The system supplement: a report of the Georgia Board of Regents, Vol. 43, no. 8 (Nov. 2006)

The
System Supplement

A report of the Georgia Board of Regents Vol. 43, No. 8 November 2006
"Creating a Mo re Educated Georgia"

Regents Endorse New Strategic Capital Model

TThe Board of Regents has formally endorsed a new Strategic Capital Model that includes a method of determining the allocation of state funds for new facilities on the 35 campuses of the University System of Georgia (USG).
System officials told the regents during a presentation at the November board meeting that the new model is designed to be more responsive and dynamic than the current process for addressing the USG's facilities needs.
The new allocation model is data driven and is based upon each institution's current enrollment, anticipated enrollment growth, square footage, the age and condition of current facilities, as well as the strategic priorities of the Board of Regents.
Instead of the current system, in which campus officials annually request funding for individual "major" projects (more than $5 million) and "minor" projects (less than $5 million), the new model targets funding for a multiyear Capital Implementation Program, allowing campus officials to consider and propose the best use of state funds over time to address their comprehensive facilities needs and meet campus and System objectives.

A key goal of the comprehensive update of the existing capital request process undertaken by the University System's Office of Facilities was to use the recently revised System Principles for Capital Outlay Prioritization to improve the "fit" between the state's available general obligation (GO) bonds and the USG's capital (facilities) program.
In the November presentation, Vice Chancellor for Facilities Linda Daniels said that, through this update, five major issues emerged concerning the existing process the lack of predictability for facilities funding from year to year; the absence of a strategic focus; the length of time from an institution's request for a facility to the completion of construction; the need for more robust data in capital decisionmaking; and the need to consider all campus capital projects, even those not funded by GO bonds.
"The new model will address key issues, focus on strategic planning and allow us to implement the new System Principles for Capital Outlay Prioritization," Daniels told the regents. "Our primary objective is to maximize the strategic value of all capital investment in the University System. This will be accomplished

through enhanced, long-term capital planning and development made possible by consistent and predictable state capital funding."
An underlying assumption of the new Strategic Capital Model is that a consistent and sustainable level of bond funding will be linked to the USG's multi-year capital program. Built into the new model is a base of $250 million in GO bond funding that would increase 5 percent annually. At this rate, the total amount of GO bonds allocated to the USG for fiscal years 2009-2014 would be $1.7 billion.
The capital allocation model the regents endorsed in November will allow the University System to do more effective capital planning, USG Director of Planning
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University System's Student Enrollment Growth Accelerates

The University System of Georgia's (USG) latest fall enrollment numbers posted a gain of 6,393 students from fall 2005 to fall 2006, reflecting a steady growth in demand for higher education. The latest USG fall enrollment report shows that current enrollment in Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities stands at an all-time high of 259,945 students.

The 2.5 percent increase over fall 2005 represents a surge from more modest percentage increases in recent years of 1.2 percent from fall 2004 to fall 2005 and 1.5 percent from fall 2003 to fall 2004. While the current growth reflects a larger percentage increase than in the previous two years, it continues a more stable pattern of growth from a series of explosive years of enrollment gains that began in 1998. Over

the eight years since 1998, the System has added 59,843 students, an overall increase of 30 p e r c e n t .
"To put this in perspective, that is the equivalent of adding almost two new University of Georgia campuses over the last eight years. Managing this type of growth has many challenges," said Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr.
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Georgia Public Libraries Debut New Software for PINES

More than 250 public libraries in Georgia debuted a new computer software program this fall that will save the state's taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Board of Regents learned about the benefits of the program, called Evergreen, at its November meeting from David Singleton, deputy state librarian, and Julie Walker, the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) assistant state librarian for technology serv i c e s .
According to Walker, Evergreen was conceived to meet the unique functional needs of a large group of public libraries that are committed to sharing materials. Designed in-house by GPLS developers, it is open-source software. This means it is royalty-free, and anyone may study, change and improve the software and distribute it either as-is or with modific a t i o n s .
"Because Evergreen runs on the Linux operating system and inexpensive commodity hardware," Walker said, "it will save the state hundreds of thousands of dollars both in purchase price and in annual maintenance over the proprietary system previously in use."
In addition to cost savings, Evergreen brings a wealth of security enhancements designed to protect the personal information of Georgians who use the service from their homes or from publicaccess computers at local libraries. "It is not only better software for our libraries and our customers, but also a new model for the development of software for libraries," said Singleton.

