2007 African American Status Report Highlights Marcia Gumpertz Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Diversity April 2008

Purpose Monitor the status of African Americans at NCSU Undergraduate and Graduate Students Access and preparation Academic success, retention, and climate Staff Demographics, retention, and climate Faculty Recruitment, retention, success, and climate

Purpose Make the data visible and easily accessible Provide information to AASAC every year Provide information to campus leadership: deans, UDAC, College Diversity Coordinators, Admissions Office, Vice Provosts, Vice Chancellors, Provost Evaluate progress, pinpoint where we have been successful, where changes are needed Inform decisions on policy and practice

Report Timeline April 2008 – Diversity Fact Book Website – structure is now online at php April 2008 – African American Status Report Powerpoint presentations on subsets of info Executive summary April-June 2008 – Add and update content to Diversity Fact Book

Highlights for Students and Faculty Undergraduate Students –Applications, Admissions, Scholarships –Graduation rates Graduate Students –Admissions – Masters and Doctoral Programs –Masters and Doctoral Degrees Conferred Faculty –5-year trends, by tenure status

Fall Freshman Applications African American Students 4/16

African Americans as Percent of Total Applications, Admissions, Enrolled Freshmen 4/16

Admission Rate (Admitted/Applied) and Yield (Enrolled/Admitted) of African American Freshmen 4/16

2003 Freshman Admissions Rates By Weighted High School GPA

2007 Freshman Admissions Rates By Weighted High School GPA Pct of Admitted Students

2007 NC College-Readiness 10% of AP Test Takers were African American 6% of AP scores > 3 were African American 21% of SAT Takers were African American 2007 NCSU College Preparation Entering Freshman High School GPA: 63% of entering freshman had GPA  4.0, which means they had taken some AP, IB, or honors courses. 95% had HS GPA  3.5

2003 Freshman Admissions Rates By SAT-V

2007 Freshman Admissions Rates By SAT-V

2003 Freshman Admissions Rates By SAT-M

2007 Freshman Admissions Rates By SAT-M

Increasing AA Enrollments Scholarships and Financial Aid Two New Undergraduate Scholarships for Diversity Adama and Dewayne Washington Scholarship James Stewart Scholarship Pack Promise – Started in : 104/315 = 33% African American : 99/158 = 31% African American

NC EARN Scholarships: New for Incoming freshmen (UNC system) Family income  200% of poverty level $4000 award 214 confirmed, 363 pending 32% African American Chancellor’s Leadership Awards : 110/184 = 60% African American UNC Campus Scholarships : 66/95 = 69% African American

Six-Year Graduation Rates

Number of Bachelor’s Degrees Conferred

African American Graduate Applications

Number of Graduate Degrees Conferred to African Americans Doctorates Masters

Number of African American Faculty (Full Time) Not-Yet Tenured Tenured

African American PhD Pool Selected Fields % of PhDs granted to US Citizens, 2006 % of Asst Professors, NCSU 2007 Life Sciences5%4/94 = 4% Social Sciences7%6/63 = 10% Education12%5/29 = 17% Engineering4%3/54 = 6% PAMS2%2/36 = 6%

Findings African American freshman applications: upward trend AA Admission rate is lower than in past years, but comparable to white rates at each GPA level African American graduation rates: upward trend Very few African American PhDs; no consistent trend in the past 5 years Very few African American faculty.

Needs: Current Programs and Proposed Initiatives Need to focus on recruiting high-achieving students. Two new diversity scholarships; Pack Promise; NC EARN NC State Affordability Initiative: Ben Ruffin Scholars Program for Social Justice; Increase Pack Promise Scholars; NC State Achieve! Scholarships; Enhance Graduate Student Support Plan Need to increase number of college-ready students. Office of Pre-College Programs, Science House, SPACE program, AGEP programs, many more… Pathway to Knowledge Pre-college Initiative Need to increase AA faculty and pipeline Building Future Faculty Program Fall 2007 Call to Action, Target of Opportunity Hiring

Sources: NCSU University Planning and Analysis websites NCSU Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid College Bound Seniors research/sat/cb-seniors research/sat/cb-seniors-2007 College Board AP Summary Reports: grd_sum/2007.html grd_sum/2007.html Survey of Earned Doctorates octorates.htm octorates.htm