TIER ONE. Our Goal: To Become a Major, Nationally Competitive ( Tier One ) Research University

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2 TIER ONE Our Goal: To Become a Major, Nationally Competitive ( Tier One ) Research University Why This Matters to Texas: Stop the brain drain to other states Attract research and venture capital dollars to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Attract companies to DFW Metroplex Create jobs in the DFW Metroplex

3 BRAIN DRAIN OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES Rank (Worst #1) State Incoming Students Outgoing Students Net Loss of Students 1 New 4,167 31,510 27,343 Jersey 2 Texas 6,425 17,716 11,291 3 Illinois 13,474 23,972 10,498 4 Maryland 7,118 15,742 8,624 Texas exports thousands of its best and brightest young people to other states for a college education For perspective, the freshmen classes at UT Austin and Texas A&M are each about 8,000 students Data Source: National Center for Educational Statistics; Data Analysis: The Washington Post, Jan. 24, 2012

4 TOTAL R&D EXPENDITURES BY STATE Population Rank State Population (Millions) No. of AAU Institutions R& D Expenditures R& D per Person 1 California $24.3 B $653 2 Texas $5.8 B $231 3 New York $6.1 B $314 4 Florida $3.2 B $170 5 Illinois $2.7 B $ Massachusetts $8.3 B $1,277 US TOTAL $131.2 B $425 Texas underperforms the nation in attracting research and development funds, which drive innovation Texas s lack of Tier One universities hurts this metric Population Data Source: Research Data: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, Fiscal Years , Table 83.

5 VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS BY STATE Population Rank State Population (Millions) No. of AAU Institutions Venture Capital VC per Person 1 California $14.5 B $390 2 Texas $1.5 B $60 3 New York $2.3 B $119 4 Florida $0.3 B $16 5 Illinois $0.7 B $55 14 Massachusetts $3.0 B $462 US TOTAL $24.8 B $80 Texas underperforms the nation in attracting venture capital funds, which are critical for creation of new businesses Population Data Source: VC for Florida: Enterprise Florida, VC for other states: LA times, US Total VC: NVCA and PriceWaterhouseCooper, Annual Venture Investment Dollars Increase 22% over Prior Year, According to the Moneytree Report

6 In 2011: Dollars invested in # of start ups 1. SF Bay Area $11.8B 430 start ups 2. Boston $2.8B 285 start ups 3. New York $2.7B 332 start ups 4. Los Angeles $2.0B 129 start ups 5. Wash DC $979M 146 start ups 6. San Diego $915M 89 start ups 7. Chicago $750M 79 start ups 8. Austin $646M 70 start ups 9. Boulder/Denver $584M 85 start ups 10. Seattle $580M 96 start ups

7 WHERE TECH START-UPS FIND GOOD HOMES Rank City AAU Institutions Some Start Up Companies 1 San Francisco Stanford, UC Berkeley Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter 2 Boston Harvard, MIT, Brandeis TripAdvisor, Kayak, Carbonite 3 New York City Columbia, NYU, Stonybrook Foursquare, Tumbir, Fab.com 4 Los Angeles Caltech, USC, UC Irvine, UCLA 5 Washington DC Johns Hopkins, Maryland LivingSocial Electronic Arts, Demand Media, Citysearch 6 San Diego UC San Diego Qualcom, Slacker 7 Chicago Northwestern, U of Chicago Groupon, Orbiz, Motorola 8 Austin UT Austin Dell, Photodex, BedandBreakfast.com 9 Boulder/Denver Colorado Boulder Mapquest, Photobucket 10 Seattle Washington Microsoft, Amazon, T Mobile Wouldn t we like more of these types of companies with great jobs in Texas?

8 WHY UT DALLAS S RAPID DEVELOPMENT INTO A TIER ONE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IS CRITICAL TO TEXAS Stop the brain drain of our best young talent to other states keep them here in Texas Attract research and venture capital dollars to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex these dollars fuel innovation and new company creation Create jobs in the DFW Metroplex

9 RELATIVELY SMALL, HIGHLY RANKED PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES Ranking (Publics) University FTE Students T/TT Faculty 2 Virginia 25,000 1,100 5 North Carolina 29,000 1,300 7 Georgia Tech 20, UC San Diego 28, UC San Barbara 22, (Average) 25,000 1,000 UT Dallas 15, Our Goal is to Scale Up UT Dallas to Compete with the Best!

10 UT DALLAS OVERVIEW UT Dallas is 43 years old 19,750 total students 3,560 live on campus 84% graduate in science, engineering and management Two-thirds will stay in Texas as Metroplex residents upon graduation 30% of undergraduates are first generation college graduates

11 NATIONAL REPUTATION 3 rd Ranked Public in Texas #46 UT Austin #65 Texas A&M #151 UT Dallas #165 Texas Tech

12 STEADY ENROLLMENT GROWTH In FY 2012, UT Dallas had the largest enrollment increase (10%) in Texas As reported to the THECB. Fall 2012 data is preliminary as of 9/4/12. Executive Education enrollment was excluded prior to fall 2009.

