Interim President Report_January-2011

Interim President’s Report:

Interim President’s Report Board of Curators January 28, 2011

Advancing Missouri Health:

Advancing Missouri Health

Important Milestones:

Important Milestones 1875 Constitutional Convention Tough economic times (‘Panic of 1873’) Decreed independent Board of Curators for University of Missouri Decreed legislative financial support for university as it then existed ‘As long as Public School fund permits’

Constitutional Convention 1875:

Constitutional Convention 1875 Rejected these proposals: Granting other public higher education institutions same independent governance as University of Missouri Addition of 4 State Board of Education members to University’s Board of Curators Addition of state’s Superintendent of Public Education on Board of Curators

Constitutional Convention 1943:

Constitutional Convention 1943 Challenging wartime economy Review of previous autonomy given to Board of Curators—mandate upheld Stepped up General Assembly’s obligation to ‘adequately maintain’ University of Missouri This is Missouri’s current constitution

Issues Important to Missourians September 2008 Survey:

Issues Important to Missourians September 2008 Survey Strengthening economy , creating jobs Making health care affordable, accessible Support public higher education Keeping taxes to a minimum Fighting crime , improving public safety Protecting the environment Addressing statewide transportation Equally important Unsure

Missourians’ Attitudes Toward Higher Education September 2008 Survey:

Missourians’ Attitudes Toward Higher Education September 2008 Survey 51 percent support investing in more public higher education even if it means higher taxes. 22 percent support investing more in public higher education if cuts are made to other programs Opposed to increased state funding for higher education no matter what Not sure

Missourians’ Attitudes Toward UM September 2008 Survey:

Missourians’ Attitudes Toward UM September 2008 Survey Participants asked if they agree with these statements Numbers do not equal 100 due to rounding

Key Conclusions:

Key Conclusions University committed to living up to expectations, trust of Missourians for past century-plus University has unique role in state, with constitutional underpinnings Nearly three-fourths of citizens willing to invest more in higher education But state support has dropped 28% for university in decade, even as 17,000 more students added

Budget Cut Prompts Higher Tuition:

Budget Cut Prompts Higher Tuition Missouri continues to face economic challenges Proposed 7% cut will cause more painful cuts across campuses, including $11.3M already planned Tuition/fee increases will help … but: $42 million funding gap Rising costs in energy, health care, emergency repairs due to deferred maintenance

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times:

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times Focus on students 20% of tuition/fee increase set aside for neediest eLearning to expand Focus on advancing S.T.E.M. continues Engagement with employers to expand student success, meet workplace needs and expectations National Access to Success initiative work continues

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times:

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times Investment in faculty, staff 2% pool set aside for merit pay of highly performing faculty, staff Retirement program review More online professional, personal skills development resources Expanded leadership development programs

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times:

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times Good stewardship of Missourians’ investment Improved credit ratings Tough review of open, new positions Continued cost containment in payroll, maintenance/repair, travel and supplies Accountability measures Commitment to finding new revenue streams More collaboration with community leaders around our campuses

Mizzou-Cerner Tiger Institute for Health Innovation Making Great Progress:

Mizzou-Cerner Tiger Institute for Health Innovation Making Great Progress Cerner has already invested $16M Two dozen new jobs; dozen new internships Innovations growing Computerized physician order entry Barcode scanning medication administration Pilot iPhone app

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times :

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times Shared Services Initiative System wide benchmarking study completed Increased efficiencies to be pursued in IT, finance and human resources Opportunity to help colleagues in higher education across state in reducing costs and improving operational effectiveness

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times:

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times Research and economic development efforts gaining traction

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times:

Advancing Missouri in Challenging Times Our commitment to our state and fellow citizens continues unabated Missouri has faced tough economic challenges before … and education was seen as a solution, and as a way forward Nagging question: is there a disconnect in citizens’ wishes, state funding for higher education?

Final Comments:

Final Comments Gov. Nixon named chair of National Governors’ Association ‘Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee’ Look forward to supporting him in this role Chancellor Carney to retire Extraordinary achievements at Missouri S&T Search will be coordinated with presidential search