SixYear Plan Presentation July 24 2019 Institutional Mission

Six-Year Plan Presentation July 24, 2019

Institutional Mission President John R. Broderick • Enrollment consists of 90% in-state undergraduate students • 2 nd largest percentage of STEM-H degrees awarded among Virginia doctoral universities • Leader in transfer students from VCCS • Largest military affiliated population in the Commonwealth • Most affordable in-state undergraduate tuition among the doctoral institutions

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity President John R. Broderick 80, 0% 70, 0% 60, 0% 50, 0% 40, 0% 30, 0% 20, 0% 10, 0% Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Hispanic 6, 3% 6, 6% 7, 9% 8, 0% Asian 4, 0% 4, 2% 4, 4% 4, 5% African-American 24, 0% 24, 6% 26, 2% 27, 4% 28, 1% White 52, 3% 49, 1% 49, 0% 47, 7% 46, 8% Two or More Races 5, 3% 5, 8% 6, 0% 6, 1% 6, 3% Unknown 4, 1% 5, 9% 3, 3% 2, 8% 2, 7%

Pell Recipients President John R. Broderick Percent of Undergraduates Who Were Pell Grant Recipients, 2017 -2018 80, 0% 70, 0% 68, 7% 60, 0% 50, 0% 42, 2% 40, 0% 34, 7% 32, 8% 30, 0% 29, 4% 27, 8% 27, 2% 20, 0% 16, 0% 15, 7% 15, 0% 13, 3% 12, 5% VTECH JMU CNU UVA CWM 10, 0% NSU ODU CVCC GMU VCU NVCC Va. Avg.

Student Success Initiatives President John R. Broderick • Success Coaching • Brother 2 Brother Program – African-American & Latino students provide peer tutoring and support for one another • Learn & Earn Advantage Program (LEAP) • Predictive modeling and using resources more efficiently to target at-risk students with appropriate intervention measures

Student Success President John R. Broderick • Serving a large non-traditional and transient military population, a 10 year graduation rate shows 70% of our student cohort graduated from ODU or other institutions • Over 11, 000 students attend summer school program • ODU was ranked as one of the top 15 universities in the nation for African American student success and graduation by The Education Trust

Strategic Priorities President John R. Broderick #1: Student Success and Job Readiness • ODU plays a vital role in educating low-income, first generation students and preparing them to enter the tech talent pipeline • In just four years, ODU has grown its Cybersecurity degree program from 11 majors to 465, while placing more than 150 students in Cybersecurity and related “digital” internships each year. • ODU’s Digital Shipbuilding program has placed more than 225 interns, facilitated over 300 new jobs in Hampton Roads and currently is developing 17 different DS curriculum programs from elementary to graduate school. • To advance economic mobility for low-income, underrepresented students, research shows that student support, academic resources and financial assistance must work together • Retention rates for students in success coaching program were 18. 7% higher than control group and 6. 2% higher than overall freshman class • $2. 7 M and 20 FTE positions in FY 21 and FY 22 to expand student success and LEAP programs

Strategic Priorities Provost Austin Agho #2: Increase Faculty Salaries • Over last 6 years, approximately 169 faculty resigned to accept positions at other institutions citing salary as primary reason (40% were STEM-H faculty) • CUPA survey shows average faculty salary to be 6. 2% less than national peers • Variance of salaries in the STEM-H disciplines is even higher • Ability to offer competitive salary is critical in recruiting and retaining quality faculty • Even with the 3% faculty salary increase in FY 20, faculty continue to remain well below our national peers • Plan provides for a faculty salary increase of 3% over the next biennium: $3. 1 M in FY 21 and $6. 2 M in FY 22

Strategic Priorities President John R. Broderick #3: Financial Aid • ODU serves over 8, 000 Pell eligible students by providing access and educating economically disadvantaged students (approximately 42. 2% of our undergraduate student body) • Our GF appropriation of $26 M for student financial aid funds approximately 42% of unmet student need • In order to continue to improve retention and graduation rates for our most vulnerable students, it is critical that we reach at least 64% of unmet need over the next biennium • Request is for $6. 9 M GF for FY 21 and $13. 8 M GF in FY 22

Strategic Priorities Vice Provost Brian Payne #4: Old Dominion University Digital Innovation Academy • Digital Innovation Academy will coordinate the expansion and delivery of academic programs in cybersecurity, computer science, computer engineering and information technology. • Project increasing the number of graduates to 6, 227 with 3, 587 as a result of the Digital Innovation Academy • Leverage existing online program and industry partnerships to provide: • Access and cost predictability • Timely and affordable pathways to degree attainment • Internships and employment pathways • Strategic talent development • Regional economic development • Funding Request is for $7. 3 M in base funding for FY 21 and FY 22

Strategic Priorities Associate Vice President Jane Dané #5: Transfer Pathways & Degree Completion for Online Students • The University has a proven 30 -year track record as a leader of distance learning in the Commonwealth, particularly in serving non-traditional students • Currently offer more than 100 programs online • 300 transfer pathways – far more than any other public 4 -year in Virginia • This initiative will allow ODU to: • Provide flexible year-round course start dates • Increase capacity in high-demand online programs • Provide seamless services and coaching for online students • Expand prior learning assessment/experiential learning program toward degree completion and affordability • Expand graduate online offerings • Funding Request is for $2 M and 2 FTE positions in FY 21 and FY 22

Strategic Priorities Provost Austin Agho #6: School of Public Health • This initiative creates a School of Public Health by expanding and rebranding the existing School of Community and Environmental Health. • By offering online and on-campus programming, it is expected that enrollment will more than double and produce a workforce to meet the region’s and commonwealth’s needs for public health workers. • Collaboration with the Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium in investigating and reducing health risks in the region • Several states have more than one School of Public Health to serve health issues relevant to a specific region • Funding request is for $2. 5 M in FY 21 and F 22 and reallocation of $1. 7 M from existing resources

