Transcript College of Arts and Science Faculty Meeting

State of the College
October 16, 2007
State of the College
Overview
Undergraduate Programs
 Graduate Programs
 Faculty Highlights
 Capital Campaign Results
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Undergraduate Programs
A&S Class of 2011
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9,684 applications (9,219 in previous year—5% increase)
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28.5% of those who applied were admitted
(30% in Class of 2010)
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Yield of those admitted: 36.6% (36% in Class of 2010)
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Average SAT: 1389 (10-point increase vs. Class of 2010)
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83% in top 10% of graduating class
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Average rank in graduating class = 5.7%
Investments in Undergraduates
Need-based grants: $40.1MM
 Scholarships: $15.8MM
 Athletic scholarships: $4.0MM
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Total from VU sources = $60MM
The Commons will open in
August 2008
Graduate Education in
2006-2007
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In 2007, A&S programs conferred 94
Master’s degrees and 71 Ph.D.s
Graduate Admissions for
2006-2007
Total applications = 3741 (10% increase)
 Total admits = 579 (7% increase)
 Admit rate = 15% (16% for previous year)
 Total accepts = 264
 Yield = 46%
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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.
New Developments in Graduate
Education
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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
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Physics and Astronomy
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
The A&S Faculty
Academic Year
Tenured and
Tenure-Track
2007-2008
362
2006-2007
361
2005-2006
351
2004-2005
329
2003-2004
317
2002-2003
309
2001-2002
311
Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
Recruitment
Recruited
AY
Chaired
Full
Associate
Assistant
Total
2001-02
0
4
2
16
22
2002-03
2
9
1
12
24
2003-04
4
5
4
19
32
2004-05
7
5
6
12
30
2005-06
4
3
4
12
23
2006-07
0
1
5
18
24
New Faculty Diversity
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Of the 24 faculty recruited during the 2006-2007
academic year:
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10 are women
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3 tenured associate professors of 5 hired
7 assistant professors of 18 hired
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6 are ethnic minorities
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6 are foreign nationals
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.
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Promotion to Full Professor
Academic
Year
2001-2002
# of cases
0
#
promoted
0
# denied
by PTRC
0
2002-2003
5
3
0
2003-2004
4
2
0
2004-2005
14
11
1
2005-2006
7
7
0
2006-2007
6
6
0
Promotion to Associate Professor
Academic
Year
# of cases
#
promoted
# denied
by PTRC
2001-2002
5
5
0
2002-2003
6
5
0
2003-2004
7
7
0
2004-2005
7
7
0
2005-2006
8
6
0
2006-2007
13
11
0
Tenure-Track Reappointments
Academic
Year
2001-2002
# of cases
18
# reappointed
17
# denied
by Dean
1
2002-2003
24
23
0
2003-2004
23
23
0
2004-2005
30
29
0
2005-2006
25
24
0
2006-2007
27
26
0
Faculty Development
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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
Sponsored Research
Year
Total Amount
FY 2000
Number of
Awards
149
FY 2001
161
$21,131,459
FY 2002
167
$24,307,194
FY 2003
166
$28,254,491
FY 2004
201
$32,671,317
FY 2005
201
$34,076,717
FY 2006
216
$39,447,210
FY 2007
225
$40,358,985
$19,839,985
FY07 Funding at Vanderbilt
Arts and Science: $40,358,985 (up 2%)
 Education: $44,234,410 (up 50%)
 Engineering: $40,822,387 (up 34%)
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Total for Provost’s area: $131,566,813
This is an increase of 24% over FY06!
Faculty Achievements:
A Partial List
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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
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)
Shape the Future
Campaign Extension
to 12/31/2010
$1.75 Billion
Arts and Science will
Increase its goal from $125M to
?????
Arts and Science Unrestricted
Money by Fiscal Year
2,800,000
2.77M
2,700,000
2,600,000
2,500,000
2.56M
2,400,000
2,300,000
2.35M
2,200,000
2,100,000
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
Arts and Science New Pledges by
Fiscal Year
10,000,000
9,000,000
8,000,000
7,000,000
6,000,000
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
0
10M
8.2M
2.7M
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
Arts and Science New Money –
Outright Gifts and Pledges – by
Fiscal Year
18,000,000
16,000,000
14,000,000
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
0
17.7M
15.1M
8.3M
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
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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