\,- ITEE GEORGE WASEINGTON T'NIVEBEItrY Xashington Dc UINUIIE8 OF TAE REGLITAR I'IEEIIING Of fgf FACUITEY SENAIIE EELD ON 13, 1995, IN ![EE ELITIOIIII SEPTEI'IBER iooi, uxrnenirrrv cLus' t'tanvrN cemsn Sbeneetl.ngwascalledtoorderbyPresidenttlraehtenbergat 2zL5 P.D. Preseat: RPr;e;rg;l;d;;e at iIiriainasbrteva, Deprigirrt aVuicaea tParreiasnld eKnet lLleehrm; aDae'ans a;;;;a; rourerl-iirlrerr, and f,eiuowitzi Prof,essors castreberry' Boswellr rt"l.i.;r---iipiti", !1g3rtr Grtftttb, Gupta, Earrald, i-a-irirriun"gi't on' IruAlor' 8--1f,aahbny'' Suith' park, nobl'agl;-, seale, Voatress, firtz, and louens lbsent: Deatta trriedeatbal, Frieder, andl EarAitty-egzt ePt rofessors ;;-"r, i"u""t"", Plrznan, Solonou' and Ki mmeL '' rilllan E' Eeale' 8cboopIr eosf LBduesuiat eSsrga cabntedD l,breorfgr Ji aiatrnoadguecueeda.Pt, roaf eDsesq onre mber of tbe Senate succeediogp'of.""""ErnestnuglaaCer,yboresigned. IN TRIBUtrE tdEIIORINd VicePresideatl,ebnaareadllAIIRIBUIEEoTEE}IEt,toRYoFP1R9o9F6E' Sagt otRbe EuERrruZBt .F RptDtlocrlgt"c"oo pr RPArIsartrst wvauso ip ausesneb!e ar ray t9UDi lOuegiuar"tl--n{e, nt of Physics' age of, of Arts iciencssl "ffU e Eenafe observed a uouent Cofo lusnirbeiannc eB.c ho(Aol copy of dan; O r;$;'" is iitacbed and uade a part of these uinutes.) rttb regard to neuorLal tributeg offered at Seuate meetLngs' ptore dseidsle.gnnta rtrea -acu !t,eerD-3boeDr-g t ow ownoare-rile"iiartU[-r"i t Vtr"tlc ero tporr i&atuf A!teue r-penot sLBssosiburtleezg t fooo fre Etrhpge loc ESroeeRn tcahEtee! possi.bility o?-prr-oirog ",ioliiii" rri"iitl."n-tban ln tbe Eeaate uinutes ' wtfbbee rueo tdbeeyl f*ooro rcdo nr6epcrae rratvhb-eele upJ.O"eifE".ittly'o nso,i b-Ue ts"aagido-, RLse cboorrdro iwne dw fhroicmh tohnee Earnard Gazette iriirr!"ir"" oi r.ro"iir itnutesjc f,acurtv and resularly ".E-idf,n.iini Lsirators. Professor Boswell designated Professor cIpoaraosgfte-lsesesbrone"fr aregy" i;*;i;i;n;r- note-raf tutU- avii; ;it - ibraesg biaeeena tth eB oprrtazc toLclre tboifs t bPer oSje encatt e' to ueuoriallze only presea'it. io"frt i fomer neubers or tbe Senate wbo bave died, uot the geleral of 3h' University' President U tbat be uas uuarare of that Poiatr but be tbought Erachtenb""g-Eiid- thatitwould_le_gooctocastaEorginclusiveDet. Faculty Eenate t{inutes - Septenber 13' 1996 Page 2 aPPROVAL OF ltIl{UTEg l[henitrutego!tberegular-ueetiagoft{ay10,1996,were distributed' approvedr Ee Previously notedN ot breasto, lu-tii[o--a sin r.e rela isutt roideuucaetde. uAet ethtiinsg P ioni DtM, aPyro-'f ethsseorre B wosawse lal p"tfianeniirian Xetiei ana Protessors Kabn and dcirsiaffgitrbee moevuet rU--titbiUw; .ii-"n" ote nt orTue-it"ura s,r nretrJoodluvcetdio inu otfh Raet stohluet ioFnascttu lotyn