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Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey: Periodic Review Report Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Periodic Review Report Submitted to: Middle States Commission on Higher Education President Robert L. Barchi, MD, PhD Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, NJ May 31, 2013 Contents SECTION 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 5 Institutional Context .................................................................................................................... 5 Mission and Governance ......................................................................................................... 5 University Campuses and Academic Structure........................................................................ 5 Student Profile ......................................................................................................................... 6 Educational Programs and Institutional Memberships ........................................................... 7 Faculty and Staff ...................................................................................................................... 8 Research and Development .................................................................................................... 8 Description and Timeline of Periodic Review Process ................................................................ 9 Highlights of the Periodic Review Report (PRR) ........................................................................ 10 SECTION 2: RESPONSES TO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS EVALUATION AND TO COMMISSION ACTIONS ................................................................................................................. 13 SECTION 3: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ........................................................................... 15 New Leadership ......................................................................................................................... 15 Integration – and the new Rutgers ............................................................................................ 15 New mission elements .......................................................................................................... 16 New program offerings ......................................................................................................... 16 New physical locations .......................................................................................................... 17 New strategic and capital planning processes ...................................................................... 17 New leadership and governance structures/processes ........................................................ 18 New compliance responsibilities ........................................................................................... 19 New senior management ...................................................................................................... 19 Leading and managing the integration process .................................................................... 20 2 Budgetary Challenges ................................................................................................................ 21 Other Opportunities .................................................................................................................. 23 The Campaign for Rutgers ..................................................................................................... 23 Membership in the Big Ten and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) ............ 24 Leveraging Technology for Online and Hybrid Learning ....................................................... 25 Summary.................................................................................................................................... 25 SECTION 4: ENROLLMENT AND FINANCE – TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS ...................................... 26 Enrollment Overview ................................................................................................................. 26 Financial Overview .................................................................................................................... 29 Financial Documents ............................................................................................................. 30 SECTION 5: ORGANIZED AND SUSTAINED PROCESSES TO ASSESS INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND STUDENT LEARNING .............................................................................................................. 31 Offices with Responsibility for Assessment ............................................................................... 31 Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning ...................................................... 31 Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research ............................................. 32 University Center for Organizational Development and Leadership .................................... 32 Executive Council on Assessment and Its Subordinate Structure ......................................... 33 New Brunswick (NB) .................................................................................................................. 36 General Education: The Undergraduate Core Curriculum .................................................... 36 The School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) in New Brunswick ..................................................... 37 Graduate and Professional Education ................................................................................... 39 Camden...................................................................................................................................... 40 Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FASC) ....................................................................................... 40 Newark ...................................................................................................................................... 41 3 Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FASN) ...................................................................................... 41 The Graduate School-Newark (GS-N) .................................................................................... 44 Other Broad Program Assessment Activities ............................................................................ 44 Reassessment of the Academic Program Review Process .................................................... 44 New Brunswick Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs............................................... 45 Division of Student Affairs in New Brunswick ....................................................................... 46 Assessment in the University Libraries .................................................................................. 46 SECTION 6: LINKING INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING AND BUDGETING PROCESSES .......................... 48 The Broader Context ................................................................................................................. 48 The All Funds Budgeting Process (AFB) ..................................................................................... 49 Strategic Initiatives to Enhance Revenues ................................................................................ 50 Enrollment growth and diversity in strategic academic areas .............................................. 50 Expansion of off-campus and online education programs .................................................... 52 Increases in Research and Development .............................................................................. 53 Moving Ahead ........................................................................................................................... 53 Reevaluation of the All Funds Budgeting process ................................................................. 53 Strategic planning process..................................................................................................... 53 Capital Planning Advisory Council (CPAC) ............................................................................. 54 Collective bargaining agreements ......................................................................................... 54 Debt ....................................................................................................................................... 55 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................. 56 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................... 58 4 SECTION 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In June 2008, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) reaffirmed Rutgers University’s regional accreditation. The university is now submitting its five-year Periodic Review Report to MSCHE as a requirement for continued accreditation. Institutional Context Mission and Governance Dedicated to a threefold mission, Rutgers is equally committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and public service. Driving all of Rutgers’ activities is the defining characteristic of a premier research university: the continuous and vigorous creation of intellectual capital – the new discoveries and insights that drive the advancement of human knowledge and contribute to the improvement of the human condition, and the graduates who continue to create this new knowledge
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