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...addition, the recent rise in unrestricted giving has been a powerful engine for FAS during the financial storm. These generous gifts made an enormous difference in our ability to maintain our financial aid programs, continue essential services for our students, and launch new initiatives based on the most promising ideas of our faculty...
Although the past year has been defined by a renewed sense of institutional discipline, this discipline did not diminish our vibrancy or preclude new efforts to advance our mission. Next year will begin with a faculty projected to be slightly larger in size than in the past. The incoming graduate-student class will also be slightly larger than the last, and it boasts the highest admissions yield in recent history. Similarly, the yield in the College will exceed last year’s mark of 76 percent. The College and FAS continue to attract the world’s most...
...have not slowed our intellectual evolution and growth. Next academic year will launch a new undergraduate concentration, biomedical engineering, and two new secondary fields, one in ethnic studies and one in global health and health policy. These come on the heels of our very successful introduction this year of a new concentration in human developmental and regenerative biology. Our newly launched Program in General Education, which replaced the 30-year-old Core Curriculum, also continues to expand, with 331 courses already approved...
...some cases, the crisis was the impetus for new programs. It gave rise to the College Fellows program, which brought 22 fantastic young scholars to campus to teach our undergraduates and to further their professional development. As of today, eight fellows have secured tenure-track positions around the world...
...remains an environment of unique depth and breadth. For instance, in FAS we offer instruction in more than 70 ancient and modern languages, far more than any other American university. No language programs were eliminated because of the financial crisis. In fact, we moved forward; this year we launched new “bridge” courses that integrate language instruction (such as Arabic and Chinese) into literature and other content instruction...