tbe ageDda. disagreenent of resolutions from the floor ,r;",;.4i6-fit;;ductiou orqanization giecutive Corriit." to Senate Standing for assignnenl by t3tf_ et "v is aelnea urgent and the Senate connittees; howevel, agrees by a two:tUiids' vo{e"ii-[ti-tti" " "t"oit'tions nly be considered by tf,e genate at tbat tiue' TACULTY gENATE RoEuPrO*RoT" O-N, PR*O-PrOruSErgD.s, Ea}EyC p-TnITo9Nr IC }TAI}..DL8JEUINA3-I9J -98D' PROFE8goR JOHN G. BO8IIEITIJ tbat the ldea for cbanging the way Professor Bosurefull uetxep;l-aiil'Ene-ad t"i"ifu[.a-J"r" about as the result oBfe, uaa tdeL sacguesnsaioaui abnya tbe Exec.rtir. cottitt;i;"; i t"hitDbgt tot9" t Porof fBesusbolLrc lalitritozn wabhiocubt Dtbowis e xpceroedbsle thue, puruoofgeeslesat i aBnoousDret. ll saitint ath uiti nubtee ss ubgyg ee-smtead ilt htoe possibllity Jl-fst'riUutiag Eenate ageaaas printing costs. ibe ggnner, pioiessor f,irtz establi'shed a saves ite for tbe Facu-Oltvye rg- enate. Professor BosweII then called uPon treb i;i.fE"""r-ririz to f,urt-her erplain this proposal' professor [irtz said that be basically wis_hed t-o seek tbe advice banads ctoo ubnes eal .oiift,- rtihtUe Seinsa tae oii"ot-ift Ui"l-ispu"-oia' pi"o"Ee"eini 't ibnoOauatiegn bogtf tththbaeet atI'hgseesnurede asws ta hasan datl potential ror saviug uy ubrcdeieieums rsutatoetaieun piestnieard yae rt ibtlooeeiltdo dc bc teotolroc orfsr s neit tb-eiiocn"eDf"ane . l,a lb ofy ,oa"sa,ote uhcb rbw u"uotso-"lt:eiti iy -yful opi i,ihoo i.itp.e-tt1V LthiUrot ..eU "eaa tf. u"otegudraa. .aEruc.a uo"t"tettrj i yoatbb'nsa eaiin rbctu-d aiiawlt dibltnreiy sy-.l-'-n . ta thuoe btf Ae€ ,aelstogsa rtoasebwtiieebd oml 'aeu eewt nln dioddtt u ehoboladeeff qwstdahouirheea6elgc estedb t mLi .afogianlnslca etuoenlfodlt aytf fi teewetaldohesu cebfldtb yr aolpieita"tt-yyafuc "c.ra" aUg iflini.'ii" Jel --vnaltfstihuJfreasd stu oesb e fhl-ae terbcs- "ateswoo3 arat s'Sasfi ta leeaws nonooa uttin tloedcon ebdt reotgtoa cua uLrntmebn ie'emt bnfupoetisonr reucteaxtoexntuaestml ndpttph albateroe'tt I of tbe evaluatioa' \,- Faculty Seuate Minutes - Eeptenber 13' 1995 Page 3 professoorr ntloLtr ttzb es asid.o t"biJa'ti tbe qufe" stflU.on"t blte foisre ptrheem aSteunrea tteo t oedvaeDy was ubether "itri cauodu usiinduetretus,. p"oJl-"fLdu;fltli-oftt v' t"bi,e-ioi rSr1at.t ""-"u"tue" iwconao r-ttihuse st-e"ie"nisriuu"fga€s tit5hon9fo sffuethcabes aaibg tieelinstytd' laansdl theu reportl.ng back Bfoaofc rtutbzlePr yturu o .wafieccbaostu st;eaordl;rl-yS ;g :lu;lubif'ree t r t.Bu--ri" Ba al.r.ifigaii--e t"o"di"nraJt iqa. -"u -reeo ra.g_stf ut{-i1totaiunirs art trbyato Glluhsat; t'vwb eag astpha aedeor ncvt, el kcbn'eoutaw tP gnhr-'eoegw_l 'dEoeafDn,yt ProfessorGuptaaa!.o-tJhiartftfbi er;e{ werrregtfwgosiss'srru eFsrionnv oblvlge dpbeersroen.al FLrat, tbe pi-isosiu"s;:s oofi etUo"p- t"-J.Il-tuit balf- o! the peopre be erperLeace, ";i-;;r!