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Testimony for the 06/02/2016 BOR meeting
Maggie Jarrett <[email protected]> Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:20 PMTo: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
I am submitting the attached on behalf of Kurt Osaki who will be giving oral testimony at the Board of Regentsmeeting at 9 a.m., June 2 at the UH Cancer Center Sullivan Conference Center.
Thank you.
Maggie Jarrett, Director
Communications Pacific, Inc.
Topa Financial Center, Bishop Street Tower
Honolulu, Hi. 96813
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Direct: 808.5433560
Cell: 318.451.5802
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University of Hawaii
Board of Regents
Thursday, June 2, 2016 9 a.m.
UH Cancer Center Sullivan Conference Center
Dear Members of the Board of Regents: Thank you for allowing me to address you this morning. I’m Kurt Osaki, owner of Osaki Creative Group, and a participant in the UH Cancer Center’s Colon Cancer Family Registry, the only generational Asian research study of its kind in the United States. I learned several months ago that my participation in this study may have saved my life. I recently decided to share my story in hopes of helping others in our community and – just as importantly – to bring attention to the life-saving and groundbreaking work being done at our Cancer Center. My family enrolled in the Colon Cancer Family Registry in 2000 and, as such, is one of the study’s pioneer families. For years, I completed an annual questionnaire that the Center sent me and gave a blood sample. I didn’t think much about it until Dr. Terrilea Burnett, one of the researchers at the Cancer Center, called recently and asked me to make an appointment to see her. It was then that I learned that I have a genetic mutation for Lynch Syndrome, an inherited disorder that increases the risk of many types of cancer – particularly colorectal cancer – by as much as 80 percent. I also have a higher risk of developing other cancers. While I was totally taken by surprise, I was actually relieved because now I have information that could well save my life. Knowing I have this disorder isn’t dictating how I live my life, rather it’s energized me. I woke up the day after learning the news and felt better than I felt the day before. Why? I’m empowered now. I can be more vigilant about my health. I plan to have a colonoscopy every year and another test every six months. I don’t have cancer now. That’s a great thing to know. The UH Cancer Center saves lives every day with its world renowned research, like the study I’m in, and through its clinical trials which come to our community through the Center’s National Cancer Center designation. While it serves the entire state, it positively affects the Oahu community by adding more than $50 million annually to the local economy through its operations, research spending and the spending of cancer trial patients, their guests and other visitors.
In order to continue its work, it is crucial that the Cancer Center maintains its National Cancer Institute designation. The Center has received approximately $4.3 million annually over the last five years through NCI grant programs directly tied to this designation. The Cancer Center needs a permanent director to lead it through its upcoming NCI review. I’m urging you to approve the hiring of Dr. Randall Holcombe so he can begin his work as the new director. Thank you for your consideration of my testimony. Kurt Osaki Osaki Creative Group
5/31/2016 University of Hawaii Mail Legislative Review
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Legislative Review
James Shon <[email protected]> Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:21 PMTo: Board of Regents <[email protected]>
Please find attached short policy paper regarding the Budget Proviso in the Last Legislative Session. Submittedunder agenda relating to Legislative Review.
I urge the BOE to encourage the Governor to veto this specific provision of the budget.
Sincerely,
Jim Shon
HAWAI‘I EDUCATIONAL POLICY CENTER
Dr. Jim Shon
Director
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HAWAI‘I EDUCATIONAL POLICY CENTER POLICY ANALYSIS
HAWAI‘I EDUCATIONAL POLICY CENTER
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Dr. Jim Shon, Director Phone (808) 282-1509 • jshon@Hawai‘i .edu
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CAN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT MANOA BE RELOCATED TO UH WEST OAHU?
An unexpected proviso in the 2016 State Budget requires moving the UH Manoa College of Education to a new campus. This was not a proposal introduced, discussed, or debated. There was virtually no contact between legislators and the COE of Education’s Dean on this issue. Legislator’s made a significant decision without perhaps fully understanding its implications.
Considerations and Challenges
UH Manoa’s COE has been highly nationally praised for its quality, and cited as a model program.
Nearly all UH Manoa’s COE programs require access to the wide range of programs, courses and facilities available only at Manoa.
Enrollments at UH Manoa’s COE are nearly equal to enrollments in ALL UHWO programs. To accommodate this large shift of students it is unknown what the cost would be for essentially doubling the capacity and facilities at the UHWO campus.
