[POST-CEIT-facultycouncil] update from board of trustees related to classroom space and new programs

[Michele Dornisch]

>From the summary notes from the meeting of the Board of Trustees on April 7, 2015

Jeff Kane and George Baroudi and a new hire (didn't catch his name) gave a presentation on plans concerning educational technology.  One prong of this is new investment in classrooms on both campuses that will bring a new generation of smart classrooms into use beyond our current hook-up-the-laptop-and-project.  This will include touch-sensitive boards, "lecture capture" [editorial comment: this sounded like a technology that would make it easy for a student to avoid coming to class, but I could be wrong], and data capture of levels of mastery of learning. Another prong is to improve student access to computer interfaces through which they transact business with the university.  A third prong is to develop very selectively on-line education.  The new hire (who seems to have examined data on this) said that there is probably little likelihood that we will offer undergraduate on-line education as there is a lot of good players (Arizona State, UNH) in the field already and "our price point" will make it difficult to compete with them.  However, they believe there is a market for career-based adults.  Hence, the near-term focus will be on master's degrees in accounting, business administration, computer science, nursing, and project management, and on doctoral degrees in business and management, entrepreneurship, higher ed. administration, nurse practitioner, social work, and technology management.

Jackie Nealon then presented on enrollment and retention.  First of all, she pointed out that LIU's freshman retention rate had risen 7% in one year, which she called phenomenal.  She then described a series of targeted strategies to increase applications and to turn acceptances into enrollments.  They included assigning recruiters to regions armed with much more data about individual schools, increasing participation in college fairs, engagement with national high school honor societies to increase LIU's visibility, etc.  Her office is also encouraging applicants to file their FAFSA forms as early as possible so that LIU can offer its financial aid packages to them more quickly.


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Michele M. Dornisch, Ph.D.
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