-qtJ t tl-tl":t even looking tararo wtbse rnb.r oowa eo uorp rrbioent. rt hEaera ;aidIe-;'-;ru;t-uii;e; ;triorda ;lr""e ;acl ive tbles to aguk iatbuete fsa'c aunltdv' neDbers *u.tuJi-JJ-o[o" Tt "t:ru.tivl lii-.il i"iii"g Iis.t-P' aE'er tbere t f aot, rbey;'1iiobio: oi-costs r"JiT centra-t- E-seencaotetr dorfvf'' ce to Ls tbe issue p"ruocii"i"i"ig;? ApilI-"ia-[["t wbeu be receivee a rarge edvoecr,yu eauetp uayrt upir;rieitulc-t terro nf.i.c.i JiJ"-"Ui"Ll- t"c aunuo"t"-"-"t"ia fpttrgta" t d-ottc qmoeuntts o oDtl tthhee departmentra screeD. \. some PaarvorafenetsattgqlEor""r-GLlio.r rift!fulitelbi ;gu;a;ntiidoii"trh"oiati-ttb ee-it"ub o-r" u-"g"hi"itritch arebtrianetgD uabayylv aee -rsnyowaoidel lyrl.aabtvhe eorf tban Dy i""'"r' b€ ga1d' tf the u6Luslvseermsti utayt laiq; r urnaietererisatlesa "i-fn lr itL"b i;v rnEge ata9etoe.i.9S--r o Ltots i lrto" l:v, aitll noefe dtebde tior belp tbe delartue_nP 'i"-rt""a,n -a tbe o-Egepa€ rtments bave to facultles on tbe rBN po^_rtip_ . "t""at"ol get tbelr f,aculty oD e- bear a uontbly cbatlrege aa-n.dr yai-tlio"J"ri"oiprt cpuraf rgJa " noi utvt tbe resources to uail, aud nany o-f tiat for tbeLr facurtY' do gaid tbat, if tbere were tto obJections' be professor Boswell ,rt-i -iu" erectroalc disseulnation professor f,r.rtz io-piiJJ,ia to test its rourd ask tlis fiff to a of, f,aculty of Benate naleriats "G""i i.""iuiritv. rlo oujections were Dade' l{r.SiegeldescribedtbeactivitiesoftbeSummer,SEiunitdial Progran' trhe ;;- ff" irtiiii aoutssions oo"?o Riuetceenptt ioonfs these receptio""-]fr-:: fg:;";:;:;:a: :ff" *rJofr*k"st" tiln-. "t:b.?e"ir" :oiwl' :*:::.:t o*fi.'o#""?,'i"?i*Il "ii ""'" allay tUit rretld gaDetr anxiety that uost ne', area wbo rouldt 'og!"s "f vhen piotessor Boswell agked biu experience. \-' studentg "iia-tU"t Faculty Senate ltinutes - septenber 13' 1996 Page 4 for bim, as a faculty re-Presentative' to tf it would be appropriate ppraorfteicsispoar tBeo isuw eiilil", s p6anartefacvfp-oiit,i obuo tbb ebceau as-ned i tt drw' anso annaofdtb Hueorn wsivalmerdbr osw1iet lytco,o mtnheodet nfoewr stbtued eguutsa lttbtya ta udrntiiusastieoroy" 't"biiel-yr t-"w eraen cdo nmoint-g f-,toor t-tbh-ee adninistrative eff,orts, but to study wi-th real faculty to'develop relationships wlth faculty. Ur. 8legel oot.a tbat tber"oi aa re over OOb active aluninni around the couatrl r"p""".o-gti"uiigi"-J 1tb?e ufnuitvuereis iilsY tcoo npprorevhideen ssiuvnemlye r's tbeLr conmuuities, and the i"J"" of the country as-,ossible for all Bcfsrtaneudnsd hpeRnuueestcsn.e wpBtothuioe tnh nI asit.h v-Lee a yrt " batales"re -nof