UH Manoa’s College of Education has over 750 graduate students in programs linked directly to UH Manoa. UHWO has no graduate programs.
The UHWO Master Plan does not envision graduate programs.
UH Manoa’s College of Education enrolls over 500 Kinesiology & Rehabilitation Science students that depend on the space and expensive equipment they share with the UH Manoa athletic programs. UHWO has no comparable facilities.
UH Manoa’s College of Education is a statewide program, serving all areas and Islands.
Placement of UH COE graduates in public schools covers all areas of the State.
UH Manoa’s College of Education has extensive program services for the West Oahu, Leeward areas.
UH Manoa’s College of Education has already invested significant time and treasure in planning a revitalized COE campus. Manoa has a Master Plan.
Initial Conclusions The missions of UHWO and UH Manoa are quite different, as are their teacher preparation programs. The scope and size are not comparable. A new UHWO Master Plan does not envision any graduate programs: “The University of Hawai‘i – West Oahu offers a distinct, student-centered baccalaureate education…” Even a preliminary review of the quality and extensiveness of the UH COE indicates it would take an extraordinary effort to relocate, and this move would have significantly negative
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impacts on the ability of the University system to serve the educational needs of the State. UHWO’s small program is a regional complement to UH COE. There is no indication that UHWO has the interest or capacity to change its entire campus mission. The Board of Regents has never taken a position supporting this move, nor has the UH senior administration.
Specific Information on UH COE UH Manoa Long Range Master Plan http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcafo/pdf/2007LRDPFinal.pdf
The COE is Nationally Accredited The national accreditation process requires all College teacher preparation programs to meet or exceed the criteria described in the NCTQ policy report.
The National Council for Teacher Quality (NCTQ) recently released the 2012 State Teacher Policy Yearbook: Improving Teacher Preparation in Hawai‘i. The report reviews State policy regarding teacher preparation and makes recommendations for improvement. The College of Education at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is nationally accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and approved to prepare teachers for licensure by the Hawai‘i Teacher Standards Board (HTSB). In order to maintain its accreditation standing, the College must demonstrate that it meets NCATE standards and those of related specialty professional associations in education, such as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), and others. The national accreditation process requires all College teacher preparation programs to meet or exceed the criteria described in the NCTQ policy report.
NCTQ recognized the College of Education at UH Mānoa as one of ten institutions nationally as having “model design” in their Student Teaching in the United States report released in July 2011.
A comparision of the NCTQ checklist to the College of Education Standards can be viewed here.
It should be noted that, "the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) finds the 2012 State Teacher Policy Yearbook: Improving Teacher Preparation National Summary, to be vastly inconsistent with the gold-standard of student performance measures, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)." ~Statement by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Regarding 2012 State Teacher Policy Yearbook: Improving Teacher Preparation National Summary
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http://manoa.Hawai‘i .edu/hepc/
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Enrollments and Programs could not be easily duplicated at another campus.
COE Enrollment Summary: Fall 2014-Summer 2015
In academic year 2014-15:
789 students (38%) were enrolled in teacher preparation programs (including MEdT)
514 students (25%) were enrolled in BS health and exercise science programs
753 students (37%) were enrolled in graduate programs (excluding MEdT)
Degree Enrolled
BEd 599 (total)
Elementary 261*
Elementary & Early Childhood 63
Elementary & Special Education 106
Secondary Education 169**
BS 514
MEd 418
MEdT 70
MS 72
PCERT Secondary Education 59
PCERT Special Education 61
PhD 224
EdD 31
GCERT 8
TOTAL 2056
* The BEd in elementary education is also offered at UHWO ** The BEd in secondary education is also offered at UHWO in Mathematics, English, and Social
Studies only
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In Spring 2016 semester, 3061 UHM students (unduplicated) enrolled College of Education courses
College of Education Programs Available to Students in West Oahu/Leeward Teacher Preparation
Program Onsite Distance/Hybrid
Elementary Education
A BEd cohort begins every year on the LCC campus, with field placements in the surrounding communities.
The BEd statewide distance learning program is offered in an online/hybrid format available to students on any island including Oahu. The students meet at UHM for F2F sessions four weekends a semester.
Special Education The Dual Elementary/Special Education BEd program has a Leeward cohort with courses held at LCC.
