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In March 2004, Tulane University outlined its ambitious goals to become a preeminent research institution marked by outstanding student quality, unique collegiate experiences, impactful research, and community engagement. The scorecard serves as a metric to track progress in key areas such as undergraduate and faculty quality, research funding, financial resources, and alumni participation. Tulane aims to achieve top rankings among private research universities, strengthen its financial position, and foster significant economic development, all while enhancing the educational experience for its students.
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Tulane University Scorecard March 26, 2004
Tulane Today • On the cusp of transforming into a truly distinctive, preeminent research university characterized by: • Outstanding quality of student body • Unique collegiate experience • Significance and impact of research • Commitment to economic development and community engagement
Why a Scorecard? • A set of metrics to measure progress • Summarizes accomplishments, outlines goals • Indicators: • Undergraduate Student Quality • Faculty and Staff • Research Funding • Giving to Tulane • Financial Resources
Goals: Undergraduate Student Quality • Increase the quality of the student body, particularly the undergraduate student body, based on appropriate input and output measures • Achieve top 25 status among all research universities in quality of undergraduate student body
Goals: Faculty and Staff • Lose no faculty or staff to other institutions because of non-competitive compensation and benefits • Have faculty and staff compensation packages that are in the 25th percentile of appropriate benchmark groups
Goals: Research Funding • Build a science and engineering research base that ranks in quality among the top comprehensive private research universities in the nation • Achieve top 50 status among universities in terms of per capita R&D expenditures
Goals: Giving to Tulane • Complete a comprehensive campaign of at least $650 million • Increase the size of the endowment, total giving, and alumni participation levels
Goals: Financial Resources • Attain overall financial position that is among the strongest of private research universities • Maintain or improve current bond rating
Tulane in 2008 • Firmly perceived as a distinguished and distinctive research university • One of the top 20 private research universities in the U.S. (overall quality and reputation) • Among the top 25 of all universities in the U.S. (undergraduate quality)
Tulane in 2008 (cont’d.) • Among the top 50 in terms of per capita research and development expenditures, with a clear focus in five areas related to science and engineering • Strongest financial position since 1834
Other Metrics • Graduate Programs • Economic Development • Any others?
Goals • Ambitious enough?