iab"pnI-piey.ror e-ru.t-oli iibur;li;yr -kt-siUe"a.etia aUt,tt abe.iiivnsaed wr spobLanatesyt ttbk baDeeeft, awofra rcietcb u ttwhlotaey sy D d gclooaoelynns'eg of ottuoorr be' in a toogi"t'rilnritueiil iiry - raro"r"iiof sessions to neet witb padromsLpgeaciotinvse "si;tiu;.d;;e;indt g. For ii.'tftJi tiue, be saLd' Bore 25 faculty partlcipated fn tUese-gJJ"ions uhicl proved be succesgf,ul' nenberg -t9b v lt over last ryheea rn,s,n ybieert do.f sDtul;d.-eiiaetgs eal dtBuiraEie;aa- iututse fvaeiiiri ;i-if;,;c reastehd;t r- particl'pation and eupbasized tbe inportaacJ oi raculty corr-rroration r.n recruitment. Ia closittg, tdr. Siegel sald that rhile he was ver:y proud of the tUi" year-, be pointed out rtehcaotr dC-hbereryalk Ainegi tn,. uDbierer c"tfo t" i-"ol-i. iiin" ro"tl"na."o.tr il-lna. ".arch- and Rdeateyust'i one had csohnopr itlehda ts oth6ee yv ecroTm Le utpoo rttl-ea n-t ui"ii""t."i "itai-b'oituut -fresh9mfeean. t tibse-ssuee s -- theSyut threayvse s bthe eeuy Ic eo sn e "ri.'n';L:".x*ii*J.""i*;.:'"r3;y"3;Ii i-r=itu[T: :=:::'Ji'l'"'?ii"i3"fil'l?"il;";"i'"iiir-""it-fl;::t:,?:L:t';" expect. lthey'it" ,"t*1og, tihue;.lyi afur.t uwroerlr'yal;a6g *fa""c:-u!l-tbye nire edre tsou mdeissc' uasndsl wttbbeee hsyae da i rsaes 9uw1eots r rrieyittiUnegn tt-ibo1ebaon ur atto te f eaendp wtbee atnhr eeo unia itnirtiLacatf6'g tofo f.g,rae -esgt wyivheiauatg ri't hbweiu ial la tihbdee' this year. iD" t-!". p8..ire -gteol -iuanxetia"" attached Report prepared by Dr' opportunity -tiEu.-- Beyond rest scores Bell eatitlei-rrt;d;;taDdi;;-oo"-uoa.rgraduates: .ia-gigU School Raukrr and data chartg') A dLecugsioa forloueo by protessors Grlfflth, SLlber, voatress, t{E. etegef and Presl'Cent tlracbtenberg' for the llhe Presideut congratula-te.d DIt-' :::fi: -8f-t?-11-?"11f-: tbougbt i"inlilr""to;"l#li;"i l"'d&-};];;; -Pii-!-;";":: ilggnlqig; =D:e:a:s::u:r'eL ie"s:Jpo:n,isiioblell' for tbe *'.1=i' ;;;"t- although u;;nil;v;ei;r;s ity's -sara, "B"""[ rng-il^ ffi-=ontrlbuted to oubrfvaigoufusgry-i' t uBieue teoB trb{re, 1fi1r1s t3--i[PiJ?i:-!o" i: r^tuiJ" '.t"t scbools in tbe couatry' 13' Page 5 \- Faculty Senate lrtinutes - SeptenDer 1996 GENERAIJ BUSINES8 I. for election of faculty Prof,essor Boswell uoved tbe nouLnatLons potlcv' to the followiag Senate Conmitteesl Conniitee.on aap-issions ituieefiiniliri+-iji ana=rsieiisffs-uanlg9senI: liiiiril: f'"o3-- Ralph :t' ,Ir"a"iw""r'e.'n"'c..e'ii soIIlEr'EEss slr"€aa rrrr{ lardenic freed5ng Cbarles R' Wbeeleri --!