ability to do so.

CWL - Fielding numerous requests from CAMP, ROTC, and the SMILE programs to expand the scope of our student writers’ groups and other, non-writing center academic support services. However, we significantly exceeded our budget for student pay this academic year. This is largely a consequence of a 25% decrease in the average work study award coupled with 4 consecutive years of minimum wage increases without a budget adjustment. Clearly our ability to accommodate these requests is at risk.

VP for AAIP - Failed search for an Associate Provost for International Programs.

IDEA - Total # of ID students decreasing; need more persistent follow-up with interested students; need to maintain awareness among academic advisors; need to cultivate high school students to think of the ID program; need to develop cohort groups with admitted students for retention purposes. Major barriers for ID - Thesis and language requirements, IRB approval process. Major barriers to increasing study abroad numbers include costs, need for development and marketing of short-term programs, integration of study abroad into certain majors such as engineering, limitation of study abroad by certain colleges such as the College of Business, and need for more staff to develop Curriculum Integration of Study Abroad advising sheets and also short-term programs.

WIC - Increasing class size across OSU put pressure on WIC class size in a few areas (required 20-25, per national and OSU guidelines). Research shows that larger classes decrease quality of writing done in the classes

Library - Not having a development officer only focused on the library has caused concern about prospect identification.

ROTC - Questionable effectiveness of minority recruiting in high schools. Need to appeal to those high school students with high enough grades and standardized tests scores to be eligible for scholarships.

ELI - Classroom facilities are usually in very poor condition, in large part because Education Hall is scheduled for closure. IT systems at the ELI need to be updated including the ELI database and grading system. The server will need to be updated. Teacher salaries, especially those of the pool, are well below those offered at PSU. High OPE rates continue to affect the ELI’s ability to raise salaries. The uncertainty caused by the INTO proposal has had an extremely serious effect on morale.

ASC - The Coaching Program has a high impact on individual student success but has our staffing stretched thin with recruiting, training, and working with coaches on presentations and appointments. We are also receiving requests to assist with program development in the colleges and other units. We will not be able to respond to outside requests and we will have to cap the number of appointments we offer unless we have additional FTE.

3. Brief summary of major faculty and student awards

Students:

Cadet (now 2LT) Spencer Hunt was one of only 14 students across the nation selected for the Army Veterinary Program. Cadet (Sophomore) Robin Hofer was a member of the championship NW Division Ranger Challenge (Military Skills) Team. Her team was the best of the 178 programs in Western Region, and she attained the highest physical fitness score of any female cadet in the Western United States. Cadets Tyler Reynolds and Matthew Morneault were among 175 cadets selected nationally as 2008 Itschner Awardees – recognizing outstanding ROTC cadets (junior and senior standing) in an engineering discipline. Cadet Tyler Reynolds was one of only 40 cadets in the nation selected to attend the U.S. Army Sapper school – a grueling month-long test of physical and mental skills for military engineers. These are the first cadets ever to attend this demanding course.

Two CAMP students received the Drucilla Shepard Smith and the Waldo Cummings Award. 2 ID students win Fulbright grants! 8 Gilman recipients (3 for Spring 2008; 5 for Fall 2008); average award of $4000 each. 1 Freeman-Asia scholarship recipient; award of $3000. 2 Oregon Consular Corps scholarship recipients; award of $2500 each. One ID student received the Clara Simerville Award.

Phuong Nguyen, Viet Nam/US. Re-elected to ISOSU officer position.

Clara Simerville award winners—Jyehee Lee and Amy Suter

Hsiao-Yun Chiang Scholarship: Diana Buyantseva

Eunice Naswalie HKN honor society for Electrical and Computer Engineering

Edwin Safo-Kwakye – Society for Black Engineers conference scholarship

Madhurima Bhadra – World Water Week Conference Scholarship Grant award – Stock- holm 2008

OSU Library Advisory Council Student Research award -$1,000 each – Megan Josh and Andrew Seher

Totten Graduating Senior award, $750 Christy Toliver

Alexis Serna and Yuki Lamb were named Pac-10 Medal Winners.

Justin Wagner and Kaylie Towne were named to the 10-member Pac-10 Conference Spring Scholar-Athlete Team.

Lauren Denfeld (track), Jason Ogata (baseball), Jodie Taylor (soccer), Brett Gardner (soccer) and Yuki Lamb (gymnastics) earned Academic All-District for spring.

Jason Ogata (baseball), Jon Young (rowing), Vincent Johnson (golf), Ryan Callahan (soccer), Laura-Ann Chong (gymnastics) and Yuki Lamb (gymnastics) were named to the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards Teams– recognizing outstanding student athletes of color. Johnson and Lamb made the 2006 and 2007 teams, and Callahan was a member in 2007.

