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Ÿ Conduct
review of Engineering
and Technology Industry Council (ETIC)
strategy to address changing industry needs in the
increasingly global economy, Oregon’s priorities for higher
education, and new opportunities that these present.
Ÿ Establish
new process for annual reconciliation of industry needs with
university offerings:
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Summit
meeting of university engineering and business school leaders
with engineering business leaders to discuss new developments
in engineering-driven businesses.
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Criteria
for funding university proposals.
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Metrics
for oversight of investment results.
Ÿ Generate
recommendations for 2005 legislature and other key decision
makers to address ETIC strategic goals for 2005-2007 biennium
and beyond.
Ÿ Promote
private support and public support from wide range of
resources to leverage state engineering technology and
computer science investments.
Ÿ Collaborate
with advocates and decision makers for other business-driven
higher education needs to apply ETIC model to increase
Oregon’s economic strength.
Ÿ Identify
and promote opportunities for ETIC research investments that
will advance traded-sector industry clusters driven by
engineering technology and computer science.
Ÿ Oversee
results from ETIC investments during the 2003-2005 biennium
based on metrics established in the 03-05 biennium plan to
ensure continued program results, through accountability and
effectiveness gains.
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$21.4
million in public funds was allocated in the 2003-2005
biennium to implement the Engineering and Technology Industry
Council (ETIC) proposal to support education investments in
engineering and computer science education. Private support is
expected at over 1.5-to-1 – $37 million for the biennium.
These
funds will be used to invest in engineering and technology
programs at eight campuses, increasing the growth in graduates
and externally funded research of these programs as well as
their national rankings. 40 new faculty members have been
hired over last several years, and the additional funding
obtained in 03-05 biennium will support 17 new faculty members.
Since
the adoption of the Oregon Business Plan, the state’s
Congressional delegation has successfully procured over $2.4
million to help fund construction of PSU’s Northwest Center
for Engineering, Science, and Technology and programs to be
housed in the new center. The building requires additional
funding before ground breaking can commence, which was
requested in ETIC capital investment budget proposal but not
funded by 2003 Legislature. A new engineering building at Oregon State is now under
construction and upgrades of existing laboratories have been
underwritten by ETIC-related investments.
AeA scholarships leveled off at 118, but plans additional
growth. ETIC funding includes $0.74M for pre-college programs
toward increasing student participation in pre-college science
and math programs by 50 percent – from 2,000 to 3,000
students annually
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