ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT 2005-2006 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY TABLE OF CONTENTS A Message from the Dean...............................................................................................................i Students ..........................................................................................................................................1 Size of the Student Body.....................................................................................................1 Retention Rates...................................................................................................................1 Registrations........................................................................................................................1 Characteristics.....................................................................................................................1 Number of Students Taught/Credit Hours ...........................................................................3 Admissions ..........................................................................................................................4 Academic Foundations Center/Educational Opportunity Fund .........................................15 Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.................................................................................21 Faculty ..........................................................................................................................................33 Allocation of Faculty Lines.................................................................................................33 Distribution by Rank, Gender, Race..................................................................................34 Hiring Activity.....................................................................................................................34 Report of Research and Sponsored Programs by Departments.......................................34 Educational Program ...................................................................................................................35 New Programs and Curriculum Changes..........................................................................35 External Reviews...............................................................................................................35 Senior Survey....................................................................................................................35 Degrees Awarded..............................................................................................................36 Number of Majors in each Subject ....................................................................................37 Distribution of Grades........................................................................................................37 Resources and Services ..............................................................................................................38 Career Counseling, Internship, and Placement Information .............................................38 Program in American Language Studies...........................................................................40 International Student and Scholar Services ......................................................................41 Departments..................................................................................................................................43 Centers ........................................................................................................................................108 Appendices Appendix A – Statistical Tables Table 1A – Headcount and Final Enrollment Table 1B – Final Enrollment Report Table 2 – Student Retention Table 3A – Course Enrollment Report Table 3B – Fall Term Undergraduate Credit Hours Table 3C – Average Credit Hour/Load (NCAS) Table 3D – Average Credit Hour/Load (UC) Table 4 – Student Characteristics Table 5 – Summary of Open Doors Table 6 – Admissions Summary Table 7A – The Total Number of Undergraduate Students (FTES) Taught in the Disciplines Offered by FASN for NCAS Table 7B – The Total Number of Undergraduate Students (FTES) Taught in the Disciplines Offered by FASN for UC Table 8 – Allocation of Faculty Lines – FASN Table 9 – Faculty Distribution by Rank Table 10 – Gender and Race of FASN Faculty Table 11A – Undergraduate Degrees Conferred Table 11B – Bachelor Degrees Conferred by Major – NCAS Table 11C – Bachelor Degrees Conferred by Major – UCN Table 12 – Four Year Comparison of Majors NCAS/UCN Table 13 – Percentage Distribution of Grades Table 14A-D – Senior Survey Appendix B – Admissions to Medical Colleges and Related Schools A Message from the Dean In spite of hardships resulting from state budget cuts to higher education, during the 2005-06 academic year Rutgers-Newark continued to make significant strides toward realizing its vision as an urban research university with excellence in undergraduate education. By all accounts, the same is true of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS-N). I am pleased to report that construction of the new Life Sciences Building has been completed. This new facility houses research laboratories for faculty from the Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry as well as teaching laboratories for organic chemistry and second-year biology courses. The building has dramatically expanded and improved our research and teaching facilities for the sciences. The new University Square housing complex has been completed. The 13-story, 600-bed dormitory doubles the number of students living on campus and promises to transform campus life. Furthermore, during the 2005-2006 academic year, the Writing Program moved to newly renovated facilities in Conklin Hall. This new facility brings together our writing faculty, the Writing Center, the Program in American Language Studies, and the Writing Across the Curriculum Program. Our new initiatives are not limited to the construction of new facilities. Professor Jayne Anne Phillips, an acclaimed author, was recruited in 2005 to the Department of English to lead FAS-N’s new master of fine arts (MFA) in writing. Professor Phillips is currently recruiting the first class of MFA students who will begin in the Fall of 2007. Furthermore, the new masters and doctoral programs in American Studies will also be launched in the Fall of 2007. During the past academic year the Committee on Assessment of Undergraduate Programs prepared a report on the status of undergraduate programs within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and made recommendations on improvement of undergraduate education. These recommendations are currently being considered by the campus-wide Committee on the Future of Undergraduate Education. We have been fortunate to make a number of excellent new faculty appointments. Included are Nihal Altan-Bonnet (Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences), Paul Boxer (Assistant Professor of Psychology), Mauricio Delgado (Assistant Professor of Psychology), Annette Gordon-Reed, (Professor of History), Damian Martinez (Assistant Professor of Social Work and Criminal Justice), Keesha Middlemass (Assistant Professor of Political Science), Natalie Sebanz (Assistant Professor of Psychology), Todd Stevens (Assistant Professor of History), and Heidi Swarts (Assistant Professor of Political Science). The current academic year marks a turning point for FAS-N. I will be returning to full-time teaching and research after serving FAS-N for over 20 years in various administrative capacities. I am proud of our accomplishments; however, our accomplishments have only been possible through the hard work of dedicated faculty, the efforts of Associate Dean Annette Juliano, and an exceptional administrative staff. In the Accountability Report which follows, I invite you to learn more about the recent achievements of our individual departments and the faculty, students and staff of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark. Edward G. Kirby Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark i STUDENTS Size of the Student Body According to the University Registrar’s Final Enrollment Report for the Fall Term 2005, 4369 students enrolled at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences, 36 less than the year before and 428 more than in Fall 2001. For University College-Newark (UCN), the Registrar reports a total of 1,616 students enrolled in Fall 2005, a decrease of 65 from Fall 2004. Table 1A presents a five year comparison of NCAS and UCN enrollments from Fall 2001 to Fall 2005. Table 1B disaggregates Fall 2005 enrollments by year of expected graduation. For NCAS, seniors comprise the largest cohort, followed by the junior students, then sophomores and finally first-year students. At UCN, for Fall 2005, seniors comprise the largest cohort, followed by juniors, first-year students, and then sophomores. The part-time character of the UCN student body accounts for the large number of students in the “other” category. Retention Rates The retention rate is the percent of matriculated and non-matriculated students enrolled in the Spring term who returned the next Fall semester. Students who graduated are removed from the calculation. Table 2 indicates the rates for the past five years and shows that the Fall 2005 retention rate for NCAS was 84.8 while the UCN rate was 53.4. Registration – Credit Hours Table 3A provides information about the number of course registrations and corresponding credit hours offered during Fall