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State of the College

State of the College. October 16, 2007. State of the College Overview. Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Faculty Highlights Capital Campaign Results. Undergraduate Programs. A&S Class of 2011. 9,684 applications (9,219 in previous year—5% increase)

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State of the College

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  1. State of the College October 16, 2007

  2. State of the CollegeOverview • Undergraduate Programs • Graduate Programs • Faculty Highlights • Capital Campaign Results

  3. Undergraduate Programs

  4. A&S Class of 2011 • 9,684 applications (9,219 in previous year—5% increase) • 28.5% of those who applied were admitted (30% in Class of 2010) • Yield of those admitted: 36.6% (36% in Class of 2010) • Average SAT: 1389 (10-point increase vs. Class of 2010) • 83% in top 10% of graduating class • Average rank in graduating class = 5.7%

  5. Investments in Undergraduates • Need-based grants: $40.1MM • Scholarships: $15.8MM • Athletic scholarships: $4.0MM • Total from VU sources = $60MM

  6. The Commons will open inAugust 2008

  7. Graduate Education in2006-2007 • In 2007, A&S programs conferred 94 Master’s degrees and 71 Ph.D.s

  8. Graduate Admissions for2006-2007 • Total applications = 3741 (10% increase) • Total admits = 579 (7% increase) • Admit rate = 15% (16% for previous year) • Total accepts = 264 • Yield = 46%

  9. Graduate Funding 2007 was the fifth year of the Summer Research Awards Program, providing 25 awards of $4000 each. In 2008, awards will increase to $4500. 2007-2008 is the fourth year of the Arts and Science Humanities Fellows Program, a merit-based competition for dissertation-year support for students in the humanities and qualitative social sciences. 2007-2008 is the first year of the Arts and Science Social Science Fellows Program, a merit-based competition for dissertation-year support for students in the social sciences.

  10. New Developments in Graduate Education • New Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics • New Graduate Certificate Program in American Studies • EGE Proposals to be submitted • Grant Writing Workshops for Graduate Students • Social Science Dissertation Fellowships • Prof 101 Workshop for Graduate Students who plan to compete for academic positions • Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program to the PhD • Physics and Astronomy • Biological Sciences • Chemistry

  11. The A&S Faculty

  12. Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Recruitment

  13. New Faculty Diversity • Of the 24 faculty recruited during the 2006-2007 academic year: • 10 are women • 3 tenured associate professors of 5 hired • 7 assistant professors of 18 hired • 6 are ethnic minorities • 6 are foreign nationals

  14. Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment • Our record of success with the Promotion and Tenure Review Committee (PTRC) and the Provost over the past six years is impressive (69 of 70 cases approved). • This records reflects well on our departments and programs, especially in their ability to recruit and mentor outstanding junior faculty.

  15. Promotion to Full Professor

  16. Promotion to Associate Professor

  17. Tenure-Track Reappointments

  18. Faculty Development • Workshops for Tenure-Track Faculty on Promotion and Tenure Process hosted by Executive Dean Carolyn Dever and by Associate Provost Tim McNamara • Faculty development series on mentoring and training graduate students • Brown Bag Discussions and Mentoring Programs for Tenure-Track Faculty directed by Dana Nelson • Dinner for newly tenured faculty • Workshops for faculty on graduate teaching

  19. Sponsored Research

  20. FY07 Funding at Vanderbilt • Arts and Science: $40,358,985 (up 2%) • Education: $44,234,410 (up 50%) • Engineering: $40,822,387 (up 34%) • Total for Provost’s area: $131,566,813 This is an increase of 24% over FY06!

  21. Faculty Achievements:A Partial List • Mark Wollaeger became co-editor of a new series on modernism at OUP • Bill Caferro is a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies at Princeton • Arleen Tuchman and Moses Ochonu were awarded fellowships by ACLS • David Petrain received a summer fellowship from NEH • Liz Lunbeck elected to Society of American Historians • Tom Dillehay elected a fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences • Dieter Sevin received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

  22. College of Arts and Science Shape the Future Campaign Fundraising to date $114 Million as of September 30, 2007 $125 Million Goal (6/30/08)

  23. Shape the FutureCampaign Extensionto 12/31/2010 $1.75 Billion Arts and Science will Increase its goal from $125M to ?????

  24. Arts and Science Unrestricted Money by Fiscal Year

  25. Arts and Science New Pledges by Fiscal Year

  26. Arts and Science New Money – Outright Gifts and Pledges – by Fiscal Year

  27. The Year Ahead • Search for our 8th Chancellor. • Significant faculty recruitment effort is underway. • Space for faculty offices and laboratories is a continuing concern. • Completion of MRB IV and new space for chemistry faculty on the top floor. • Search for a new director of VINSE.

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