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12/14/2016Graduate Student Fundingat Texas A&M UniversityDr. Karen Butler-PurryCouncil of Principal InvestigatorsDecember 14, 2016Associate Provost for Graduate and Professional StudiesProfessor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringGRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES1Attracting the Best Graduate Students Survey-- - December 2015 67 Departments responded, with 82 total majorsand 134 degrees represented Survey question 4: What are the current barriers,internal and external, in attracting the best graduatestudents to apply and enroll in your program?1. Student Funding Limited scholarship/fellowship funding and number of assistantships, unstablefunding Late timing of offers including university fellowships Non-competitive funding levels, in amount and duration (multi-years) Non-payment of fees for GAs, Lack of tuition funding for master’s GAs Struggle between master’s and doctoral student funding Heavy teaching loads for GATs Difficult for faculty to ensure continuous external funding for PhD level students Need partners (significant others) placement for some top graduate ROFESSIONALSTUDIES221

12/14/2016Attracting the Best Graduate Students Survey-- - December 2015Q4 (cont’d)2. Recruitment Marketing – no central marketing for graduate students especially for domestic.Brand recognition, awareness. Website, social mediaLack of strategic recruiting practices: limited face to face contact with prospectivestudents including campus visits, limited faculty involvement in recruiting, limited stafffor recruitingReputation of programsLow diversity of studentsLocation -- Geographic location, size of BCS, reputation of Texas, awareness ofTexas A&MCompetition in job market -- Decrease in domestic students interested in SIONALPROFESSIONALSTUDIES33Attracting the Best Graduate StudentsSurvey -- - December 2015Q4 (cont’d)3. Faculty Retirement – some departments are replacing tenured faculty with nontenured/instructors, limiting number of active research programsLack of diversity in facultyLack of specializations to meet students’ interests4. Administrative Processes Time to admit is too slow. Time to offer award packages is too slow(diversity, merit, FESSIONALSTUDIES442

12/14/2016Fall 2015 CPI Survey(graduate student related questions) Q56. Are there adequatefinancial supportmechanisms for %12%61% Q58. Are the graduatestudents available highlyqualified? How might weattract better PI responses to Q58 that are notincluded in Q4 ofPrograms/Departments survey input.1. Need more training grants2. Timing of external funding does notalways synch up with availability ofoutstanding students. Hence maylose a good student becausefunding not available or can’t find agood student when funding isavailable.3. Need more rigor in the applicationreview process4. Need strategic international studentrecruitment plan.GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES5Recommendations: Attracting the BestGraduate Students Survey -- - December 2015 Survey question 5: If the university could providematching of your funds, what actions would you take toresolve the barriers for your program? Recruitment activities1.2.3.Matching funds for campus visitsMore stability in required matching for university fellowships, year toyearTAMU-wide graduate programs marketing campaign(lower priority)4. Recruitment visits to targeted universities (MSI, PUIs, etc.), attendance atminority conferences, and locations to target working professionals5. Add recruiting staff in departments6. Funding for summer 2-3 week seminars, undergraduate researchexperiences, SSIONALSTUDIES663

12/14/2016Recommendations: Attracting the BestGraduate Students Survey -- - December 2015 Survey question 5 (cont’d) Graduate Student Funding1. Flexible and local controlled funding to increase duration of financialcommitments to new graduate students2. Funding focused on some of TAMU’s top graduate programs or strategicpriorities for support for strategically targeted “best” graduate programs3. Professional development funding for current graduate students andactivities for prospective graduate students Other (lower priority)1. Payment of student Required Fees2. Support to secure more training grants3. Reduce number of full-time enrollment hours (e.g. for summer, atmilestones such as PhD candidacy, etc.)4. Pool for one-time website enhancements for ALPROFESSIONALSTUDIES77August 2016 CPI RecommendationsCPI Recommendations for IncreasedResources for Graduate Student Training Competitive, Sustainable Multi-yearFunding Offers Coordinated Recruiting Efforts Professional Development Opportunities Interdisciplinary ROFESSIONALSTUDIES884

