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New Faculty Orientation
David Fairris, Vice Provost
Undergraduate Education
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Undergraduate Enrollment by College
Student Demographic Characteristics
Top Ten Majors
Entering Student Profile
Teaching Challenges
Teaching Joys
Resources
Fall 2007 Undergraduate Enrollment: 14,973
BCOE
9%
CNAS
28%
CHASS
63%
College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS)
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)
Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE)
Fall 2007 Student Gender Diversity
Men
48%
Women
52%
Fall 2007 Student Race and Ethnic Diversity
100.0%
90.0%
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70.0%
60.0%
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42.9%
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25.9%
30.0%
17.8%
20.0%
10.0%
7.4%
0.4%
2.0%
3.7%
Other
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0.0%
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American American
Hispanic
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Fall 2007 Most Popular Majors
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12.6%
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Fall 2007 Entering Freshmen Profile
First Generation College Students
50%
Low Income Status
40%
Awarded Financial Aid
77%
Living On Campus
70%
First Generation: Neither parent earned a 4-yr degree
Low Income: Self-reported parental income is less than or equal to $30,000
Awarded Aid: Determined based on financial need
Teaching Challenges
Fall 2007 Entering Freshmen:
Did not place into English 1A (Composition)
49%
Did not place into Math9A (Calculus)
80%
On academic probation
at the end of their first year
18%
Dismissed by the end of their first year
7%
Teaching Joys
• Students Are Talented, but Unsophisticated and
Unworldly
– The Joy of Imparting “Life Possibilities”
• A Diverse Student Body
– The Joy of “Body Count Diversity” and the Challenge
of Moving Beyond It
RESOURCES
Learning Center Programs and Services
Programs that Help Students in Classes
Drop In-Tutoring
Early Warning System
Supplemental Instruction
Programs that Help Students to Build Skills
Study Skills Workshops
GRE, MCAT, CSET, and LSAT Prep Courses
Summer Bridge Pre-calculus and Writing Program
Programs that Help Students in Difficulty
Peer Counseling
Drop-in Academic Counselors
Services for Students
Placement Exams in Math and Chemistry
Computer Lab
http://www.learningcenter.ucr.edu/
University Honors Program
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Three components of UHP
1. Lower Division Honors ~ New Entering Students
2. Sophomore Honors ~ Sophomores who did not participate in LDH as a new freshmen
3. Upper Division Honors ~ Juniors/Seniors
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Faculty Involvement
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Honors Benefits
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Teach an honors seminar or course
Mentor Upper Division Honors student
Become a Faculty In-Residence
Serve as member of the Honors Executive Committee
Priority Registration
Extensive Peer Mentoring Program
Honors Fellowships
Small Class Sizes
Scholarship Advising
Community Service:
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Students volunteer over 12,000 hours annually, including 3500 hours of community service by first year students in Fall
2007.
Annual fundraisers non-profits, including over 1000 can food items, 400 toys to local children, and $1000 donated to the
Child Development Center
http://www.honors.ucr.edu/Welcome.html
UCDC/Sacramento Program
• About 70 students annually participate in the UCDC
and 10-15 in the UCCS programs.
• Selected participants spend one quarter earning
academic credits for courses taken
• Open to all students in all majors
• Teach at UC Washington Center
– For one quarter or for a year (without taking a leave and you get a
teaching assistant)
– Teach one elective course, conduct a weekly seminar, and supervise a
UCR graduate student
– Housing and Travel allowance plus your department receives funds to
replace your course
Instructional Development
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“Scholarship of Teaching” Symposium Series
• Instructional Innovation & Excellence Grants
– Instructional Support for Undergraduate Education - Funding up to $1,500 to
support minor curricular revisions. Grant proposals will be accepted on a
quarterly basis.
– Major Instructional Improvement in Undergraduate Education – Funding up to
$10,000 to support instructional innovation and other efforts to enhance
undergraduate education. Grant proposals will be accepted on a yearly basis.
– Undergraduate Research Grants – Funding up to $1,000 to support
undergraduate engagement in laboratory or scholarly research, or other creative
activity under the close guidance of a faculty mentor. Grant proposals will be
accepted on a quarterly basis.
• Classroom Initiatives
– Flex Classrooms – Surge 172, 172, 173, INTS 1121, 1125 (Priority will be given to
requests that clearly define pedagogy that encourage student engagement
through the use of the classroom space and technologies.
– Hyperstruction Studio – Surge 170 (available for ad-hoc use or quarterly
scheduling)
• iEVAL
• Undergraduate Program Review
• Center for Instructional Innovation
http://instruction.ucr.edu/