Ella, Excellent, wonderful, completely agree!

Great, thank you Ella. I agree 100%

SEIU Local 085 stands with you on this epic statement!

Thank you for bringing this important message from the ASUO Senate

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YzHhdEVoAgtfYk1sQ_zL0TuYN9hK04fKD8VnfetjDnI/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you for posting Ella

Thank you Ella, many faculty form the College of Education feel the same way and have written/met with the President

https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/grand

Environment Initiative feedback form:

https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5hBd8WkzGt0l4Wx

Question: Will most instruction in spring be remote?

Any news regarding higher education funding in the budget that Governor Brown announced? Specifically UO.

Higher Education is reportedly staying stagnant for funding

Slight increase in nominal dollars. New PUSF formula will mean a slightly bigger allotment for UO, depending on in-state enrollment: https://uomatters.com/2020/12/gov-browns-budget-proposes-increasing-state-funding-for-higher-ed.html

Q for Patrick: Will we be asking the state for additional funding for Knight Campus?

Thanks Patrick, I won’t ask about PLC.

Great question, Ed, thanks for asking

After Onyx Brdige

Thank you so much Francis and UOCC team!

Given the way funds are distributed across the two years of the biennium we will effectively incur a $3 million nominal funding cut next year under the GRB (obviously the economic impact is more severe due to increasing costs). We will work hard to eliminate this reduction but will have to see how the session progresses. We will need all of you to help us in this effort. BTW, the Board of Trustees will receive a full report on the budget this week and all of you are welcome to tune in.

What happens to the BA degree? Does it get sunsetted?

Thank you

How will you market this program? Will this require some funding?

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It seems like a great idea to me!

Let’s do it first!

Time for us to lead instead of following

Great proposal

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Multnomah County and the Portland campus are also in extreme category

So great to hear

The NYT data on colleges shows that about 1/2 of Oregon’s college cases are UO students: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Questions for Andre?

Q for Andre: Is there a point at which our alert level would indicate that we shouldn’t continue with HyFlex model courses?

Go ahead and type them in or raise a hand

I’d like to hear Andre’s response to the NYT article Bill just posted

They list us as having 595 of 1,114 total cases at 16 OR schools

worth noting that those are cumulative cases to date – it helps to see how that has played out week by week: https://coronavirus.uoregon.edu/cases

Thanks Andre

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Good point, Joshua!

All, Many schools in state do not report COVID numbers, which puts the UO in an over-represented situation compared to others. Roger

Thank you Joshua, Jay and Bill

Good point Roger

I was wondering about that, considering the higher level of community spread in the Portland Metro area, for example. Thanks Roger.

Some OSU enrollment data, for comparison: https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/enroll-fall-2020.pdf

Q for Roger - are the retention and graduation results from Pathway still as good as they’ve been in the past?

Can you post the slides (pdf format, please)?

Question for Roger: Have we every thought about offering the Pathway Program to a limited amount of Black students from out of State that meets the requirement of GPA needed for the program.

Question: Does the HS GPA change reflect changes in the students or HS grade inflation, or some combination?

Q for Roger - what is our acceptance rate?

Question: Do you anticipate an improvement in international student numbers with a new Biden administration?

We collect enrollment data in @33k 4 to get the most stable numbers. How many or what % withdrew in the fist four weeks this year, and was that different this year compared to other years?

Is there any discussion of having full waivers for students from the tribes or who are descended from US slavery?

Johnny, A scholarship offered only to black students would almost certainly violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

Related to Michelle’s question — do you expect a drop in enrollment in the Winter term? I know I have a number of students that have had a hard time this term.

Roger - do we have any more money to give more discounts?

At the grad level, there was a tremendous amount of churn in admissions, enrollment for the Fall 2020 cohort

What can faculty do differently to help?

From Dan Tichenor to Everyone: (4:30 PM)
Question: Do you anticipate an improvement in international student numbers with a new Biden administration?

But is there no way we can give them a full ride? It seems like an equity issue.