^--'r istoPher A' Cantarella; ions: Uartba N' Rasbid' lthe on Connitt"e nouEations were aPProved' ProfesEor BosreII uoved tbe nouinations of Defonrn is Albrecbt' b.Ura Sbeldon appoLntment Edrard orBrien, David Goooenough, r"n"4J ootinatloas Yere aPProved' to tU. Universitv BearLng Board' III. \-, f,or tbtrehe l ereessP:o;D;-s;o;i ;oraf rtb-ree A-Jd"nrvide.dst ratioans tdol sFtaricbuulttye dS ewnaittbe Rtbees oAlugteLnodnas' IV. REPORT OF TEE EXECUIIVE EOUUIAIEE rhe Report of the ExecutLve counl.ttee by Professor Boswell' Chair, is enclosed. professor Griffitb, cbal.r, couuittee oD appo!1lnent, Salary and bptrthhLroeobet bnb uC oonftnabiiov-ciclenduur rsptCttiyiotnai -lgriiwuLc acicCees sre seh,ntn at"oae1onor.iy ;t"fte g,or.dc " uttato ebtwEU aJaCLtri-i iaacLl a i nr se ttbtccb uaele9htu a afth-6l rye'c r, tia Usecrareee s lC lefehav6abcpeiiniP3,liyi ttto-fyt le€oSf e 2f tor0rbee3refpa p3 eoo coXmprirtl eptieE trnytdothiyn rteeagbee taso t,at'f professor Grifflth sald the centsr was att-ractive aadl be invited the nenbers to vistt lt alC "t o"" yt6- ft tbeir colleagues that Iu.-c"oter l.s uP aad oPerating' Pregidentt[racbtenDergaa.ldtblth.eagreeC.t}.1!.tbechildcare Criffitb reported' but Cbuneeai vuteearr ssr aitays eflaivtctelueryl t yb iatc uodan scg etsarpnfffe-,e dcn hatbiialad art esn cP uerororfee"s"nsirt-Etoyra i't -8-e b saasi,d o tlblya t iat wdoozuelad be ironl c Lf ,-iiilt-tue fpuv"o-e-si.-itti-eru--Ctt" i vLoiltrtd abned terneceergsys'a rnyo tto t ob mrienngtL oinn iuvestei-io-tui" \-, Dpeoonpeyle f,rom tU" f"tl""ationif Uonetarl' Fund, tbe f,orld Bantr'' or the Faculty Eenate tdinutes - septenber 13' 1996 Page 6 Street' invited tbe Senate to visit tbe Center andl law fLrus oD K Ee- t"-gil the word out tbat it is oPeD' tlhe 1995-96 lnaual Reoortg of the C;;o numnititveeer soittrY B aonndo rusr baannd coorroliti""" ana- i'ne connLttee aAcfafadiersu icre re as distrlbuted rith the Agenda. ".""i"id BRIEF 8ITATEI{ENTS ProfessorNab!notedthedeatbof.adivst.l"nig"tui,is bce'dIiafolurunuiaug' ,at the df.i;;"-iii;.ft; Baroordf A9.3 s.h et{er.le Tr,b ueheo ler..tiEa-i bacbelor's dtgree ln tgZS fro1 The acls received an honorary ed6oocrrgoera wrea isnU ii;u;;i i"ii-ruoi,i- "tn.res-iii'ci uaonoal , o"f- "s1"""ggi;Ui;l .t"niitil-lgygirn aenedr Ainpgp'r ieCdh asitcmiea'aC so'f Ee was a nemDer of the cXoa"tlpo-nJaifi tAlfc;ar;aneuAy tU" UoiAer of Dany patents' tbe Board of, EazeltLa" Presal.drreou;t;lri;a;ci;bptreicnibsenrg coanlonuet ntuteed v.tibrlautbi eobra us'b8e' eNaewfrge aqnude fn,otTlyld outspotcen j.ii""""iff L'f.*-_;:,,.",H3"it':l ##."*;*:#:1ti:ki',g,T*. aot, be gaid -tbat these re'ports gee-n to- naie a lot of dliff,erence to 3iti'il.;iii"x,."*";,'*y""*"fi.-l[ho-l'i""r.*r +rr"o&r1-fi".'