2009 Performance Indicators for Governance
Introduction
The University of Toronto is respected as one of the foremost research-intensive universities in the world. It has educated hundreds of thousands of students and enjoys a global reputation in multiple fields of scholarship. The University has considerable strengths and notable achievements. Building on successes and addressing opportunities for improvement will require careful monitoring of our ongoing performance.
Each year we measure our progress towards our long-term goals in a range of teaching and research areas. An annual Performance Indicator Report has been presented to Governing Council since 1998, and the University has led Ontario’s post-secondary sector in providing reports of this nature as part of our accountability to governance. The indicators in these reports have changed over the years as we expanded the scope of areas measured, enhanced our data collection, and created partnerships with other institutions and agencies for external benchmarking.
In 2008 we began to align our measures against the 2030 Framework. This year’s report is organized according to the 2030 Framework and includes analysis in several new areas:
- Research chairs and research infrastructure measures
- Research ranking discipline results
- A measure of undergraduate instructional engagement
- A measure of extra-curricular activity
- A new measure of our students’ family income background
- International student survey results
- Pre-tenure faculty survey results
- Graduate student survey benchmarks
Comprehensive Inventory of Performance Indicators 2009
A comprehensive inventory of our performance measures is available:
Performance Indicators 2009 Comprehensive Inventory
Performance Indicators Summary Report
Performance Indicators For Governance, 2009 A Summary
The summary document highlights several of this year’s major findings:
- The University of Toronto continues to be distinct through the excellence of its faculty whose research output and strength in a broad range of fields ranks among the best in the world.
- Obtaining research funding from the three Federal granting councils continues to be competitive and requires close monitoring and further effort.
- Recent investments by the Federal and Provincial Governments in new and existing space will help improve the University’s physical space needs particularly at the University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC) and the University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM).
- The University continues to provide access to students from a diverse range of backgrounds and provides them with the resources needed to be successful academically.
- Our graduate students show a high level of satisfaction that exceeds our peers; however, more needs to be done to improve the engagement and satisfaction of our undergraduates.
- With the economic downturn, the University has experienced a reduction in our private support from alumni and friends compared to last year; however, the University’s financial health remains strong.
- The gap in per-student funding between the University and public peer institutions is large and remains a source of serious concern for the future.
Performance Indicators 2009 Powerpoint Presentation to Governing Council Meeting January 21, 2010
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