The BEd Blended Early Childhood/Special Education program is statewide; courses are online/hybrid. Field experiences may be completed in Leeward schools. The post-baccalaureate certificate program is statewide with face-to-face classes on Saturdays; field experiences may be completed in Leeward schools. The MEdT in Secondary/Special Education program is statewide; courses are online/hybrid.
Secondary Education
The Oahu-based statewide program serves West Oahu. Classes are on-line with one face-to-face meeting per semester at UHM. All school placements and placement related meetings take place in middle and high schools in the west
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Oahu and Leeward areas.
Master of Education in Teaching (MEdT)
The MEdT face-to-face cohort hold classes at LCC each semester with placements at Waipahu High School and the surrounding community
The MEdT statewide and the statewide secondary/special education programs are face-to-face and online/hybrid.
Advanced Programs
Program Onsite Distance/Hybrid
Curriculum Studies MEd-CS: Aloha Kumu cohorts meet in West Oahu/Leeward area. Hawai‘i Writing Project's Invitational Summer Institute will be held at Nānākuli Elementary, Summer '16.
Literacy Specialist GCERT/MEd-CS Concentration/Add-a-Field MEd-CS: Middle (and Secondary) Level program (grades 4-12) MEd-CS: STEMS^2 serves teachers in West Oahu and Leeward areas (in-person face-to-face meetings in the summer and on-line fall and spring)
Educational Administration
EDEA MEd K-12 program is available online for West Oahu students.
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation Science
Statewide KRS MS Adapted physical education (hybrid) Statewide KRS MS Rehabilitation Counseling (online)
Learning Design & Technology
Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning (COLT) MEd in Learning Design and Technology
Special Education The MEd in Special Education program is statewide; courses are online/hybrid.
5/31/2016 University of Hawaii Mail Cancer Center Director position
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Cancer Center Director position
Fink, John <[email protected]> Tue, May 31, 2016 at 1:01 PMTo: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
As I will not be able to testify on Thursday at the UH Board of Regents meeting due to aprevious commitment, please allow me a moment to put forward my support for the Board ofRegents to approve an announced candidate as the director of the University of Hawai`iCancer Center. Now that the nominating committee has done its job, to leave this medicalentity dangling any longer without a fulltime leader and (hopefully) a visionary would be asure sign that the University is not prepared to do everything in its power to see thisworthwhile entity succeed. We have an opportunity here to right this rudderless ship and achance to do so in short order with a candidate that seems to meet all criteria, includingfinancial acumen.
It appears as if the Cancer Center director selection committee has made a wise choice whocan now help to lead this local medical/research school with detailed short and longertermplans to help shore up funding and continue to lead the fight against cancer for people bothhere and worldwide. It is not often enough that Hawaii has a chance to be among thenationwide and worldwide leaders in significant categories. The track record of the UHCancer Center indicates that we have an opportunity here to lead, to show we have faiththat we can make a difference.
Waiting any longer, now that a bona fide candidate has emerged, as was requested, willfurther ratchet up internal angst and public secondguessing. Wallowing in selfpity andsecondguessing management lapses and errors in fiscal predictions will provide no relief oranswers moving forward. And move forward we must. I urge you to see that appointing anenergetic, visionary, vetted director who provides hope and plans in short order is exactlywhat needs to be done to help spark optimism and a sense of resurgence in this medicalventure on the shores of Kaka`ako.
Thank you.
John L. Fink
General Manager
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6/1/2016 University of Hawaii Mail Testimony for Meeting on June 2nd
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Testimony for Meeting on June 2nd
Diane Ono <[email protected]> Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:51 PMTo: [email protected]: Don Murphy <[email protected]>
Dear Regents:Attached please find the written testimony of Don Murphy. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Murphydirectly. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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University of Hawai‘i
University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents
Thursday, June 2, 2016 9:00 a.m.
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Dear Members of the Board of Regents: I am Don Murphy, owner of Murphy’s Bar and Grill. You probably best
know me as a longtime supporter of University of Hawai’i Athletics. Today, I’m
here in support of the UH Cancer Center and in particular to encourage you to
approve the salary and benefit package to hire a new permanent director for the
Cancer Center, Dr. Randall Holcombe.
Here is some of my family background that you may not know - My father
died of colon cancer, and my mother was a 50-year survivor of three different
types of cancer. As a result, my parents supported the Oklahoma Cancer
Research Foundation. For many years, I have been on the boards of Hawaii
Children’s Cancer Foundation and the Friends of the UH Cancer Center. I’ve lost
countless close friends to cancer, and they’ve died far too young and missed out
on too much living. That’s why I am a supporter of the work being done here at
the UH Cancer Center.