With Evergreen, PINES library patrons can enjoy a range of do-it-yourself services from home or library workstations, including the ability to:

securely change their personal login name, PIN, and e-mail addresses;

place, cancel, and view holds on books and other circulating items;

modify how they prefer to be alerted of available h o l d s ;
view fines owed;

Brad LaJeunesse and Julie Walker

create and share, if desired, lists of books already read, lists of books desired and other recommended reading lists of their choosing, and view and place holds directly from these lists; and

attractive option for library automation," Walker said. "It's also very rewarding to us that leading thinkers in the field of library technology are taking notice and asking us to tell them more about it."

change screen views and enlarge print for easier viewing and improved readability.
The new software is generating considerable excitement among patrons and library staff across Georgia, as well as from the library and technology communities across the country and internationally. Singleton and Walker, along with State Librarian Lamar Veatch and members of the design team Brad LaJeunesse, Jason Etheridge,Mike Rylander and Bill Erickson have been invited to speak about Evergreen at a number of regional, national and international conferences this fall and winter.
"It's exciting to see the attention generated by this project and to see how libraries nationally and internationally are eager to explore Evergreen as a new and

Using new technology to help libraries become more effective and efficient also demonstrates GPLS' commitment to the Governor's Customer Service Initiative, noted Veatch. "PINES and Evergreen exemplify the values of faster, friendlier and easier," he said.
The new Evergreen-powered Web-based PINES catalog is available from workstations within all PINES libraries, as well as for users logging in from home, at www.gapines.org. Later, a planned partnership with Georgia's successful Georgia Library Learning Online (GALILEO) program will combine the power of Evergreen searching with the ability to broadcast searches across GALILEO's database products, giving users comprehensive access to materials and information via one easy-to-use portal. Q

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Alan Travis told the regents. He noted that USG campuses will benefit tremendously from having a predictable financial basis for facilities master-planning.
"The Board of Regents will determine, in advance, each institution's target share of GO bond

funding using the allocation model, which is driven by a variety of structural and strategic factors," Travis said. "Although the state will continue authorizing USG GO bonds annually, the model will allow the Board of Regents to target the funds to institutions in multi-year cycles six years initially, and three years thereafter to increase their programming flexibility."
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Travis added that the new model factors in funding to cover strong enrollment growth, serious space deficits and the maintenance of aging buildings in a way that has not been feasible until now. "This is going to tie the needs of our institutions to the System's overall needs and goals and enable us to be more effective in facilities-related planning, budgeting and implementation," he said. Q

USG Digest
North Georgia College &
State University recently received some high-profile attention when the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a feature on "FROG Week," the university's grueling biannual six-day boot camp for new cadets. More than 270 graduated from the Army-style freshman orientation in August. Many of the upperclassmen that led this year's program are veterans of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That, along with the unique status within higher education held by NGCSU as one of only six four-year senior military colleges in the nation, helped attract the Chronicle's attention. The 670 ROTC cadets make up a minority of the university's 4,800 students, yet the institution's culture includes a strong military tradition. Chronicle reporter Kelly Field spent two days living and training with the new recruits in the Freshman Recruit Orientation Group (FROG) program. Her story, "Hooah! Freshman Orientation, With Blisters," and photographs of were published on Sept. 29 under "Notes from Academe." The article may be accessed at http://chronicle.com/temp/ reprint.php?id=zq9w539vjn n0xc7dstjlm0y2g5xp3rs2
A new study of biotechnology
transfer conducted by the Milken Institute has named Georgia Tech one of the leading universities in the world for technology transfer bringing technologies from the lab to the market. Tech ranked No. 4 for startup companies, No. 8 for patents filed, No. 9 in patents issued in 2005, and No. 11 overall for technology transfer in "Mind to Market:A Global Analysis of University Biotechnology Transfer and Commercialization."The study also ranked Atlanta No. 9 among top metro areas in the United States for technology transfer. Q
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2006 Regents Excellence Awards Announced

Four University System of Georgia faculty members and two academic programs have been selected to receive 2006 Board of Regents' Teaching Excellence and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Awards.
The Board of Regents' awards program recognizes and rewards both individual faculty members and academic programs. Recipients are selected from nominations submitted annually by the presidents of the University System. The awards honor outstanding teaching that significantly improves student achievement, as well as commitment to student-focused research on effective teaching.
"Teaching and research represent the key missions of the University System of Georgia," said Dr. Beheruz Sethna, the University System's interim chief academic officer and executive vice chancellor. "These awards strengthen the commitment of USG faculty to student learning and achievement. We salute these outstanding faculty members and programs as models of excellence."
This year, three faculty members and one program were chosen to receive the Regents Award of Excellence in Teaching, while one faculty member and one program were tapped to receive the Regents Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The recipients are as follows:
2006 Awards for Excellence in Teaching (Faculty)
Representing Two-Year and State Colleges:
Dr. Lyndasu Crowe, assistant professor of biology, Darton College. Crowe groups students by their learning styles and varies her teaching methods to suit their diverse styles. She also designed and taught the college's first "hybrid" course, which uses distance learning to deliver a portion of the course content, coupled with classroom instruction. In 2004, Crowe was recognized by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) for teaching excellence.
Representing Regional and State Universities:
Dr. Judy Awong-Taylor, associate professor of biology, Armstrong Atlantic State University. Awong-Taylor uses a variety of teaching styles and learning

