Student satisfaction rose more than 5 percent since 2008’s UC|21 report card, according to the report presented Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the University of Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees meeting.
Interim-President Monica Rimai started the session with a presentation of the UC|21 plan report card, which has been presented to the board since the plan’s implementation in 2003.
She covered the six areas* in which the plan is focused. Student retention rates also rose 1 percent compared to 2008’s report card.
Vice President for Student Affairs Mitch Livingston and his team gave a comprehensive overview of how the university will disperse aid this year.
Split between need-based aid, merit awards and special talent scholarships, UC plans to award approximately $34.2 million this year to undergraduates. The primary focus of Livingston’s report was to highlight the narrowing gap between the education of white and black students.
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Plan is also a part of Livingston’s strategy to combat the difference. In collaboration with Cincinnati Public Schools, UC has successfully opened the second center at Hughes Center High School. The STEM center’s aim is to prepare students from urban neighborhoods for the challenges that will meet them at higher academic levels.
Jeff Williams, chairman of the UC Foundation reported that this was the fourth most successful year in fundraising for the university. More than 32,000 donors, up approximately 22 percent from the previous year’s report card, gave almost $91 million.
*Scholarship, citizenship, stewardship, leadership, partnership, cultural competence
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