STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS May 14 2013

STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS May 14, 2013

STATUS UPDATES

ENROLLMENT 2013 -14 • The campus resident FTES target for 2013 -14 is 16, 546; an increase of 1. 2% from 2012 -13. • This summer we are offering courses through self-support special sessions, as well as select state-supported classes.

ENROLLMENT 2012 -13 UPDATE Academic Year 2012 – 2013¹ • Student-to-Faculty Ratio (SFR): 22. 5 • Average class size: 27. 7 ¹Excludes UNIV, Library, Athletics, and Honors courses and spring quarter 2013 data is preliminary.

PROGRAM IMPACTION UPDATE Received approval to continue impaction for first-time freshmen, upper division transfers and the following programs for AY 2014 -2015: • • • Child Development Criminal Justice Nursing (General) Psychology Social Work Undeclared with an interest in Nursing

PROGRAM IMPACTION – NEW Received program impaction authority for the following programs for AY 2014 -2015: • • Biology Business Administration (Accounting) Business Administration (Management) Business Administration (Marketing Management)

GRADUATION INITIATIVE UPDATE

GRADUATION INITIATIVE GOALS First-Time Freshmen • Increase 6 year graduation rate for all students from 34% to 45%. • Increase 6 year graduation rate of underrepresented minority students (URM) from 30% to 42%. Transfer Students • Increase 4 year graduation rate for all students from 49% to 57%. • Increase 4 year graduation rate for underrepresented minority students (URM) from 47% to 56%.

Progress in Graduation Rates Tracking freshmen • Since the targets were set several years ago, all freshmen cohorts have attained graduation rates above the 34% baseline. The fall 2006 freshmen cohort had a 6 year graduation rate of 36. 9%. • The rates for URM cohorts have all been above the 30% baseline. The most recent cohort rate was 32. 4%. • The gap between URM and non-URM freshmen is now 13. 4% 50% 45. 8% 40% 35% 36. 9% 32. 4% 30% 25% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Fall cohort Non-URM All freshmen URM

Progress in Graduation Rates (cont. ) Tracking freshmen Projection: Will we reach our goals for freshmen? • For the full 2009 freshman cohort, we project a graduation rate of 45. 4%, exceeding our 45% target:

Progress in Graduation Rates (cont. ) Tracking transfers Projection: How far past our goals for transfers will we go? • For the full 2011 transfer cohort, we project a graduation rate of 67. 9%, almost 11% above the target of 57%.

Progress in Graduation Rates (cont. ) Tracking transfers Projection: How far past our goals for URM transfers will we go? • For the 2011 URM transfer cohort, we project a graduation rate of 65. 7%, almost 10% above the target of 56%.

EARLY START REPORT

EARLY START OVERVIEW • Seven courses were approved last year: one in English composition, and six in mathematics. • These courses will be offered in two sessions, one in July and one in August. • The English course is a 1. 5 unit course offered online that helps prepare students to pass ENGL 095 in the fall or for selected qualified students, to enroll in ENGL 096. • The math courses are 1. 5 unit courses that are offered through regular class meetings. • Students can also meet their Early Start requirements through Summer Bridge, Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) workshops, or courses at another CSU or community college.

EARLY START • 750 CSULA entering students will need English. • 1500 CSULA entering students will need math. Last year there was an 88% pass rate; of that cohort, 65% advanced one level of remediation by passing a second course. o 117 CSULA students completed math and 41 completed English at another campus last year. o 115 students completed math and 82 completed English through Summer Bridge, EOP workshops, or the Summer Transition into ECST* Program (STEP) last year. o Interestingly, 30% of the enrollments in math last summer were students who enrolled at other CSUs. *Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology

SENATE BILL 1440

SENATE BILL 1440 Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act • There are now 23 Transfer Model Curricula (TMCs) out of 24 that have been approved as similar at CSULA. • 60 students who completed a TMC were admitted to CSULA in spring 2013, of which 36 chose to enroll.