12/14/2016FY17 Graduate Student Support FundingAllocated by OGAPS1. Graduate Enhancement (GE) pool [determined based on SCH in graduatelevel courses, 6.3 million]2. Graduate Tuition Payment (GT) pool [ 9 million]3. Interdisciplinary Degree Programs (IDP) pool [ 1 million]4. Flexible pool [ 6,3 million]5. TAMU Merit Fellowship pool [ 1.5 million]6. New pool (in FY17) of funds to colleges for recruitment visits to campus [ 1million]7. New pool (in FY17) for Back-stop “insurance” for honoring multi-yearcommitments when funding runs out [ 1 million central funds]– GOC Deans subcommittee developed recommended guidelines– Karen Butler-Purry seeking input before finalizing guidelines CPI EC – June 23, 2016 CPI EC memo Currently compiling input from departments via GOC Deans on currentpractices for department offers Later will seek input from OFESSIONALSTUDIES992013- 14 AY Direct Graduate Student SupportData -TAMU Main Campus (slide 1 of IONALSTUDIES10105

12/14/20162013- 14 AY Direct Graduate Student SupportData -TAMU Main Campus (continued)Definitions Waivers (also considered gift aid) are tuition waivers students receive as part of their aidpackage. The reported figure for Waivers -- Non Resident Waivers category is the valueof the non resident waiver itself. The Waivers-Tuition Payments category includes instate tuition paid via TWAPMTS in banner Grants are a type of gift aid (need-based with specific qualification parameters) that donot have to be repaid (sources include institutional, state, or federal, as applicable) “Assistantships -- OGAPS Central Funds” accounts with a Reporting Group code ofGE, GS, or CH. “Assistantships – Other Sources” accounts without a Reporting Group code GE, GS, orCH. “Scholarship/Fellowships -- OGAPS Central Funds” TAMU Diversity, Merit, andPathways to Doctorate Fellowships, and accounts with Reporting Group code of GE, GS,GR, or CH.GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES11Examples of 2 Colleges’ Utilization ofOGAPS allocated Funds Education – Dr. George Cunningham,Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Agriculture & Life Sciences – Dr. DaveReed, Associate Dean for GraduatePrograms and Faculty ALPROFESSIONALSTUDIES12126

12/14/2016Contact InformationDr. Karen Butler-PurryAssociate Provost for Graduate and Professional ANDPROFESSIONALPROFESSIONALSTUDIES13137

12/14/2016Graduate Funding in the Collegeof Education and HumanDevelopmentGeorge B. CunninghamProfessor and Associate Dean for Academic AffairsMarilyn Kent Byrne Chair for Student SuccessStudent‐Focused Strategic Priorities Manage student enrollmentstrategically, with a particularfocus on high‐need fields andreflecting the demographiccharacter of the state. Enhance, recognize, and rewarddiversity and a climate ofinclusion, equity, and respect forstudents, faculty, and staff. Prepare scholars for theprofessoriate1

12/14/2016Graduate Enhancement Funding Half distributed based on WSCHgeneration Half distributed based on howwell the department met PhDstudent training metrics publications, presentations, prof.experiences, graduates enteracademy, 6‐yr graduation,program improvementGraduate Tuition Priority for doctoral students State‐funded GAT and GANT Based on FTE headcount2

12/14/2016Flexible Pool CEHD Strategic Research Awards POWER Writing GA Scholarships Travel grants Research grants Dept. climate activitiesGraduate Merit Fellowships Focus on strategic priorities 3‐yr commitment, with matchbetween college anddepartments Criteria Superior academic achievement Relevant experiences outside theclassroom Contribute to diversity mission ofcollege Letters of recommendation3

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12/14/2016Revenue by Source of FundingTAMU‐CombinedTotal Revenues (in millions) 2210.312/14/20161Revenue by Source of FundingTAMUTotal Revenues Main (in millions) 1,772.7Total Revenues TAMU HSC (in millions) 356.0Total Revenues TAMUG (in millions) 81.612/14/201621

