HACU Conference October 10, 2015

Sue Henderson, Ph.D President, City University Things to be addressed

• Demographics. • Creang a culture that emphasizes serving students for all employees • The roles that faculty, staff and administrators have in creang both a successful student culture, but also a culture in which underrepresented staff, faculty, and administrators can thrive. • Insights gathered over me about how you navigate leadership with an eye on student success. • Special challenges/opportunies you see at the 4-year public in terms of both being truly Hispanic-Serving and providing career opportunies for advancement for tradionally underrepresented populaons. • Advice to those looking to advance along their career trajectories and so you may wish to provide general advice on the maer. Increase in Workforce 2012 to 2020

28%

Race: 24% White 3% Black 10% Asian 24%

Ethnicity: 10% Hispanic origin 28% Other than Hispanic origin 1% 3% White non-Hispanic -2% White Black Asian Hispanic origin

Source: hp://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_303.htm

HISPANICS ACCOUNT FOR GROWING SHARE OF LABOR FORCE GROWTH

Jersey City

Jersey City 37%

29%

25% 24%

14%

White African Asian Other/Not Hispanic of any American Specified race NJCU Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Other/Not Specified, 11%

Hispanic, 35% Asian, 9%

African American, 21%

White, 25% NJCU Staff Diversity

Staff

Other/Not specified 2% Asian 11%

White 34%

African American 32%

Hispanic 21% NJCU FT Faculty Diversity

Faculty

Asian 12%

African American 14%

Hispanic White 9% 65% All managers: n=96

other/not specified Asian 4% 5% African American 19%

Male Female 48% 52%

Hispanic White 16% 56% Georgetown University’s Center on Educaon and the Workforce • By 2020, 65% of jobs naonwide will require post-secondary educaon ü Will be higher in 27 states and District of Columbia • Level of post-secondary educaon required ü 33% some college/associate’s degree ü 23% bachelor’s degree ü 11% master’s degree or beer • Almost all states have current aainment below future required levels

Source: Recovery, Job Growth and Educaon Requirements through 20102. Georgetown Center on Educaon and Workforce Development Earnings Disparity Between Young Adults With and Without a College Degree, 1965-2013

Graph source: Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data

Pell Instute: Bachelor Degree Aainment by Age 24 for Dependent Family Members

Source: Pell Instute, 2015, Indicators of higher Educaon Equity in the United States, 45 Year Trend Report 6-Year Graduaon by Ethnicity, Public Instuons, 2007 Cohort

68% 61% 60%

51%

40% 40%

Asian/Pacific White Two or more Hispanic Black/African American Islander races American Indian/Alaskan Nave

Source: Digest of Educaon Stascs 6-Year Graduaon by Selecvity, Public Instuons, 2007 Cohort

85%

64% 61% 54% 47%

33%

Open 90% or more 75-89.9% 50-74.9% 25-49.9% Less 25% admissions accepted accepted accepted accepted accepted

Source: Digest of Educaon Stascs

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Graph source: The Washington Post, “Five facts about household debt in the United States,” Aug. 15, 2013 Inequality Has Increased With Each Expansion in the Postwar Era

Graph source: The New York Times, “The Benefits of Economic Expansions Are Increasingly Going to the Richest Americans,” Sept. 26, 2014 GALLUP PURDUE STUDY

• What does a great life look like? – 1. Purpose, liking what you do each day- – 2. Social – having strong and supporve relaonships – 3. Financial- effecvely managing your economic life – 4. Community – sense of engagement in the community – 5. Physical – having good health and energy GALLUP PURDUE STUDY

My professor made me excited about learning 63% My professor cared about me as a person 27% A mentor encouraged me to pursue my goals 22% A project that took a semester to complete 32% An internship that applied classroom learning 29% Acve in extra-curricular acvies 20%

Percentage that experienced all six factors 3%

What NJCU is doing to increase:

