ACADEMIC & STUDENT AFFAIRS Leadership Council Fall 2020

Welcome & Achievements

Eric Carl Link, PhDProvost & Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs

Fall 2020 Achievements

COVID Response • Immense collaborative effort compiling

student and faculty resources for learning and teaching online

• 90% of classes online • 10% F2F with low density

2 New Masters Degree Programs • Professional Accountancy • Artificial Intelligence

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Improved 6-year Graduation Rate• 30% for the first time

Record Enrollment

Science & Technology Building wins 2020 Landmark Award

Enrollment Management

Jimmy Jung, PhDVice President, Enrollment Management

• Fall 2021 enrollment targets and goals• Achieve 15,600 headcount• Make a strong push for Spring 2021 registration• Improve the academic readiness of incoming FTIC• Develop new ways to recruit transfer students• Increase enrollment in new graduate programs

• Improve recruitment and enrollment in the “new normal”• Conduct both in-person and virtual events• Refine and streamline new student onboarding processes• Continue to develop People Soft components to support retention and

degree completion

Enrollment Management Updates

Student Affairs

Meritza Tamez, PhDDean of Students

Accomplishments in Student Affairs

Food Market League of Legends

Championship

Student Needs Survey

Accessible Information

Management

C.A.R.E Initiative CampusGroups

Grant for Disability Services

EXPAND FOOD MARKET

IN-HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES

FY21 Student Affairs Initiatives

FIRST DESTINATION SURVEY

ADD TECHNOLOGY FOR STUDENTS WITH

DISABILITIES & VETERANS

W.I. Dykes Library

Pat EnsorExecutive Director, W.I. Dykes Library

Along with many around the country and the world, we, the staff of the University of Houston-Downtown W.I. Dykes Library, mourn the murder of Houstonian George Floyd. We stand in solidarity with the Black community everywhere and condemn the centuries-long racism and violence of which Mr. Floyd’s murder is an expression.

We acknowledge the shameful history of exclusion of people of color in higher education. In line with the Library’s mission, vision, and values, we pledge to oppose racism and systemic violence against people of color in our campus community, whether intentional or unintentional.Read the rest of the statement here.

UHD W.I. Dykes Library Anti-Racism Statement

FY21 Anti-Racism Initiatives:

1. Develop Library Research Guide on anti-racism. See https://library.uhd.edu/racism

2. Conduct staff book and film discussions using resources from the library's collection

3. Identify ways to be racially accountable to our users and provide concrete avenues to ensure responsiveness

4. Provide online profiles to emphasize the diversity of the library staff5. Recognize the role of social media platforms, particularly Facebook, in

supporting racism, and state the Library’s position on their use as a means of connecting with our users. See Library’s Statement on Facebook.

UHD W.I. Dykes Library

Other Initiatives:• Continuous examination and improvement in offering online library services

such as:• Online reference and research assistance• Online instruction, including numerous video modules• OER/zero cost consultation to faculty to assist in moving their classes

online• Online outreach events to promote Library awareness

• Rigorous examination of electronic resource subscriptions in order to:• Stay within a reduced collection budget, and• Allow procurement of high-need video resources to support online

learning

UHD W.I. Dykes Library

Assessment & Accreditation

Lea Campbell, PhDExecutive Director, Assessment & Accreditation

Helping UHD stay OAAwesome!

Office of Assessment & Accreditation (OAA)

BAAS-AA-Applied Public

Adm & Leadership Grant

17 courses

100% A/B rate for Sum 2020

F2020 Enrollment: 14

Assessment

Reporting:94% of Academic

Programs

100% of Co-curricular/Admin

Units

Establishment of

OAA

OAA staff 3 staff hold leadership positions within state-

wide organizations

1 founding officer1 executive officer2 committee chairs

AccreditationABET: 6-year

renewal for both CIET and SAD

SACSCOC Compliance Audit

OAA Strategic Plan

Helping UHD stay OAAwesome!

