High School Guidance Counselors Appreciation Day at NJIT
Fadi P. Deek Provost and Senior Executive Vice President
March 10, 2017
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www.njit.edu/2020vis ion
Rankings Establish NJIT as a top 100 national university – NJIT #1 in the nation for the upward economic mobility of low income students – NY Times report on: Equality of Opportunity Project – Increase in US News Ranking in the past four years (+15)
Ranking
NJIT Rank
US News - Best Colleges (National Universities)
135 (tie)
US News – Top Public Schools
64 (tie)
US News – Best Engineering Schools
87 (Tie)
US News – Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology
38
PayScale - Best Value ROI
26 (tie)
PayScale - College Salary Report
60 (tie)
Washington Monthly (National Universities)
82
Washington Monthly (Best Bang for the Buck)
48
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FTFT Undergraduate SAT
NJIT admits students with SAT scores in the range of Penn State, Rutgers—New Brunswick, Drexel, and the College of New Jersey
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Honors College SAT
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Albert Dorman Honors College The First Honors College in New Jersey Top 10 Public Honors College –Inside Honors: Ratings and Reviews of Sixty Public University Honors Programs
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LEARNING COMMUNITIES Learning Communities help new students make the transition from “high school senior” to “college freshmen” by building connections and fostering friendships •LC students enroll in key classes together •Cohorts are assigned peer mentors, one/two for each cohort •LC participants have access to reserved study space in the library •In the spring semester they participate in a research showcase
Academic Research Academic Research Expenditures $31.0 $26.8
New record for external funding awards in two quarters (42% increase over the previous year.)
First Two Quarters NJIT External Funding Awards* $36.3 FY$24.1 2014
FY 2015
FY 2016
$25.6
Increased almost 30% in two years
FY 2016
FY 2017
* $30 million of the total represent faculty led grants
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Undergraduate Research and Innovation • Provides opportunities for research participation beginning at the undergraduate level. • Teaches important skills to research and innovate in order for the students to take a leadership role in the society. • Designed to help develop the vision to contend with global challenges.
URI Students & Programs
More than 250 students involved in URI programs 2016 Innovation Day showcased 70 projects 2016 Summer Provost Undergraduate Research Program - 99 projects more than 120 students • 2016 High School Summer Research Program 68 students
Showcases • Innovation Day Symposium • International Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium
Central King Building Update  The project was substantially complete, and open to students, in early January 2017 as scheduled
Budget  The project remains on budget at $99,138,279
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Life Science and Engineering Building Update  Substantial completion is tentatively scheduled for March 2017
Budget  Projected cost overrun of $750,000 from the target budget of $19,000,000
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Wellness and Event Center Update The WEC is scheduled for September 2017 substantial completion (soccer field, May 2018)
Budget  Projected construction cost is $106,500,000
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