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New Faculty Orientation A Look at Georgia Tech

New Faculty Orientation A Look at Georgia Tech. Thanks to our Office of Institutional Research and Planning for the data. www.irp.gatech.edu. About Georgia Tech. Major research institution and member of the Association of American Universities (AAU)

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New Faculty Orientation A Look at Georgia Tech

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  1. New Faculty OrientationA Look at Georgia Tech Thanks to our Office of Institutional Research and Planning for the data. www.irp.gatech.edu.

  2. About Georgia Tech • Major research institution and member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) • Top 5 in engineering with world class programs in architecture, business, computing, liberal arts, and sciences • Research: Over $700 million R&D in FY2012 (Prelim) • According to latest NSF data, in R&D spending, GT ranked 26th nationally and 5th among public universities without a med school; 24th overall in federal R&D; and 2nd in U.S. Department of Defense R&D • Strengths: quality, focus, interdisciplinarity, connections to industry and government • Location: urban (midtown Atlanta) • Outreach: regional, national and global (Savannah, France, China, Germany, Panama, etc.)

  3. Personnel • Reports to the Executive Leadership Team • President: 375 • Executive Vice President for Administration & Finance: 1,500 • Executive Vice President for Research: 1,550 (950 researchers) • Provost & EVP for Academic Affairs: 3,075 (700 researchers) • Workforce Total: 6,500 Permanent Employees (96% are full-time) • Tech also employs approximately 600 temporary personnel and 7,850 students

  4. Faculty Snapshot • Approximately 1,000 Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty: • Professors: 500 • Associate Professors: 275 • Assistant Professors: 225 • Plus 300 Non-Tenure Track/Non-Research Faculty

  5. The Georgia Tech Student Population • 21,557 students • 14,527 undergraduate • 7,030 graduate • Almost 4,300 international students • 42% minority (12% URM) • 31% women • First-year retention rate: 95% • Six-year graduation rate:82%

  6. Student Snapshot

  7. Enrollment by Gender/Race/Ethnicity – Fall 2012

  8. Enrollment by Major – Fall 2012

  9. Enrollment by Major – Fall 2012

  10. Intl Enrollment by Country – Fall 2012 • Master’s • China • India • France • South Korea • Taiwan • Germany • Canada • Pakistan • Panama • Singapore • PhD • China • India • South Korea • Iran • Taiwan • Turkey • Pakistan • France • Chile • Greece & Colombia • Undergraduates • China • India • South Korea • Venezuela • Vietnam • Indonesia • Taiwan • Canada • Nigeria • Malaysia

  11. Previous Institutions for Graduate Students– Fall 2012 • PhD • Georgia Tech • Tsinghua University • Seoul National University • Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. • Peking University • University of Florida • National Taiwan University • Korea Adv. Inst of Sci & Tech • Korea University • Middle East Tech. Univ. • Master’s • Georgia Tech • University of Georgia • Shanghai Jiao Tong University • Georgia State University • Anna University • University of Florida • Ecole Nat. Sup. D’Arts • University of Mumbai • Kennesaw State University • Visvesvaraya Technical Univ.

  12. State of Residence-UndergraduatesFall 2012 • Georgia • Florida • Texas • North Carolina • Tennessee • New Jersey • Virginia • Maryland • California • New York

  13. What our undergraduates tell us about themselves… • 98% had a B+ average or better in high school • 89% took two or more years of a foreign language • 80% have parents who completed at least a bachelor’s degree • 75% attended a public high school • 72% studied 15 hours or less per week • 42% live within a 50-mile radius of Georgia Tech

  14. Why did they choose Tech? • Academic reputation (90%) • Tech grads get good jobs (84%) • Rankings in national magazines (55%) • Tech grads get into top graduate/ professional schools (55%)

  15. What are their long-term objectives? • Be well off financially (80.0%) • Raise a family (67.0%) • Become an authority in field (61.3%) • Helping others who are in difficulty (58.4%) • Obtain recognition from colleagues for contributions to my field (57.0%)

  16. What are their expectations as a student at Tech? • 99.5% expect to graduate from Tech • 90% think they will spend 20 hours or less participating in student clubs/groups • 81% think they will study 25 hours or less per week • 95% anticipate earning a “B” average or better during their freshman year • 57% would turn to their instructor if they were experiencing academic difficulty

  17. The Reality • 48% will spend six hours or more per week on co-curricular activities • 80% will graduate from Tech • About 93% of first year students will find that Tech places significant emphasis on studying and academic work • 38% will have discussed grades or assignments with their instructors • And…

  18. The Reality (continued)… Their GPA may not be as high as they thought it would be…

  19. Now It’s Their Turn

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