STUDENT SUCCESS FEE (SSF)

STUDENT SUCCESS FEE (SSF) In accordance with Executive Order No. 1054, revenue from this fee are used toward the following priorities: • Advising and Retention • Student Development and Career Services • Vital Technologies

STUDENT SUCCESS FEE (SSF) (cont. ) • The $80 per quarter fee was assessed beginning in fall 2012 to provide students with supplemental academic advising and retention services; personal development and career services opportunities; and expanded access to vital infrastructure and applications technologies. • Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Information Technology Services, and Institutional Advancement were allocated a total of $4. 1 million for 2012 -13.

Status of Staff Advisors (SSPs) $1. 7 million of SSF now supports: 4 SSPs in UAAC 4 SSPs in A&L 5 SSPs in B&E 1 SSP in CCOE 2 SSPs in ECST 4 SSPs in HHS 6 SSPs in NSS 1 SSP in Grad Studies Including Student Services Professionals (SSPs) previously hired in both Academic Affairs and Student Affairs and those listed above, the ratio of students to advisors is now 468: 1 down from 1637: 1 in fall 2011. The national benchmark for an institution our size is 285: 1.

SSF funded Student Success Activities in Academic Affairs Advising and Retention • $100, 000 for student engagement activities in the colleges. • $80, 000 for RSCA support for students. • $57, 494 for mentoring, tutoring, and writing support.

SSF funds in Student Affairs Student Development and Career Services • $114, 200 for the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) services and accommodations • $78, 033 for Veterans Affairs • $298, 000 for Summer Bridge • $178, 264 for career services • $88, 000 for student development • $116, 474 for health education and wellness

SSF funds in Institutional Advancement Student Development and Career Services • $106, 000 for Students Engage with Alumni: Infrastructure Content Coordinator • $83, 750 for Students Engage with Alumni: Academic and Professional Opportunities and Programs • $15, 000 for student success communication interns

SSF funds in Information Technology Services Vital Technologies • $747, 229 for Anywhere On-demand Applications Delivery • $23, 076 for Anytime, Anywhere Access • $63, 147 for Just-in-time Learning • $96, 332 for Adobe® Creative Suite® • $121, 800 for Wi-Fi availability • $31, 500 for new technology vulnerability assessment

WASC Update Interim Progress Report submitted November 2012 Issues Addressed: • Improving retention and graduation rates • Reactivating strategic planning and addressing decreased state funding • Assessing student learning, specifically a plan to align and assess newly adopted institutional learning outcomes • Improving effectiveness of student support services, including advising • Documenting the results of initiatives to promote research, scholarship, and creative activity

WASC Update (cont. ) Interim Report Committee: • The WASC review panel was “extremely impressed by CSULA’s considerable accomplishments and thoughtful analyses, insights and deep understanding of CSULA students and what they need to succeed. ” • The panel “commends CSULA for satisfactorily addressing all of the Commission’s recommendations and encourages the University to continue to make progress in these areas”. Looking Forward: • WASC has revised the accreditation process: Fall 2018 Offsite Review; Fall 2019 campus visit. • A robust assessment process will be expected on the five core competencies by fall 2019, as well as continued progress on undergraduate and graduate program level assessment.

FINANCIAL AID AND ENROLLMENT

FINANCIAL AID STATISTICS Federal Pell Grant Program A Year-to-Year Comparison 2010 -2011 -2012 -2013 (YTD) # of Recipients Total Disbursed 11, 235 $45, 936, 764 12, 701 $51, 915, 885 12, 752 $53, 307, 560 Total Aid Disbursed A Year-to-Year Comparison 2010 -2011 -2012 -2013 (YTD) $167, 693, 092 $199, 097, 634 $198, 771, 111 2013 -2014 # of Students Awarded (as of 5/8/2013) 14, 948 Summer 2013 Financial Aid # of Requests Received (as of 5/8/2013) 2, 872

UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT Fall 2013 Applicant Information Applications Fall 2012 Res Non res Total Fall 2103 Res Non Res Change Total FTF 24, 798 2, 490 27, 288 27, 908 3, 522 31, 430 4, 142 15. 2% Transfer 12, 617 1, 046 13, 663 16, 018 1, 438 17, 456 3, 793 27. 8% Totals 37, 415 3, 536 40, 951 43, 926 4, 960 48, 886 Enrollment Confirmation Deposit Fall 2012 Res Non res Total Fall 2103 Res Non Res Change Total FTF 3, 665 150 3, 815 3, 536 295 3, 831 16 0. 4% Transfer 3, 204 138 3, 342 992 53 1, 045 -2, 297 -68. 7% 6, 869 288 7, 157 4, 528 348 4, 876 Totals * Fall 2013 ECD Deadline for Transfer Students is June 3, 2013

Graduate Enrollment Fall 2013 Applicant Information Applications Graduate Fall 2012 Res Non res 3, 842 1, 490 Total 5, 332 Fall 2103 Res 3, 913 Non Res 1, 555 Change Total 5, 468 136 2. 6% Admits Graduate Fall 2012 Res 234 Non res 106 Total 340 Fall 2103 Res 474 Non Res 296 Change Total 770 Decisions are still being made by departments/programs 430 126. 5%

HONORS COLLEGE

HONORS COLLEGE – Year Two

Honors College Enrollment and Graduation • Honors College is comprised of 237 students: o 16 seniors, 35 juniors, 40 sophomores, 44 freshmen o 102 Early Entrance Program (EEP) • First class of Honors College students will graduate in 2013 -14. • Anticipating growth in freshmen, continuing, and transfer students for 2013 -14.

Honors College Scholarships and Advancement • Edison International awarded the CSULA Honors College $1, 000 endowment for STEM scholarships. • 10 Osher Scholarships of $2, 500 will be awarded to Honors College transfer students in 2013 -14. • The gala dinner benefitting Honors College scholarships was the most successful fundraising event in CSULA history, raising $2. 58 million.

Honors College Learning Outcomes and Curriculum – Highlights Civic Engagement/Global Citizenship – Partnerships: • Freshmen Core students and faculty partnered with 826 LA (Dr. Mark Wild), CASA 0101, and the Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival (Drs. John Ramirez and Mike Willard). • Junior Honors Core students and faculty partnered with Proyecto Jardin (Dr. Bidhan Roy) and with the Wende Museum (Drs. Choi Chatterjee and Scott Wells). Knowledge Creation: • Honors College students completing their senior thesis under the supervision of Dr. Matthias Selke and faculty mentors from their major departments.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Campus E-mail Upgrade What: Upgrading Microsoft Exchange Outlook™ to Microsoft Office 365 Outlook™. When: Starting July 1, 2013. Duration: Approximately four weeks. Changes: Outlook client users will experience no changes. Outlook Web App (OWA) users will have a new interface that is similar to the current version.

Campus E-mail Upgrade (cont. ) Improvements: • Mailbox capacity increased to 25 GB for students, faculty and staff. • Stronger anti-virus and spam protection designed to manage detection and remediation more efficiently. • Support for Firefox, Safari and Chrome browsers. • Increased dependability and redundancy. • Faster disaster recovery after campus or regional events. • Control over growing maintenance and equipment refresh costs.

Campus E-mail Upgrade (cont. ) Why: • More dependability and redundancy with multiple national data centers. • Mitigates risk of lost e-mail should the campus experience a catastrophic event that disables our e -mail servers. • Enables faster disaster recovery should a largescale regional disaster occur. • Controls growing costs for maintaining and refreshing equipment. • Allows funds to be directed to new technology supporting student learning and graduation.

Campus E-mail Upgrade (cont. ) More Information: • ITS Vice President’s memo, dated May 13, 2013 – http: //www. calstatela. edu/its/services/collaboration/office 365 vp. php • Microsoft Office 365™ OWA handouts – www. calstatela. edu/handouts • ITS Help Desk “Quick Tips” web page – http: //www. calstatela. edu/its/helpdesk/selfhelp. php • FAQs for Microsoft Office 365™ – http: //www. calstatela. edu/its/services/collaboration/office 365 faq. php

Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Replacement Feasibility Study

The Existing Nortel PBX Why replace the existing phone system? • It was installed in 1997 and is now 16 years old. • The technology is 25 years old. • Only 3 more years of useful life remain. • Replacement parts will no longer be available. • After 3 years, it will require major upgrades.

