The Graduate School

Challenges & GoalsAY 14

University’s New Mission and VisionMission• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a student-centered

educational community dedicated to communicating, expanding and integrating knowledge. In a spirit of collaboration enriched by diverse ideas, our comprehensive and unique array of undergraduate and graduate programs develops professionals, scholars and leaders who shape a changing world.

Vision• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will achieve greater

national and global recognition and academic prominence through innovative and interdisciplinary programs that empower individuals to achieve their full potential.

University’s New Long Term Goals• Prepared and Committed Students – Recruit and engage a diverse student body

ready to accept the rigorous challenges of higher education, to persist in academic study, and to become lifelong learners.

• Innovative High Quality Programs – Develop and enhance curricular and co-curricular programs to fully support learning and degree completion.

• Dedicated Faculty and Staff—Recruit, support, and retain a highly committed and diverse faculty and staff who continually strive for excellence by promoting student learning, producing significant scholarship, and serving multiple constituencies.

• Supportive Campus Community—Foster an inclusive university community characterized by integrity, civility, shared governance and openness to and respect for different backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives.

• Outreach and Partnerships – Develop and strengthen collaborative relationships to effect positive changes in the university, region, nation and world.

• Physical and Financial Sustainability—Develop, maintain and protect the University’s assets by practicing and promoting economic, environmental, and social sustainability campus-wide.

Where are we?• Graduate Enrollment: 2092 (-118)• Rankings of masters granting institutions by research expenditures

(Washington Monthly)

Institution Rank Expenditures (mil)

CUNY – City College 1 $60.6

New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology 2 $43.9

San Jose State University 3 $40.1

CUNY – Hunter College 4 $39.8

Touro College 5 $39.4

Rochester Institute of Technology 6 $34.9

SIUE 7 $33.7

External Grants FY13

• Number of grant applications: 272• Number of tenure/tenured track faculty submitting grant

applications: 151• Number of non-tenure track faculty/staff submitting: 37• Number of tenured/tenure-track faculty on active awards: 101• Number of non-tenure track faculty/staff on active awards: 43• Number of new awards: 189 for $42,216,712

Regional, national, international recognition for scholarship and

graduates

Success of graduatesIn industry and academiaPresenting work at workshops and conferences

Engaging outreach activities in K-12Supporting and promoting of scholarshipEngaging in service to the scholarly community

Recruitment of quality studentsRecruitment of committed, quality faculty

Multi-institutional collaborations

Innovative, high quality graduate programs

Capacity for scholarship

Externally funded research & projects

Enhanced graduate experience

& Quality graduates

Positive impact on

undergrad programs

Challenges • Increased grant competition due to sequestration cuts and increased

submissions• State appropriations cuts impacting ORP, graduate programs, and

graduate assistantships• Re-competition of the Head Start/Early Head Start Programs• Increasing focus of sponsored programs on large, interdisciplinary projects • Hiring a Director of Research & Projects• Open access legislation – federal and state• Export control regulations• Enrollment goals set to increase graduate enrollment • Expanding role of the Graduate School• Graduate student services and retention• Administration of interdisciplinary programs

Goals for Graduate Programs• Conducting Program Reviews• Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical

Engineering, Electrical Engineering• Developing benchmarks for graduate student retention• Improving graduate student life/experience• Improvements to TA Orientation/Training• Workshops for GA/TA’s and graduate students• Graduate Student Advisory Committee

• Creating research grants for doctoral students• Developing MS/MA in Integrative Studies• Developing DMD/MBA and Nursing/MBA• Developing Cooperative PhD Program for Computer Science

Goals for ORP• Increasing both the percentage of tenured/tenure-track faculty

submitting grant proposals and the competitiveness of the submissions

• Tracking impact of internal grant programs• Grant submissions & awards, publications

• Supporting development of faculty grant writing • Supporting interdisciplinary teams for proposal submissions• Supporting alternative funding opportunities• Creating alternative clinical IRB review processes

Policies• Human subjects • Animal use• Intellectual Property• Research Center Promotion Policy • 1F1 Graduation Requirements• 1Q1 Faculty Code of Ethics and Conduct• 1M4 University Policies and Guidelines Concerning Research• 1L1 Graduate Student Course Loads• 1L3 English Requirement for the Graduate School• 1L4 Teaching Responsibilities Assigned to Graduate Students• IL5 Policy Statement on Classification Pending• 1L6 Policy on Graduate Student Matriculation, Advisement, Instruction,

Evaluation and Assistantships

R&D Support• “Facilities & Administrative (F&A) costs are incurred for common or joint

university objectives and, therefore, cannot be identified readily and specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity “ (OMB Circular A-21, Cost Principles for Educational Institutions). • F&A is also referred to as Indirect Cost Recovery (ICR)

• ICR can be used at the discretion of the institution• Federal government does not require reporting of the use of ICR

• ICR is recovered as a portion of grant expenditures• The majority of grants are on a cost reimbursement basis

• ICR rates are negotiated with the Federal Government • The negotiated Federal Rate is used as a basis for all grants. However,

state, private foundation, and private industry grants may have alternative rates set by their own policies.

R&D Support• University Policy 5D1• Policy Statement Covering Distribution of Indirect Cost Funds from

Externally Sponsored Grants and Contracts

“Indirect cost reimbursement funds generated by externally sponsored grants, contracts, and special projects beyond real and necessary costs of Research and Projects Fiscal Management will be distributed as follows:

• Training Grants (Instructional), Public Service, and Other Special Projects:• 67% Generating Unit• 33% Graduate School - Office of Research and Projects

• Research Projects:• 40% Generating Unit• 60% Graduate School - Office of Research and Projects”

FY 13 Total ICR: $2,321,675

ICR Returned to Units

R&D Expenditures