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USF-Polytechnic STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM - 2010 ANNUAL REPORT University of South Florida--Polytechnic Approved by the USF System BOT, December 16th, 2010 1 University of South Florida 2010 Annual Report USF Polytechnic Enrollments # % Degree Programs Offered (As of Spr. 10) Carnegie Classification TOTAL Undergraduate 1,299 100% TOTAL 16 (Fall 2009) Instructional Program: Black 129 10%Baccalaureate 11 Graduate Instructional Hispanic 124 10%Master’s & Specialist’s 5 Program: White 976 75%Research Doctorate 0 Enrollment Profile: SEPARATE CLASSIFICATION Other 70 5%Professional Doctorate 0 Undergraduate Profile: PENDING Full-Time 509 39%Faculty Full- Size and Setting: Part-Time Part-Time 790 61% (Fall 2009) Time Basic: Undergraduate 1,055 81% TOTAL 30 5 Graduate 201 15% Tenure/T. Track 19 0 Elective Classification: Unclassified 43 3% Other Faculty/Instr. 11 5 BOARD OF GOVERNORS – STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM GOAL 1: ACCESS TO AND PRODUCTION OF DEGREES (with 2010 University Work Plan "Targets" in Red) Baccalaureate Degrees Graduate Degrees Baccalaureate Degrees Baccalaureate by Group as Awarded Awarded Awarded by Group Percentage of Total USF Baccalaureates 300 363 90 131 120 45% 80 250 100 40% 70 35% 60 200 80 30% 50 25% 150 60 40 78 20% 38.9% 38.1% 254 97 15% 11.6% 100 205 30 40 29 79 10.3% 46 10% 20 21 50 20 5% 10 26 8.4% 10.4% 17 0% 0 0 0 2005-06 2009-10 2005-06 2009-10 Research & Master's 2005-06 2009-10 2005-06 2009-10 Bachelor's Professional Doctorates 2005-06 2009-10 2005-06 2009-10 Black Hispanic Pell Pell Hispanic Black 2012 - 2013 Projected Institutional Contributions in RED PRINT. BOARD OF GOVERNORS – STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM GOAL 2: MEETING STATEWIDE PROFESSIONAL AND WORKFORCE NEEDS (with 2010 University Work Plan "Targets" in Red) USF Polytechnic Baccalaureate Degrees Awarded in Graduate Degrees Awarded in Licensure Pass Rates Select Areas of Strategic Emphasis, Select Areas of Strategic 100% 2009-10 Emphasis, 2009-10 Increase in STEM and Education, Increase in all 80% Maintain in Health 25 12 60% 20 10 Data applicable to USF System and Tampa 15 8 40% 22 6 11 10 20% 4 5 2 0% 0 1 Nursing Medicine Step 1 Medicine Step 2 Medicine Step 2 0 Knowledge CK Bachelor's Master's Doctorates STEM STEM Health Professions Health Professions Education-Critical Shortage Areas Education-Critical Shortage Areas First-Time Pass Rate, 2009 State/National Benchmark, 2009 BOARD OF GOVERNORS – STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM GOAL 3: BUILDING WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH CAPACITY (2010 University Work Plan "Targets" in Red) Academic Research and Development University Innovations Generating Revenue Through Expenditures Technology Transfer: Millions $10 Licenses and Licensing Revenue $0.0 30 $8 $0.0 25 $6 $0.0 20 Development/Research data is a USF $4 $0.0 Data applicable to USF System and Tampa 15 system-wide function $0.0 10 $2 $0.0 5 $0 $0.0 0 Federal Only Total - All Sources Licensing Income 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Licenses & Options Executed 2004-05 2008-09 Licensing Income Licenses & Options Executed Projected Institutional Contributions in RED PRINT (2012 - 2013 for TOTAL Degrees in Areas of Strategic Emphasis; 2012 for NCLEX; 2011 -2012 for R&D, Licences, and Licensing Revenue). RESOURCES, EFFICIENCIES, AND EFFECTIVENESS (with 2010 University Work Plan "Targets" in Red) USF Polytechnic Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates Student-to-Faculty Ratio 25 FTICs - Yr Rates for FTIC Cohorts-6 2004-2010 20 Data not available for parsing. 15 FTICs- 2000-2006 10 5 0 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Yr Rates for AA Transfer Cohorts-4 AATs - Data not available for parsing. 2006-2010 Funding Per Student FTE** AATs - 65.7% 2009-13 2002-2006 Target: 76.0% $40,000 $35,000 $30,000 5-Yr Rates for Other* Transfer Cohorts $25,000 $20,000 Others - Data not available for parsing. 2005-2010. $15,000 $10,000 Others - Target: Increase 2008-13 2001-2006 $5,000 $0 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 General Revenue Per FTE Lottery Funds Per FTE Graduated from USF Graduated from Other SUS Institution Other Trust Funds Per FTE Student Fees Per FTE Still Enrolled at USF Still Enrolled in Other SUS Institution Total Per FTE * The composition of "Other Transfer" cohorts may vary greatly by institution ** FTE for this metric uses the standard IPEDS definition of FTE, equal to 30 and by year. credit hours for undergraduates and 24 for graduates. Graduation Rate from SAME Institution - Projected Institutional Contributions in RED PRINT. University of South Florida-Polytechnic Key University Achievements Note: Limit to one-page. Enter a maximum of three issues per ► Research awards/achievements category. Only use 