UW Board of Governors

President’s Report

October 25, 2011

Ontario Election – October 6, 2011

Liberal minority government – the first since 1985• Record low turnout – 49.2 per cent• John Milloy - Minister of Community and Social Services and Government House Leader• Glen Murray - Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities

Premier McGuinty has signaled he will govern on issue-by-issue basis rather than seek accord with another party

Election Promises:• Create 60,000 post-secondary spaces by 2015• Build 3 new satellite campuses by 2015• Introduce a 30 per cent tuition cut for undergraduates

Context – fiscal realities (provincial and international) as significant constraint• $16 Billion budget deficit• Fall Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review• Drummond Commission• Budget likely in March 2012

Advocacy strategy• Maintain engagement with all parties• “Every vote counts” – connections with MPPs a priority

International Rankings

QS Top University Rankings

•Waterloo is 160th, down from 145th in 2010

•Waterloo the 9th highest-ranked Canadian university, down from 7th in 2010

Faculty Ranking 2010 2011

Engineering & Technology

39 56

Natural Sciences 80 116

Life Sciences and Medicine

176 236

Shanghai Jiao Tong 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities

•Waterloo placed in the 151-200 ranking cluster•Same ranking we achieved in 2010, improving from 201-302 in 2009

•Top Canadian Universities:• Toronto (26)• UBC (37)• McGill (64)• McMaster (89)• Alberta, Montreal (102-150)• Calgary (151-200)

•Waterloo ranks in 52-75 range with McGill in Engineering Technology/Computer Sciences category

Times Higher Education 2011-2012 World University Rankings

• University of Waterloo placed in the 201-225 category, along with the University of Western Ontario

• 9 Canadian schools made it into the top 200– University of Toronto (19)

– UBC (22)

– McGill (28)

– McMaster (65)

– Alberta (100)

– Montréal (104)

– Queen’s (173)

– Victoria (177)

– Ottawa (185)

Institution 2011 2010

University of Toronto 19 17

UBC 22 30

McGill 28 35

McMaster 65 93

Alberta 100 127

Montréal 104 138

Queen’s 173 201+

Victoria 177 130

Ottawa 185 201+

Dalhousie 201+ 193

Simon Fraser 201+ 199

University of Waterloo 201-225 201+

Western 201-225 201+

Source: THE World University Ranking Oct 2011

Source: THE World University Ranking Oct 2011

School Teaching- The Learning Environment (30%)

Research – Volume, Income and Reputation (30%)

Citations – Research influence (30%)

Industry Income – Innovation (2.5%)

International Outlook – Staff and Students (7.5%)

Toronto 76.9 87.4 86.5 44.9 69.0

UBC 68.6 78.6 85.2 40.6 88.7

McGill 72.8 78.4 77.1 35.1 81.4

McMaster 41.9 49.9 85.5 97.5 72.0

Alberta 50.6 54.4 51.7 53.7 71.9

Montréal 54.5 47.0 48.7 81.3 79.5

Queen’s 39.7 36.1 49.3 87.5 65.0

Victoria 16.8 31.5 79.2 26.8 70.5

Ottawa 38.9 34.8 54.8 36.9 49.6

Waterloo 35.8 44.2 32.5 32.7 62.1

Western 38.8 34.3 38.5 41.9 55.7

Centre of Excellence for Research, Training, and Innovation In Seniors Health Care and Wellness

• 192-bed facility located on the north campus• $20M in capital funding from Ontario government + $625,000 in annual operating/curriculum funding• $3M in capital costs + $45M over 20 years from the Schlegel Family to support research chairs

Source: Communications and Public Affairs, August 29, 2011

5 Graduate Students Win Vanier Awards

• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships worth up to $50,000/year for 3 years• 4 students received NSERC Vanier Awards, 1 received a CIHR Vanier (UW’s first)

Update on leadership searches

•University Secretary•VP Academic & Provost•VP Advancement•VP External•VP University Research•Associate VP Students•Associate VP IST•Associate VP International•Dean of Engineering•Dean of Science

Purpose:

•Engage students, faculty, staff, alumni•Review Sixth Decade Plan•Build on EC’s 10 priority areas for 2011-2012

Approach:

•Two-stage consultations:•Stage One (September – December)

• Stakeholder meetings• Online survey• Email

•Stage Two (Starting February)• Focus Groups

•Report by March 2012

Mid-Cycle Review update

• Total number of planned sessions: 44 (September 12 – December 6)

• Total number of sessions completed: 28 (as of October 24)

