“Any Person ... Any Study” within One University

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“AnyPerson...AnyStudy”

withinOneUniversity

DraftofSelf‐StudyReport,October29,2010 Tobesubmittedtothe MiddleStatesCommissiononHigherEducation

February1,2011

“AnyPerson…AnyStudy”withinOneUniversity DraftTableofContents

1. IntroducingCornellUniversity......................................................................1 1.1 FactsAboutCornell 2.1.1 Mission 2.1.2 Vision 2.1.3 Cornell’sCollegesandSchools 2.1.4 Cornell’sLeadership 1.2 TransformationalInitiativesoftheLastDecade 2.2.1 UndergraduateResidentialInitiatives 2.2.2 FinancialAidInitiatives 2.2.3 NewLifeSciencesInitiative 2.2.4 “FarAbove”:TheCampaignforCornell 2.2.5 OtherInitiatives 1.3 ReimaginingCornell 1.4 “Any Person…AnyStudy”withinOneUniversity

2. ApproachtoSelfStudy..................................................................................22 2.1 OrganizationoftheSelf‐StudyProcess 2.4.1 TheWorkingGroups 2.4.2 TheSteeringCommittee

3. InstitutionalStewardship..............................................................................28 Standard1:MissionandGoals Standard2:Planning,ResourceAllocation,andInstitutionalRenewal Standard3:InstitutionalResources 3.1 Mission,Vision,andGoals 3.1.1 AnOverarchingAspiration 3.1.2 TheStrategicPlanningProcessatCornell 3.1.3 StrategicPlanninginAcademicandAdministrativeUnits 3.2Planning,ResourceAllocationandInstitutionalRenewal 3.3InstitutionalResources 3.3.1 Revenues 3.3.2 Expenses 3.3.3 Assets 3.3.4 ComparisontoOtherInstitutions

3.3.5 FinancialPlanningandBudgeting 3.3.6 CampusMasterPlan 3.3.7 Auditing 3.3.8 FacilitiesResources 3.3.9 HumanResources 3.3.10 InformationTechnology 3.4Recommendations 3.4.1 Planning,ResourceAllocation,andInstitutionalRenewal 3.4.2 InstitutionalResources 4.Integrity,Governance,andAdministration..............................................54 Standard4:LeadershipandGovernance Standard5:Administration Standard6:Integrity 4.1 LeadershipandAdministration 4.1.1 BoardofTrustees 4.1.2 UniversityAssemblies 4.1.3 TheAssembliesandSharedDecisionMaking 4.1.4 Administration 4.1.5 PolicyDevelopment 4.1.6 SelectionandEvaluationofLeadership 4.1.7 Communication 4.2Integrity 4.2.1 EthicalConductPolicies 4.2.2 Enforcement Efforts 4.3Recommendations 4.3.1 LeadershipandAdministration 4.3.2 Integrity

5. StudentAdmissionsandSupports...............................................................72 Standard8:StudentAdmissionsandRetention Standard9:StudentSupportServices 5.1 AdmissionsandEnrollmentManagement 5.1.1 ManagementofUndergraduateEnrollmentTargets 5.1.2 “AlternateCollege”Admissions:Impacts,Risks,andBenefits 5.1.3 PoliciesonTransferStudents:CurrentandFuture 5.1.4 EarlyDecisioninAdmissions 5.1.5 CommunicatingInformationaboutTuitionandFinancing 5.1.6 AdmissionandRetentionofGraduateandProfessionalStudents 5.2SupportingaDiverseStudentBody 5.2.1 Need‐BlindAdmissionsandNeed‐BasedAid

5.2.2 UndergraduateFinancialAidPolicies 5.2.3 FundingofGraduateStudents 5.2.4 FundingofProfessionalStudents 5.2.5 RecruitmentEffortsforUnderrepresentedMinorities 5.3GraduationandCompletion 5.3.1 UndergraduateGraduationRates 5.3.2 CompletionRatesintheGraduateSchool 5.4Advising,Well‐Being,andCommunity 5.4.1 UndergraduateAdvisingintheColleges 5.4.2 RelationshipbetweenAdmissionsandAdvising 5.4.3 SupportforStudentswithDisabilities 5.4.4 StudentsinTrouble:IdentificationandResponse 5.4.5 TheRoleofResidencesintheStudentExperience •NorthandWestCampusResidentialInitiatives •GreekLife •ResidentialExperiencesofTransferStudents 5.5 StudentGrievancesandPrivacyProtections 5.5.1 GraduateSchoolGrievanceProcedures 5.5.2 AccesstoConfidentialInformation:Policies,Practices,andProtections 5.6Recommendations

