New York University Self-Study Report on Undergraduate Education for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Appendices March 1, 2004 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION SELF-STUDY UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AT NYU APPENDICES PROLOGUE A. INSTALLATION ADDRESS OF JOHN SEXTON, SEPTEMBER 2002 ................................................A1 B. UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES BY SCHOOL.............................A10 C. FINAL REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TEAM 2002.................A23 D. MEMBERSHIP OF THE SELF-STUDY STEERING COMMITTEE ..................................................A40 E. MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS......................................................................................................................................................A41 F. MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AFFAIRS......................................................................................................................................................A44 G. INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS CONSULTED DURING SELF-STUDY.............................................A46 H. SELF-STUDY TIMETABLE .....................................................................................................................A48 ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL AID I. FRESHMEN ACCEPTED AND PAID: FALL 2002 AND FALL 2003..................................................A51 J. ENROLLED FRESHMEN FAMILY INCOME: FALL 2002 AND FALL 2003...................................A52 K. FRESHMEN NEED: FALL 2002 AND FALL 2003.................................................................................A54 L. NYU PELL GRANT AND TAP AWARD RECIPIENTS: FALL 1992 TO FALL 2003.......................A56 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS M. GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS IN DIFFERENT UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS ......................................................................................................................................A57 N. THIRD-YEAR INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE MORSE ACADEMIC PLAN....................................A60 O. SEVENTH-YEAR INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE MORSE ACADEMIC PLAN (SELECTIONS FROM THE LARGER DOCUMENT)......................................................................................................A73 P. SEVENTH-YEAR EXTERNAL REVIEW OF THE MAP .....................................................................A81 Q. THE EXPOSITORY WRITING PROGRAM: A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ............................A86 R. CAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TOTAL ENROLLMENTS, ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS, BY SEMESTER, FALL 1996–SPRING 2004 AND BY UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL, FALL 2003...........................................................................................A97 S. NYU SPEAKING FREELY ENROLLMENT FIGURES BY SEMESTER, FALL 1996- SPRING 2004 ...............................................................................................................................................A99 T. LIST OF UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS BY SCHOOL...........................................A100 U. THE STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE CURRICULUM OVERVIEW...............................................................................................................................................A103 V. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOL, DEPARTMENT, AND PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................................A109 W. TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH..................................A112 A-ii X. UNIVERSITY-WIDE INTERNSHIP, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS........................................................................................................................A113 Y. INTERSCHOOL REGISTRATION REPORTS: SPRING & FALL, 2003........................................A117 Z. INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL POLICIES REGARDING UNDERGRADUATE COURSES, MAJORS, AND MINORS IN OTHER NYU SCHOOLS ..................................................................................................A119 AA. CROSS-SCHOOL UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS, 2001-2002 AND 2002-2003 ....A120 BB. DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................A121 CC. INTERNAL UNDERGARDUATE TRANSFERS: FALL 2001, 2002, AND 2003..............................A123 DD. CAS PROPOSAL FOR AN INDIVIDUALIZED MAJOR....................................................................A124 EE. REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS ..........................................................................A126 FF. U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT ARTICLE ON FRESHMAN PROGRAMS....................................A139 GG OVERVIEW OF UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING AT NYU .............................................................A143 HH. PROPOSAL FOR CAS FACULTY-STUDENT MENTORING GROUPS .........................................A144 II. RESULTS OF SPRING STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEYS, 1994-2002 ...................................A147 JJ. THE NYU LIBRARIES IN 2010: A REPORT FROM THE DEAN’S WORKING GROUP ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DECEMBER 2002........................................A151 KK. NYU LIBRARIES STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 2002–2003 ................................................................A157 LL. SUMMARY OF THE 2002 LIBQUAL+ USER SURVEY.....................................................................A159 MM. NYU LIBRARIES STRATEGIC PLAN, 2003–2005..............................................................................A161 NN. SEXTON SPEECH ON THE ROLE OF FACULTY IN THE COMMON ENTERPRISE UNIVERSITY ............................................................................................................................................A164 OO. GRADING TRENDS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS ........................................................A172 PP. CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE ANNUAL REPORT, 2002-2003 .................................A179 QQ. LONGITUDINAL COMPARISON OF STAFF AND ADMINSTRATOR DIVERSITY ..................A191 STUDENT AFFAIRS RR. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT, FINANCIAL AID, AND HOUSING COMMITTEE (INTER-RESIDENCE HALL COUNCIL REPORT TO THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TEAM) .....................................................................A193 SS. UNIVERSITY-WIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, AY 2002-2003 ..................................A203 TT. UNDERGRADUATE RESULTS FROM THE COMMUTER STUDENT SURVEY ........................A205 UU. RETHINKING RESIDENTIAL LIFE AT NYU ....................................................................................A206 VV. MAP OF NYU UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENCE HALLS................................................................A214 WW. DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT HOUSING LOTTERY PROCESS ..............A216 XX. RESULTS FROM THE INTER-RESIDENCE HALL COUNCIL RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE SURVEY ....................................................................................................................................................A218 YY. REPORT OF THE FACULTY FELLOW IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM...........................................A220 ZZ. COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER USE BY CLASS AND SCHOOL AND BY RESIDENCE HALL, AY 2002-2003........................................................................................................A229 AAA. MEMBERSHIP OF THE ALCOHOL, DRUG AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD ...A231 BBB. TOTAL UNIVERSITY COUNSELING SERVICE VISITS, AY 1997-98 TO 2002-03 ......................A233 CCC. INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS AND NUMBER OF CLIENTS, AY 1997-1998 TO 2002-2003 ....................................................................................................................A234 A-iii DDD. INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS BY GENDER, UNDERGRADUATE/ GRADUATE STATUS, AND RESIDENCE, AY 1997-1998 TO 2002-2003 ........................................A235 EEE. RESULTS OF CLIENT CONCERN CHECKLIST, UNIVERSITY COUNSELING SERVICE, AY 2002-03 .................................................................................................................................................A236 FFF. PHILOSOPHY, STANDARDS, AND APPLICATION OF NYU’S POLICY ON STUDENT USE OF ALCOHOL..................................................................................................................................A237 ALUMNI RELATIONS GGG. NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ON NYU ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT ...............................................A243 A-iv APPENDIX A INSTALLATION ADDRESS OF JOHN SEXTON September 26, 2002 Today we celebrate the commencement of our university's fifteenth chapter and still more. Here in New York, where just a year ago terrorism brought an unbearable darkness to our city, we affirm our university's values - values that are the antithesis of that frontal attack on civilization and humanity. And in so doing, we affirm our university as a community of openness, opportunity and optimism. We affirm the liberty to question and to learn without boundaries imposed by dogma and dictate. We affirm the magnificence of an intellectual enterprise characterized by a diversity of viewpoints, where intellectual inheritance is preserved and enhanced, but where it is axiomatic that the fullness of truth is never fully known and the quest for knowledge is never complete. We affirm the notion that a university is the guardian of open inquiry, of affirmation, of dissent and yes, of protest - because