2022 State of the University Address: ETSU by East Tennessee State University

State of the University

October 14, 2022

Public Purposes of Higher Education

• Access: All students should have access to public post-secondary education

• Equity: Barriers to participation should be removed

• Affordability: Federal, state, and institutional financial aid policies should promote affordable access to post-secondary education

• Quality: Students should have the highest quality educational system affordable to them

• Public Service: Institutions should provide services to local communities to support broad societal needs

• Research and Economic Development: Institutions serve as the driver of the current economy and vehicle for expansion of the knowledge economy

Shifting Expectations for Higher Education

• Changing perspectives regarding college readiness and tensions across systems related to college

21st century skills, and the return on investment of a college degree

• Realization of increased student debt burden and public tensions over debt forgiveness

• Market presence, shifting demographics, and the ability of institutions to remain relevant

• Need to address issues of equity and inclusion while concurrently facing political pressure and culture war

• Enrollment and retention of diverse, international, and other under-represented segments of the “traditional”

• Athletic programming, affiliations, revenue enhancement, and recognition of the changing nature of the NCAA

• Need to create linkages with local governments and economic development entities

• Philanthropy, community engagement, and alumni support

• Research and development, business incubation centers, externally sponsored research, and the role of ECD

preparation,

headwinds

population

Recalibration

Coming Soon!

Our Goals Remain the Same

Access & Success Equity & Inclusion Excellence in Teaching Research & Innovation Community Stewardship Employee Empowerment Fiscal & Operational Sustainability

Agenda 1.

Where are we?

How do we move forward?

ETSU is You

You will help write the next chapter of our story.

Access & Success

Navigating the Shifting Sands

The Demographic Cliff

A Multi-Year Decline

College-Going Rates by Sector

Source: College Board – Enrollment and Retention in the Age of COVID (2021)

College-Going Rates by Income

College-Going Rates in Tennessee

College-Going Rates in East TN (2021) • Counties with ETSU instructional locations – Sevier: 48.7% – Sullivan: 61.5% – Washington: 53.9% • High – Unicoi (62.5%) • Low – Union (34.6%) • Most significant change: Grainger (-26.2% since 2017)

Barriers to College

• The college price tag remains a primary obstacle for these young adults to obtain a degree.

• Students are increasingly ROI focused and uncertain of the value of a college degree.

Source: Edge Research, HCM Strategists, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2022)

The Value of Education

Source: Edge Research, HCM Strategists, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2022)

ETSU

has seen a 25% growth in new-student enrollment in the past two years. ETSU Undergraduate Admissions Team

Fall 2022 Overall Enrollment at ETSU Student Level 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Delta Undergraduate 11,323 11,268 11,151 10,705 10,316 10,554 238 Graduate 2,441 2,457 2,438 2,435 2,434 2,422 -12 Medicine 531 534 534 538 535 529 -6 Pharmacy 313 315 312 283 261 212 -47 Total 14,608 14,574 14,435 13,961 13,546 13,717 171 Top Five Graduate Programs • Public Health • Educational Leadership • Nursing • Social Work • Physical Therapy Top Five Undergraduate Programs • Nursing • Psychology • Management • Computer Science • Biology

ETSU Fall 2018-22 First-Time Freshmen Profile First-time Freshmen 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Delta Headcount 1,976 1,786 1,651 1,856 2,056 200 High School GPA 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 0.10 Tennessee Resident 1,575 1,406 1,311 1,428 1,544 116 Border County 147 146 88 81 140 59 International 20 22 13 24 26 2 Other Out-of-State 234 212 239 323 346 23

Location Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Tennessee Total 10,955 10,913 10,629 10,093 10,053 NC 410 390 347 277 273 VA 451 445 453 368 372 Border Total 861 835 800 645 645 % of Total 6.25% 6.08% 5.89% 5.06% 4.97% International 657 544 424 265 369 % of Total 4.77% 3.96% 3.12% 2.08% 2.84% Other Out of State 1,301 1,391 1,452 1,740 1,909 % of Total 9.45% 10.13% 10.69% 13.65% 14.71% ETSU Enrollment (Main Campus Only)

