{"id":88859,"date":"2018-07-16T13:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T17:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=88859"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:54:22","slug":"ucf-hitt-recognized-one-biggest-success-stories-contemporary-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-hitt-recognized-one-biggest-success-stories-contemporary-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and Hitt Recognized as &#8216;One of the Biggest Success Stories in Contemporary Higher Education\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John C. Hitt, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s fourth president who retired on June 30, has been recognized by <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em> for creating \u201cone of the biggest success stories in contemporary higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMany other college presidents have made similar gambits and found mixed results. Hitt is unusual for having accomplished them all, at one university,\u201d according to the <em>Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When Hitt arrived in 1992, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ was a midsize public commuter school. Twenty-six years later, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ has grown from 22,000 students to 66,000; has become a research institution; and has opened a Division I football stadium, a medical school, and soon, a new campus in downtown Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany other college presidents have made similar gambits and found mixed results. Hitt is unusual for having accomplished them all, at one university,\u201d according to the <em>Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Chronicle<\/em> credited much of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s success to Hitt\u2019s ability to form partnerships. During his tenure, he <a href=\"https:\/\/directconnect.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnered with area state colleges<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fiea.ucf.edu\/\">Electronic Arts<\/a>, the military and defense industry, the city of Orlando and so many others to guide Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s growth and position the university as a supplier of quality talent to companies and industries.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps one of Hitt\u2019s greatest achievements at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is broadening access to a higher education for more people, while also maintaining quality and attracting high-achieving students, Joshua Wyner, founder and director of the College Excellence Program at the Aspen Institute, told the <em>Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Minority enrollment under Hitt\u2019s leadership rose from 16 percent in 1991 to 46 percent in 2017, while the percentage of students eligible for Pell Grants also grew from 27 percent in 1991 to 41 percent in 2017. Over the same period, weighted GPA of incoming students rose from 3.30 to 4.06, and the graduation rate rose from 40 percent to 70 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Dale Whittaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/creating-bold-new-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s fifth president who took office July 1<\/a>, told the <em>Chronicle<\/em> that involving others was key to Hitt\u2019s success at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½.<\/p>\n<p>He would gather key people to \u201cput our heads together, be creative, find our friends, get support,\u201d Whittaker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s listening very carefully to how the discussion is going. He\u2019ll put in his piece when, and only when, he feels it will make a difference,\u201d added Maribeth Ehasz, vice president for student development and enrollment services.<\/p>\n<p>Hitt and his wife of 56 years, Martha, moved to Madison, Wis., to be near their children. He is now president emeritus, and he is helping Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ successfully complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucffoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$500 million IGNITE fundraising campaign<\/a> while also providing advice and counsel about the implementation of the Collective Impact strategic plan.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article from the <em>Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John C. Hitt, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s fourth president who retired on June 30, has been recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education for creating \u201cone of the biggest success stories in contemporary higher education.\u201d \u201cMany other college presidents have made similar gambits and found mixed results. Hitt is unusual for having accomplished them all, at one university,\u201d according to the Chronicle. 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