Graduate Education at the University of Delaware

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Graduate Education at the University of Delaware

• Department Chairs Academic Program Directors
  Workshop
• November 11, 2004

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Spirit of Graduate Scholarship

• The most important element ... is its atmosphere
  of scholarship and nothing contributed more .
  than the amount of graduate work and research
  being done by the teachers and students.
• President Walter Hullihen
• 1931 Annual Report

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Historical Dates

• 1895 First Masters degree offered
• 1936 Division of Graduate Studies
• 1948 First Doctoral degree conferred
• 1949 School of Graduate Studies
• 1965 College of Graduate Studies
• 1979 Office of Graduate Studies
• 1997 New tuition policy
• 2002 Identified by Carnegie Foundation as
  Extensive Research University

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Historical Background Enrollment

• 3 students in 1936 to 128 students in 1946
• Average graduation of 7 students per year in the
  30s and 40s
• 1954 - 3.0 GPA required for graduation
• 1960 5 Doctoral programs
• 1965-67 required GRE and TOEFL
• 1967, 30 Masters 12 Doctoral programs
• 1977, 1,800 students, 80 Masters and 30 Doctoral
  programs
• 2003, 3,300 students, 105 Masters and 43
  Doctoral programs
• 2004, 3,395 students, 107 Masters and 43
  Doctoral programs

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Comparison To Our Peers

• UD Graduate Students make up 18 of the student
  body
• Pennsylvania State percentage is 13
• Rutgers University percentage is 23
• University of Maryland percentage is 28
• University of Virginia percentage is 35
• UD Full-time/Part-Time Ratio is 31
• Greater than any of the peer institutions

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Recent Student Support Initiatives

• 2001 Mentoring Awards for Thesis and Dissertation
  Advisors
• 2002 Initiated Annual Increase in Stipends
• 2003 First Annual Hooding Ceremony
• 2004 Added Graduate Student Travel Awards and
  Dissertation Fellow Awards
• 2004 Subsidized Dental Insurance Plan

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Decentralized Admission Decisions

• Web Gap Imaging
• Distributes applications to 97 graduate
  admissions department teams via web
• Accessed by 502 faculty and staff via web
• One of the first paperless processing systems in
  the country
• Information made available to departments within
  48 hrs after receipt from applicant

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Number of Applications for All Graduate Programs
1999-2004
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Relationship Between Applications, Offers
Yield 2002, 2003, 2004
5,325 Applicants 7,243 6,276
72 70
40 43
28 30
60 57
46 Acceptance rate Nationwide
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Received Applications 2004from 1,305 Different
Schools
651 schools with more than one applicant
654 schools represented by 1 application
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U.S. Schools with Largest Number of Applicants
2004
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Diversity Distribution of Applicants by
Percentage 2004
-Offers
-Acceptances
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Overview of Applications, Offers, and Enrollment
by Ethnic Groups
Registered
Registered
262
Offered
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164 66
625 28
Applied 581
Offered 247 43
Applied 2,588
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Categories of Graduate Programs

• Five Program Categories (Masters Ph.D.)
• Arts Humanities (27 Masters 4 Ph.D.)
• Social Sciences (16 Masters 8 Ph.D.)
• Physical Life Sciences (23 Masters 19 Ph.D.)
• Engineering Mathematical Sciences (13 Masters
  10 Ph.D.)
• Professional Programs (28 Masters 2 Ph.D.)

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Graduate Applications by Program Category 2000 -
2004
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Graduate Student Enrollment 2000-2004
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Graduate Student Enrollment Full-Time and
Part-Time, 2000-2004
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Graduate Student Enrollment by College 2004
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Distribution of Top 12 Countries Represented by
International Students Enrolled in 2004
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Diversity of 3,395 Enrolled Students Fall 2004
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Student Ethnicity by Programs Fall 2004
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Student Gender by Programs Fall 2004
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Number of Degrees AwardedAcademic Years 2000-2004

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Masters Degrees Awarded by Discipline1994-2003
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Doctoral Degrees Awarded by Discipline1994-2003
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Masters Degrees Awarded by Ethnicity1994-2003
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Doctoral Degrees Awarded by Ethnicity1994-2003
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Degree Completion Rates