We need to be able to look ahead rather than at the past management of
the Cancer Center. The UH Cancer Center can regain its health through good
permanent leadership and secure funding. We in Hawai’i cannot afford to let our
National Cancer Institute designated Cancer Center fall by the wayside. We
need good people like Dr. Holcombe here in Hawai’i working with the
researchers and scientists at the Cancer Center to find cures and better
therapies for the cancers that occur most commonly here. This is a time when
we need all hands on deck, both in the public sector as well as in private
philanthropy, to come forward and step up to the plate to see that the UH Cancer
Center not only survives but that it thrives and truly makes a difference in the
lives of the citizens of our state.
Submitted by: Don Murphy 2 Merchant Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Email: [email protected]
6/1/2016 University of Hawaii Mail Written Testimony for Meeting on June 2, 2016
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Written Testimony for Meeting on June 2, 2016
Diane Ono <[email protected]> Tue, May 31, 2016 at 5:00 PMTo: [email protected]: Diane Ono <[email protected]>
Chair Moore and Honorable Regents:
Attached please find my written testimony for your consideration at your meeting on June 2, 2016 at the SullivanConference Center. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,Diane T. Ono
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University of Hawai‘i
University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents
Thursday, June 2, 2016 9:00 a.m.
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Dear Members of the Board of Regents: The University of Hawai’i Cancer Center is in dire need of a permanent director. After an extensive search with a pool of many qualified applicants, an excellent candidate, Dr. Randall Holcombe, has been selected. I urge you to approve Dr. Holcombe’s salary and benefit package as proposed by the administration. Since January I have come before you to testify several times in support of UHCC. As you may recall, I am a longstanding friend and supporter of the Cancer Center. My involvement started in a very personal way with my daughter Mari Galiher who was enrolled in a clinical trial in 1997. Mari was diagnosed with leukemia and was able to successfully undergo two and a half years of treatment here in Hawai’i. Her clinical trial was administered through the UHCC which was known then as the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. I am proud to say that today Mari is healthy and holds two UH degrees.
With a feeling of gratitude, I became a supporter of the Cancer Center and joined the Friends of the UH Cancer Center board sometime around 2003. This Spring I was honored to serve on the Chancellor’s Search Advisory Committee for the Cancer Center director. I come before you today, however, as an individual and not on behalf of the Committee.
As a Cancer Center supporter and friend, I have had the privilege of taking
several tours of the Center, attending many lectures given by scientists on the Center’s faculty and from other institutions, and talking with the researchers about their work. I learned firsthand what a jewel we have here for the people of our state. There is cutting edge research and studies are in progress that will benefit us now and in the years to come.
In January, President Obama announced the National Cancer Moonshot
Initiative to accelerate cancer research. The initiative aims to make more therapies available to more patients while also improving on cancer prevention and detection at an early stage. We in Hawai’i, by supporting and promoting the work of our own Cancer Center, have a huge role to play in this initiative.
All too many of us have family and friends who have been diagnosed with
and succumbed to an incurable cancer. The solution to lessening cancer’s
burden on our state is research into why and how these cancers occur and also how the body responds to various therapies so that the best possible treatment is available to our residents right here at home.
A strong and permanent director is needed now for the Cancer Center. We cannot afford to wait. The work of the renewal of the P30 grant to maintain the National Cancer Institute designation for the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center needs to begin immediately. I urge you to approve the proposed package for Dr. Holcombe so that he can begin his work as the new director of the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center.
Thank you for your consideration of my testimony.
Diane T. Ono [email protected] 2534 East Manoa Road Honolulu, HI 96822
6/1/2016 University of Hawaii Mail Testimony from Adelia Dung for June 2, 2016 meeting
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Testimony from Adelia Dung for June 2, 2016 meeting
Maggie Jarrett <[email protected]> Tue, May 31, 2016 at 5:58 PMTo: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
I am submitting this testimony on behalf of Adelia Dung. She will be presenting it orally at the meeting on June 2at the UH Cancer Center.
Thank you.
Maggie Jarrett, Director
Communications Pacific, Inc.
Topa Financial Center, Bishop Street Tower
Honolulu, Hi. 96813
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Direct: 808.5433560
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University of Hawaii Board of Regents
Thursday, June 2, 2016 9 a.m.