6.TheFaculty....................................................................................................111 Standard10:Faculty 6.1 FacultyComposition 6.2 FacultyQualificationandPerformance 6.2.1 ExcellenceinResearch 6.2.2 ExcellenceinTeaching 6.3 “Faculty”BroadlyUnderstood 6.3.1 Lecturers,SeniorLecturers,andResearchAssociates 6.3.2 PostdoctoralFellows 6.3.3 EmeritusFaculty 6.3.4 A.D.WhiteProfessors‐at‐LargeandRhodesProfessors 6.4 Gender,DiversityandWorkLife 6.4.1 FacultyWorkLifeSurvey 6.4.2 CU‐ADVANCE 6.4.3 Dual‐CareerSupport 6.4.4 OfficesPromotingFacultyDiversity 6.5 FacultyandUniversityResponsibilities 6.5.1 FacultyResponsibilities 6.5.2 InstitutionalSupport •MentoringandCareerDevelopment •Tenure

•Compensation 6.5.3 Linkages •Interdisciplinarity 6.6 Recommendations 6.6.1 FacultyComposition 6.6.2 FacultyRolesandProfessionalDevelopment 6.6.3 Linkages

7.EducationalOfferings.................................................................................139 Standard11:EducationalOfferings Standard12:GeneralEducation Standard13:RelatedEducationalActivities 7.1 UndergraduateEducation 7.1.1 University‐WideLearningGoals 7.1.2 LearningGoalsoftheColleges 7.1.3 DistributionRequirementsoftheColleges 7.1.4 CreativeandPerformingArts 7.1.5 OversightofCurricula 7.1.6 TheUseofCapstoneProjects 7.1.7 BreadthoftheAcademicExperience 7.1.8 ExtracurricularandNontraditionalOpportunities 7.1.9UndergraduateResearch 7.1.10TheLiving‐LearningEnvironment 7.1.11SupportServices 7.3GraduateandProfessionalStudy 7.3.1 GraduateSchool 7.3.2 TeachingAssistants 7.3.3ProfessionalSchoolsinIthaca 7.3.4WeilCornellMedicalCollegeandGraduateSchool 7.3.5ProfessionalSchools’ConnectionwithUndergraduateEducation 7.4Off‐CampusStudy 7.4.1Introduction 7.4.2CreditCoursesandInternships 7.4.3Non‐creditInternshipsandWorkExperiences 7.4.4DistanceLearning 7.4.5GraduateStudyAbroad 7.5LibraryandInformationTechnology 7.6Recommendations 7.6.1 CommonAcademicExperience 7.6.2 IntegrationAcrossColleges 7.6.3 TheCreativeandPerformingArts 7.6.4 UndergraduateResearch

7.6.5 7.6.6 7.6.7

FieldsofGraduateStudy GraduateStudentLanguageInstruction TheUniversityLibrary

8.AssessmentofStudentLearning...............................................................179 Standard14:AssessmentofStudentLearning 8.1 StepsTowardaCultureofAssessment 8.2EffectsofCornell’sComplexityandDiversity 8.2.1Introduction 8.2.2EstablishedApproachestoAssessingEducationalPrograms 8.3OversightofAssessmentofStudentLearning 8.3.1TheCoreAssessmentCommittee 8.3.2CollegeOversightofAssessmentActivities 8.3.3UniversityActivitiestoSupportAssessment 8.4UniversityLearningGoals 8.5StatusofAssessmentinUndergraduateMajors 8.5.1Introduction 8.5.2ExamplesofAssessmentattheUndergraduateLevel 8.6AssessmentintheProfessionalSchools 8.6.1Introduction 8.6.2JohnsonGraduateSchoolofManagement 8.6.3LawSchool 8.6.4CollegeofVeterinaryMedicine 8.6.5WeillCornellMedicalCollege 8.6.6WeillCornellGraduateSchoolofMedicalSciences 8.6.7 MasterofManagementinHospitality 8.7AssessmentintheGraduateSchool 8.8OtherAssessmentsofStudentLearning 8.8.1Introduction 8.8.2KnightInstituteforWritingintheDisciplines 8.8.3CornellUndergraduateInformationCompetencyInitiative 8.8.4InstructionalActivitiesintheCornellLibrary 8.8.5CenterforTeachingExcellenceandEngineeringTeachingExcellenceInstitute 8.8.6FacultyInnovationinTeachingGrants 8.8.7TheUseofVideoNote 8.8.8AssessingWorkshopsinMath1910 8.8.9OfficeofInstitutionalResearchandPlanning 8.9 Recommendations

