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College of Arts and Science Faculty Meeting

College of Arts and Science Faculty Meeting. October 18, 2005. Agenda Item 1. Health Plus Presentation by Ms. Stacey Kendrick. Agenda Item 2. Approval of the Minutes of the Faculty Meeting of September 20, 2005. Agenda Item 3. Review of the Faculty Council minutes of September 6, 2005.

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College of Arts and Science Faculty Meeting

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  1. College of Arts and ScienceFaculty Meeting October 18, 2005

  2. Agenda Item 1 • Health Plus Presentation by Ms. Stacey Kendrick

  3. Agenda Item 2 • Approval of the Minutes of the Faculty Meeting of September 20, 2005

  4. Agenda Item 3 • Review of the Faculty Council minutes of September 6, 2005

  5. Agenda Item 4 • State of the College of Arts and Science

  6. State of the College • Faculty Issues • Graduate Education • Undergraduate Education • Diversity • Sources of Revenue • Campus Construction • Capital Campaign Update

  7. The A&S Faculty

  8. Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Recruitment

  9. Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment • Our record of success in presenting strong promotion cases to the Promotion and Tenure Review Committee (PTRC) and the Provost over the past four years is superb (39 out of 40 cases approved). • This records reflects well on our departments, especially in their ability to recruit outstanding faculty to Vanderbilt.

  10. Promotion to Full Professor

  11. Promotion to Associate Professor

  12. Tenure-Track Reappointments

  13. Faculty Development • Search for a new Grants Resource Officer for the Humanities & Social Sciences • Workshops for Tenure-Track Faculty on Promotion Process (Nov. 8 for 4th & 5th yr faculty) • Brown Bag Mentoring Programs for Tenure-Track Faculty • New Procedure for Counseling Letters for Reappointment

  14. Online Course Evaluation Implementation • Microcomputer Lab has developed an online course evaluation system over last three years. • Faculty Council reviewed the online system in detail last spring and had no major objections to full implementation for this semester. • All faculty members are expected to use the online system effective fall 2005, with the exception of tenure-track faculty members who are beyond their first year on the faculty and request in class evaluations to maintain consistency until their tenure decisions.

  15. Graduate Education in 2004-2005 • In 2005, A&S programs conferred 84 Master’s degrees and 80 Ph.D.s • Excalibur has been moved to MIS to insure reliability and security. • We dropped 6% in official applications last year—this is in line with nationwide trends which indicate a sharp drop-off in applications from non-U.S. students.

  16. Graduate Support 2005 was the third year of the Summer Research Award program: 25 awards of $4000 each 2004-2005 was the first year of the Arts and Science Fellows program: • Merit-based competition for dissertation-year support for students in the humanities and qualitative social sciences • First A&S Fellows are Brian McInness (German) and Kathleen Eamon (Philosophy)

  17. A&S Admissions for 2004-2005 • 8796 applications • 31% of those who applied were admitted (33% in 2003-04) • Yield: 37% (35% in 2003-04) • Average SAT: 1373 • Average ACT: 30 • 8 International Students in Class of 2009 (down from 70 in the class of 2008) • 130 are National Merit Finalists

  18. A&S Applications

  19. Average SAT Scores ofIncoming Students(1998-2005)

  20. Freshmen in Top 10 Percentof High School Class(VU overall)

  21. A&S: Percentage of Applicants Admitted

  22. Implementationof AXLE • Development of Vanderbilt Visions for fall 2006 • Over 60 advisors trained in AXLE • New oral communication courses being developed • Development of PODS in the Freshman Writing Seminars

  23. Diversity • VU performance nationally • A&S Faculty • A&S Undergraduate Students • A&S Graduate Students

  24. Faculty Diversity Change in % of Black Faculty between 1999-2005: • 2.2% (1999) • 3.1% (2002) • 4.3% (2005) Overall change: +2.1% (Vanderbilt leads all top-ranked schools in this measure.)* *Data from the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Summer 2005 issue.

  25. Arts and Science Minority Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty

  26. Undergraduate Diversity % increase in freshman enrollment of black undergraduates: 1994: 70 black freshmen 2004: 140 black freshmen Vanderbilt leads top-ranked schools in percentage increase and numerical increase. Top ranked schools with greater numbers of black freshmen: Michigan, Virginia, Duke, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard.

  27. Diversity of A&S FreshmenClass of 2009

  28. Graduate Diversity • 22 new African-American students in 2005 (16 in 2004) • 10 new Hispanic students in 2005 (2 in 2004) Woodrow Wilson Responsive Ph.D. Program • Consortium of 20 leading research universities dedicated to improving doctoral education • A&S invited to join in 2004-2005 • Our work will focus on diversity issues. • Program provides seed-money grant to advance programs such as the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s- Ph.D. Bridge Program in Physics and Astronomy

  29. Sources of Revenue

  30. Use of Funds

  31. Total Revenue, 2004-05($181.7 million)

  32. Total Expenses, 2004-2005($179.2 million)

  33. Expenses Paid from Unrestricted Funds, 2004-2005 ($142.9 m)

  34. Sponsored Research

  35. Southern Association of College and Schools (SACS) The last review took place in 1996 The next review will be completed in 2007 Associate Provost for Faculty Tim McNamara will direct this effort.

  36. Campus Construction Buttrick Hall then…

  37. The New Buttrick Hall • New technically-equipped classrooms • Film editing facilities • Interdisciplinary program offices • Graduate student study areas • Atrium space for special events

  38. Buttrick HallS.E. (Terrace ) Entrance

  39. The E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center • Classrooms • Darkroom • Faculty Studios • Senior Studios • Gallery • Digital Arts Computer Lab

  40. The A&S Development Office • Jonathan S. Petty, Associate Dean • Warner Ballard, Senior Development Officer • Matt A. Wilson, Assistant Director • Elisabeth M. Yoder, Director of the CollegeCabinet • Malah Tidwell, Administrative Assistant • Jamie Wellman, DAR Assistant

  41. Shape the Future Campaign • Goal: $1.25 billion for VU overall • CAS goal: $125 million • Total raised (as of Sept. 30): $79,804,375 • Scholarships: $27,300,000 • Chairs: $12,450,000 • Facilities and Technology: $10,300,000 • Programs and Research: $10,250,000 • Unrestricted: $13,220,000 • Designations Pending: $6,275,000

  42. The Campus Climate

  43. Agenda Item 6 • Executive Motion Calendar • Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Education • Faculty Senate Reapportionment

  44. Agenda Item 7 • Original Motion Calendar

  45. Agenda Item 8 • Good of the College

  46. Agenda Item 9 • Adjournment

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