For those interested in more enrollment stuff - particularly data - this is a good source: https://www.highereddatastories.com/2014/12/another-1000-words-and-ten-charts-on.html

The policy the Senate passed last Spring on first-term forgiveness was in effect this Fall. That policy automatically converts Fs for first term students into Ns and gives the option for students to convert Ds to Ns which lessens the impact on GPA. See: First Term Forgiveness on this page. http://catalog.uoregon.edu/admissiontograduation/registration_policies/#:~:text=First-term%20Grade%20Forgiveness

Is OSU experiencing the same enrollment decreases?

Thanks Roger and Mike

It looked like the graduate and professional school enrollment has gone down every year in the last four years. Is that right? Plotted by themselves, it seemed like this year’s data continued. A trend and was not anomalous.

Allen, just in case Roger doesn't get to your question, OSU is down in Corvallis, and up in their E-Campus (online) and modestly up in Bend. Overall, I think they are even or positive.

Thank you, Roger.

Roger, students HATE full-length Zoom sessions; we heard about Zoom fatigue last month from student services

But yes, just recording yourself lecturing is terrible pedagogy for online learning

We need to offer faculty better advice and support in converting to online instruction. The learning curve is extremely steep!

I've used recorded lectures for years, but link them to small group activities in the "lecture" time. The students can get a better experience that way, but it requires more intensive work during the "lecture" time.

I’m all for some grade inflation as a temporary stimulus!

Why are we being charged an extra $25 per credit for classes categorized as “web” when our whole term is online anyways? I understand the charge if we were in person, but it is mandatory online so why is there still that extra charge?

What about posting recorded lectures but then engaging actively during synchronous sessions?

Hear hear

During a pandemic????

(note that the online charge is being refunded to students)

Thanks Renee.

I think Kelly and I are on the same page.

You risk the research mission by going in person too soon.

That is true.

Thank you Renee

Thanks Roger!

Given that this year is drastically different and more difficult for students, is there a reason the P/NP option is being removed for the following terms?

Thank you Roger!

Kelly and Ed sound lie they are doing ‘flipped’ classes in Covid-time. Recorded lectures were, at some point, being sort of encouraged by TEP

Thank you Roger!

Any recording longer than 15-20 minutes (tops) without some sort of requirement for application or interactivity is deadly. :( The inability to ask clarifying questions leaves too many students lost.

Thanks Roger!

Talking to my FIG class this year has been a revelation and it fits perfectly with your message, Roger. Thank you for speaking from the heart!

On the recorded lecture question - we’ve been working to help students understand the difference between WEB courses (asynchronous) and Remote courses (synchronous). Some of the complaints we received were due to that misunderstanding. WEB courses that have not been offered in that format before are being vetted by UO Online Instructional Designers. We also hosted 50 faculty this summer in a summer institute on designing online courses. If anyone would like help with online design, please contact UO Online.

Thank you, Roger. All conversations on this resonate. Kudos to those who teach, we are spending a LOT of time w students during class and in addition.

Thanks Roger, and thanks Ron

My students have loved having the lectures recorded so they can slow/replay sections they have a hard time with. It can be a useful tool, used appropriately.

Same w my students. Live lectures with recordings for them and those who missed to go back to.

The students who love the recorded lectures are probably not calling Enrollment Management.

Many different factors go into whether recorded lectures work or don’t work

It’ll be good to discuss further

Agreed, Jen

I’ve also received complaints from non-traditional students who work and have families that we don’t have enough WEB courses that would work better with their schedule.

Same, Agree. I’ve specifically asked for this feedback

We are working on adding more well-designed WEB courses.

@SamanthaHopkins raises an excellent point.

Ron, How do the students request the change from “D” to P/NP? is there a simple form or do they navigate through some set of individual people?

Michelle - students have to meet with an advisor to make sure they understand the implications of their choice and then they can submit a grade change request.

What is the “normal” workload? Just meetings and office hours, or “homework”?

Please post questions for Laura Lee in the chat

Move to adjourn.

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