Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Compliance Audit Report Prepared for The Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools February 2003 Compliance Audit Report i 12/20/2002 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Emory University Reaffirmation of Accreditation – 2003 Compliance Audit Report Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................... 1 The Emory Context: An Overview..........................................................................3 Using this Document................................................................................................9 Section I: Principles and Philosophy of Accreditation................................. 11 Section II: Institutional Purpose ................................................................... 41 Section III: Institutional Effectiveness ......................................................... 47 Section IV: Educational Program ................................................................ 67 Subsection 4.2: Undergraduate Program ...............................................................76 Subsection 4.3: Graduate Program ......................................................................139 Subsection 4.8: Faculty........................................................................................189 Section V: Educational Support Services.................................................. 244 Subsection 5.1: Library & Other Learning Resources.........................................248 Subsection 5.3: Information Technology Resources & Systems.........................278 Subsection 5.4: Student Development Services...................................................291 Section VI: Administrative Processes ........................................................ 323 Subsection 6.1: Organization and Administration...............................................327 Subsection 6.3: Financial Resources....................................................................343 Subsection 6.4: Physical Resources.....................................................................367 Attachments ................................................................................................ 380 Attachment A: Research at Emory: A Proposal ..................................................381 Attachment B: Committee Rosters—Compliance Audit.....................................396 Attachment C: Emory University Table of Organization....................................403 Attachment D: Evidence List—Numerical Order................................................404 Attachment E: Evidence List—Alphabetical Order ............................................432 Attachment F: Evidence List—Location of Documents Not Stored in Workrooms .....................................................................................................466 Attachment G: Commonly Used Terms and Abbreviations................................471 Compliance Audit Report ii 12/20/2002 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Emory University Reaffirmation of Accreditation – 2003 Compliance Audit Report Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Compliance Audit Report Prepared for The Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools February 2003 Introduction In June 2000, Emory University began the process of reaffirming its accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). After examining carefully the two options available for structuring the self-study, Emory chose the alternative approach, primarily because it offered us the opportunity to study an issue critical to the University and to embark on a planning process that would help us to identify crucial directions for the future. After much discussion within the University community— faculty, deans, administrators—Emory decided to focus its study on the research mission of the University. We had completed a comprehensive study of the teaching mission just a few years earlier, and the community felt it was time to give equal attention to research.1 We submitted to SACS a proposal suggesting this topic in October 2000, and the proposal was approved by the Commission on Colleges Alternative Self-Study Committee in November 2000. In Spring 2001, we began organizing to carry out the work of both the compliance audit and the strategic self-study. The strategic self-study was carried out by the Research at Emory Commission, a group of 29 faculty members, six administrators and several graduate students. The commission divided into four subgroups, each focusing on a single aspect of the research mission, and an executive committee, meant to oversee the project as a whole. The Commission gathered information in a variety of ways—through surveys, town-hall meetings open to all faculty, focus groups, comparisons with peer institutions, and examinations of services and facilities. This team began their work during Fall 2001 and completed a preliminary report in October 2002. The Commission plans to take the suggestions they gather from the consultants visiting Emory as part of 1 For a complete description of the process and the project as originally formulated, please see the proposal included as Attachment A in this report. Compliance Audit Report 1 12/20/2002 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Emory University Reaffirmation of Accreditation – 2003 Compliance Audit Report the SACS reaccreditation process and incorporate them into a final report they will present to the University community in Spring 2003.2 Because administrators have at their fingertips the information necessary to complete the compliance audit, the compliance team comprised primarily administrators—associate deans, vice presidents and program directors—with the able assistance of several graduate students. This team worked long and hard pulling together the enormous amount of material necessary to complete the report fully and accurately.3 Most of the material and information contained in this report was gathered during the summer and fall of 2001. Thus, the data refer primarily to the 2001-02 academic year. If significant changes were made after that time, particularly changes that relate specifically to one or more of the SACS criteria, then those changes have been noted in the report. For example, the Board of Trustees approved an updated University Mission statement in summer 2002, and we refer to that mission statement in this report. Other than those kinds of changes, however, the report remains a kind of snapshot of 2001-02. After all material had been gathered, edited, and organized into a readable form, the document was sent to a review committee consisting of faculty members and administrators from across the University who are extremely knowledgeable about the University but who did not participate in the original writing of the report. This team reviewed the document for accuracy and completeness. Their suggestions were incorporated into the final report that you see here.4 Both the Compliance Audit Report and the Report of the Commission on Research at Emory have been shared with the University community. For example, team leaders made presentations at the November 2002 meeting of the University Senate, encouraging discussion from Senate members who represent students, faculty, and staff. Information about the reports is also available on the web, and any community member who has comments or suggestions is welcome to share them with committee members. We do not expect, however, discussion of these very important topics to end with the visit by the SACS team; rather, we anticipate that these reports will form the basis for discussion and planning at Emory University for years to come. 2 For a list of commission members and a description of the subcommittees, please see the Report of the Commission on Research at Emory. 3 For a list of members of the compliance audit team, see Attachment B in this report. 4 Again, see Attachment B for a list of review team members. Compliance Audit Report 2 12/20/2002 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Emory University Reaffirmation of Accreditation – 2003 Compliance Audit Report The Emory Context—An Overview Emory University, one of the South’s finest research universities, is located on a beautiful, wooded 631-acre campus approximately six miles east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Beginning in 1836 as a small and struggling college for Southern men, Emory has grown into a thriving university serving 11,443 students, men and women of all races who come from all over the world. Consistently ranking among the top twenty universities nationally, Emory offers its students both a broad and rigorous liberal arts education and expert instruction in specialized fields. Emory currently enrolls approximately 6400 students in undergraduate programs and 5000 students in graduate and professional programs. The student body represents a great deal of diversity: nearly 55% are female, 25.1% belong to ethnic or racial minority groups, and approximately 600 are international students from more than 100 countries. These students are educated through nine schools and colleges. Two schools—Emory College and Oxford College—serve only undergraduate students. Two—the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the Goizueta Business School—educate both undergraduate and graduate students. The remaining five schools—the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Candler School of Theology, the School