The 2002-03
Report on Implementing the Strategic Plan is available online at www.uiowa.edu/~provost/plan/ind0203.pdf. Hard copies of the annual report were not printed
this year.
Introducing the report, UI President David Skorton
acknowledges that the economy has impeded the University’s
progress toward some of its goals.
“Cutbacks have inevitably had an impact on
our ability to achieve all that we had hoped when
our current strategic plan was implemented four years
ago,” he writes. “Still, I am proud of
the excellence that our faculty, staff, and students
continue to pursue.”
Report highlights include:
- Graduation rates: The four-year graduation
rate increased to 37.7 percent, up from 35.8
percent last year and closer to the goal of 40
percent.
- PhD placement: The percentage of PhD recipients
obtaining academic employment within six months
of graduation increased to 65 percent, meeting
the 2005
target.
- Honors programming: The number of undergraduate
students participating in the Honors Program—which
reached 346 in 2002-03, up 30 students from the previous
year—inched closer to the goal of 359. Also,
the number of students participating in the comprehensive
K-12 honors program surpassed the 2005 target of
1,725, reaching 1,898.
- External funding: The amount of external
funding received by faculty and staff for research,
scholarship, and artistic creation increased
to $353 million, surpassing the goal of $300 million
for
the second straight year.
- Gender and ethnic diversity among faculty:
The percentage of minority tenured and tenure-track
faculty increased to 13.2 percent but has yet
to meet the target of 14.5 percent. The percentage
of
female tenured and tenure-track faculty, however,
slipped from 27.3 percent in 2001-02 to 26.9
percent in 2002-03, falling short of the goal of
30 percent.
- Gender and ethnic diversity in executive,
administrative, and managerial positions: The
percentages of women and minorities in such positions
increased.
Women comprise 33.7 percent, surpassing the target
of 32 percent. Minorities comprise 6.5 percent—short
of the 8 percent target but an increase over
last year.
by Sara Epstein Moninger
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