University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Sullivan Conference Center
Good Morning,
I am Adelia Dung, President of the Friends of the UH Cancer Center, a group made up of volunteers who support and promote the efforts of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. I am also a parent who knows firsthand how devastating a cancer diagnosis can be. In 1996, our lives changed forever when our 1-year-old daughter Alana Dung was diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia rarely found in children. We relocated to Washington State so our daughter could have access to cutting-edge research and be a participant in a clinical trial. Like the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, the UH Cancer Center in Kakaako is something our community should be proud of. We are in an elite class – there are 1,600 cancer centers in the U.S. -- but only 69 centers have this recognition. Our Center has received an average of $4.3 million annually over the last five years through National Cancer Institute grant programs directly tied to our NCI designation and another $20 million annually in research grants and contracts. Please approve the appointment of Dr. Randall Holcombe now. To procrastinate will put much at risk:
• We will be at risk of losing a candidate who has experience and a vision for our Center
• Our National Cancer Institute designation will be in jeopardy (the NCI’s stringent requirements include having a medical researcher directing every NCI-designated Center)
• The 6,000 people in Hawaii who each year who learn they have cancer will lose a valuable resource
Please approve the appointment of Dr. Randall Holcombe so the vision of a world class Cancer Center envisioned at its inception by you, the UH Board of Regents, can become a reality. Thank you. Adelia Dung
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BOR meeting testimony
Marguerite Butler <[email protected]> Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:12 AMTo: Board of Regents <[email protected]>
Aloha BOR,
Attached is a written version of the oral testimony provided to the Committee on Research and Innovation, andwhich the MFS SEC would like to submit as written testimony for the June 2 BOR meeting.
The testimony relates to longrange planning for research as well as the finances of research universities, puttingManoa in context with public universities nationally. These are matters of ongoing concern to the Regents, andtherefore I would appreciate it being distributed to the entire board. The attachments are linked in the testimony.
This informational letter to the BOR has been approved by the MFS SEC, and it is therefore SEC testimony.
Thank you,Marguerite Butler
____________________________________________Marguerite A. ButlerAssociate Professor
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Information on the Finances of Research Universities, Comparing UHM to Public Research Universities Nationally Manoa Faculty Senate SEC Testimony May 31, 2016 Aloha Chair Moore, Chair of the Research Committee Bal, and Regents: The Manoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee provides a brief report on the finances of research universities and finances of UHM for your information. The data on UHM was obtained from institutional data reported on the Manoa Institutional Research Office website. Research is fundamentally important so much so that it is a part of the tenure criteria for all faculty. I repeat for all faculty at UH Manoa. People sometimes want to distinguish between “instructional” faculty and “research” faculty. But this, at some level, is a nonsequitur because to do your job properly, you must do both, and faculty generally do, whether they are “I” or “R”. We propose that the question should be “how can we support and grow research across the entire university, and are we sustainable does our current structure make sense?” The “Report on Systemwide Long Range Plans” by VP Syrmos is curious in a number of ways.
The UH plan provides a summary of research across the system, but it is only partial entire disciplines are not included. The scholarly activities of Arts and Humanities, or Language Literature and Linguistics, as examples, are the works of whole colleges that are excluded.
The UH plan focuses on grant dollars but not scholarship. Research is not only about getting grant money, it is about discovery. It is about creation of new knowledge. These things build our academic profile and our reputation
In contrast, we provide a Research Strategic Plan from Penn State University which in contrast to ours, provides a “30 thousand feet” view of their research enterprise.
Discusses research comprehensively across all colleges (including Arts and Humanities), focusing on areas of strength
Discusses funding from a strategic perspective national competitive funds (NSF, NIH, etc.), as well as foundations that could be profitably targeted by the University, and an honest assessment of the University’s position.