9.InstitutionalAssessment.............................................................................207 Standard7:InstitutionalAssessment 9.1Abstract 9.2CurrentUniversity‐WideAssessmentActivities 9.2.1FinancialData 9.2.2 HumanResources 9.2.3 Research 9.2.4 EducationalPrograms,TeachingandLearning 9.2.5 PublicService 9.2.6 StudentLife 9.2.7 Facilities 9.2.8 InstitutionalReputationandQuality 9.3CurrentCollege‐LevelAssessmentActivities 9.3.1 CollegeofEngineering 9.4PlannedAssessmentActivities 9.5Recommendations 10.Conclusion....................................................................................................221

1. Introducing Cornell University

In2015Cornellwillcelebrateitssesquicentennial.Inthischapter,we introducetheCornellUniversityoftoday:itscharacter,itssize,andits leadership.Wehighlightsignificanttransformationalinitiativesofthelast decade.Finally,wedescriberecentstrategicplanningeffortsatthe universityandthesignificanceofourtheme,“AnyPerson…AnyStudy” withinOneUniversity.

Facts about Cornell

CornellUniversityrepresentsadistinctivemixofeminentscholarshipand democraticideals.Called“thefirstAmericanuniversity”byeducational historianFrederickRudolph,Cornellwasconceivedasacoeducational, non‐sectarianinstitutionthatwouldteachinandcontributetoallfieldsof knowledge—fromtheclassicstothesciencesandfromthetheoreticalto theapplied.EzraCornellcapturedtheseidealsin1865withastatement thathassincebecomeCornell’smotto:“Iwouldfoundaninstitution whereanypersoncanfindinstructioninanystudy.”

AsthefruitionofEzraCornell’svisionof“anyperson...anystudy,” CornellUniversitytodayoffersoverahundredprogramsofstudy:from PhilosophytoCropandSoilSciences;fromAppliedandEngineering PhysicstoSculpture;fromCollectiveBargaining,LaborLaw,andLabor HistorytoOphthalmology.Inthe2010Data‐BasedAssessmentofResearch‐ DoctorateProgramsconductedbytheNationalResearchCouncil,Cornell hadmoredoctorate‐grantingprogramsrankedthananyotherprivate institutioninthenation.Astheuniversity’sstrategicplannotes,Cornell “combinesthefinestattributesofanIvyLeagueinstitutionwithan

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unusuallydeepcommitmenttopublicservice,stemmingfromitshistory 1 asalandgrantinstitution.” OntheIthacacampusalonemorethan20,000studentsrepresentingevery stateand120countrieschoosefromamong4,000coursesin11 undergraduate,graduate,andprofessionalschoolstaughtby1,600 tenuredandtenure‐trackfaculty.Manyundergraduatesparticipateina widerangeofinterdisciplinaryprograms,playmeaningfulrolesin originalresearch,andstudyinCornellprogramsinWashington,New YorkCity,andtheworldover.TheuniversityalsoincludesWeillCornell MedicalCollegeandGraduateSchoolofMedicalSciencesinNewYork City,abranchofthemedicalcollegeinQatar,andtheNewYorkState AgriculturalExperimentStationinGeneva,NewYork.Reflectingits heritageofegalitarianexcellence,CornellUniversitytodayisthemost socioeconomicallyandeducationallydiversememberoftheIvyLeague. CornellisalsothelargestinstitutionintheIvyLeague.

Mission

CornellUniversityisbothaprivateIvyLeagueuniversityandtheland grantuniversityfortheStateofNewYork.Cornell’smissionisto discover,preserve,anddisseminateknowledge;producecreativework; andpromoteacultureofbroadinquirythroughoutandbeyondthe Cornellcommunity.Cornellalsoaims,throughpublicservice,toenhance thelivesandlivelihoodsofourstudents,thepeopleofNewYork,and othersaroundtheworld.

