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Chancellor Rick Caulfield
Spring Startup 2017
UAS: Looking
Forward in a Time of
Change
UAS & Strategic Pathways
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
■ Why we exist: Student
Learning & Success
■ The Big Picture
■ UA Strategic Pathways
■ UAS priorities & budget
■ How you can be involved
UAS and Strategic Pathways
UAS & Strategic Pathways
UAS MISSION
STUDENT LEARNING &
SUCCESS….enhanced by faculty scholarship, undergraduate
research and creative activities, community
engagement, and the cultures and environment of
Southeast Alaska.
UAS and Strategic Pathways
UAS & Strategic Pathways
UAS IN BRIEF
■ STUDENT PROFILE
◻ Total students: 3,000
◻ 72% part-time; 66% female
◻ 15% Alaska Native
◻ Median age: 29 years
◻ 49% credits earned online
■ INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE
◻ 300 employees
◻ $55M budget
◻ $36M payroll
◻ -18.3% budget (2015-17)
UAS & Strategic Pathways
THE BIG PICTURE
A CHANGING ALASKA ECONOMY
• From the age of oil to a 21st century
Knowledge Economy
• Major decline in oil revenues
• Need for new education & skills
• Alaska’s deficit: one of America’s lowest
college-going states
• Overcoming the deficit: “65% by 2025”
UAS & Strategic Pathways
THE BIG PICTURE
SOUTHEAST ALASKA’S ECONOMY
2010-2015
• Population & Labor Force +4% (millennials ++)
• Unemployment -1%
• Government -5%
• Tourism +4%
• Seafood +10%
• Maritime +16%
• Healthcare 0%
• Construction +1%
• Mining +48%
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WHY STRATEGIC PATHWAYS?
■ Alaska’s budget challenges
■ UA needs a sustainable fiscal plan
■ Positioning UA to create a 21st century workforce
■ Education for jobs that don’t yet exist
■ More Alaskan teachers hired: 90% by 2025
■ Meeting the needs of Southeast Alaska, and our
entire state
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UAS & STRATEGIC PATHWAYS
Areas of strength
Biology/Marine Biology/Fisheries/Environ Science
Management & MPA
Teacher education and educational leadership
Marine trades
Mine training
Interdisciplinary degrees
Alaska Native languages/Northwest Coast Arts
Adult degree completion
UAS & Strategic Pathways
STRATEGIC PATHWAYS PROCESS
PHASE ONE
FALL 2016
PHASE TWO
WINTER 2016
PHASE THREE
SPRING 2017
• Engineering
• Business
• Teacher education
• Athletics
• Research admin
• IT
• Procurement
• Community campuses
• eLearning
• Health
• Fisheries
• HR
• Student Affairs
• University Relations
• Social sciences
• Arts & humanities
• Physical sciences
• Mine training
• Finance
• Risk management
• Land management
• Facilities
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STRATEGIC PATHWAYS:
Teacher Education
UAS recognized as lead university
Extraordinary support due to UAS productivity
The goal: 90% Alaskan teacher-hires by 2025
The challenge ahead: Creating a new UA
statewide College of Education
July 1, 2017: Report due about implementation
UAS and Strategic Pathways
UAS & Strategic Pathways
STRATEGIC PATHWAYS:
Opportunities
Exceptional student experiences: on campus and online
High impact learning opportunities
Teacher education and educational leadership
Undergraduate fisheries & mariculture
Alaska Native languages & Northwest Coast Arts
Online degree options
Finish College Alaska/adult degree completion
Mining, Marine & Construction Trades
Future possibilities: Maritime Academy
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UA BUDGET PLANNING
Recent impacts: -18% (FY2015-17)
FY18 Regents proposal:
$341M Operating
$50M Capital--Deferred Maintenance
Strategic Investments: $13.2M
5% tuition increase
Governor’s proposal: $325M (same as 2017)
For planning purposes: -5% scenario
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UAS BUDGET PLANNING
Focus on mission & priorities:
Increase enrollment
Improve retention
Improve IT services
Be a leader in Instructional Design
Strengthen the Baccalaureate Experience
Increase Diversity and Equity
Enhance Safety and Security, including Title IX
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LOOKING FORWARD IN
CHALLENGING TIMES
Remembering why we’re here: student learning &
success
Acknowledging challenge of change—tough on
morale
Supporting our students and each other
Focusing on what is special about UAS: our three
campuses
Get involved: school/campus, governance groups,
Strategic Planning & Budget Advisory Committee
Thank you!
Gunalchéesh!
Questions?