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fact book 2019-2020 fact book 2019-2020 Current and past editions of the Boston College Fact Book are available on the Boston College website: bc.edu/factbook Institutional Research & Planning (IR&P): bc.edu/irp © Trustees of Boston College 1983-2020 2 foreword | foreword Institutional Research & Planning is pleased to present the Boston and standardization of the data. Special thanks go to Allison Reilly College Fact Book, 2019-2020, the 47th edition of this publication. and Olivia Szendey for their extensive contributions. A concerted effort is made to make this publication an increasingly more useful This book is intended as a single, readily accessible, consistent source reference, at the same time enhancing your understanding of the of information about the Boston College community, its resources, scope and progress of the University. We welcome your comments and its operations. It is a summary of institutional data gathered from and suggestions toward these goals. many areas of the University, compiled to capture the 2018-2019 Fiscal and Academic Year, and the fall semester of the 2019-2020 Academic This Fact Book, as well as those from previous years, is available in its Year. Where appropriate, multiple years of data are provided for entirety at bc.edu/factbook. historical perspective. While not all-encompassing, the Fact Book does provide pertinent facts and figures valuable to administrators, faculty, Stephanie Chappe, Ph.D. staff, and students. Assistant Director, Institutional Research Institutional Research & Planning Sincere appreciation is extended to all contributors who offered December 2019 their time and expertise to maintain the greatest possible accuracy the mission of boston college Strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to Boston College pursues this distinctive mission by serving society in academic excellence, Boston College commits itself to the highest three ways: standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and • by fostering the rigorous intellectual development and the professional programs and to the pursuit of a just society through religious, ethical, and personal formation of its undergraduate, its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the graduate, and professional students in order to prepare them for achievements of its graduates. It seeks both to advance its place citizenship, service and leadership in a global society; among the nation’s finest universities and to bring to the company • by producing nationally and internationally significant research of its distinguished peers and to contemporary society the richness of that advances insight and understanding, thereby both enriching the Catholic intellectual ideal of a mutually illuminating relationship culture and addressing important societal needs; and between religious faith and free intellectual inquiry. • by committing itself to advance the dialogue between religious belief and other formative elements of culture through the Boston College draws inspiration for its academic and societal intellectual inquiry, teaching and learning, and the community life mission from its distinctive religious tradition. As a Catholic and that form the University. Jesuit university, it is rooted in a world view that encounters God in all creation and through all human activity, especially in the search for Boston College fulfills this mission with a deep concern for all truth in every discipline, in the desire to learn, and in the call to live members of its community, with a recognition of the important justly together. In this spirit, the University regards the contribution contribution a diverse student body, faculty and staff can offer, with a of different religious traditions and value systems as essential to the firm commitment to academic freedom, and with a determination to fullness of its intellectual life and to the continuous development of its exercise careful stewardship of its resources in pursuit of its academic distinctive intellectual heritage. goals. Approved by the Board of Trustees, May 31, 1996 table of contents 3 | contents Foreword.......................................................................................................................................................2 The Mission of Boston College ...................................................................................................................2 A Brief History of Boston College ...............................................................................................................6 A Boston College Chronology .....................................................................................................................7 Boston College Profile ............................................................................................................................... 11 administration & faculty Board of Trustees Membership ................................................................................................................ 14 Chairs - Board of Trustees ......................................................................................................................... 15 Trustee Associates Membership ............................................................................................................... 16 Officers of the University ........................................................................................................................... 18 Academic Administration .......................................................................................................................... 18 Academic Institutes and Centers .............................................................................................................. 19 The Jesuit Community at Boston College ................................................................................................20 The Saint Peter Faber Jesuit Community at Boston College ..................................................................20 Chart of Administration ............................................................................................................................. 21 Provost and Dean of Faculties Units ......................................................................................................22 Executive Vice President Units ............................................................................................................... 24 Professional, Administrative, and Support Staff Personnel by Gender ..................................................25 Professional, Administrative, and Support Staff Personnel by VP Area .................................................26 Restricted Funded Personnel by Gender and FTE ..................................................................................26 Faculty: by School and Rank .................................................................................................................................26 by School and Gender ............................................................................................................................27 by School and Tenure Status...................................................................................................................27 by Highest Degree Earned and Gender .................................................................................................27 by Rank and Gender ...............................................................................................................................28 by Highest Degree Earned and Rank .....................................................................................................28 Faculty, Teaching Fellows, and Teaching Assistants: Full-Time Equivalent by School ...............................................................................................................28 by School and Department ....................................................................................................................29 Faculty Compensation: by Rank .....................................................................................................................................................30 by Rank, Average Compared to AAUP Category 1 ................................................................................30 students Full-Time Freshman Applications, Acceptances, and Enrollment ..........................................................32 Full-Time Freshman Enrollment by Gender and Citizenship ..................................................................32 Full-Time Freshman Enrollment by School ..............................................................................................32 Freshman Admission Profile .....................................................................................................................32 Class of 2023 Applications, Acceptances, and Enrollment - Geographic Distribution...........................33 Competitor Schools of Admitted Freshmen - Class of 2023 ..................................................................34 Undergraduate Transfer Students (Full-Time): Applications, Acceptances, and Enrollment ..........................................................................................34 by Type of Previous Institution and Gender ...........................................................................................34 Geographic Distribution of Undergraduate Students ............................................................................