tools to help students get excited about mastering biology. Two of her students recently won first place in the prestigious John C. Johnson poster competition for undergraduates, sponsored by Beta Beta Beta, the national biological honor society. She secured more than $96,000 in grants to equip Armstrong Atlantic's laboratories.
Representing Research Universities:
Dr. Peter Lindsay, assistant professor of political science, Georgia State University. Lindsay has built a focus area of courses in political philosophy at Georgia State, including developing new upperdivision courses that promote critical thinking in the areas of modern political thought, feminist political thought and political theory and economic justice.
2006 Award for Excellence in Teaching (Programs)
Representing Regional and State Universities:
Summer Hill Project, Kennesaw State University. This project, a partnership between Kennesaw State, the Etowah Valley Consolidated Housing Foundation and the Summer Hill Foundation, has enabled a historically AfricanAmerican neighborhood of Cartersville, Ga., to recover and preserve its history. Partially supported by a grant from the Anheuser Busch Corporation, the Summer Hill Project comprises an oral history, a collection of artifacts and research conducted by Assistant Professor of History LeeAnn Lands and her public history students.
2006 Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Faculty)
Representing Regional and State Universities:
Dr. Randolph Smith, professor of psychology and chair of the Department of Psychology, Kennesaw State University. Smith, editor of the journal Teaching in Psychology, is recognized as one of the country's foremost teachers in his discipline. The American Psychological Foundation has just honored him with the 2006 Charles L. Brewer Award for the Distinguished Teaching of Psychology for the significant contributions of his approach to the scholarship of teaching.
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"These new numbers indicate that we must continue our efforts to provide the academic programming, the student support and the facilities needed to serve Georgia," Davis added. "Given that our primary future challenge is to educate even more Georgians to higher levels, we must plan for enrollment gains that may be higher than we are currently seeing."
The largest gains by type of institution were at the seven-unit state college sector (two-year colleges with limited four-year degrees), where enrollment grew 6.3 percent. The System's 15 fouryear colleges and universities posted overall gains of almost 3 percent and enrollment increased on average 1.7 percent at the four research universities. The System's nine, two-year colleges posted an average .6 percent increase, although a number of twoyear institutions posted gains above 10 p e r c e n t .

Six USG institutions had a greater than 10 percent increase. Waycross College enrollment jumped the highest in the System, 15.4 percent, to 1,018 students; Middle Georgia College enrollment increased 14 percent to 3,051 students; East Georgia College continued a strong two-year growth spurt with a 13.8 percent increase to 1,719 students; Bainbridge College increased 12.4 percent to 2,783 students; Gainesville State College saw enrollment jump 12.3 percent to 6,719 students; and Southern Polytechnic State University's enrollment jumped 10.5 percent, to 4,207 students.
"It is important to note that our largest percentage gains in enrollment this fall were at institutions that are either state colleges or two-year colleges," said Davis. "This underscores the key importance of these institutions as critical access points to higher education. We must continue to ensure Georgians particularly those who are first-generation college students have broad access to the University System through these gateway institutions." Q

Photo courtesy of Kennesaw State University
Receiving program awards at the Board of Regents meeting were LeeAnn Lands (left) of Kennesaw State University and Autumn Grubb of Georgia College & State University.

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2006 Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Programs):
Representing Regional and State Universities:
Faculty Development Workshop Program, Georgia College & State University.This program provides an opportunity for full-time, tenure-track faculty to examine new teaching and learning attitudes and strategies. Led by Associate Professor of Healthcare Systems and Informatics Autumn Grubb, the workshop is managed by a team of faculty facilitators who lead participants through self-assessments, goals inventories, identification of their discipline's national standards, and the correlation of these standards with their intended results. Q

B O A R D OF REGENTS
Allan Vigil Fayetteville
CHAIR
William H. Cleveland, M.D. Atlanta
VICE CHAIR
Hugh A. Carter, Jr. Atlanta
Michael J. Coles Kennesaw
Robert F. Hatcher Macon
Julie Ewing Hunt Tifton
Felton Jenkins Madison
W. Mansfield Jennings Jr. Hawkinsville
James R. Jolly Dalton
Donald M. Leebern Jr. Columbus
Elridge W. McMillan Atlanta
Patrick S. Pittard Lakemont
Doreen Stiles Poitevint Bainbridge
Willis J. Potts Jr. Rome
Wanda Yancey Rodwell Stone Mountain
J. Timothy Shelnut Augusta
Benjamin Tarbutton III Sandersville
Richard L. Tucker Duluth
O F F I C E R S
Erroll B. Davis Jr. CHANCELLOR
Julia Murphy SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
William R. Bowes TREASURER

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