• Number of participants so far:• 65 students• Over 700 faculty/staff• 25 alumni/donors

• Online survey being sent to all students, faculty, staff and 67,000 alumni

• Over 400 survey responses to date

2011 Performance Indicators

http://analysis.uwaterloo.ca/pubs/uwpi.php

Operating Revenue by Source

$217.248.1%

$227.645.1%

$240.043.9%

$195.443.3%

$224.144.4%

$251.746.1%

$38.78.6%

$52.610.4%

$54.710.0%

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Total O

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Fiscal Year

Grants Academic Fees Other Income

Total Sponsored Research Awards by Source

$115.7

$99.6 $103.0$109.7

$123.1 $127.7 $131.4

$144.1

$169.5

$190.4

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Federal Tri-Agency Federal (excluding Tri-Agency) Provincial Industry Other

Count of Full-time Faculty by Gender and Percentage Female

766 782 813857 885 921 951 987 1,003

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# of Faculty

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FTE Enrolment – Undergraduate and Graduate

12.4%12.6%

12.8%11.9%10.7%10.3%10.0%

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29,500 28,200

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Undergraduate Graduate Percentages Spacer Totals

Top-5 Source Countries for uWaterloo 2010/11 MYAA

Total International Enrolment (2010/11): 3,512

International Students as % of their Respective Populations

4%5%

5%7%

8% 8% 9% 9%10% 10%

17%

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22%

25%

27% 28%

25% 24%

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Fiscal Year

Undergraduate Graduate

Full-time Student to Full-time Tenure and Tenure-stream Faculty Ratio as Compared to U15 Universities

2009/10

32.129.1

27.3 26.8 26.824.0 22.9

20.9 20.1 18.9 18.5 18.2 18.1

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U15 Avg = 23.1

uWaterloo Student to Faculty Ratio Compared to Ontario System

26.7

27.4 27.5 27.6

27.0 26.9 27.1

27.3

29.1

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26.4

28.528.8

29.5

28.9

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Student to F

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Fiscal Year

UW Ratio System Ratio

University of Waterloo Class Size2010/11 MYAA

2011 NSSE: How would you evaluate your entire educational experience at this institution?

31.0%

32.1%

33.6%

40.2%

47.6%

47.4%

48.6%

45.5%

17.2%

14.9%

14.9%

11.9%

4.3%

5.6%

2.9%

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Excellent Good Fair Poor

Fall 2010 Enrolment Headcount2010/11 MYAA

Age Range Headcount

Total Headcount Enrolment 22,015

Under 18 1%

18-24 89%

25+ 10%

Under-Represented Students2010/11 MYAA

• Registered Students with Disabilities– Full-Time students - 1,250

– Part-Time students – 227

• Self-Declared First Generation Students– 1,100 or 5%

• Self-declared Aboriginal Students– 105 or 0.5%

Student Access Guarantee (SAG)2010/11 MYAA

2010/11 Tuition/Book Shortfall Aid Total $ # of Accounts

Expenditures for Tuition / Book SAG Amount

$5,823,939 2,569

Other SAG Expenditure to Supplement OSAP

$1,356,987 558

TOTAL $7,180,926 3,127

Also funded from our Tuition Set-Aside funds:• $3.8 M in entrance bursaries and scholarships• $2.0 M in work placement support• $0.5 M in part-time and out-of-province bursaries• $1.5 M in additional bursaries

College Transfers2010/11 MYAA

Total Applications Total Registrations

Transfer Applications*

Transfer Registrations*

37,008 6,538 423 (1% of all 1st-year FT applications)

35 (8% of transfer applications)

Applications to First Year in 2010:

*excludes students who apply for transfer into year 2+

Credit Transfer Allocation Survey Results•1,595 students at uWaterloo who had previously attended a college

Area of concern and focus for TCU

e-Learning2010/11 MYAA

Undergraduate Graduate Number of Courses 314 56

Number of Programs 12 5

Total Course Registrations 29,344 1,422

Retention2010/11 MYAA

2006 Cohort 2007 Cohort 2008 Cohort 2009 Cohort

1st to 2nd Year 88.3% 87.8% 89% 89.4%

1st to 3rd Year 83.6% 84% 85.3% N/A

Velocity and Entrepreneurship2010/11 MYAA

Most recent year of operations (2010):

•Students/young entrepreneurs engaged = 181•Start-up Companies created = 23•Students hired = 18•Products and Services Developed = 33•Jobs Created = 100•Licenses Negotiated = 4