• student retenon • student – faculty engagement • student engagement on campus • student opportunity for employment • faculty and staff engagement and opportunity • community engagement Retention & Graduation The Murky Middle

25 Student Success Iniave

• Advisement • Financial literacy • Connected student services – Bursar – Registrar – Financial aid – Admissions • Fieen to Finish

Engaging students

• Student Research – LSAMP – Title V grants – Pharmaceucal connecons • Student internships – School of Business, History, English – Educaon, Art, MDT, Security Studies, Criminal Jusce • Abroad Experiences • Internaonal Students, Naonal Student Exchange

NJCU Student Government Organizaon Sociees, Associaons and Clubs

• SGO Execuve Board • FELA • Freshman – Senior Classes • FLOW (Future Leaders of • Alternate Dispute Resoluon Wring) Society (ADR Society) • Knight Grass Roots • American Medical Student • Gothic Stage Associaon • Gothic XP • Art Therapy Associaon • Health Science Student • Biology Club Organizaon • Black Freedom Society • Muslim Student Associaon • Business Society • Naonal Student Exchange • Caribbean Student Associaon • Peers Educaon Peers • Campus Crusade for Christ • Psychology Society (CRU) • The Learning Communies • Fashion Org. (TLC) NJCU Greek Senate Members

• Sorority, Inc. (African • Sorority, Inc. (Lana) American) • Fraternity, Inc. (Lano) • Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (African • Sorority, Inc. American) (Mulcultural) • Fraternity, Inc. (co-ed • Sorority, Inc. Service) (Mulcultural) • Sorority, Inc. (Lana) • Fraternity, Inc. (African • Fraternity, Inc. (African American) American) • Phi Chi Epsilon Sorority, Inc. • Fraternity, Inc. (African (Mulcultural) American) • Psi Fraternity, Inc. • Lambda Pi Upsilon Sorority, Inc. (Lana) (Mulcultural) • Fraternity, Inc. • Fraternity, Inc. (Lano) (Tradional) • Sorority, Inc. • Fraternity, Inc. (Mulcultural) (Tradional Women’s Fraternity) • Sorority, Inc. (African American) Confucius Instute at NJCU to Focus on Chinese Language and Culture Catalyst for Opportunity in Region and Beyond • Jersey City, NJ – New Jersey City University (NJCU) will open the doors to a Confucius Instute designed to provide educaon on Chinese language and culture. • The Confucius Instute will enable NJCU to emphasize internaonal opportunies for students and faculty with a partner university in China, Jilin Huaqiao University of Foreign Languages in Jilin Province, one of the largest private universies in China. Faculty and Staff Development

• Improving the pipeline • Ensuring a diverse workforce Presidents Diversity Council

• The NJCU President’s Diversity Council (PDC) promotes collaboraon and communicaon by bringing together internal and external representaves from constuency groups commied to actualizaon NJCU’s diversity goals and objecves. • The PDC will examine and make recommendaons regarding instuonal priories that align with NJCU’s strategic plan. • Their work will lead to focused and intenonal outcomes centered on diversity, supporng NJCU’s diverse communies. Priories

• 1. Ensure faculty and administraon diversity to reflect student body diversity • 2. Establish a climate across the university in which open and respecul conversaons for addressing experiences of discriminaon/-isms/macroaggressions can be had and where interseconal experiences of identy related to these are understood. • 3. Broaden programming and support a culture where there is diversity in parcipaon and aendance at events.

Other Associaons

• Lee Hagan Center • Council for Hispanic Affairs • BASSFSO - Moving Forward

• Recognizing and celebrang diversity • ‘walking in the other’s shoes’ • Coming together around a common goal – student success and academic quality

• NJCU is commied to educang students from a diverse populaon by providing them with a first rate degree that includes rich engagement with faculty, internships and abroad experiences at a modest price, ensuring that they leave with minimal debt and secure a sound first and second job.