• Masters
• Students who began in 1999, 73.3 graduated by
  Fall 2003 if those still eligible graduate,
  completion rate will be 81.8
• Doctoral
• Students who began in 1995, 45 graduated by Fall
  2003 if those still eligible graduate,
  completion rate will be 57

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Masters Completion Rate 1999 New students
- Program Completed
- Still Enrolled (Potential Graduates)
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Ph.D. Completion Rate1995 New Students
- Program Completed
- Still Enrolled (Potential Graduates)
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Time To Degree Completion(Masters Programs)
3.5 years
3.0 years
3.0 years
2.9 years
2.9 years
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Time To Degree Completion(Ph.D Programs)
6.5 years
4.85 years
5.38 years
5. 80 years
5.0 years
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Student Funding and Benefits

• 86 of full-time eligible students are funded
• Initiated annual increase in stipends minimum
  stipend in 2004 is 11,500
• Increased number of competitive fellowships
• Kept student premium for health insurance
  constant but increased benefits to include mental
  health coverage, increased drug prescription
  benefits, and added dental insurance option
• No extra charge in the use of the Student Health
  Center during Winter Session

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Funding Distribution for Eligible Full-Time
Students
Residence Hall Directors
No Funding
Tuition Only Scholars
Teaching Assistants
Fellows
Graduate Assistants
Research Assistants
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Individual Program Funding Distributions ( of
Eligible Full-time Students Funded) 2004
96
93
93
87
70
37 RA 28 TA 18 GA 9 Other 8 Fellow
46 TA 39Fellow 6 GA 5 Other 4 RA
46 RA 28 GA 14 TA 8 Other 4 Fellow
72 RA 18 TA 5 Fellow 4 GA 1 Other
57 RA 30 TA 10 Fellow 2 GA 1 Other
Professional Programs
Social Sciences
Arts Humanities
Engineering Mathematical Sciences
Physical Life Sciences
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Total Financial Support for Graduate Students
?
2003-2004
Graduate Funding More Than Doubled Since 1991
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Basic Budget, Federal and State Dollars Support
for Graduate Students (2003)
32.4M
Basic Budget
12.3M
8.4M
Other Sources
7.2M
4.5M
Federal Funds
3.2M
State Appropriations
0.7M
0.62M
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Three Major Academic Priorities

• Quality vs. quantity in graduate education
• Institution of choice for high-quality students
  including minority students
• Improve support for excellence in graduate
  education

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Next Five Years

• Graduate student enrollment growth to 4,000
• -maintain full-time/part-time relationship
• -increase diversity

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Next Five Years

• Concentrate on interdisciplinary areas that build
  on the research and scholarship of the faculty
  and that builds upon UDs comparative advantages
  such as
• --Biotechnology the Life Sciences
• --American Art, African American Art, Material
  Culture
• --Advanced Materials Sciences
• --Information Technology Science, Technology
  Management
• --Early Learning Development
• --Environmental, marine Coastal Sciences
• --Clean Energy Research
• --Corporate Governance

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Next Five Years

• Introduce new graduate program designs such as
• --Coordinated 5-year BA/MAT program in secondary
  teacher education
• --Articulated BA/BS/MA/MS to PhD options in
  collaboration with other colleges and
  universities for example, NSF now supports a UD
  Bridges to the Doctorate program for minority
  students in science, technology, engineering
• --Expanded 4 plus 1 accelerated BA/MA degree
  options extending the Honors Program
• --Blended on-line/on-site MA/MS degree options in
  Nursing and other high demand areas
• --Expanded international and cross-cultural
  collaborations

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Next Five Years

• Maintain adequate funding for graduate students
• --provide competitive stipends and benefits
• --benchmark graduate support against documented
  support of the leading comparator institutions

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Next Five Years

• Invest in graduate student support services
• --job placement
• --more campus focus on graduate student
  identity
• --develop a Graduate Studies Center that will
  include the Office of Graduate Studies and
  provide space for graduate student organizations
  and programs

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