Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office 2013 Engineering Deans Council Public Policy ColloquiumVision of the NNMI $1 billion proposal: “institutes of manufacturing excellence where some of our most advanced engineering schools and our most innovative manufacturers
Congress (Sept 1, 2012): 220 Public Laws--80th Congress (1947-1948) 900 Public Laws The Fiscal Climate• Reducing the deficit is the top priority for both Rs & Ds• Increasing ‘revenues’ not viewed favorably by Republicans• Entitlement reform not viewed favorably by Democrats• Sequestration has become a real possibility• Science has been protected, but… Key Fiscal Decision Points• House Republicans extend action on the debt for three months until May 19.• Absent some preventative legislative action, sequestration will occur March 1.• The current six-month Continuing Resolution funding the federal government expires March 27.• House and Senate leaders plan to consider budget resolutions for FY14 that include
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Dr. Henning Lohse-BuschThe Ohio State University Argonne National Laboratory EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future Sponsored by DOE, General Motors and more than 31 other sponsors The current AVTC series (Fall 2011 – Summer 2014) Follows a three year vehicle development process (VDP) modeled after GM’s Global VDP Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Modeling and simulation Sub system integration Refinement Vehicles are dynamically and statically evaluated at a GM proving ground each year in the areas of Energy & Emissions Consumption, Performance, Consumer Acceptability, Business & Communications EcoCAR Sponsors provide more than $960M of in-kind/cash
graduates.MORE NEW YORK CITY STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE-READY THAN A DECADE AGO Graduation Rates College Readiness AP Performance CUNY Enrollment % of Cohort Graduating % of Students in Cohort # of Students Passing at # of DOE Graduates**** in 4 years* Graduating College- least 1 Exam*** Enrolling at CUNY as Ready** First-time FreshmenIncrease 2005–11: +19 pts. Increase
Acceptance AdaptationPerceived Orientation 0 0 1 163 223 5Developmental Orienation 83 163 104 36 6 0 Yes, we are learning aboutstudents, but we do not know where faculty and staff willland with this measurement. How will they teach a topic ifthey are ethnocentric versus if they are ethnorelative?What is Culture?Three Levels of Culture (Schein, 2010)Iceberg Model (Hall & Hall’s, 1990)Where Culture HappensDimensions of CultureHofstede’s Theory of Cultural Dimensions(Hofstede & McCrae, 2004)• Power Distance (PDI)• Individualism versus Collectivism (IDV)• Masculinity versus Femininity (MAS
The Online Revolution:Learning without Limits Daphne Koller & Andrew Ng Stanford University & Coursera 100,000assivepennline 400ourse62 Universities 333 courses3.2 million students 221 countries11 million course enrollments• 30 of the top 60 universities worldwide (Academic Ranking of World Universities)• The #1 or #2 ranked university in 14 countries.The Humanities, Sciences, Engineering, Business, …. 3.2 million studentsRaul Coaguila Achint Nigam Jolene CampbellFulbright Scholar Entrepreneurship NGO Founder (CS Courses) Competitor (Sociology 101) (Gamification)I grew a lot from answering the longer quizzesand
“Ten” Ideas for a Successful College1. Reward Excellence2. Build Community3. Manage Resources4. Make Tough Decisions5. Manage Your Time6. Plan Strategically Presentation to the New Engineering Deans on 4/6/2014 by Robert H. Davis, University of Colorado Boulder 1. Reward Excellence• Merit-based salaries• Named faculty positions• Awards• Differentiated loads• Space allocations Tip: Develop a Dean’s Faculty Fellowship Program 2. Build Community• Respect • Publicize• Honest/fair achievements evaluations • Personal• Mini-retreats acknowledgement Tip
programw/guidance is a great way to engage staff in thisdiscussion. IRA A. FULTON SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING engineering.asu.edu Metrics What will you measure to judge progress during your time as dean? Make progress visibleIRA A. FULTON SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING engineering.asu.edu Annual Progress and PlanningHow will you engage and inform your organization on progress and make mid-course corrections?Rather than one large and bloated major meeting per year, consider a sequenceof smaller 2 – 4 hour focused retreats; for example:1) Major/New Initiatives2) Goal and Priority Setting • Exercise: “We will fire ourselves if we do not accomplish