11-point Book Antiqua font. 1. Three new University centers were submitted to the USF System President for approval: USF Polytechnic ► Student awards/achievements Center for Energy Innovation; USF Polytechnic Blue Sky Center for Incubation Innovation; and USF 1. The Campus Climate Survey indicated that 96% of 337 Polytechnic Center for Policy Analysis, Research & of our home campus students feel the quality of Evaluation. academic programs at USF Polytechnic is excellent, and 97.6% of 337 of our home campus students would 2. Three research labs were established: RFID recommend USF Polytechnic to their siblings or friends Applications Lab, the Food Quality and Safety as a good place to go to college. Research and Development Lab, and the Applied Neurosciences Lab. ► Faculty awards/achievements 3. The Florida Institute for Phosphate Research was renamed the Florida Institute for Industrial and 1. Twenty-two new faculty were hired for AY 2009-2010 Phosphate Research and established administratively from high quality institutions, e.g., Rensselaer in USF Polytechnic in the 2009-2010 legislative session. Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Lehigh University, Purdue ► Institutional awards/achievements University, University of Georgia, University of Arizona, University of Pittsburgh, Indiana University, 1. $52.5 million in funding for construction and University of Hawaii. infrastructure has been secured, with $35 million in private support raised by Dr. Marshall Goodman, ► Program awards/achievements Campus Executive Officer. 1. The M.S. in Information Technology was approved by the USF Board of Trustees with targeted implementation for summer 2011. Approved by the USF System BOT, December 16th, 2010 INTRODUCTION Tech Corridor.” The FHTC’s establishment has helped to focus those University of South Florida, Polytechnic inside and outside the state on the tremendous potential of technology-driven economic development within Florida. Mission The University of South Florida Polytechnic is committed to In 2008, the Central Florida Development Council hired SRI excellence in interdisciplinary and applied learning; to the application International, an independent research firm, to conduct a detailed of cutting-edge research and technology to real world needs; and to analysis of the region’s current economic strengths and opportunities. collaborative partnerships that support economic, social, and The resulting “cluster analysis” study identified seven industry community development. sectors that were already represented in the regional economy and http://www.poly.usf.edu/AboutUs/StrategicPlan.html primed for future growth: research and engineering services; logistics and supply chain management; life science and medical services; Vision education and government; construction and real estate; business and The University of South Florida Polytechnic will be a premier financial services; agriculture and agritechnology. destination campus for applied learning, research and innovative technology. Our students and graduates will inspire and lead change, As the region’s public and private sectors mobilize to explore and locally and internationally. cultivate the industry clusters identified in the SRI International http://www.poly.usf.edu/AboutUs/StrategicPlan.html cluster study, USF Polytechnic has aligned the institution’s design with its socio-economic context, providing a distinct focus for the Context development of its new campus on I-4, its colleges and its academic Effective July 1, 2008, Florida Statute 1004.345 established The programs. University of South Florida Polytechnic, a separate organizational and budget entity of The University of South Florida, intended to operate USF Polytechnic’s I-4 campus is being developed as a unique under separate accreditation from the Southern Association of “bioscape,” designed by world-renowned architect, Dr. Santiago Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Calatrava. The campus context will emerge as an unprecedented synthesis of architecture, design, engineering, agriculture and As the USF System has evolved, it has dramatically expanded access sustainability – a living example of the research, academic and social to Florida residents and highly motivated students from around the missions of USF Polytechnic. world. The diversity of its four campuses will continue to accommodate the development of distinctive models of higher The structure of USF Polytechnic’s three interdisciplinary colleges education – what the USF Board of Trustees has described as “mission reflects its commitment to interdisciplinary and applied learning. The differentiation” – to serve the current and emerging education, College of Technology and Innovation houses the divisions of research and economic development needs of the state, nation and Innovation Management,
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