Provost’s Report
April 2, 2014
Report Outline
• Language, Cultures & World Affairs Dean Search• Freshman Applications• Accepted Students Weekend• Retention Highlights• External Funding at the College of Charleston• 3rd Year Review & Tenure and Promotion• Q & A
Update on Dean Search
Language, Cultures and World Affairs 43 Applications Received 10 Candidates Interviewed by Phone 7 Candidates Interviewed by Skype Four Candidates to Interview on Campus
Alden Smith, Baylor University Antonio Tillis, Dartmouth University Chad Gasta, Iowa State University Chris Seiple, Institute for Global Engagement
Freshmen Applications
Accepted Students Weekend
• March 21 & 22 - 800 students and family members on campus (approximately 3,200 people total)
• Some statistics1. Charleston 40 & >300 student volunteers helped
2. 26.5% Male, 73.5% Female
3. 49.5% In-State
4. 50.5% Out-of-State
5. 15.2% Students of Color
6. 24 faculty gave “mini-lectures”
7. Many had intended majors
1. SSM – 28%. SOB – 19%,
2. HSS – 18%, EHHP – 11%
Retention Highlights• One year retention rate from Fall
2012 to Fall 2013 for all freshmen was 82.4% 1% increase from last year
• One year retention rate for transfer students was 79.5%, which is an 11 year high.
• Black / African American retention for all freshmen increased from 77.6% to 87.8%. This is 5.4% higher than the
average for all freshmen.
• The declaration of a major shows a strong positive correlation for freshmen and transfers
1. Freshmen declared = 92.6%; undeclared = 67.6%
2. Transfer declared = 83.4%; undeclared = 36.4%
• There is not a significant difference between in-state (82.2%) and out-of-state retention (82.7%)
• Six-year graduation rate for 2007 entering freshmen was 64.5%, down from 68.4 % for the previous year. However, four (56.2) and five year (64.5%) graduation rates are up from last year suggesting a coming increase in the six-year graduation rate next year.
External Funding: Total Funded Amount, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
External Funding: Total Funded Amount by SourceFiscal Years 2009 to 2013
Category FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Federally-funded Amount $3,950,392 $5,837,167 $10,790,306 $4,696,116 $6,173,554
State-funded Amount $608,072 $389,476 $474,816 $469,131 $996,243
Privately-funded Amount $587,406 $795,296 $537,719 $905,742 $1,213,226
Local Govt-funded Amount $14,055 $12,411 $22,411 $7,104 $5,049
Internationally-funded Amount $0 $0 $20,275 $6,200 $0
External Funding: Total Funded Amount by SchoolFiscal Years 2009 to 2013
School or Division FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Academic Affairs $87,710 $40,500 $228,685 $31,450 $218,680
School of the Arts $0 $46,750 $0 $10,000 $20,000
School of Business $195,880 $682,155 $21,885 $129,467 $299,862
School of Education, Health, & Human Performance
$594,518 $599,844 $700,029 $736,291 $854,098
School of Humanities & Social Science
$153,112 $139,467 $1,513,316 $817,705 $769,056
School of Languages, Cultures, & World Affairs
$5,000 $0 $0 $65,500 $59,250
Library $201,532 $352,406 $168,855 $178,971 $381,126
School of Sciences & Mathematics
$3,434,629 $4,882,248 $8,515,750 $3,397,223 $4,667,828
Student Affairs $487,544 $290,980 $697,007 $703,150 $720,000
3rd Year Review & Tenure and Promotion
Decisions: 2013-2014 2012-2013 Negative Positive Total Negative Positive Total
3rd Year Review 2 22 24 0 22 22 tenure & promotion to Assoc. Professor (including tenure only reviews) 1 16 17 1 22 23
promotion or renewal to Sr. Instructor 0 5 5 0 6 6
promotion to Professor 0 9 9 1 9 10
TOTAL 3 52 55 2 59 61
Decisions: 2011-2012 2010-2011 Negative Positive Total Negative Positive Total
3rd Year Review 2 24 26 0 16 16 tenure & promotion to Assoc. Professor (including tenure only reviews) 4 14 18 7 23 30
promotion or renewal to Sr. Instructor 0 7 7 2 7 9
promotion to Professor 2 6 8 0 10 10
TOTAL 8 51 59 10 55 65
Questions