ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AGENDA
December 19, 2008
2:30 p.m. – Room 326, Stewart Center
PRESENTATION:
"The new College of Liberal Arts." Dean John J. Contreni
College of Liberal Arts
The College of Liberal Arts
John J. Contreni
Justin S. Morrill Dean
December 19, 2008
FIRST SOME HISTORY. . . .
􀂙1874: first liberal arts courses offered
􀂙1953‐1962: Science, Education, and
Humanities (SEH)
􀂙1963‐1989: Humanities, Social Sciences,
and Education (HSSE)
􀂙1989‐ : School/College of Liberal Arts
AND SOME NUMBERS. . . .
Students 6,657 (21 %)
All Faculty 482.4 (24.5%)
Grad Assistants 351.2 FTE (31.5%)
Admin/Prof Staff 95
Clerical Staff 90
Service 10
Animals 3,000 +/‐
MORE NUMBERS. . . .
Fall, 2008
•Student credit hrs 313,801 (30.8%)
•Faculty 92,588 (25%)
•Grad Assts 41,577 (44.2%)
•Gen Fund $/cr hr $173
•Univ average $308
A
• The Patti ARTS
and Rusty Rueff
Department of Visual and Performing
Arts – 787 majors
• Art and Design
􀂙Interior Design ranked 14th; 5th in Midwest
􀂙Industrial Design ranked 9th; 6th in Midwest
• Dance
• Music
• Theatre
• Creative Writing
• Prose and Poetry
HUMANITIES
• African American Studies
• Asian American Studies (new)
• Asian Studies
• Classical Studies
• Comparative Literature
•English
􀂙 Top 10 Purdue producer of PhDs
􀂙 Graduate program ranked 56th (USN&WR)
• Film Video Studies
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
HUMANITIES
• History
y
􀂙Graduate program ranked 68th (USN&WR)
• Italian Studies
• Jewish Studies
• Latin American and Latino
Studies (new)
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance
Studies
HUMANITIES
• Philosophy
􀂙 Ranked 4th (Academic Analytics)
• Philosophy and Literature
•Religious Studies
Anthropology
SOCIAL SCIENCES
p gy
Communication – 947 majors
􀂙Ranked # 2 (Academic Analytics)
􀂙Health Communication ranked #4 (ComVista)
􀂙Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
ranked #4 (ComVista)
􀂙Narrative ranked #1 (ComVista)
􀂙Communication and Emotion ranked #2 (ComVista)
SOCIAL SCIENCES
• Political Science
• Peace Studies
• Sociology
􀂙 Graduate program ranked 58th (USN&WR)
•Women’s Studies
THE BEHAVIORAL AND
EA IE E
• Health 751 HEALTH SCIENCES
and Kinesiology – majors
• Psychological Sciences – 887 majors
• Speech, Language, and Hearing
Sciences
􀂙Ranked #3 (Academic Analytics)
􀂙Speech, language, pathology ranked #2 (USN&WR)
􀂙Audiology ranked #9 (USN&WR)
ENROLLMENT
Fall Undergraduate Enrollment
Ten Year History Purdue University
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Year
DEMOGRAPHICS
• 6,657 undergrads (21%)
– Male = 41%
–Female = 59%
• 1,149 grads (15%)
DIVERSITY
CLA # % of Univ
African Am 365 34%
Asian Am 259 15%
Hispanic Am 275 30%
Native Am 52 30%
Total 951 25%
• Photo here FACULTY
The 2008 CLA cohort inducted into the
Book of Great Teachers
INDIANA PROFESSOR
OF THE YEAR ‐ 2008
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Bob Lamb, English
Randy Roberts, History, 2006
Mike Morrison, History 1998
FACULTY DIVERSITY
2000 2008
African American 15 (4.3%) 17 (4.4%)
Asian American 16 (4.7%) 28 (7.3%)
American Indian 3 (0.9%)
Hispanic 8 (2.3%) 12 (3.1%)
White and Other 300 (87.5%) 322 (84.1)
Multiracial 1 (0.3%) 4 (1%)
Total 343 (12.5%) 383 (15.8%)
Men 221 227
Women 122 (35.6%) 156 (41%)
ACADEMIC RANKS
2000 2008
Women/Men Women/Men
Full 25/101 (20%) 38/111 (25.5%)
Associate 54/84 (39%) 69/80 (46%)
Assistant 43/36 (54%) 49/36 (58%)
SPONSORED RESEARCH
AWARDS AND EXPENDITURES
Sponsored Program Awards and Expenditures in the College of Liberal Arts
16
18
20
Awards
Expenditures
12
14
Dollars
6
8
10
Millions of D
2
4
0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
SPONSORED RESEARCH
FUNDING SOURCES
Main Sponsors of Research in CLA
10
12
DHHS
NSF
Industry/Foundations
Other external agencies
8
ars .
P.U. Other SPS
4
6
Millions of Dolla
2
0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Fiscal Year
THE WASTL LAB
Dr. Sean Newcomer, H&K
COMMUNICATION LAB
MEDIA EFFECTS RESEARCH
LABORATORY FOR
HUMAN RESEARCH
SHARED SPACE
FIVE-YEAR GIFT FIVE‐YEAR GIFT HISTORY
HISTORY
$15 $14,661,434*
$18 M
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$9
$12 M
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$3,763,550
$5,544,622
$6,236,253
$4,177,932
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*denotes conclusion of Visual and Performing Arts building campaign
ENGAGEMENT
• The Writing Lab and OWL
P d Athl t Lif S
• Purdue Athletes Life Success
Program (PALS)
• Speech and Hearing Clinics
• Engaged Students
– 36 % completed internships
– 25 % completed service learning classes
• Building Community
• Community Assistance Program (CAP)
• “Healthy Persons, Healthy Communities”
􀂙Advised by a Board of Community Leaders and
University Faculty
􀂙8 Engagement Courses, Representing 7 Academic
Programs Funded by the College
SYNERGIES
• EPICS
• Ingestive Behavior Research Center
􀂙 $16.9M expenditures; #1 Univ Center (2006‐07)
• Center on Aging and the Life Course
􀂙 $5.9M expenditures; #5 Univ Center (2006‐07)
• Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
• Purdue Climate Change Research Center
• Purdue Homeland Security Institute
• Purdue Hearing and Acoustics in Science and
Engineering (PHASE)
• Purdue Autism Network (PAN)
• Center for the Study of Religion in China
CHALLENGES
• Space for the 21st Century
H il H ll Lambert Fieldhouse
and Gymnasium
Heavilon Hall
A PREEMINENT COLLEGE
JoAnn Miller Bill McBride
Victor Raskin
Patrice Buzzanell
Terry Powley
Antonio Tillis
Randy Roberts