The Evolution of an American Research University Robert H. Wagoner George R. Smith Chair Dept. Materials Science & Engineering The Ohio State University
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Acknowledgements President’s Office E. Gordon Gee, President Melinda Church, Speechwriter Office of Academic Affairs Joseph Alutto, Provost Martha Garland, Vice Provost Julia Carpenter-Hubin Linda Harlow Richard Healy Admissions Office Gail Stephenoff Athletics Department Eugene Smith, Director NCAA Keith Martin
MSE Department Rudolph Buchheit, Chairman Michael Gram, Ph.D. Student Mei Wang, Financial Officer University Relations Earle Holland Jason Housh Business and Planning Linda L. Walker College of Engineering William Baeslack, Dean Gina Langen Honors & Scholars Center Anderw Orahoske Business and Finance Thomas Ewing 2
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Ohio Ohio State University Budget & Budget Restructuring Graduate / Research Programs Undergraduate Programs Conclusions
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OHIO
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Front-Page Headline Columbus Dispatch September 11, 2008
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Quotation
“Ohio is a third-world country.” R. L. Snyder, M.S.E. Chair, 1996-2002
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The Rust Belt / Manufacturing Belt)
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Ohio Economy by Sector • • • •
19% Manufacturing 19% Trade 11% Government 9% Health / Education • ... • 0.4% Agriculture 9
Ohio Attributes vs. U.S. • 7th in GDP • 3rd in manufacturing But: • 49th in economic growth (5 years) • 38th in higher education funding • 90% of U.S. average per capita income • OSU: 39th in salaries (of 62 AAU) 10
Ohio Per Capita Income, Percent of U.S. Figure 104%
Percentage
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U.S.A
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Ohio
96% 94% 92% 90% 88% 1970
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State Support for OSU (2008 Dollars)
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Fraction of Total Revenue
OSU State Support / Total Revenue 0.3
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COLUMBUS
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Columbus Skyline and Convention Center
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Columbus, Ohio Skyline at Night
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Columbus, Ohio Skyline from Ohio State University
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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
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Similarly-Ranked Universities (OSU = 62, Shanghai Jiao Tong) US:
University of Florida 58 Carnegie Mellon 62 Purdue University 65 Brown University 71 Case Western Reserve 83
World:
University of Munich 57 Australian National University 59 University of Oslo 64 Osaka University 68 University of Melbourne 73 Tohoku University 79 19
“Peer Group” or “Benchmarks” Average SJT Ranking: 35 Wisconsin 17 Michigan 21 California Los Angeles 26 Illinois 26 Minnesota 28 Washington 41 Penn State* 42 Texas Austin* 47 Ohio State 62 Arizona 96 20
What is OSU Known For? 1. Football, football, football… 2. The largest U. S. university 3. Most industrial research
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Football Facts •
Top 5 (of 118), 5 of 6 years Champion , 1 year Runner-Up, 2 years
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Highest athletics budget ($120m) $110k per athlete vs. $30k per student
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Coach compensation: $3m/yr. President: $1m/yr. 22
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OSU Students at Football Game – O-H-I-O
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Video 1 – OH-IO
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OSU Facts •
Summary Facts Students: 60,000 Buildings: 927 Tuition: $9,700 Ohio / $21,000 non-Ohio Income: $4 billion, Research: $720 billion
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Educational Programs Undergraduate programs: 167 Graduate programs: 233 Courses: 12,000
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Faculty and Staff Regular faculty: 3,050 Staff: 21,000 28
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Video 2 - CAMPUS
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Industrial Research at OSU • #1 among U.S. publics • #2 among U.S. universities • $113 million (2006) Vs. benchmark avg.: $42 million 34
OSU Industrial R&D 120 100 10
OSU Rank (U.S.)--> 80
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