What Are the Alternatives? The feasibility study evaluated five options based on campus preparedness, system functionality and cost. 1. Continue with the current PBX and upgrade in 3 years. 2. Purchase a new PBX with modern features now, but delay modern feature implementation. 3. Implement a new Cisco System with modern features now. 4. Purchase a modern cloud-based system from the CENIC consortium to which the University belongs. 5. Implement the Microsoft Lync system.

The Selection Microsoft Lync offers the lowest total cost of ownership and is the most feature-rich option. Benefits: • Currently being pilot tested on campus in the TVFM Studies Center, Golden Eagle’s Apartments and the Child Care Center, so system interactions will be known. • Can be combined with other licensing costs through Microsoft. • Can operate in remote locations. • Can be split into redundant locations on campus. • Will integrate features with the planned e-mail upgrade to Microsoft Office 365™.

Website Upgrade • Migrating to Drupal (Summer-Fall 2013) • Open Source Content Management System o Easier to create/manage site • Publishing Platform o Text, Photo, Video, Blog, Podcast, etc.

CAPITAL PROJECTS

TELEVISION, FILM, AND MEDIA STUDIES Anticipated Completion: Late Spring 2013

LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

STUDENT HOUSING DINING FACILITY Anticipated Completion: Fall 2013

UNIVERSITY – STUDENT UNION PLAZA Under Design/Development Phase

2013 -14 BUDGET

2013 -14 FISCAL IMPACT TO CSU Source: CSU Coded Memo B 2013 -01

CSULA Budget Impacts 2013/14 • FTES Resident Target will be 16, 546, which is a 1. 2 percent increase from the 2012 -13 Target. • Proposed budget includes $6. 2 million increase in GF, which is the campus portion of the 2012/13 Tuition Fee Rate Rollback. • Proposed budget includes $794, 000 funding for enrollment growth. • Proposed budget provides funding for mandatory costs (i. e. , health care, energy and operations and maintenance of new space; increases estimated at $1. 9 million). • Proposed budget includes $2. 5 million funding for retirement rate increase. • CSU budget provides funding for $38 million employee compensation pool and $7. 2 million for student access and success initiatives. The distribution of these funds is pending further determinations. • No tuition fee increase for 2013 -14.

CSU Budget Response Key Message The proposed budget signals the Governor’s reinvestment in the CSU and higher education. The proposed budget reverses a trend of decreased state support over the past several years. This will allow the CSU to address the unprecedented demand for high quality education and other areas of critical need. CSU still faces many fiscal challenges and will continue its efforts to operate efficiently and effectively.

CSU Budget Response (cont. ) Key Concerns • Balancing cost of high-quality instruction, given no tuition increases for an extended period (2011 -12 through 2016 -17), as proposed in the Governor’s budget. • Tuition is frozen. CSU is expected to maintain current tuition and fee levels over the next four years (FY 2016 -17) which will limit our ability to sustain overall support operations. • Governor’s performance based funding, in which funding will be based on achieving critical outcomes such as: graduation and completion rate, time-to completion, etc. • Maintaining an aging infrastructure and increasing deferred maintenance.

FACULTY, STUDENT AND CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

Alumni Relations – Students Engaging with Alumni Student Success Fee – Programs and Campus Collaborations Early Engagement Student Programs and Services: • Alumni Mentoring Program (527 alumni and students enrolled) • Student-Alumni Job Shadowing Intern Program (will place student interns at alumni owned and alumni led companies) • Alumni Career Panels, Alumni Professors for a Day, Graduate School Panels and Workshops (professional development programs) Campus Collaboration In collaboration with the Career Development Center and Associated Students, Inc. , the Office of Alumni Relations has held several joint mentoring, leadership and professional development programs to better service current students and strengthen alumni affinity to the University.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS • Diane Fazzi (Education) was appointed by California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to the Advisory Commission on Special Education. • With Nnenna Weathers (Nursing) as the principal investigator, the School of Nursing was awarded a four-year, $2. 4 million Human Resources and Services Administration grant to alleviate the critical shortage of nurses and to support nursing students in completing their academic degrees. • Domnita Dumitrescu (Emerita, Modern Languages and Literatures) was inducted as a Numerary Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language. • Edith Porter (Biological Sciences) was awarded a National Institutes of General Medical Sciences grant for her research on “Lipid Effector Molecules of Innate Immunity. ”