Tennessee Higher Education Enrollment Comparison 2021-2022

Sector/Institution

First-Time Freshmen Undergraduate Total % Change

Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2021 Fall 2022

Community College Total 16,928 15,853 69,185 66,889 69,185 66,889 -3.32%

Austin Peay State University 1,395 1,411 8,185 7,814 9,362 9,000 -3.87%

East Tennessee State University 1,856 2,056 10,312 10,554 12,737 12,976 1.88%

Middle Tennessee State University 2,738 2,779 17,892 17,438 20,857 20,086 -3.70%

Tennessee State University 1,637 3,567 6,375 7,678 8,077 9,218 14.13%

Tennessee Technological University 1,661 2,050 8,394 8,537 9,840 9,902 0.63%

University of Memphis 2,593 2,414 16,702 16,708 21,622 21,917 1.36%

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga 2,076 2,246 10,016 9,884 11,457 11,283 -1.52%

University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5,948 6,846 25,067 27,039 31,236 33,329 6.70%

University of Tennessee, Martin 1,042 1,107 6,007 6,165 6,712 6,868 2.32%

University of Tennessee, Southern 215 209 852 896 876 934 6.62%

University of Tennessee Health Science Center 265 296 3,239 3,142 -2.99%

University Total 21,161 24,685 110,067 113,009 137,036 139,635 1.90%

GRAND TOTAL 38,089 40,538 179,252 179,898 206,221 206,524 0.15%

ETSU Retention Rate (2014 – 2021) • Retention rate measured utilizing ETSU-only data • The 2021 cohort details information for those students who began as FTF in fall 2021 and were retained at ETSU into fall 2022 72% 71% 76% 73% 72% 78% 67% 72% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

ETSU Six-Year Cohort Graduation Rate (2010 – 2016) 40% 41% 44% 50% 50% 51% 55% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Graduation rate measured utilizing ETSU-only data and institutional completion. The 2016 cohort details information for those students who began as FTFT freshman in 2016 and graduated by 2022.

ETSU TRIO Programs • $2.3 million in federal grants for the 2022-23 academic year • Assisting more than 544 students • First-generation • Low-income • Underrepresented minority • Veterans 2022 McNair Scholars

Affordability

ETSU is ranked in the top 10% in the nation in the “least debt” category among colleges and universities by U.S. News and

World Report.

Equity & Inclusion

Eliminating Achievement Gaps

Giovanni,

Nikki

Y’all

Don’t

Hear Me Exhibition

Exploring Race, Mental Health and Inequality

Dr. Elwood Watson (History) and Dr. Hadii Mamudu (Health Services Management and Policy) are consulting editors of an innovative new interdisciplinary series, Race, Mental Health and Inequality in the 21st Century, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Shifting Demographic Trends

Source: SREB Factbook (2021)

College-Going Rates by Race

THEC Fact Book 2022 2019 2020 2021

ETSU Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity 2017-22 (Main Campus Only) Race/Ethnicity Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 American Indian or Alaska Native 31 23 24 17 12 8 Asian 195 207 204 206 221 265 Black or African American 911 887 860 875 852 832 Hispanic/Latino 343 367 382 447 471 483 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 13 9 8 3 1 Nonresident Alien 626 505 398 263 264 369 Race and ethnicity unknown 184 187 236 478 761 1,066 Two or more races 366 438 504 498 474 389 White 11,096 11,098 10,972 10,348 9,692 9,563 Grand Total 13,765 13,725 13,589 13,140 12,750 12,976 Female 58.18% 59.58% 61.01% 62.13% 63.50% 62.70% Male 41.82% 40.42% 38.99% 37.87% 36.50% 37.30%

Graduation Rates by Race and Ethnicity at Public Colleges and Universities (2019)

Source: SREB Factbook (2021)