Importantly, it asks “could we do better”? Criteria for Research Assessment When we talk about research awards, the gold standard for assessing funding success is not only total research dollars, but what percentage is fullyoverheaded? Overhead funds (RTRF) are provided by some granting agencies in recognition of the fact that sponsored research
incurs costs beyond what is provided by the funds for operation costs. Overhead is intended to help the institution pay for the maintenance of adequate facilities, utilities, fiscal and administrative support staff, and any other ancillary expenses associated with research. Only the most competitive federal research dollars bring in the full overhead amount of 42%50% of direct costs (the costs of executing the project). Another class of competitive federal grants those for teaching and training garner overhead rates of 8%, however training grants directly support our educational mission and indeed directly support the education of our talented graduate students. On the other hand, government contracts (local and state), foundations, and other agencies provide little to no overhead (many projects garner a rate of 3.5% or even zero overhead). In these cases, the work supported by these lowoverhead contracts use university personnel and facilities essentially “free of charge” and at great cost to UHM. As our actual realized overhead rate at UHM is about 11%, it is worth taking a closer look at our research portfolio, and asking how much is coming from highly competitive grants, and how much from noncompetitive grants and “contract” work. If our goal is to conduct highimpact, cuttingedge research that will bolster our national and international reputation, we should be mindful of where we as an institution invest our research effort, and shape criteria that will guide us to our desired outcomes, including striving to have a higher proportion of fullyoverheaded research grants and competitive training grants (which indicates strong graduate programs and often lead to more federal research dollars). While no single criteria is allencompassing, the latter goal is one useful benchmark because the highestimpact research is funded by the most competitive federal programs which also provide the highest overhead rates. The Financing of Research It may come as a surprise to some that sponsored research is not selfsupporting. Research is expensive, and it is widely recognized that all research requires institutional investment. The question we must ask is how much is the right investment? What is the “right size” for our programs? The publication “Finances of Research Universities” published by the Council on Government Relations (2008, updated in 2014 data are similar but update provides more context and explanation) provides much helpful information by which UH can compare its performance. We have compared some of the national data with the UH Manoa data from the Manoa Institutional Research Office on the attached slides. Compared to the average Public University, as a percent of total revenue (please see slides):
UHM spends less on instruction and much more on research Much more of our revenues come from Tuition and Fees, and a little more from research
grants than the average public research university. Contrary to popular belief, our state funding is on par with average.
Across the nation, it is widely recognized that sponsored research at universities is not selfsupporting. And it is rising over time. Recent data indicate that average
universities subsidize 23% of the cost of research. UHM must be much more, as we have a larger than average research enterprise.
The last two slides compare revenues and expenditures of UHM vs. public universities nationally (data from Association of American Universities).
Why then, do universities do research? Because it is important. Because discovery contributes to human knowledge, as eloquently expressed recently by Dr. Sheila Patek of Duke University (see below), and by the very nature of discovery we cannot predict what wonders will result. Research is critical to our mission as an academic institution of higher learning. But we must understand the nature of the enterprise. Sponsored research cannot be used to bring us out of fiscal insolvency. We must invest our research dollars wisely, and “right size” our enterprises. We must have excellence in scholarship across the university for the benefit of our students and the state of Hawai’i. The Direction of Research Finally, one comment about the direction of research. It is worth noting that to succeed at the cuttingedge requires the most highly qualified personnel to develop the programming, succeed at obtaining funding, and to execute the research. Therefore, immediate success will only come when it is directed by the faculty talent that the university possesses, namely the faculty. Investing in new directions is something that a university must do, but requires planning with results obtained only after years of successful recruitment and significant financial investment. The level of competition is so high that even with planning, it is not possible for UH to succesffully compete in all arenas the best people will not come if the infrastructure, logistics, and resources are not in place or are at a significant competitive disadvantage with the mainland. We must play to our strengths. The best path forward is with the strong consultation with our faculty who can provide the best expertise to advise on the research directions most likely to bear fruit. Research initiatives should always be forward thinking and strategic, and not “following the pack” a clear indication that the opportunity to lead has already passed. These issues illustrate why Research is underfunded at UHM, at least as currently configured, and also points to factors that contribute to the underfunding of the Manoa campus as a whole. It is curious that the System continues to generate a budget surplus whereas the flagship campus remains underfunded. Because of the complexity of research issues and the need to carefully integrate research planning with academic planning, we find it inappropriate that this planning is attempted by the System, which is claimed to serve primarily a “service role” to the campuses, with academics being the purview of campuses. To continue along these lines will lead to folly at best, and result in longlasting and devastating harm to the quality of academics of the campuses at worst. Our Recommendations are to (1) allow campuses to determine their own longrange plans, with system serving to facilitate communication and coordination, (2) immediately provide all of the financial, personnel, and facilities data to campus faculty such that meaningful planning can