Gymnast D’Anna Piro was selected OSU’s College of Health and Human Sciences National Association Sport and Physical Education “Outstanding Major of the Year.” Piro is in the school’s Honor College and is a double major.

Football student athlete Keith Pankey attended the national NCAA Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Five of the Clara H. Waldo and A.E. Cummings Outstanding Student award recipients this year were ELI conversants. Duaa Abdulla A. Alsulaiman, a former ELI student (who began at level 1 and progressed through the program) and who is now enrolled in the pre-pharmacy program at OSU, and Caroline Charlton, ELI conversant, received the Drucilla Shepard Smith 4.0 Scholastic Award.

Rosie Richards, lead Academic Coach and member of the ASC Student Advisory Board was named CLA Outstanding Senior. She will be attending NYU in the fall.

Bisola Atinmo, Supplemental Instruction Leader and David Lee, Learning Strategist were also both named CLA Outstanding Seniors.

Faculty:

Dennis Bennett was reelected to the Pacific Northwest Writing Center Association Board.

Robert Lundeen Research award, $5000 to pursue research projects. Cheryl Middleton/Anne-Marie Deitering

Two ROTC unit faculty earned the Navy-Marine Corps Commendation medal

Results and Outcomes

1. Performance on unit-level metrics (An initial draft will be provided by the Office of Institutional research)

WIC - 370 WIC courses offered, 5,349 students enrolled. 103 participants in WIC events. 10 participants in five-week WIC seminar.

ROTC – Army - Commissioned 16 officers for the Active Army and the Oregon National Guard. Overall GPA increased by .25. A 15% overall increase in program retention. Only two cadets left the university this SY, and one will return in W’09 (military deployment) – only one academic drop. Navy - Commissioned 21 officers into the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Maintained unit GPA of 3.3 (scholarship students) compared to an overall OSU GPA of 2.9. 108 students participated in program. 92.5% on scholarship. 88.9% retention rate of scholarship Freshman. 90.6% retention rate of scholarship Sophomores.

CTL - Workshop Metrics:

Fall 07 Interest Attendance % Faculty % Graduate % Exc. Or Good 349 261 83 17 100 Winter 08 Interest Attendance % Faculty % Graduate % Exc. Or Good 190 112 56 46 99 Spring 08 Interest Attendance % Faculty % Graduate % Exc. Or Good 104 79 57 43 100

Summer Institute on Course Design, 11 faculty, 11 GA’s; no ratings under “good”

CWL – 6,406 students contacts this year (1 contact equals a 30-minute conference).

EOP - 173 graduates. Honor roll students: fall - 230 honorees (30% of total EOP students); winter - 237 honorees (33%); spring - 249 honorees (34%)

IDEA - OSU study abroad total: 485 students abroad – a new record - 20 more than last year. Graduated 16 ID students from CAS, COE, HHS, CLA, COS, UHC. 17 new ID students admitted from CAS, COB, HHS, CLA, COS, UHC. IDEA led 300 First Steps meetings and coordinated two study abroad fairs with over 500 students reached.

ASA - The current retention rate for BEST is 85%. All OSU teams met the NCAA APR requirements. Students on the Football team passed an average of 92% of their credits hours, surpassing comparable OSU male non-athlete students. Women student athletes achieved higher grades, passed more credits, and had fewer warnings, probations, and dismissals than comparable OSU women students. Student athletes (male and female) passed more credits than comparable OSU non-athlete students. Student athletes graduated at a higher rate than comparable OSU non-athlete students. The Federal Graduation Rates have OSU Athletics at 73 percent overall. Student athletes combined to post a 2.90 GPA during fall term 2007 – the second-highest term ever. In fall term 110 Beavers earned University Honor Roll recognition with at least a 3.5 GPA. Twenty- seven student athletes representing 10 sports scored perfect 4.0’s. Sixty-nine student athletes made the Honor Roll for winter term, including 22 with 4.00s. For spring, 62 made the Honor Roll while 20 earned 4.0’s.

IP ASC - # of transactions or requests for service: 2007 2008 Accounting/Financial Mgt. 4990 5233 Human Resources 1022 2833 IT 3545 3179 Misc. 503 866

ELI - Faculty and staff provided SPEAK tests for the Graduate School and departments: (total of 46 tests, each scored by two raters). Administered the Internet-based (iBT) TOEFL test as an official testing center through a contract with Educational Testing Service (ETS) to a total of 360 students on 24 test dates. Issued over 600 I-20s through the ELI SEVIS program.

Supplemental Instruction - 176 supplemental instruction tables in support of Math 111 (3 terms), Math 112 (2 terms), Math 241 (1 term), Math 252 (1 term), ZOO 330 series (3 terms). This support level represents a 116% increase over the previous year. The total student participation in the Supplemental Instruction Study Tables was 1310, a 74% increase over 2006-’07.

