Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law Objective 1. Strengthen academic programs and continuously update curricula and program mix (Raise Academic Quality) 1.1 Continue to be recognized for excellence by accreditation agencies 2013 14 Target Monitor and respond to ABA and AALS inquiries and proposed or adopted regulation changes. 1.2 Improve the use of program reviews to shape academic decisions 2013 14 Target Review academic program as part of the five year Strategic Planning process. 1.3 Use technology to enrich courses and improve learning 2013 14 Target Enhance student engagement and "flipped classroom" pedagogy for legal research. 2013 14 Target Faculty will receive training in teaching and learning with new technologies. 1.4 Draw recognition for quality of programs and responsiveness to needs of the community 2013 14 Target Maintain top ten national ranking for our Clinical Program. In 2010 11, the American Bar Association (ABA) reaccredited the Law ABA Accreditation Report; AALS Membership Report; School, and the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) renewed our Accreditation related activities membership, both for seven years. We will continue to maintain the standards of these organizations. The Law School is currently developing a new Strategic Plan using committees and working groups and will review the academic program as part of that process. All classrooms are equipped with state of the art technology, and faculty are trained in best practices for utilizing technology in teaching. Over the last five years, the reputation of the Law School has grown tremendously, and each year has seen record numbers of positive media stories, highlighting our faculty, students, and innovative programs. Our flagship Clinical Program continues its Top Ten score in U.S. News & World Report. Self report on progress on Strategic Plan Self report of student engagement Self report of student engagement and use of technology to enhance learning Number of faculty attending training; number of workshops offered National rankings appearing in publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, PreLaw Magazine, etc. (DB 1) Top ten 1
Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law 2. Attract and nurture a strong faculty that is recognized for excellent teaching, scholarship, and creative activity (Raise Academic Quality) 2.1 Upgrade the quality of full time and part time faculty as scholars and as teachers We have made steady progress in increasing faculty scholarly activity and have provided resources (stipends and conference subsidies) to assist faculty in getting published. We will continue to do so, though the rate of increase in activity is expected to taper off somewhat. Faculty scholarship and creative activity (DB 3); Average pieces of scholarship per full time faculty member (OIRA) 2013 14 Target Increase number of scholarly publications over 5 year average (41) by 5%. 2013 14 Target Increase financial support for published faculty scholarship by 10%. 2.2 Increase research capacity and productivity, including for pedagogical research 2013 14 Target Write and publish textbook for legal research course. 2.3 Increase number of classes taught by full time faculty 2013 14 Target Provide support to four full time faculty members to expand expertise into additional doctrinal areas. 2.4 Recruit and retain a diverse faculty and staff 2013 14 Target Maintain the high level of diversity among the faculty and staff in a time of limited hiring. Rather than replace vacant positions with adjuncts to teach specialized courses, current faculty will receive support to expand their expertise to additional doctrinal areas. Our faculty and staff rank among the most diverse in CUNY in several categories, and we take pride in our track record for recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Given the decline in enrollment, no hiring is anticipated this year. Published textbook on legal research Percentage of classes taught by full time faculty 43 $165,000 Four faculty members with expertise in new doctrinal area Faculty and staff diversity and affirmative action reports (prepared by OHRM) Faculty and staff diversity and affirmative action reports (prepared by OHRM) 2
Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law 3. Ensure that all students receive a quality education and effective instruction (Improve Student Success) 3.1 Enhance academic experience and increase academic support The Law School has an automatic restart program for students dismissed after their first semester. To improve student success, we are increasing the support students receive, if they must restart. 2013 14 Target Enhance program for restarting students during summer and fall to develop individual plan for academic success. 3.2 Improve student academic performance in core legal doctrine 2013 14 Target Provide enhanced academic support for students by assigning academic support professional to core course. 3.3 Enhance opportunities for underrepresented minorities to be admitted to, and succeed in, law school 2013 14 Target Enroll 50% of Pipeline students in new summer writing course to help maintain the gains made in the spring skills course. 4. Increase retention and graduation rates and ensure students make timely progress toward degree completion (Improve Student Success) Our students are diverse in almost every way one could measure. We plan to maintain this diversity through active recruitment and special programs designed to make CUNY Law attractive to members of underrepresented groups in the profession. Our Pipeline to Justice Program is designed to help those aspiring lawyers from underrepresented communities with an interest in public service, who have underperformed their potential on standardized tests, by teaching them stronger test taking skills and offering them a second chance at admission. Percentage of restarts participating in program Contact hours of academic support professionals with students in core classes Average LSAT for Pipeline students, Percentage of minorities in student body (DB 5, 6, 7) Percentage of Pipeline students in summer writing course 3
Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law 4.1 Retention rates will increase progressively 2013 14 Target Retain 90% of first year students in entering class of 2012. 4.2 Graduation rates will increase progressively 2013 14 Target Graduate 79% of entering class of 2011 within 3 years, excluding transfers in and out. 5. Improve post graduate outcomes (Improve Student Success) 5.1 The New York State Bar Exam pass rate will increase 2013 14 Target Obtain a first time New York State Bar Exam pass rate above 3 year average of 74.2%. 5.2 Graduates will have a high rate of employment Our goal is ensuring that students who are admitted and advanced are prepared to pass the Bar Exam. As we implement and refine our academic standards for grades and probation, we anticipate that our retention of first year students will fluctuate. Our long term goal is to continue our recent trend of gradually improving graduation rates, even as we introduce more rigorous academic standards. We have enhanced our Bar results, and our long term goal is to consistently score over 80%. Since the focus of CUNY Law is to train students to work in the public interest and public sector, our graduates continue to be impacted by the reduction in hiring in these sectors over the past few years. One year retention rates One year retention rates Three year graduation rates Three year graduation rates First time Bar Exam pass rate (DB 8) Annual first time Bar passage rate above 74.2% Percent of graduates employed within nine months of graduation (DB 9) 2013 14 Target Obtain 80% employment rate for graduates 9 months after graduation, matching our 3 year average. 80% 6. Improve quality of campus life and student and academic support services (Improve Student Success) 6.1 Student satisfaction with academic support services and student life will remain high Last year, we initiated a new student survey of student support services. 3 of 4 services ranked below 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, indicating the need for improvement. Annual in house survey of students on academic support and student life (DB 12) 4
Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law 2013 14 Target Improve student satisfaction with academic support services over baseline of 2.9 to 3.0, and over student life baseline of 2.4 to 2.5, on a 4.0 scale. 6.2 Quality of student support services will improve 2013 14 Target Improve student satisfaction with career planning over baseline of 1.9 to 2.0. Student satisfaction survey score of 3.0 academic support, 2.5 student life Student satisfaction survey score of 2.0 career planning 5
Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law 7. Increase or maintain access and enrollment (Enhance Financial & Management Effectiveness) 7.1 The mean LSAT for first year students will rise Meeting our goal of raising LSAT scores is challenging in the current lower enrollment environment. We anticipate fluctuations in the mean LSAT score from year to year. In light of these factors, our goal is to meet the 5 year average of 154.9. 2013 14 Target Meet our 5 year average LSAT for entering students of 154.9. 7.2 Achieve high levels of program CUNY2020 presents unique opportunities to partner with other cooperation with other CUNY colleges campuses to benefit CUNY and the Queens community. 2013 14 Target Partner with Queensborough Community College to pursue funding for Allied Healthcare Center with health and elder law component. Mean LSAT for matriculated 1Ls (DB 13) Submission of CUNY2020 challenge grant application 154.9 7.3 Increase enrollment in Continuing Legal Education classes Continuing Legal Education (CLE) is a service to our alumni and practicing lawyers in the metropolitan region (New York State mandates CLE every year for all lawyers) and brings both revenue and attention to CUNY Law. CLE enrollment (DB 14) 2013 14 Target Enroll 827 participants in CLE programs, an increase of 10% over FY13 participants. 827 6
Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law 8. Increase revenues and decrease expenses (Enhance Financial & Management Effectiveness) 8.1 Increase revenues As the applicant pool shrinks, our incoming classes will be smaller, resulting in a reduction of tuition revenue. We will, however, meet our Total Voluntary Support; Collection rate; Grants and contracts awarded (OIRA). Capital campaign progress (DB tuition revenue goals. Philanthropic revenue remains a success. Last year, 15); Revenue and expense target and actual (DB 16) we surpassed our $5 million comprehensive campaign goal and are now in a $2.5 million endowment campaign to establish the Theodore Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice. 2013 14 Target Increase philanthropic revenue by 10% to $2,100,000. 2013 14 Target Meet tuition revenue target of $5,036,000 set by Central Budget Office. 8.2 Prioritize spending for student academic and support services 2013 14 Target Evaluate expenditures of student materials fees to prioritize student support spending. We consistently spend at least 80% of our annual budget on academic and student support services. This year, we will focus on prioritizing our materials fee spending. Each year, we collect approximately $600,000 for student materials, including books, folios, and other study materials. The uses to which these fees are put will be assessed and prioritized, so that student fees go to the highest priority items. Alumni/corporate fundraising Tuition and fee collection rate Spending on legal textbooks as a percentage of materials fees budget 7
Category Target Context Blue: Outcome /Metric (OIRA PMP or Law 9. Improve administrative services (Enhance Financial & Management Effectiveness) 9.1 Improve the delivery of administrative services to students 2013 14 Target Maintain high average student satisfaction with administrative services (Financial Aid, Public Safety, Bookstore, and Bursar) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. 2013 14 Target Baseline student satisfaction with information technology services in annual survey of students. 9.2 Improve space utilization with space prioritized for academic and academic related programs Last year, we initiated a new survey and baselined results. These surveys help us to target areas for improvement. Using R25, we are able to accurately track room utilization and can use the data to help plan for more efficient usage of classrooms and make space available to the Law School and external communities. Annual in house survey of students on administrative services (including library) (DB 17) Evidence of student satisfaction with administrative services Evidence of student satisfaction with information technology services Evidence of room utilization by academic, student, other CUNY, community, rental; Peak and off peak (DB 18) 2013 14 Target Increase by 10% the percentage of time space is utilized for academic and academic related programming from current average utilization of 13% to 14.30%. 9.3 Make progress on the goals and initiatives identified in sustainability plan 2013 14 Target Baseline electrical usage during peak load periods. We are focusing our sustainability efforts on saving energy by working with the building maintenance staff and the Law School community to reduce use during peak load periods. Room utilization data Evidence of annual progress implementing goals and initiatives from each of the seven areas of a college s multi year sustainability plan; Energy Use Intensity (EUI) as BTUs of gas, electricity, steam per square foot (DB 19) Energy Use Intensity (EUI) as BTUs of gas, electricity, steam per square foot 8