occur, and (3) to open a dialogue involving all stakeholders including the Regents and the community. Respectfully yours, Marguerite Butler Vice Chair, Manoa Faculty Senate for the SEC Attachments:
1. Penn State University Research Strategic Plan http://www.research.psu.edu/about/documents/strategicplan.pdf
2. Comparison of UHM finances vs. AAU data on Public Research Universities https://www.dropbox.com/s/keiv9vugaz679nk/UHMvsAAU%20Budget%20and%20Research%20Costs.pdf?dl=0
3. Council on Government Relations (2008) “Finances of Research Universities” http://www.cogr.edu/COGR/files/ccLibraryFiles/Filename/000000000014/FINANCES_OF_RESEARCH_UNIVERSITIES.pdf
4. COGR 2014 update http://cogr.edu/COGR/files/ccLibraryFiles/Filename/000000000267/Finances%20of%20Research%20Universities_June%202014.pdf
5. PBS Newshour “Essay”: Why research for the pure sake of knowing is enough. Commentary by Dr. Sheila Patek, Duke University. May 25, 2016 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/whyknowledgeforthepuresakeofknowingisgoodenoughtojustifyscientificresearch/
6/1/2016 University of Hawaii Mail Re: BOR Testimony re RP12.201Ethical Standards of Conduct
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Re: BOR Testimony re RP12.201Ethical Standards of Conduct
ANN SAKAGUCHI <[email protected]> Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 8:48 AMReplyTo: [email protected]: [email protected]
Please kindly forward my testimony to Chair Randy Moore and other members of the Board of Regents for theJune 2, 2016 BOR meeting.
Thank you in advance for your assistance on this request.
Sincerely, Ann Sakaguchi, MPH, PhD
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6/1/2016 University of Hawaii Mail FW: Testimony
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Earl Stoner <[email protected]> Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 8:51 AMTo: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sirs: Attached is testimony that I intend to present orally at the June 2,2016 meeting of the Board of Regents ofthe University of Hawaii. Earl Stoner
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Testimony before the University of Hawaii Board of Regents Scheduled
for Thursday, June 2, 2016. Dear Chairman Moore and Regents of the University of Hawaii: My name is Earl Stoner, I am a resident of Kula, Maui, and the immediate past president of the Friends of the UH Cancer Center. I’m here today to request your support for the hiring of Dr. Randall F. Holcombe as the new director of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. To the credit of the search committee they gave a broad cross section of Hawaii and the UH community an opportunity to meet the candidates for this job, to ask them questions, and to form opinions on the most qualified. All participants had an opportunity to weigh in on the candidates and to grade them as to their perceived qualifications. The selection of Dr. Holcombe is a consensus decision. As you are well aware, the National Cancer Institute sets forth stringent qualifying requirements for the directors of NCI designated centers nationwide. Clearly Dr. Holcombe meets these requirements and much of his job will be securing continuing designation for our Cancer Center from the NCI. The designation provides us substantial Federal funding and prestige. Yes, we are 1 of only 69 in the nation, and a very unique cancer research center given our location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Thank you for giving Dr. Holcombe your support. Those of us who strongly support the UH Cancer Center have been frustrated and angered by the negative publicity received over the last few years. While much of this can be attributed to factions opposed to the former director airing their concerns to the media, it was exacerbated by other factors. These included a negative report authored by the VP for Research and Innovation at UH with virtually no input from the Cancer Center, derogatory remarks from the higher education chair at the State House and even some comments from members of this board. This severely stifles fundraising efforts as well as community support for the Cancer Center.
While the Cancer Center has not been without problems it has largely met its anticipated role when the bond issue for the new building was approved in 2010. It now provides a well designed single location for all UH cancer research and support and it is a major player contributing to bio science as part of our States economy having generated over $50 million in 2013, the most recent date for which verifiable statistics exist. In addition to hiring Dr. Holcombe three items seem most important to me at this time; first, work with the legislature to develop a reliable and continuing funding source for the UH Cancer Center. Second, revise the way the Cancer Center is treated within the University to operate similarly to other research departments within the system. Third, strongly support an autonomous Kakaako campus combining the John A. Burns School of Medicine and the UH Cancer Center with operating economies and administration in accordance with the plan set forth by Dr. Jerris Hedges during his tenure as our interim director. A united front from the Board of Regents is truly necessary. Thank you for your support of the foregoing and the hiring of a new director for the UH Cancer Center.
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