Institutional Memberships and Educational Programs In 1989, the university was elected to membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU), an association of the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. The AAU focuses on issues that are important to research-intensive universities, such as funding for research, research policy issues, and graduate and undergraduate education. AAU membership recognizes the growing distinction of the entire university and, in particular, its graduate and research programs. Recently, Rutgers has also been invited to become a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), a consortium of world-class research universities dedicated to advancing their academic missions. The CIC includes all Big Ten institutions, as well as the University of Chicago. Membership in this consortium will create invaluable opportunities for new and expanded collaboration in cutting-edge research and academic programs. The university offers a broad range of educational offerings in the arts and sciences and in professional fields. The arts and sciences are at the intellectual heart of both undergraduate and graduate education and constitute a substantial share of the teaching and research efforts. In academic year 2011-12, the arts and university’s sciences departments and programs awarded approximately 60 percent of baccalaureate degrees and 50 percent of all degrees conferred (through May 2012); they also comprised 63 percent of instructional output across the three campuses of the university. A number of arts and sciences programs are regularly recognized as among the best in annual or periodic rankings. Programs that regularly garner high nation’s rankings include philosophy, history, studies, English, and mathematics, women’s among others. The provision of excellent professional education, research, and service in a wide array of professional schools is also central to the mission. Programs including university’s agriculture, law, social work, education, business, communications, nursing, criminal justice, pharmacy, library studies, management, labor studies, engineering, planning and public policy, and public affairs and administration educate thousands of New Jersey citizens for social service and for the public and private sector throughout the state, region, and nation. Within a three year period between academic years 2009-10 and 2011-12, Rutgers awarded over 25,000 degrees in these professional fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels lists degrees conferred by broad discipline arts and sciences and professional—and level of degree from October 2009 through May 2012. Retention of undergraduate students has improved over the years. First-year retention for students entering Rutgers for the first time in 2006 was 89.4 percent and is now at
Institutional Memberships and Educational Programs In 1989, the university was elected to membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU), an association of the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. The AAU focuses on issues that are important to research-intensive universities, such as funding for research, research policy issues, and graduate and undergraduate education. AAU membership recognizes the growing distinction of the entire university and, in particular, its graduate and research programs. Recently, Rutgers has also been invited to become a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), a consortium of world-class research universities dedicated to advancing their academic missions. The CIC includes all Big Ten institutions, as well as the University of Chicago. Membership in this consortium will create invaluable opportunities for new and expanded collaboration in cutting-edge research and academic programs. The university offers a broad range of educational offerings in the arts and sciences and in professional fields. The arts and sciences are at the intellectual heart of both undergraduate and graduate education and constitute a substantial share of the university’s teaching and research efforts. In academic year 2011-12, the arts and sciences departments and programs awarded approximately 60 percent of baccalaureate degrees and 50 percent of all degrees conferred (through May 2012); they also comprised 63 percent of instructional output across the three campuses of the university. A number of arts and sciences programs are regularly recognized as among the nation’s best in annual or periodic rankings. Programs that regularly garner high rankings include philosophy, history, women’s studies, English, and mathematics, among others. The provision of excellent professional education, research, and service in a wide array of professional schools is also central to the university’s mission. Programs including agriculture, law, social work, education, business, communications, nursing, criminal justice, pharmacy, library studies, management, labor studies, engineering, planning and public policy, and public affairs and administration educate thousands of New Jersey citizens for social service and for the public and private sector throughout the state, region, and nation. Within a three year period between academic years 2009-10 and 2011-12, Rutgers awarded over 25,000 degrees in these professional fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels lists degrees conferred by broad discipline arts and sciences and professional—and level of degree from October 2009 through May 2012. Retention of undergraduate students has improved over the years. First-year retention for students entering Rutgers for the first time in 2006 was 89.4 percent and is now at
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