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Accountable to U 2003-04 University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report 04 - 0111 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Accountable to U 2003-04 University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report Office ofthe Executive Vice President and Provost University ofMinnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota February 2004 Accountable to U 2003-04 University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost University ofMinnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota February 2004 Contact: Office ofthe Executive Vice President and Provost University ofMinnesota 234 Morrill Hall 100 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-625-0051 www.evpp.umn.edu This publication is available in alternative formats upon request. Please contact Sandra Ecklein, 612-625-0051. The University ofMinnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. The University's mission, carried out on multiple campuses and throughout the state, is threefold: research and discovery, teaching and learning, and outreach and public service. Contents Cited Minnesota Statutes for This Report Executive Summary and Self-Assessment Scorecard 1 President's and Board Chair's Overview 5 1: Profile of the University ofMinnesota A. 10 Things to Know About the U ofM 6 B. Academic Priorities 7 2: Twin Cities Campus A. Campus Profile 19 B. Academic Quality 20 C. Academic Health Center 34 D. University Libraries 35 E. University Research 39 F. Undergraduate Students 47 G. Graduate and First-Professional Students 59 H. Intercollegiate Athletics 67 1. Human Resources 71 J. Campus Facilities and Environment 78 Duluth Campus 3: Chancellor's Overview 81 A. Campus Profile 82 B. Academic Priorities 83 C. Students 88 D. Intercollegiate Athletics 95 E. Human Resources 96 F. Endowment and Annual Giving 100 Morris Campus 4: Chancellor's Overview 101 A. Campus Profile 102 B. Academic Priorities 103 C. Students 105 D. Intercollegiate Athletics 111 E. Human Resources 111 Contents (continued) 5: Crookston Campus Chancellor's Overview 117 A. Campus Profile 118 B. Academic Priorities 119 C. Students 120 D. Intercollegiate Athletics 126 E. Human Resources 126 6: Rochester Campus 131 7: Public Engagement - Access and Outreach A. Technology Commercialization 137 B. University ofMinnesota Extension Service 140 C. Research and Outreach Centers 142 D. State Economic Impact 143 E. State Social Impact 144 F. Council on Public Engagement 144 G. Citizen Satisfaction 145 8: Efficiency and Effectiveness A. Enhanced Service and Productivity 149 B. Information Technology Initiatives 150 C. Technology-Enhanced Learning 152 D. Efficiency ofFacilities 154 9: Finances A. Revenues and Expenditures 156 B. Annual Financial Statements 157 C. Debt Management 161 D. Key Ratios 162 E. Return on Invested Assets 164 F. Endowment and Annual Giving 165 G. Internal Allocation ofState Appropriations 171 H. Leveraging Other Resources 172 Appendices A: Key Data Sources and Web Links 173 B: List ofTables and Figures 175 C: Report Contributors 183 D: Board of Regents 185 Cited Minnesota Statutes for University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report Minnesota Session Laws 2003, Chapter B3-S.F. No. 675: An act relating to higher education; appropriating money for educational and related purposes to the higher education services office, board oftrustees ofthe Minnesota state colleges and universities, board ofregents of the university ofMinnesota... Article I, Section 4, Subd. 6. Accountability: The board shall continue to submit the data and information enumerated in Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 4, subdivision 5, in the board's university plan, performance, and accountability report. For the purposes ofthose reports, a first generation student is a student neither ofwhose parents received any postsecondary education. Minnesota Session Laws 2001, 1sl Special Session, Chapter I-S.F. Noll: An act relating to education; appropriating money for education and related purposes to the higher education services office, board oftrustees ofthe Minnesota state colleges and universities, board ofregents ofthe University ofMinnesota... Article 1, Section 4, Subd. 5. Accountability: (a) By February 1 ofeach even-numbered year, the board must submit a report to the chairs ofthe appropriate education committees ofthe legislature describing the following: (1) how it allocated the state appropriations made to the system in the omnibus higher education funding bill in the odd-numbered year; (2) the tuition rates and fees set by the board; and (3) the amount ofstate money used to leverage money from other funding sources and the level ofsupport from those sources. (b) By February 15,2002, and each odd-numbered year, thereafter, the board ofregents ofthe University of Minnesota must submit a report to the commissioner offmance and the chairs ofthe higher education finance committees delineating: (1) the five undergraduate degree programs determined to be ofhighest priority to the system, and the revenue necessary to advance each program to be a center ofexcellence; (2) the reallocation ofmoney and curricular and staffing changes, by campus and program, made to advance the system's priorities; (3) baseline data, and the methodology used to measure, the number offirst generation students admitted systemwide, together with a plan to increase both the recruitment and retention through graduation ofthese students; (4) progress towards increasing the percentage ofstudents graduating within four, five, and six years as reported in IPEDS. Data should be provided for each institution by race, ethnicity, and gender. Data provided should include information on successful retention strategies and the money allocated to enhance student retention; (5) progress towards increasing the revenue received, from all sources, to support research activities. Data provided should include information on the increase in funding from each source; and (6) progress ofthe academic health center in meeting the goals and outcomes in paragrajJh (c) iriCfiiamg howm6riey appropriateaITomthe me-dicaleriaowmerifhiriacoritribiitea to·meeting specific workforce training and health education goals for the academic health center. (c) The Academic Health Center, in cooperation with the department ofhealth, shall: (1) develop new strategies for health care delivery and professional training in this state that takes into account the changing racial and ethnic composition ofthis state; (2) develop new strategies to meet the health care workforce needs in the state; and (3) base these strategies on analysis ofthe population's health status and opportunities for improvement. Executive Summary "...[The regents shall] make a report annually, to the Legislature...exhibiting the state and progress of the University...and such other information as they may deem proper, or may from time to time be required of them." - University charter, 1851 Territorial Laws, Chapter 3, Section 16 Since the University ofMinnesota's inception, The first report was published in 200 I; a 2002­ citizens, the state legislature, the federal 03 update was produced in December 2002. government, the Board ofRegents, alumni, The 2003-04 edition is the third produced for students, parents, employers, and many others the Board ofRegents. have held the University accountable for fulfilling its fundamental land-grant mission of For the first time, Accountable to U: 2003-04 teaching, research, and outreach. University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report represents the Over the years, the ways in which the University's principal annual report to the University has demonstrated its accountability State, as mandated by the 2003 Legislature. and its progress in meeting mission-related goals have been many - legislative reports and Organization ofthe Report testimony, financial reports, accreditation reviews, and collegiate and unit annual reports The 2003-04 report provides an overview of to their constituencies. the University ofMinnesota and its academic priorities (Section I), accountability measures Origins ofthe Report for each campus (Sections 2-6), as well as University-wide measures related to public In 2000, the Regents asked University engagement (Section 7), efficiency and administration to review three institutional effectiveness (Section 8), and finances reports - the institutional measures, the unit (Section 9). compact plans, and the annual academic plan and report - to determine the feasibility of The Executive Summary represents the initial providing a single, consolidated report each effort ofthe University's executive leadership year rather than three individual reports. to develop a concise self-assessment of University performance, as requested by the In November 2000, the Board approved the Board ofRegents. The Self-Assessment creation ofthe University Plan, Performance, Scorecard includes seven performance areas: andAccountability Report. In its resolution, academic quality, student quality and the Board noted that it "...holds itself experience, public engagement, human accountable to the public for accomplishing resources, campus facilities and environment, the mission ofthe University" and that the efficiency and effectiveness, and finances. report was to become the principal annual documentation ofthat accountability. Following the scorecard in each area are key findings that were instrumental
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