OAA AY21 Initiatives

FYIR TimelineFall 2020:

InfrastructureCompliance Audit

Spring 2021: Repot DevelopmentQEP Impact Report

Fall 2021Finalize Report

January 2022: Submit

SACSOC FYIRMarch 2022

Documentation

Survey Repository

Revamped SACSCOC Website

Revamped Gen Ed Website

Revamped OAA Website

AssessmentFocus

100% reporting

Improvement & implementation

Certificates

Revised Deans’ Assessment Plans

Data Analytics & Institutional Research

Nazly Dyer, PhDExecutive Director, Data Analytics & Institutional Research

DA I R To be Data Informed

Vision Promoting data-driven decision-making across the University while supporting data democracy and increasing data literacy to empower stakeholders.

6 Main Pillars

External Reporting Ad Hoc Requests Data Warehouse EAB Navigate Analytics

Dashboards

Federal

State

Internal

External

Development

Testing

Implementation

Training

Support

Development

Maintenance

Data Literacy/ Coaching

UH System

Data Storytelling

Strategies

Insights

Mission Equip decision makers with access to information, analysis, and data. Serve as the official source of institutional data forinternal and external constituents to use for planning, policy forming, and strategic decision making.

[Data Analytics and Institutional Research]

Data Literacy/ Coaching

A c c e l e r a t e d T r a n s f e r A c a d e m yTitle V Grant Supporting Transfer Student Success

88%

7% 5%

72%

26%

2%

Enrolled Not Enrolled Graduated

ATA Non-ATA

Project Director: Krysti Turnquest

ATA students re-enrolled 1 year later at a significantly higher rate than their peers who qualified, but did not enroll in ATA.

Student Success

Scott Marzilli, PhDDean, University College

Support FTIC Students on Probation2019 ARP Program Impact

• 348 Students on Probation after Fall 2019• 95% minority students

• 108 Students Joined ARP• 99% minority students

• 60% vs 31% retained Fall 2020• Total retained Fall 20 = 38%

2019 Student Feedback• 8.9/10 on helpfulness of ARP

Course• 98% Would recommend ARP to a

struggling friend

Policies, Projects, Space Management

Lucy Bowen Executive Director, Academic and Student Affairs

Office of the Provost Project Team

Lucy BowenPortfolio

Management

NatalieBoehm

Resource Management

TaheshiaHobbsProject

Management

ElizabethWadeWeb

Management

Top Five Projects

1. Strategic Planning2. Space Planning3. SACSCOC – FYIR4. Docuware Archive5. Curriculog Update

Faculty & Research Report

Jerry Johnson, PhDAVP, Faculty, Research & Sponsored Programs

Faculty Affairs • Faculty Credentialing Manual & Workflow

• SACSCOC accreditation & 5th-year interim report requires faculty credentialing of instructors

• Current process need improvement• Credentialing manual and digital workflow to improve the

process

• Faculty Onboarding via UHD Tenure Academy• New Faculty orientation needs to expand to year-long

onboarding process• Opportunity to codify the UHD Tenure Academy to develop

onboarding programming• Will enhance faculty enculturation, retention and success.

• Hire Assistant Director of Research Compliance• Compliance creep in the face of ORSP at 50% staffing compared to

peak• Pandemic hiring freeze delay

• Support Grant Development & Submission in Pandemic Environment• Pandemic decreased grant submissions by 50% in the last 6 months• Negative impacts on awards and research expenditures for years• Develop novel mechanisms to support pandemic grant development &

submission

Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (ORSP)

Programming and Curriculum Report

Michelle Moosally, PhDAVP, Programming and Curriculum

Programming and CurriculumCurrent Operations

Distance Education

Study Abroad

Continuing Education

Curriculum

Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning

• Building new curriculum website • Establishing an Office of Impact Learning, starting with an Executive Director hire• Updating policies to address new credentialing options such as undergraduate certificates• Hiring a coordinator of Prior Learning Assessment and creating policy and process • Expanding distance education opportunities and viability for in person offerings• Revising and updating our web presence for UHD’s programs at all levels• Encouraging faculty to identify new program opportunities• Identifying ways to infuse principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion into our curricular

vision• Supporting general education committee efforts

Programming and Curriculum Upcoming

Provost Report

Eric Carl Link, PhDProvost & Senior Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs

Administrative Themes 2020-2021

1. Strategic Planning2. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 3. Program Development and Assessment 4. Student Success and Service 5. Pandemic Response, Health, and Safety

Questions?