ETSU Retention Rate by Race/Ethnicity Insert slides on equity gaps at ETSU Race/Ethnicity Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Asian 90.5% 92.3% 88.5% 81.0% 87.5% Black or African American 62.6% 66.9% 69.4% 56.3% 61.2% Hispanic/Latino 67.1% 69.9% 75.6% 59.0% 68.0% White 74.6% 72.3% 79.2% 68.2% 73.8% Two or More Races 70.9% 75.0% 76.9% 64.3% 69.3% Nonresident Alien 87.0% 80.0% 40.9% 69.2% 58.6% Race and Ethnicity Unknown 66.7% 85.7% 90.9% 68.2% 69.8% Total 73.1% 72.4% 77.9% 66.8% 71.9%

ETSU Graduation

by Race/Ethnicity

Rate

Insert slides on equity gaps at ETSU Race/Ethnicity Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Asian 57.9% 67.9% 64.0% 54.8% 74.1% Black or African American 29.2% 37.2% 27.2% 31.3% 33.7% Hispanic/Latino 46.9% 41.5% 40.3% 51.7% 31.0% White 45.9% 50.7% 52.8% 53.8% 58.1% Two or More Races 30.1% 45.2% 30.6% 41.7% 51.1% Nonresident Alien 81.5% 71.9% 60.0% 42.9% 48.3% Race and Ethnicity Unknown 44.0% 34.6% 46.4% 25.0% 50.0% Total 44.5% 49.8% 49.5% 50.5% 55.1%

Excellence in Teaching

Under Director Joe Moore’s leadership, the Marching Bucs have grown year after year.

Shifting Expectations of Students

Source: EAB

New Degrees and Certificates

Applied Data Science

History

Graduate

Information Systems

Orthotics & Prosthetics

Research

Nature-Based Therapy

Occupational Therapy

MS Degree Brewing & Distillation Undergraduate Certificate Digital Media MFA English as a Second Language, PreK-12 Graduate Certificate Higher Education Teaching Graduate Certificate

Certificate

MS Degree Concentrations in Cybersecurity Management, Data Analytics, Information Management, and User Experience Engineering

Graduate Certificate

Doctorate

MS Degree Recovery

Graduate Certificate Supply Chain Management BBA Degree Approved in 2021-2022

Industry Collaboration

Clockwise from left: Brewing and Distilling program announcement at Tennessee Hills Brewstillery, Appalachian Highlands Center for Nursing Advancement workshop, BlueSky Institute inaugural class, Brand Storytelling badge

ABET Accreditation

With the recent addition of Engineering, ETSU now has nine ABET-accredited programs.

ETSU is one of only 14 universities in the country to have ABET-accredited programs in computer science, information systems, and information technology and is the only school in Tennessee to have a four-year ABETaccredited Survey and Mapping program.

Center for Interprofessional Collaboration

East Tennessee State University’s commitment to interprofessional education is strengthening and expanding with the recent creation of the ETSU Center for Interprofessional Collaboration. Interprofessional education (IPE) is rooted in students learning and practicing team-based, collaborative care in order to improve health outcomes for patients. The center will provide infrastructure support for interprofessional education and research and foster collaborative relationships on and off campus to address leading questions of regional and national importance.

Recent Guest Lecturers

Dr. William Turner Author Meghan McCain The View

Dasho Karma Ura Ctr for Bhutan Studies Natasha Trethewey U.S. Poet Laureate Bryan Terrell Clark Broadway’s Hamilton Nikki Giovanni Poet Dr. Michael Dyson

Author, Actor, Minister

David Plazas

USA Today

Margaret Renkl

New York Times

Yona FrenchHawk Wisdom Keeper Crystal Good Black By God Van Jones

CNN

Research & Innovation

Driving Success in the New Economy

TN Healthcare Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Randy Wykoff

Growing the Future

The ETSU Research Corporation is hosting Growing the Future: Symposium on Innovation and Education for the Bioeconomy on Oct. 27

beginning at 9 a.m. in ETSU’s Mary B. Martin Center for the Arts. This event will bring together leaders in education, government and industry to highlight global bioeconomy opportunities and initiatives in the

Appalachian Highlands. The symposium will feature some of the world’s most innovative thought leaders in the bioeconomy.

