1. LSU TRANSITION ADVISORY
TEAM MEETING
Business Education Complex | Room 1409
May 21, 2013 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

2. Dr. William Jenkins, Interim President, LSU System
WELCOME AND OPENING
COMMENTS

3. Dr. Christel Slaughter, SSA Consultants
AGENDA REVIEW AND REVIEW
OF THE LSU TRANSITION
ADVISORY TEAM CHARGE

4. Meeting Information
 All articles and presentations will be posted on
www.lsu.edu/LSU2015
 This meeting is streaming live at
www.lsu.edu/tat
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5. Agenda
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 Welcome – Dr. Bill Jenkins
 Agenda Review – Dr. Christel Slaughter
 Report of the Legal and Regulatory
Advisory Sub-Committee – Dr. Jim Firnberg
 Sub-Committee Updates and Key Priorities
 Shared Services – Donna Torres, Associate Vice Chancellor for
Accounting and Financial Services
 LSU 2015 Mission and Tenets
 Technology Task Force – Brian T. Nichols, CIO, LSU A&M

6. Transition Advisory Team Objectives
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 Develop a vision for a world class university;
 Identify elements critical to remaining competitive
in the higher education environment of the future;
and
 Recommend best-practice organizational models
for a multi-campus flagship university.

7. LSU’s Transformation Imperatives
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 Refocus energy and resources on academics
 Develop and leverage alternative revenue sources
 Serve the economic and workforce development
needs of the state and students
 Improve quality through innovative delivery
models and collaborative research

8. LSU2015
A roadmap for world class performance.
Transition
Advisory
Team
Kickoff
Meeting
JAN
Transition
Advisory Team Presents
Final Report of
Recommendations
to Board of Supervisors
New System
President Hired
LSU System
Begins Detailed
Planning and
Implementation
Complete
Re-Organization
Implementation
3rd Transition Advisory
Team Meeting
Sub-Committees
Develop Strategic
Priorities for
Re-Organization
Vision and
Organizational Models
Inform Search for
Permanent System
President
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG
20152013
2nd Transition
Advisory Team
Meeting
4th Transition
Advisory Team
Meeting
5th Transition
Advisory Team
Meeting
6th Transition
Advisory Team
Meeting
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9. Organizational Chart
LSU Board of Supervisors
Transition Advisory Team
Academic
Sub-Committee
Student Experience
Sub-Committee
Finance and Revenue
Sub-Committee
Research and Discovery
Sub-Committee
Operations and
Technology
Sub-Committee
Legal and Regulatory
Advisory Group
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10. Dr. Jim Firnberg, Co-Chair Legal and Regulatory Sub-Committee
REPORT FROM THE LEGAL AND
REGULATORY SUB-COMMITTEE

11. Dr. William Jenkins, Co-Chair
Dr. Lester Wayne Johnson, Co-Chair
ACADEMIC SUB-COMMITTEE
CHARGE AND KEY PRIORITIES

12. Academic Sub-Committee
 Intra- and Inter-campus innovation and
collaboration
 Academic standards and the strategic deployment
of academic programs
 Campus independence and differentiation
 A single curriculum and course numbering system
 Leveraging technology for learning
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13. Academic Sub-Committee
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Task force formed by Academic Officers composed of faculty to make
recommendations across campuses for undergraduate curricula
standards
 A common core curriculum for the first 30 hours in all
curricula for students on all LSU campuses (excluding the
HSC's)
 Common learning outcomes for these courses
 More faculty collaboration among faculty teaching these
courses
 Having faculty throughout LSU2015 develop on-line course
material for some of these courses that can be taken by
students at any location (campus by another term)
 Minimum faculty requirements for teaching these courses

14. Academic Sub-Committee (contd.)
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 Common course numbering throughout LSU by 2015
(or before)
 Single admissions approach (despite different
admission standards)
 Tenure policies that reflect the different campus
missions but would allow for collaboration and
movement within that discipline/department across
campuses
 Innovative tenure policies
 Graduation rates improvement
 Experiential credit

15. Dr. Jim Firnberg, Chair Research and Discovery Sub-Committee
RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
CHARGE AND KEY PRIORITIES

16. Research and Discovery Sub-Committee
 Current strengths
 Strategic priorities and goals
 Joint research proposals and projects
 Collaboration incentives
 Productivity and accountability
 Technology transfer
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17. Research and Discovery Sub-Committee
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 Trends in federally funded research generated by campus
 Recruitment and retention of highly qualified faculty
 Increase research volume and quality
 Increase research funding from USDA, state, business, and
industrial sources
 Increase Ph.D. degrees across broad disciplinary categories
 Increase postdoctoral appointments
 Improving graduation rates
 Increase graduate student enrollment
 Develop additional collaborative research projects between LSU
A&M, Pennington, and the LSUHSC campuses
 Developed priority research areas across campuses
 Increase undergraduate research

