YALE UNIVERSITY 2019 SELF-STUDY Report to the New England Commission of Higher Education Submitted September 2019 Table of Contents University Leadership and Organization ......................................................................................... i Table of NECHE Actions, Items of Special Attention, or Concerns ............................................. iv Introduction and Institutional Overview ......................................................................................... v Standard 1: Mission and Purposes .................................................................................................. 1 Standard 2: Planning and Evaluation .............................................................................................. 6 Standard 3: Organization and Governance ................................................................................... 14 Standard 4: The Academic Program ............................................................................................. 21 Standard 5: Students ..................................................................................................................... 34 Standard 6: Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship ........................................................................ 55 Standard 7: Institutional Resources .............................................................................................. 70 Standard 8: Educational Effectiveness.......................................................................................... 80 Standard 9: Integrity, Transparency, and Public Disclosure ......................................................... 93 University Leadership and Organization Yale is overseen by President Peter Salovey and the university’s board of trustees, who comprise the governing and policy-making body known formally as the Yale Corporation. The institution is also led and supported by the University Cabinet, an advisory body convened by the president, consisting of the deans, vice presidents, and other senior academic and administrative leaders. President & Trustees Peter Salovey, President (view biography) Board of Trustees (view website) University Cabinet Benjamin Polak, Provost (view biography) Robert J. Alpern, Dean of the School of Medicine (view biography) Deborah Berke, Dean of the School of Architecture (view biography) Robert Blocker, Dean of the School of Music (view biography) John H. Bollier, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Development (view biography) Jeffrey Brock, Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science (view biography) James Bundy, Dean of the School of Drama (view biography) Ingrid C. Burke, Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (view biography) Jack F. Callahan, Jr., Senior Vice President for Operations (view biography) Kerwin K. Charles, Dean of the School of Management (view biography) Marvin Chun, Dean of Yale College (view biography) Lynn Cooley, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (view biography) Alexander Dreier, Senior Vice President for Institutional Affairs (view biography) Tamar Szabó Gendler, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (view biography) Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School (view biography) Susan Gibbons, University Librarian (view biography) Kimberly M. Goff-Crews, Secretary and Vice President for Student Life (view biography) Ann Kurth, Dean of the School of Nursing (view biography) Marta Kuzma, Dean of the School of Art (view biography) Pericles Lewis, Vice President for Global Strategy (view biography) Janet E. Lindner, Vice President for Human Resources and Administration (view biography) Stephen C. Murphy, Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (view biography) Nathaniel Nickerson, Vice President for Communications (view biography) Joan E. O’Neill, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development (view biography) Peter E. Schiffer, Vice Provost for Research (view biography) Gregory E. Sterling, Dean of the Divinity School (view biography) Scott Strobel, Vice President for West Campus Planning & Program Development (view biography) David F. Swensen, Chief Investment Officer (view biography) Sten H. Vermund, Dean of the School of Public Health (view biography) i Each of Yale’s vice presidents is responsible for oversight of one or more administrative offices of the university. The major subdivisions of each administrative unit are included in the listing below. Secretary & Vice President for Student Life • Office of the Secretary and Vice President for Student Life • Chaplain’s Office • Office of LGBTQ Resources • Resource Office on Disabilities Senior Vice President for Institutional Affairs & General Counsel • Office of General Counsel • Office of Enterprise Risk Management • Office of Federal Relations The senior vice president for institutional affairs & general counsel is also responsible for the units reporting to the secretary & vice president for student life and the vice president for communications. Senior Vice President for Operations • Business Operations • Office of Facilities • Finance • Human Resources and Administration • Information Technology • Office of New Haven and State Affairs • Research Support • Yale Hospitality The senior vice president for operations is also responsible for the units reporting to the vice president for facilities and campus development, the vice president for finance & chief financial officer, and the vice president for human resources & administration. Vice President for Alumni Affairs & Development • Yale Alumni Association • Office of Development Vice President for Communications • Office of Public Affairs & Communications • Office of the University Printer • Yale Visitor Center Vice President for Facilities & Campus Development • Office of Facilities ii Vice President for Finance & Chief Financial Officer • Accounting & Financial Management • Budget Office (Financial Planning & Analysis) • Business Solutions • Controller’s Office • Financial Shared Services • Procurement Vice President for Global Strategy • Gruber Foundation • Office of International Affairs • Office of International Students & Scholars • Stephen A. Schwarzman Center • Yale-NUS New Haven Office Vice President for Human Resources & Administration • Human Resources & Administration • Emergency Management • Public Safety • Travel, Relocation & Fleet • Yale Printing & Publishing Services Vice President for West Campus Planning & Program Development • Yale West Campus Cores & Centers o Analytical Core o Center for Genome Analysis o Center for Molecular Discovery o Center for Research Computing o Cleanroom o Imaging Core o Landscape Lab o Materials Characterization Core Institutes o Cancer Biology Institute o Chemical Biology Institute o Energy Sciences Institute o Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage o Microbial Sciences Institute o Nanobiology Institute o Systems Biology Institute iii Table of NECHE Actions, Items of Special Attention, or Concerns Date of Letter Action Item Page Reference(s) January 6, 2015 Give emphasis to the institution’s success in reviewing vii, xvi, 1-5 its mission statement and implementing its strategic planning process. Give emphasis to the institution’s success in vii, 33, 67-69, 83- implementing assessment of student learning initiatives 85, 92 for all programs. Give emphasis to the institution’s success in achieving vii, xiv-xv, 18-20, its goals for faculty diversity and implementing the 58-60, 62-64, 69 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate. Give emphasis to the institution’s success in evaluating vii-viii, xiii, 47- the impact and effectiveness of the two new residential 48, 50-52, 67-68, colleges and enhanced services for graduate students. 69, 75 March 27, 2017 Include an update on the institution’s success in viii-ix implementing the online Master of Medical Science Physician Assistant degree program. January 2, 2018 Include an update on the establishment of Andover ix Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School. April 23, 2019 Submit an update on [the university’s] review and any 45 subsequent actions taken related to the “admissions fraud scheme” for [NECHE’s] review. iv Introduction and Institutional Overview Yale University’s history dates to 1701, when the Connecticut legislature adopted a charter to create what was then known as the Collegiate School. From its earliest days, the institution sought to prepare its students “for Publick employment both in Church & Civil State.” In 1716, the Collegiate School moved to New Haven from its original location in Saybrook, Connecticut. Two years later, it was named Yale College in honor of its first benefactor, the Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who had donated 417 books, a portrait of King George I, and funds from the sale of nine bales of goods. In 1887—now comprising a graduate school, an art gallery and a museum of natural history, and schools of art, divinity, engineering, law, and medicine—the college’s name was changed to Yale University. More than three centuries after Yale’s founding, we continue to emphasize educating future leaders who will serve the public good across all sectors of society. Our academic enterprise today encompasses Yale College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and twelve professional schools: Architecture, Art, Divinity, Drama, Engineering & Applied Science, Forestry & Environmental Studies, Law, Management, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Public Health. (Many of the professional schools are subject to specialized accreditation. Thus, although this