On the Scent

A pair of researchers at ETSU’s Quillen

College of Medicine have received a grant totaling more than $1.8 million over the next five years to study how the sense of smell is maintained and how it is repaired after injury.

Dr. Cuihong Jia and Dr. Diego Javier Rodriguez-Gil were awarded

the R01 grant from the National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health. Their goal is to develop new treatment drugs that can help individuals regain their sense of smell.

Libraries Count

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced it awarded $467,000 in grant funding to East Tennessee State University to fund a project known as Libraries Count. Led by ETSU faculty member Dr. Alissa Lange (Clemmer College), Libraries Count will be a professional learning program that supports library staff in their work integrating math into programming for young children and their families.

to Support STEM Ed

$7.2M

Dr. Chih-Che Tai serves as the principal investigator on a US Dept. of Education Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant focusing supporting school leaders in STEM, Literacy, and Computation.

East Tennessee State University Extramural Sponsored

Community Stewardship

Community Development and P-20 Collaboration STRIVE Veterans Entrepreneurship Program

$1.25M to Improve Rural Education

Faculty members with Clemmer College were recently awarded $1.25M in grant funding to support a project known as the Rural Initiative for Training Administrators with Special Education Expertise (RITASEE), which aims to enhance service for all students in rural school settings by strengthening current leadership practices related to communication and collaboration; developing evidence-based school improvement systems to serve diverse learners; advocating for district and school-wide inclusive practices; and promoting positive school culture for all students.

Human Capital Challenge: Cracks in the Pipeline

Source: www.nchems.org State For every 100 Ninth Graders Graduate from High School Enter College Still Enrolled Sophomore Year Graduate within 6 years Massachusetts 100 77 58 42 30 Pennsylvania 100 79 51 37 30 Virginia 100 71 49 34 24 Delaware 100 66 43 32 23 Missouri 100 78 47 32 22 Ohio 100 73 46 33 22 Nation 100 70 44 30 21 North Carolina 100 66 44 30 19 Tennessee 100 71 44 29 19 Maryland 100 73 46 31 19 Georgia 100 59 41 27 17 Arkansas 100 75 47 29 17 Oklahoma 100 75 42 25 17 West Virginia 100 72 43 28 17 Florida 100 60 35 24 16 Kentucky 100 69 42 28 16 Mississippi 100 60 46 27 15 South Carolina 100 54 38 24 15 Alabama 100 64 43 27 15 Louisiana 100 58 38 25 15 Texas 100 65 37 24 14

Percent

of Adult Population with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher American Community Survey TN Average: 27.3% US Average: 32.0% Red = Most critical 300 counties Green = Least critical 300 counties

Educational Attainment and Income

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census' and ACS

State Public Health Rankings

Source: United Health Foundation

Measures of Community Health

Measure Top 10% United States ETSU Service Region Adult Smoking 16% 22% Severe Housing Problems 9% 14% Physical Inactivity 19% 34% Adult Obesity 26% 32% Days of Poor Physical Health 3.4 5 Fair or Poor Health 14% 21%

Community Impact: Gatton College of Pharmacy

This summer, students from ETSU’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy achieved national acclaim when they were awarded the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s top community service award.

Highlights of the college’s community impact include:

• helping to administer more than 30,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses since December of 2020

• serving nearly 3,000 patients at the Remote Area Medical clinic in Gray over the past five years

• distributing more than 10,000 naloxone kits throughout the region

• working with local law enforcement to help set up medication “Take Back” operations, which have collected nearly 30,000 pounds of unused medications since 2008

Martin Center for the

Arts 74 141 6 Rehearsals Theatre Music ETSU Rentals 14 124 35 17 Events Theatre Music ETSU Rentals Outside Rentals 2021-22 Activities

40th Anniversary Celebration

October 21, 2022 at 7 p.m. Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies

Empower Employees

Great Colleges to Work For

Heroes Award Ceremony

ETSU

Great Colleges To Work For Question Category ETSU 2021 ETSU 2022 Carnegie Class Delta Carnegie Collaboration 61% 64% 59% 5% Communication 62% 70% 60% 10% Confidence in Senior Leadership 64% 69% 57% 12% Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 75% 77% 70% 7% Faculty & Staff Well-being 80% 81% 75% 6% Job Satisfaction & Support 73% 76% 70% 6% Mission & Pride 75% 78% 74% 4% Performance Management 57% 60% 53% 7% Professional Development 68% 71% 63% 8% Supervisor/Dept Chair Effectiveness 75% 83% 73% 10% Overall 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Delta ETSU Overall Average 61 61 66 67 65 66 70 73 3 Carnegie Benchmark 69 68 68 67 68 71 70 66 -4

Fiscal Sustainability

Operational Excellence

ETSU Board of Trustees Meeting

Operating Budget • Total: $530,001,000 • 61% generated by tuition and other sources • 39% from state appropriations • Over $20M in carry-forward funds and fees available to colleges and divisional units • $1.4M in new investments to E&G university reserves

ETSU Foundation • Total fund balance at FY 2022 end: $124,386,748 • $3,026,790 awarded in scholarships in 2021-22 • Comprehensive campaign total: $163M ($43M above the goal!)

We know where we are going.

How do we get there?

Access & Success Equity & Inclusion Excellence in Teaching Research & Innovation Community Stewardship Employee Empowerment Fiscal & Operational Sustainability Coming Soon!

Moonshot for Equity

etsu.edu/moonshot

Moonshot: Best-Practice Areas Leadership • Change management support • Equity-minded planning and accountability • Campus climate assessments Academic Policy and Practice • Academic maps • Meta majors • Transfer pathways • Microgrants Access and Enrollment • Community-based recruitment and partnerships • Adult student re-enrollment Student Support and Belonging • Pre-college programs • Proactive academic advising • Coordinated care network

Moonshot for Equity

Strategic Enrollment Initiatives • Housing Transformation • Academic Program Growth • Wraparound Advising • A One-Stop Shop for Support • Aligned Recruiting and Marketing

Facilities

Master Planning Planning Steps: • Visioning Workshop • Campus Site Tours • Stakeholder Interviews • Data Collection & Review • MapMyBucs Mapping Tool • 2D Maps and 3D Models • Existing Conditions Analysis • Space Needs Assessment • Utility/Infrastructure Assessment • Facility Condition Audit

In-Progress Teaching and Learning Facilities

Lamb Hall

Cost: $26,100,000

Estimated Completion: March 2023

Academic Building

Cost: $62,500,000

Estimated Completion: Fall 2025

Demolition Begins: Fall 2023

Brown Hall

Cost: $93,600,000 (phase 1: $47M, phase 2: $45.9M)

Estimated Completion: Phase 1: Spring 2026

Move out: Summer 2024

Integrated Health Services

Cost: $43,900,000

Estimated Completion: Fall 2025

Powell Hall

Cost: $5,000,000

Estimated Completion: Summer 2024

Community-Engaged Learning

etsu.edu/community-engagement 2022 Roan Scholars Our QEP

Teaching and Research • General Education Curriculum Redesign • Enhanced Research Administration • ETSU Research Corporation • P-20 Collaboration

Proposed Salary Enhancements • 4 percent across the board • Floor of $1,200 • Ceiling of $7,000

People, Processes, and Technology • Huron Budget & Operational Assessment • Transition to Oracle ERP • Organizational Alignment

ETSU Budget Process & Operational Alignment

Budget Process & Operational Alignment

Timeline

Budget Process & Operational Alignment

Next Steps

Upcoming Town Hall Save the Date Town Hall with Huron October 26 at 1:30 Via Zoom

ETSU Oracle Cloud Implementation Overview

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System

SACSCOC Reaffirmation Update

ü September 2022: Compliance Certification Submitted o November 2022: Off-site Reaffirmation Review o February 2023: QEP and Focused Report Due o April 2023: On-site Reaffirmation Review o December 2023: Reaffirmation anticipated