18. Carroll Suggs and Lt. General Russel Honoré, Co-Chairs
STUDENT EXPERIENCE SUB-
COMMITTEE
CHARGE AND KEY PRIORITIES

19. Student Experience Sub-Committee
 Access and opportunity
 Student aid
 Student recruitment and enrollment
 Support for student success
 Graduation rates
 Workforce and career opportunities
 Service learning
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20. Student Experience Sub-Committee
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 Student recruitment in-state and out-of-state
 LSU has 12.5 recruiters mostly in Louisiana; Alabama
has 40+ in 24 states (some universities use alum)
 Our recruiters handle approximately 2000 applications
and Alabama handles about 500 each
 Student retention and graduation rates
 On campus housing and freshman retention, building
a community
 Workforce and career opportunities

21. In-State Total Estimated Expenses (2012-13)
Includes Tuition, Fees, Books, Housing, and Other Necessities
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$0
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
On Campus Off Campus Off Campus with Family
Information from Institution of Education Sciences: http://ies.ed.gov
* Does not include Vanderbilt.

22. Sample Comments
Student recruitment and current enrollment
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 “The students are who bring in the tuition dollars and thus their experience must
be the best possible. Enhancing the student experience will help in future
recruitment and possibly even in recruiting better professors to teach the
students.”
 “If we're not meeting student needs and expectations with regard to the "real"
world, then we won't have much of an enrollment. Hence academics become
moot.”
 “From a recruiting and retention standpoint, the Student Experience is critical. It
needs to be addressed in terms not only for traditional students, but also not-
traditional, international, and online students as well.”
 “Students should have the experience here that makes them want to give back to
LSU. Not just financially, but also through volunteering, helping to recruit, and
being proud to say they went to such a great school.”

23. Student Experience
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 How do we guarantee a unique and exceptional
student experience as part of LSU 2015?
Campus Traditional
Undergraduate
Non-traditional/Older,
Working, International
Commuter
LSU A&M
LSU S
LSU A
LSU E

24. Lee Griffin and Clarence Cazalot, Finance and Revenue Chairs
Bill Silvia and Bill Comegys, Operations and Technology Chairs
COMMENTS ON TASK FORCES:
PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS

25. Finance and Revenue Sub-Committee
 Funding strategies and goals
 Cost efficiency of administrative structures and
function
 Human resources
 Finance and budgeting
 Public relations and communications
 Fundraising
 Government relations
 Facilities oversight
 Information management
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26. Operations and Technology
Sub-Committee
 Leveraging technology to improve quality and
efficiency
 Research
 Management and administration
 Communications
 Streamlining system and campus policies and
procedures
 Current strengths
 Strategic priorities and goals
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27. Task Forces
Finance and Revenue and Operations and Technology Sub-Committees
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 Commercialization and Technology Transfer
 Streamlining Procedures, Rules, and Regulations
 Technology
 Administrative Services
 Revenue Generation
 External Affairs

28. Commercialization and Technology Transfer
Operations and Technology Sub-Committee Task Force
The Commercialization and Technology Transfer Task Force will
focus on removing barriers, stimulating discovery, and
increasing deal flow. By-laws of the Board of
Supervisors, external reports, pre-angel capital, and research of
communication best practices will be reviewed.
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29. Commercialization and Technology
Transfer Task Force
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 Benchmarking and organization of tech transfer
 Solicited input from
 Private investor organizations
 Louisiana Economic Development
 LSUHSC
 Other universities
 Revenue for tech transfer supports, but does not
fund research

30. Streamlining Procedures, Rules, and Regulations
Operations and Technology Sub-Committee Task Force
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The Streamlining Procedures, Rules, and Regulations Task
Force will investigate paper flow, process, authority, and
accountability including the by-laws of the Board of
Supervisors, presidential memorandums (PMs), and campus
policy statements.

31. Streamlining Procedures, Rules, and
Regulations Task Force
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 Human resources polices
 Obstacles in salary approvals and effect on
recruitment of talent
 Delegation of authority
 Bottlenecks
 Legislative hindrances
 Comprehensive review of presidential
memorandums

32. Revenue Generation
Finance and Revenue Sub-Committee Task Force
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The Revenue Generation Task Force will focus on identifying
new revenue streams. Areas of revenue generation will include
self-generated streams, governmental (primarily
federal), sponsored research, and monetized assets.

33. Revenue Generation Task Force
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 Online learning
 Opportunities for monetization for each campus
 Generating revenue
 Helping university refocus on core competencies
 Mechanisms for privatization
 Current assets

34. External Affairs
Operations and Technology Sub-Committee Task Force
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The External Affairs Task Force will review policy
communication, coordination, and branding focusing on
governmental relations, message development and
marketing, and production/back-office functions.

35. External Affairs Task Force
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 Branding across campuses
 Marketing efforts across campuses
 Hub and spoke model
 Website integration