12/14/2016State’s General Appropriations by InstitutionsFormula Allocation 16/17SCH/WSCH 600M2 year Funding5,000,000 500M4,500,000 400M4,000,0003,500,000 300M3,000,0002,500,000 200M2,000,0001,500,000 100M1,000,000500,000Raw SCHsFund123456Program AreaLib ArtsScienceFine ArtsTeach EdAgricultEnginLevel1234LowerUpperMasters ome EcLaw1.101.131.772.858.509Social Svc1.682.052.931.521.872.5719.4410 Library Sci1.491.573.6011 Dev.Ed/VM1.0012.061.491.543.5822.031.0012 Voc Trng1.452.641.262.8513 Physic Trn1.511.261.511.2514 Health Svcs15 1.594.932.6728.6810.1132.2416 Busi Ad17 Optome1.191.883.3923.921.181.863.3624.4118 TchEd Prac19 Technol20 111.509.305.1318.182.644.325.208.99Per FTE 9,829 9,829 10,006 11,185 11,185 16,414 16,916 45,223 46,717 ‐Sul Ross State4.9513.0222.847.583.893.34Sul Ross State‐RGCAngelo StateHRI WEIGHTSAllied HealthAllied Health (Health Informatics)Biomedical ScienceNursing ‐ Undergraduate18/19 Preliminary Cost MatrixNursing ‐ GraduatePharmacyPublic HealthDental Education12345MedicalEducationLowerUpperMedical Education ‐ AustinMasters Texas State UnivSam Houston StateTexas TechTexas Woman's UnivUNT DallasTexas SouthernStephen F. AustinUniv of North TexasLamarMidwestern StateUH VictoriaUH Clear LakeUH DowntownUT TylerWeighted Semester Credit Hours 1 % ofWeightsGAI WEIGHTS16/17 FINAL CostMatrixUniv of HoustonUT San AntonioUT Permian BasinUT RGVUT Brown & UT PanAm combined ‐ UT RGVUT DallasUT AustinUT El PasoTAMUT 400,000,000 350,000,000 300,000,000 250,000,000 200,000,000 150,000,000 100,000,000 50,000,000 ‐UT etonTAMUCTTAMUTAMUGUNIVERSITY02.61 6,6554.26 10,6187.93 39632016/2017 Rate per Weighted Semester Credit Hour(WSCH) 55.39 per year.2

12/14/2016Expenses by CategoryTAMU‐CombinedTotal Expenses (in millions) 1,992.412/14/20165Total Budget 1,993 MShared costs include utilities, employeebenefits, landscaping/custodial/maintenance, mandated financial aid, etc.Shared Costs 279 MAuxiliary 205 MAvailable for Allocation 1,509 MAcademic Colleges 903 MAcademic (Non‐Colleges) 514 MAdministrative 92 M3

12/14/2016Expenses by CategoryTAMU CombinedTotal Expenses Main (in millions) 1,584.8Total Expenses TAMU‐HSC (in millions) 338.7Total Expenses TAMUG (in millions) 68.812/14/20167ALLOCATION TO COLLEGESCOLLEGE CENTRAL ALLOCATIONHSC 16ENGELALWSCVMLICODCOMCONCOPSPH1‐TIME84

12/14/2016TAMU MAINBudget ChangeBudget allocation FY17 compared to FY13(except Law compared to 4/2016ARBABUEDENGELALW*SCVMQTLI95

12/14/2016Introducing iLab Solutionsfor Core FacilitiesClare A. GillFaculty Fellow – Core Facilitiesclare‐gill@tamu.eduCPI MeetingDecember 14, 2016NIH Definition“Core facilities are centralized shared researchresources that provide access to instruments,technologies, services, as well as expertconsultation and other services to scientific andclinical investigators. The typical core facility is adiscrete unit within an institution and may havededicated personnel, equipment, and space foroperations. In general, core facilities recover theircost, or a portion of their cost, of providing servicein the form of user fees that are charged to aninvestigator's funds.”https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/core facilities faqs.htm#35971