ASC - Offered the following courses in 2007-2008: 3 lecture sections of ALS 114 with 18 attached recitations; and 12 sections of ALS 116. We served over 500 students for the academic year. Offering these courses required the recruitment/assignment and training/support of 35 instructors. UESP enrollment was down slightly but overall appointment numbers grew from 4363 appointments in 2006-2007 to 4338 in 2007- 2008. UESP saw an increase of 98 in the number of non-UESP students (currently enrolled and prospective students). The Coaching Program is the fastest growing program at the ASC, with 550 appointments (vs. 100 last year).

UESP Retention Rates Returning Fall 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 term UESP 79.6% 74.2% 76.4% 77.4% 76.1% 81.6% 76.3% OSU (overall) 79.5% 79.5% 80.7% 80.7% 80.3% 80.9% 81.3%

UESP Enrollment 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 Fall 943 967 968 974 1051 1123 1178 Winter 834 834 830 857 904 823 830 Spring 676 694 669 760 761 793 777

Library - 50,509 electronic journal titles. This year we added the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, a collection of 5,128 electronic books.

2. Initiatives to leverage E&G and other base resources and to improve administrative efficiencies

ROTC – Army - $275k increase in scholarship dollars and financial incentives.

CAMP – 50 students participated in the “Path to Scholarships” workshop in November 2007. We expect an increase in the number of scholarships to be awarded to students in 2008-09. CAMP successfully applied and received the following grants: - Additional $32,031.34 from the Department of Education for programming expenses. - $9,818.00 from State Farm for student and parent outreach and financial aid workshops. - $15,626.00 from the TRF funding for the CAMP Laptop Lending Initiative.

CTL - Support grants for development and launching of Course Redesign Summer Institute, June 23-27, 2008: SMART Technologies $ 5,000 Desire2Learn $ 1,000 Qwizdom $ 1,000 Cengage Publishing $ 500

CWL and ASC - The ongoing, close collaboration between the CWL and the Academic Success Center (they share 2 positions) continues to provide resource and personnel efficiencies. The partnership has enabled us to create two new GTA positions and expand the SI program significantly. CWL - Online Portal has proven an invaluable resource, saving us time that would have otherwise been spent in one-on-one, ad hoc training. Writing assistant satisfaction with the quality of our training has remained very high, and trainees report that they think that they are well trained under this new training environment.

DPD - Susan Shaw was invited to give several presentations at Meredith College, a prestigious women’s college in Raleigh, North Carolina. Meredith College made a $1,500 donation to the DPD Program in exchange for the presentations.

EOP - 2nd year of EOP Alumni Scholarship distribution – with other scholarships administered by EOP, total of $58,000. Continued relationship with Kaplan test preparation corporation to provide full scholarships to EOP/SSS/CAMP students Working on EOP scholarship fundraising event in conjunction with Foundation, Athletics, Alumni Association

IDEA - Worked with Oregon Consular Corps to establish a new, high- profile scholarship competition for OSU ID students.

ISFS - Traveled to CSU Northridge in December 2007 and proposed immediate changes in admissions processing. Received $500 grant from the Benton County Cultural Coali- tion for an LCD projector for Crossroads International and ICSP activities at the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center. Received grant from State Department to host OSEAS advisors before the DC NAFSA conference. $45,000 received to date for international student scholarships as part of the Capital Campaign. Partnership with Hong Kong City University resulted in one full scholarship for an ICSP student. New Banner report that lists the students who have withdrawn from a class and run that weekly to help with monitoring.

Library - Oregon Explorer – in collaboration with Institute of Natural Resources leverage gift and E&G funds for a total of $390,646 in new grants.

ASA - Hired full-time Learning Services Coordinator to hire and train tutors and to liaise with the Academic Success Center in providing shared services, resulting in more services and better integration. Sought and received a $33,000 TRF grant that allowed for the purchase of 24 computers, keyboards, mice, and printer toner for the Gill Coliseum computer lab.

ELI - Student services unit is extremely successful in recruiting and using volunteers for work with international students. The volunteers contribute over 3,450 hours to the ELI as conversants, orientation assistants and other jobs in student services. This represents an annual value of approximately $27,427 (figured at $7.95/hr). New systems of assessment and ways to track effectiveness of these systems are now being implemented, as part of the CEA accreditation process. ELI’s inclusion in the BANNER system will result in improved integration into the campus systems.

ASC - Serves as a small service center for Technology Across the Curriculum. ASOSU Educational Activities Committee provides us a yearly budget of roughly $4500 to hire Academic Coaches. Of the 35 instructors for ALS 114, 116 and attached recitations, two are paid through the Ecampus model. The rest teach inline as part of their assignments with ASC and UESP and the others earn internship or project credit through counseling and CSSA. Thus we produce a lot of SCH and student contact at very little cost.