NJIT High School Counselor Appreciation Day

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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