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State of the Campus

Faculty Senate Retreat

August 28, 2015

Class of 2019

Class of 2019 4,722 freshmen +1,430 transfer students =

*6,152 new students on campus

Average ACT – *27

Average GPA – *3.9

*preliminary data

Class of 2019 Nearly 50% have 4.0 or greater

12% honors students

15% out of state

Undergraduate Education

Degrees Conferred6344 6519

6882 6791 6688 6874

4279 4523 4730 4621 4560 4750

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Undergraduate EducationQuality

Our students get better every year

Already in Top 25

ACT Equivalent:

75th/25th percentile -- 29/24

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UT Knoxville Top 25 Target Peers

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CurrentGap: -5 points

First to Second Year Retention

Gap: -6 points

Both UT Knoxville and Top 25 Target Peers improved retention rates; UT Knoxville narrowed the gap to 5 percentage points.

First to Second Year RetentionUT Knoxville vs. Top 25 Peers

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Six-Year Graduation RateUT Knoxville elevated graduation rates at a greater pace than peers and closed the gap by one-third.

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Gap: -10 points

Six-year graduation for our most recent cohort (Fall 2008) is *70% (preliminary)

Gap: -15 points

Six-Year Graduation Rate

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Four-Year Graduation Rate

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Graduate Education

Graduate EducationProgress

More investment in assistantships

Centrally-funded “Top Offs” to attract stellar students

New programs

Increase in external awards (i.e. NSF Graduate

Research Fellowships)

Expanded services

Assistantships

$31.80 $34.28

$36.58 $39.26 $39.30

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

INVESTMENT IN ASSISTANTSHIPS

in millions24%

Graduate Assistantships

2,237 2,285 2,322 2,405 2,363

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Students Receiving Assistantships 2010 to 2014

$14,128 $14,726

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Median Assistantship per student 2010 to 2014

The number of students receiving assistantships remained relatively flat, but the median value of assistantships has increased since 2010.

Ph.D. Degrees Conferred

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Gap= -209 Gap= -257

Both UT Knoxville and Top 25 target peers increased Ph.D. degree production.

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Ph.D. Degrees Conferred

Masters and Professional Degrees

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STEM Degrees

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Bredesen Center

Faculty

FacultyUndergraduate Student to Tenure-Line Faculty Ratio

19 to 1

Comparable to Top 25

Ahead of 4 Top 25 Target Peers

Texas A&M, Indiana, Michigan State, Clemson


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Faculty Salaries (assistant professor)

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UT Knoxville Gap between UT and Top 25 Target

Faculty Salaries (assistant professor)

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Faculty Salaries (full professor)

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$130K

Faculty Salaries (full professor)

Professorships

Chancellor’s Faculty Support challenge

$21 M in new gifts

Commitments to 66 faculty awards

16% of full-time, tenure-line faculty (176) supported

Professorships

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Education Nursing Campus-wide

Chancellor’ Faculty Support ChallengeNumber of New Faculty Awards Funded

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Tenured Tenure-Track

The number of full-time tenure-line faculty increased since 2010.

FacultyAwards

Over 60 prestigious national awards since 2010

Examples:

National Academies (4) – Dean, Zinkle, Simberloff, Pharr

NEH (7)

National Science Foundation Career (13)

Fulbright (27)

American Council of Learned Societies (4)

Research

ResearchFederal Research Expenditures

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UT Knoxville increased Federal Research Expenditures and reduced the gap to Top 25 peers.

*From NSF Higher Education Research & Development Survey. Reflects FY 2013 data. Includes UT Knoxville and UTIA.

Gap= -112

ResearchFederal Research Expenditures

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ResearchTotal Research Expenditures

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Gap:-$237M

Total research expenditures also increased, and the gap to Top 25 target peers decreased.

Gap:-$262M


ResearchTotal Research Expenditures

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$261 M


Infrastructure & Resources

Infrastructure and Resources Progress

Sustainability

Efficiencies

Steam plant

Infrastructure and Resources

Construction has had a dramatic impact

New buildings

Student Union-Phase 1, Tickle Engineering,

Haslam Music Center, Mossman Science

Building, Fred Brown Hall

Development and Alumni$235 MMost in school history!

Development and Alumni

Groundbreaking year

Drastically increased donor base

Emphasis on gifts of <$100

Improved alumni engagement and giving

Athletics

Athletics Commitment to Comprehensive Excellence

3.04 cumulative GPA – 2nd highest ever

10 teams earned GPAs of 3.0 or higher

60% of student athletes – 3.0 or higher

Athletics Women’s basketball, softball,

volleyball – 100% graduation

Cierra Burdick – Torchbearer

VOLeaders Academy

• USA Today study

• 24 NCAA schools

are self-sufficient

• UT is 24th

AthleticsSchool Difference

#1 Oregon $83,496,867

#2 Ohio State $31,295,680

#3 Alabama $27,053,045

#4 Texas A&M $22,570,932

#5 Oklahoma $15,859,994

#6 Michigan $15,091,510

#7 LSU $10,733,546

#8 Washington $10,628,371

#9 Florida $10,612,847

#10 Kansas State $9,010,517

#24 Tennessee $95,878

Nationally competitive program that emphasizes

excellence in athletics and academic

Financial sustainability

Focus on student athletes

Development of a substantial financial reserve fund

Goals for Athletics

Challenges

Challenges/Issues Tuition income is critical to our finances

Faculty productivity and the value of what they do

Additional emphasis on graduate education

Role of faculty in “competition” agenda

Challenges/Issues Effective use of resources

External influences

Sustained and urgent commitment to our

“Journey”

Challenges/Issues

Going Forward

Momentum

We are moving in a strong, positive direction

A Caring Professor…

“College graduates…were three times as likely to be thriving in their well-being if connected with a professor on the campus who stimulated them, cared about them, and encouraged their hopes and dreams.”

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