Strategic Priorities Provost Austin Agho

Strategic Priorities Associate Vice President Jane Dané #7: Social Mobility Center • The Center educates higher education leaders on social mobility, helping them to strengthen their campus social mobility practices and close equity gaps. • Current and planned initiatives, in partnership with SCHEV include: • Aligning higher education funding, including financial aid with greater access & success for first-generation and low-income students • Expanding outreach, advising, counseling, work-based learning, career planning & credit transfer for at risk students • Recognizing public institutions that serve individuals who might not pursue education beyond high school • Funding research relevant to social mobility that benefits attainment and production of graduates • Sponsoring events such as the National Social Mobility Symposium which focuses on lowincome and first generation student success • Request is for $650 K in FY 21 and FY 22

Strategic Priorities Vice President Greg Du. Bois #8: Operations & Maintenance of New Chemistry Building • New Chemistry Building is scheduled to open in October 2020. • Facility will include 72, 809 assignable E&G square feet of classroom, lab, faculty offices and meeting/conference space. • Projected annual operation and maintenance costs for nine months in FY 21 total $970, 127 and $1, 345, 148 in FY 22

Strategic Priorities Vice President Greg Du. Bois #9: Administrative & Professional Faculty Salary Increase • Recruitment and retention of well-qualified staff is critical to the future of the University. • 101 A/P Faculty left ODU over the last 5 years. Of these positions, 42% were student service-related positions. • According to CUPA-HR data, the student support positions with the highest turnover rates reveal median salaries well below our national peers. • Admissions counselors are 19% lower, student residence hall managers 10. 6% lower and student advisors are 3. 2% lower. • To offer competitive salary in local and regional markets, the plan provides for a salary increase of 3% for each year of the biennium. • Funding requested: $1. 2 M in FY 21 and $2. 4 M in FY 22

Strategic Priorities Vice President Greg Du. Bois #10: Classified Staff Salary Increase • In FY 2018 classified turnover rate was 11. 13% • 100 individuals resigned to take higher paying positions • Ability to offer competitive salaries in local and regional markets is critical for recruiting and retaining well-qualified staff. • While the state provided salary and merit increases in the last fiscal year, the absence of consistent base increases over the last several years has created a disparity in salaries within the local market. • Plan provides for a salary increase of 3% over the next biennium: $1. 8 M in FY 21 and $3. 6 M in FY 22

Strategic Priorities Vice President Morris Foster #11: Virginia Institute for Spaceflight & Autonomy (VISA) • In 2019, the General Assembly provided funding for VISA to leverage the Commonwealth’s unique assets in spaceflight and autonomy partnerships and the unique Wallops facility. This request is to build out that initial appropriation into a comprehensive institute. • VISA is based at Wallops Island works in close partnership with Virginia universities and the private sector to advance innovation and commercialization in: • Technologies and data analytics for space-based & unmanned systems • Expanded applied research capabilities to attract industry to Wallops • Increased graduate degree and certificate programs to create workforce needed for a Wallops-focused spaceflight & autonomy economic cluster • Creating a data platform & virtual portal to connect Virginia-based university assets with private and federal entities • Request is $857 K in GF in FY 21 and $1. 0 M in GF for FY 22

Strategic Priorities Vice President Morris Foster #12: Offshore Wind Energy/Innovative Ports • ODU has taken a leading role to position Hampton Roads as the primary port for emerging offshore wind energy fields on the Atlantic Coast. • First wind turbines to be emplaced by August 2020. • With additional funding, ODU can provide the Port of Virginia as well as other regional economic development entities in Richmond & Front Royal with assistance to facilitate innovation and diversification in port operations and port-related commercial activities, with offshore wind energy as the first use case. • Request is for $267 K in FY 21 and $273 K in FY 22

In-State Undergraduate Tuition Predictability Plans Scenarios FY 2020 -21 FY 2021 -22 1 -Assumes no new GF (can only fund #1, 3, 4, 5, 8) 15. 0% 2 -Assumes 100% GF for #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and GF/NGF split for #2, 8, 9, 10 3. 3% 3. 1% 3 -Assumes 100% GF for #3, 4, 7, 11, 12 and GF/NGF split for #1, 5, 6, 8 10. 2% 3. 1%

2020 -2022 Funding Request Strategy Assumes Scenario #2 FY 2021 Total FY 2021 GF Support FY 2022 Total FY 2022 GF Support 1. Student Success & Job Readiness $2. 7 M 2. Faculty Salary Increase $3. 1 M $1. 3 M $6. 2 M $2. 6 M 3. Need Based Financial Aid $6. 9 M $13. 8 M $12. 3 M $7. 3 M 5. Transfer Pathways & Degree Completion $2. 0 M 6. School of Public Health $2. 5 M 7. Social Mobility Center $650 K 4. ODU Digital Innovation Academy

2020 -2022 Funding Request Strategy Assumes Scenario 2 FY 2021 Total FY 2021 FY 2022 GF Total Support FY 2022 GF Support 8. O&M for New Chemistry Building $970 K $544 K $1. 3 M $755 K 9. A&P Faculty Salary Increase $1. 2 M $502 K $2. 4 M $1. 0 M 10. Classified Salary Increase $1. 8 M $759 K $3. 6 M $1. 5 M 11. VA Institute for Spaceflight & Autonomy $857 K $1. 0 M 12. Offshore Wind Energy/Innovative Ports $267 K $273 K $35. 2 M $31. 2 M $43. 8 M $36. 2 M TOTAL NGF Support $4. 0 M $7. 6 M % Tuition Increase 3. 3% 3. 1%

Six-Year Plan Presentation July 24, 2019