Aspirant Peers: Degrees Awarded per FTE
(Data: 2014-2015 academic year) Average
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Wright State University−Main Campus
West Texas A&M University
East Tennessee State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania−Main Campus
Valdosta State University
Tennessee Technological University
University of Louisiana at Monroe
University of West Georgia
Indiana State University
Idaho State University
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Note: This locally−created metric divides total degrees awarded by student FTE to make ‘apples−to−apples’ comparisons across institutions with different sizes of enrollment.
• Identifying and participating in partnerships with Panhandle communities so that economic success of the region is sustained and further developed; • Producing research-trained students that move into the regional labor market and provide needed economic resources; • Producing faculty-research publications, presentations, commissioned research, grants and sponsored research, seminars and regional conversations that support innovation; • Hiring and employing faculty experts in various specific fields based on the regional context and environment;
It will take the entirety of the WT community—students, staff, faculty, administration, alumni and community members—
if we are to achieve this aspiration. Broad-based, long-range, measurable outcomes include these:
• Developing regionally beneficial intellectual property (licenses and patents);
• Developing new models of generated knowledge as applied to rural research settings;
• Interfacing with technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet-of-Things (IoT), cybersecurity and big data to engage the future of research and economics; and
• Building needed funding sources, including those within community partnerships.
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