Vision

Cornellaspirestobetheexemplarycomprehensiveresearchuniversityfor the21stcenturyonthebasisofourdistinctivestatusasaprivate universitywithaformalpublicmission.Faculty,staff,andstudentswill thriveatCornellbecauseofitsunparalleledcombinationofqualityand breadth;itshighstandards;itsopen,collaborative,andinnovativeculture; theopportunitiesprovidedbybeautiful,vibrantruralandurban

1 CornellUniversityatItsSesquicentennial:AStrategicPlan2010–2015, http://www.cornell.edu/strategicplan/

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campuses;andprogramsthatextendthroughoutthestateofNewYork andacrosstheglobe.

Cornell’s Colleges and Schools

Bydesign,CornellUniversity’scollegesexerciseconsiderableautonomy fromoneanotherandfromthecentraladministration.Eachdefinesits ownacademicprograms,operatesitsownadmissionsandadvising programs,andconfersitsowndegrees.Thisautonomyiswrittenintothe CornellUniversitybylaws:

Itshallbethedutyofeachseparatecollegeorschoolfacultyto determinetheentrancerequirementsforitsownstudents;to prescribeanddefinecoursesofstudyforthem;todeterminethe requirementsforsuchdegreesasareofferedtostudentsunder itsjurisdiction;torecommendtothePresidentsuchcandidates fordegreesasmayhavefulfilledtherequirementstherefor;to enactandenforcerulesfortheguidanceandsupervisionofits studentsintheiracademicwork;andingeneraltoexercise jurisdictionovertheacademicinterestsofstudentsandallother educationalmattersintheparticularcollegeorschool.

Undergraduatestudentsaffiliatewithaparticularcollegeandmustmeet thedegreerequirementsofthatunit,butstudentsareencouraged—and oftenrequired—totakeclassesoutsideoftheirhomecollege.

CornellUniversityisaprivateinstitution,butthreeofitsundergraduate colleges(AgricultureandLifeSciences,HumanEcology,andIndustrial andLaborRelations)aswellastheCollegeofVeterinaryMedicinereceive significantfundingfromthestateofNewYorktosupporttheirteaching, research,andservicemissions.Asthesecollegesareoperatedunder statutes,appropriations,andcontractswiththestate,theyarereferredto asthe“contractcolleges”orthe“statutorycolleges.”Asisthecasewith publicstateuniversities,residentsofNewYorkenrolledinthecontract collegespayreducedtuition.Theremainingcollegesandschoolsare referredtoasthe“endowedcolleges.”Table1.1listsCornell’scollegesand schools,theirenrollment,andthenumberoffacultyineach.

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Table 1.1. Cornell’s degree-granting colleges, fall 2009

College/School Undergraduate Agriculture&LifeSciences Architecture,Art&Planning Arts&Sciences Engineering HotelAdministration HumanEcology Industrial&LaborRelations Graduate&Professional GraduateSchool VeterinaryMedicine LawSchool JohnsonSchoolofManagement WeillCornellMedicalCollege WeillCornellGraduateSchool ofMedicalSciences WeillCornellMedicalCollegein Qatar

Fall2010Enrollment 3,477 undergrad 487 undergrad 4,201 undergrad 2,775 undergrad 894 undergrad 1,190 undergrad 911 undergrad 4,971graduate 363DVM 681JD,LLM 989MBA 396 grad/MD

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grad/MD

MD

1 Faculty 371 54 513 232 37 91 54

2 — 131 53 55 3 1,187

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TotalIthaca20,9391,591 Totaluniversity22,1012,596 1 Facultyaredefinedasthe3professorialranksincludingpart‐time,clinicalandacting. Adjunct,visiting,courtesy,andemeritusappointmentsareexcluded.Facultycountsareas ofspring2010. 2 Graduateschoolfacultyhavehomeappointmentsinoneofthecolleges. 3 FacultyofWeillCornellMedicalCollegeincludealargenumberofprimarilyclinical faculty. 4 WCGSMSandQatarfacultyareappointedthroughWCMC.

OnitsIthacacampus,Cornellenrollsnearly14,000undergraduatesinthe sevencollegesthatawardbachelor’sdegrees.Heretheyarebriefly described,listedfromlargesttosmallestundergraduateenrollment: • CollegeofArtsandSciences(A&S).Theoldestandlargestofthe university’scolleges,A&Sprovidesundergraduateeducation characterizedbybreadthanddepth ofstudy,andlatitudetoshape

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