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Energizing the Educational Environment Engaging Scholarship for Public Impact

Elevating Doctoral Education Developing Excellence in People

Driving Discovery & Innovation Developing Infrastructure and Resources

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**Energizing** *the* Educational Environment
Incoming Cohort	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016	Fall 2017
First-time, full-time freshmen retention rate	79.3%	79.9%	79.2%	79.9%	80.4%	80.0%	80.9%	83.0%	83.9%
Average ACT/Converted SAT of entering class	24.7	24.9	24.9	25.1	25.3	25.1	25.2	25.7	25.5
Incoming Cohort	Fall 2004	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012
Six-year graduation rate	61.0%	60.7%	64.0%	61.6%	60.0%	61.3%	63.4%	63.1%	64.8%
Academic Year	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Number of experiential learning certificates (updated in FY 2013)	960	1,171	1,383	1,312	1,252	1,171	514	557	631
Total number of undergraduate and graduate student participants in Study Abroad (Note: Includes International KU Degree Seeking students on study abroad programs outside of the U.S.)	1402	1493	1357	1280	1,333	1,333	1,470	1,379	1,410
Undergraduate participation rate in Study Abroad (as reported by the Institute for International Education (IIE) Open Doors report)	23.1%	24.7%	22.8%	22.6%	25.8%	27.1%	28.5%	27.6%	NYA
Percentage of undergraduate student participants in Study Abroad on a program of a semester duration or longer	34.2%	31.6%	31.1%	31.1%	25.0%	26.0%	21.3%	25.9%	NYA
Senior Survey and National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Survey Results	All Survey Results

**Elevating** Doctoral Education
	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018
Doctoral median time to degree (years)	6.3	5.9	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.7	5.7	5.3	5.7
Number of doctoral programs with median time to degree (TTD) of 7 years or less (includes programs with 2 or more doctoral degrees awarded)	30	35	36	38	37	43	40	40	42
Number of doctoral programs with median TTD greater than 7 years (includes programs with 2 or more doctoral degrees awarded)	13	9	8	10	10	7	9	10	6
Percent of full-time graduate students holding GTA appointment	27.3%	24.8%	26.8%	27.8%	28.3%	29.4%	29.4%	29.8%	30.7%
Percent of full-time graduate students holding GRA appointment	17.0%	15.9%	14.9%	16.1%	16.4%	16.2%	16.1%	15.9%	15.0%
Percent of graduate students holding GA appointment	NA	NA	less than 5%	less than 5%	less than 5%	less than 5%	less than 5%	less than 5%	less than 5%

**Driving** Discovery *and* Innovation
	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018
Federal research and development expenditures	$147.6M	$162.7M	$171M	$174M	$165.4M	$155.8M	$140M	$148M	$155M
Federal research and development (R&D) expenditures per tenured/tenure-track (T/TT) faculty	$127,459	$141,374	$149,644	$141,942	$133,745	$125,169	$113,638	$122,158	$132,152
KU Federal R&D Expenditures Public Rank (excludes stand alone medical schools)	40	39	38	38	38	39	46	45	NYA
Business (industry) research funding (NSF)	$6.9M	$6.8M	$6.9M	$9.7M	$12.7M	$14M	$14.3M	$16.8M	$19.0M
Number of members in the National Academies	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Number of honors and awards (Academic Analytics notably augmented their database starting in Fall 2011)	NA	NA	235	257	347	418	446	541	707
Number of scholarly citations (Academic Analytics notably augmented their database starting in Fall 2011)	NA	NA	62,566	71,058	83,628	95,073	118,518	146,257	133,924
Number of post-doctoral appointees	253	245	297	318	268	265	249	190	188

**Engaging** Scholarship *for* Public Impact
	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018
Confidential disclosure agreements	NA	464	462	557	624	583	571	374	260
Interinstitutional agreements	NA	46	49	54	59	56	57	61	52
License agreements	NA	60	65	78	100	114	127	137	171
Total Active Agreements: Confidential disclosure agreements, interinstitutional agreements, and license agreements	NA	570	576	689	783	753	755	572	483
Invention disclosures (metric retooled in FY2014 to reflect only fully executed invention disclosures)	NA	72	85	82	66	81	76	75	63
Material transfer agreements	NA	108	111	159	350	423	388	382	328
Total New Items: Invention disclosures and material transfer agreements	NA	180	196	241	416	504	464	457	391

**Developing** Excellence in People
	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018
Number of minority tenured/tenure-track faculty	195	189	199	206	218	231	229	234	234
Percent of minority tenured/tenure-track faculty	17%	17%	18%	18%	19%	20%	21%	22%	22%
Number of minority staff (excludes students)	514	457	442	438	469	496	502	502	490
Percent of minority staff	15%	13%	13%	13%	13%	14%	14%	14%	14%
Number of minority undergraduate students	2,707	2,983	3,129	3,352	3,565	3,883	3,943	4,090	4,223
Percent of minority undergraduate students	13%	15%	16%	18%	19%	21%	21%	22%	23%
Percent of minority freshmen	14%	17%	20%	21%	22%	24%	22%	23%	24%
Number of underrepresented undergraduate students (excludes Asian and Two or More Races categories)	1,810	1,780	1,864	1,929	2,058	2,259	2,196	2,300	2,365
Percent of underrepresented undergraduate students (excludes Asian and Two or More Races categories)	9%	9%	10%	10%	11%	12%	12%	12%	13%
Number of minority graduate/professional students	643	787	789	743	731	710	820	874	952
Percent of minority graduate/professional students	10%	12%	13%	13%	13%	12%	14%	14%	16%
Number of underrepresented graduate/professional students	444	487	459	421	410	380	437	487	525
Percent of underrepresented graduate/professional students	7%	8%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	8%	9%
Number of tenured faculty hires at the associate or full professor level (hired for following academic year)	15	10	8	11	14	18	NYA	NYA	NYA
Number of faculty promoted to full professor within 10 years of promotion to associate professor (promoted for following academic year)	8	16	16	13	17	25	NYA	NYA	NYA
Percent of faculty promoted to full professor within 10 years of promotion to associate professor (promoted for following academic year)	66.7%	69.6%	76.2%	76.5%	70.8%	86.2%	NYA	NYA	NYA

**Developing** Infrastructure *and* Resources
	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018
Dollar amount of philanthropic gifts	$125.4M	$131.1M	$151.5M	$169.7M	$162.2M	$220.9M	$187.2M	$171.6M	$185.8M