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS (cont. ) • Henry D. Schlinger, Jr. (Psychology) received the 2012 Psychology Department Outstanding Alumni Award from Western Michigan University. • William Belan (Emeritus, Music) was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to travel to Costa Rica during the 2012 -13 academic year. • Jongwook Woo (Information Systems) received an Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Education Research Grant totaling $12, 500. Professor Woo will use the AWS grant to open new courses in Big Data framework. • William M. London (Public Health) was appointed an editor of FACT (Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies), a quarterly review journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. • Barry Hibbs (Geological Sciences), an expert in hydrology and environmental geochemistry, was elected as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. • James Rudd (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and his colleagues had their research paper published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. • This summer, a team of Cal State L. A. faculty members and student researchers will join the Coastal California Climate Change Research Project, a collaborative research effort sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center.

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS • Archaeology major Toni Gonzalez was honored with the William Randolph Hearst/CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement. • Honors College students Yulan Lin (Chemistry) and Francisco Sepulveda (Biology) are first recipients of Edison Scholarships. Edison International awarded a $1 million scholarship endowment to the Honors College. • Holland Michelle Smith (Communication Studies) was named one of the 10 members of the All-American Team at the American Forensic Association’s 36 th National Individual Events Tournament. • Erik Boccio (Art) nabbed a top Rosebud Award for his music video of Red Letter Day’s “Northern Lights”. • Cal State L. A. ’s Eco. CAR 2 team was honored in the non-profit category by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors with the Fifth Annual Green Leadership Award.

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS (cont. ) • Cal State L. A’. s political science team receives the Outstanding Delegation Award and five additional honors at the annual National Model United Nations Conference. This is the fifth consecutive year that CSULA has earned national accolades. • Biology students Hanna Koch and Dominic Quagliozzi took first-place awards during the 26 th Annual CSU Student Research Competition at Cal State Long Beach. • Members of the Golden Eagle Vets adopted and cared for Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights, the burial site for numerous World War II veterans, including four of the 21 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. • Representing the largest group from any CSU campus, 11 CSULA students were selected as Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars for the 2012 -13 academic year. • Students Margaret Johnston, Jacqueline Kiwata and Paulo H. Medina received 2012 -13 CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program awards. • Lauren Solie and Swara Shah’s video pitch for “Keva Fitness” took first place at the 2012 CSULA Business Pitch Challenge. • CSULA’s Eagle Lift (for motorcycles), designed by industrial technology students, won third place in the university division at the 2013 Aero. Def Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference Manufacturing Challenge.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS • The College of Health and Human Services is part of a pipeline program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support underrepresented students in earning graduate degrees that will help address health disparities. • The Office of Public Affairs launches student-run “Here 4 You” campaign to build student awareness of resources on campus and to help foster a culture of success at Cal State L. A. for all its students. • The Peace Corps recognized Cal State L. A. as among its top volunteer-producing Hispanic-Serving Institutions. This year, CSULA ranked fifth with 11 undergraduate alumni serving as volunteers for the international support program. • The College of Business and Economics’ undergraduate business program was listed among the nation’s top six in U. S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges. ”

ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS (cont. ) • The University is ranked among the top 50 institutions in producing Hispanic doctorates in science and engineering, according to the National Science Foundation on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. • The Ethan Lipton/Ali Modarres Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and Learning was established through donations by two Cal State L. A. alumni to provide support for a promising CSULA faculty member to further develop his/her skills in helping students reach their potential. • CSULA biology alums Hector Aguilar-Carreno and Michael Lipscomb were two of only seven California State University system alumni chosen to speak in the opening session at the annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium. • The Student Health Center has been awarded a $113, 000 California Mental Health Services Authority grant, as part of the CSU Student Mental Health Initiative, to focus on suicide prevention strategies and mental health services for college students. • Cal State L. A. received $400, 000 from the U. S. Department of Energy to collect and analyze performance data from its new hydrogen fueling station.

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