13 2012 FRESHMAN PROFILE Number of New Freshmen 1,554* Average SAT 1268 Average ACT 28 Top 10 Percent 41% Top 25 Percent 73% National Merit Scholars 63 65% Freshman/Sophomore Retention: 84.5% Geographic Region Percent from DFW Metroplex 65% Percent from other Texas areas 28% Percent from outside Texas 7% 9% 12% *Preliminary data as of 9/13/12, includes summer FTIC.

14 FALL 2012 STUDENT PROFILE Preliminary Enrollment: 19,750* By Ethnicity Unknown, 2% Two or more, 3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.1% International, 21% White, 38% Hispanic, 12% African American, 5% Asian, 18% Oldest Student: 82 years Youngest Student: 16 years Gender: 56% Male, 44% Female Full Time: 73% Part Time: 27% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 0.3% Top Texas Counties of Origin: Dallas Collin Denton Tarrant Harris Travis Top States of Origin: Texas California Illinois New York Louisiana Florida Top Countries of Origin: USA, China, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam *Preliminary data as of 9/11/12

15 FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE COHORTS AND MINIMUM PLANNED GOALS Entered Fall 2008 & Graduated by August 2012 Percent Freshmen Cohort by Entering Year as reported in the Texas Higher Education Accountability Report cohort preliminary. Projections based on Strategic Plan.

16 SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE COHORTS AND MINIMUM PLANNED GOALS Entered Fall 2006 & Graduated by August 2012 Percent Freshmen Cohort by Entering Year as reported in the Texas Higher Education Accountability Report cohort preliminary. Projections based on Strategic Plan.

17 FACULTY SIZE Tenure/Tenure-Track As reported to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board preliminary as of

18 TOTAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES $100 $90 $80 $70 $60 $50 $40 $30 $20 $10 $0 Research Expenditures Have Tripled in Less than a Decade $95 M FY12 Restricted: $46M FY12 Federal: $35M FY2012 preliminary as of Source: Office of Research

19 COMMERCIALIZATION Metric FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 Invention Disclosures License/Option Agreements Startups Patents Filed Licensing Prospects limited limited improving exceptional

20 STRIVING FOR EFFICIENCIES UT Dallas is consistently ranked among the top 100 Best Value public colleges in Kiplinger s Personal Finance THECB space usage efficiency score: 200 out of maximum 200 Shared Services Initiative with UT System

21 COST CONTAINMENT PRINCIPLES Preserve and strengthen educational and student experience Continue improvement of graduation rates Continue strong financial aid policies Continue on course for Tier One Improve administrative efficiency Expand offering of online courses Reduce number of hours to degree

22 INNOVATIVE TUITION PLANS Guaranteed 4-Year Fixed Rate Tuition Plan Locks an individual student s tuition rate for four years 14,473 returning students paid ZERO tuition increase in Fall 2012 Comet Connection Allows students who transfer from community colleges to lock in tuition rates for four years 2,024 students have enrolled at UT Dallas

23 81ST/82ND TEXAS LEGISLATURE THANK YOU Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP) UT Dallas Experience Year Private Raised TRIP Match Total FY10-11 $16.9M $15.2M $32.1M FY12-13 $14.4M $12.1M $26.5M Totals $31.3M $27.3M $58.6M TRIP is critical to UT Dallas becoming Tier One

24 NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FUND (NRUF) Must Meet Certain Parameters for 2 Consecutive Years Restricted Research Expenditures $45 M per year Meet 4 of the following 6 criteria: 1. Endowment $400 M (we re at $280 M) 2. At least 200 PhDs awarded (we re at 168) 3. High-Achieving Freshman Class 4. Membership in ARL, Phi Beta Kappa, or Phi Kappa Phi 5. High-Quality Faculty 6. High-Quality Graduate Education

25 83RD TEXAS LEGISLATURE FUNDING PRIORITIES Formula Funding Proportional Funding for Growth Continue Key Research Funds Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP) Texas Competitive Knowledge Fund Research Development Fund

26 83RD TEXAS LEGISLATURE FUNDING PRIORITIES Tuition Revenue Bond Debt Service Engineering Building $95M Engineering building 120,000 gross square feet Will be used for classrooms, laboratories, offices and support space for academic programs in engineering and related fields Critical to economic development in the region

27 83RD TEXAS LEGISLATURE FUNDING PRIORITIES Summary Texas needs for UT Dallas to become a Tier One Research University Continued funding for TRIP Program Initiate Capital Building Program (TRBs) Proportional funding to reflect the growth in enrollment that has occurred since the last biennium

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