-#iirJs"t, 1ttieffri :d"o:w"Ini it'oH tb:e uore frustrating ner_t to redouble our secotrd. t[he p]esldent ,.';r;ai uu"Jp- .t utou.argflbuti-s- r" Ia'see rdel flected ia tbese connituent to doiag good raakings. AT'OURNI{ENT gecoaded, President Trachtenberg adjourned uotioa uade and Upon the ueeting at 3310 P'D' Brian SelLnslrY Secretary \- IiSTH ANNIITNARY 182I.I$$6 Vrcr hrsrpHrrr roR ACADEMTC ArrAns of A Tribute to the MemorY ptoi'Ltor Emeritus Francisco Prats onAugust4thissummer'whihlgtvsa'c aptitotn*iint*g"inyN eawt tlhl*e! :ahgie*, oouf r7c4lo' seftiendandcolleague, Professor Emeritus francisco paco grew up in Spain, was educated al an eton ethiniSl r* uatn tht ey u niniv e1r9s5it5y :o Hf Me aedarrinde, da nhdi sw Pash h'Don' eind athse ao rerctsiceaal rcp*ht nysrcrii".e,rr rnitrisiiai' -b!ter"-f oi*;rehiu ""t *ioti6g, ouo[ n.itigt"" t ein vuenrsivee snciatytt eorini gl aporoybrarenmd iinn r1el?a5tiv8is' tHic iqsu Panhtu'Dm' dissertation r,tj;;;G, {ft"r a postdoctoral mechanics and thse f.rir*o:.di"th"o; ipgub"lisahe{d, *iilll*1" .*"9t5it"Jin*'itt"tr't bnouookosrp'-n Peierls', he took a appointment in g,ir*, ;istandards;;h washington working with ugo Ei* lr",i"".r il research positionp "inlif,"r ii*--nor.*" ,;.h.ui -o gouu" i, physics Department were able Ftoa ncoo novnin aceo mtiimc to join the Gn-,W , r"o*urrari"-i.nJ-1figii6i5lr. rinorr ptl,re,v nti"lrit p2#7 ryt*a"sn, th eF ctonn tr1ib98u0te do to19 oEu7r' university and .o pi,vrrgr: in'igot"'J OV fit example and by his clear \- During tris tenure, the Physicr-P.SeT;t;* J '*' Ftfi Phnning and Budgeting from thinking. H" *.r'a rl"ril",. o,f" nthui ,orio?C1om,Im;;itAtee 1 "9'8 '8-;-1990' s"r'1ng on the Executive 1982 to 1983 and became Committee from 1988 to 1989' for esablishing GW's now laid the ground wor_k His research efforts and those he influenced pttvtlt: Four studens received their Ph'D.'s in inrcrnationat reputation in the nrro "i "-"tr*t mif ;m:",tru'## fl llitffi,!tf*l'ffi::';*Hi'#m'# under thpe rumobgre*,ar iofff ith;hl c en*rp fr ,, ri,lt;!i";" tt'tSt*'ta"i*"r ,u rr"l*J"t*iipt"yri rnn"tntoritt tTttd A tshseoocreiatitcioanl nauncdle iatsr physics i:: *uuro.trlir-*i t r".*r.t"o ftom around the tt"iuru", or facilities, grew rn.stature as oio of photonuclear roi'irir- Jioiu*io"r-rl"L"-una"ttanding world. paco is stiu rememb.rro ;;;""irvolving ttre lightest nuclei' lt our welfare and in in 192' Pa@'s intercst Even after being named Profgsryr Emeritus p"*;t-nt* Otai*tion to principle and ;;-remember research continued undimililnifisetr cd' - i' rrir'i"r*r.t. sbries arways carried a lesson for his unpretentiou, ,,ylo both H" yTa n.d i"* ftiend, a f_inHei ;p trysicist' a man of refined judgement' students and coneagues. and above dl, 8 good human berng' Donald R. Irhman -Vi* v pt"tident for Academic Affairs L3,1996 SePtember FicultY Senate Meeting ztzrEwSrnrET , N.W: ' WASHINGToN' DC zoosz ' (2oz)9944t1o UNDERSTANDING OUR UNDERGRADUATES : BEYoNDTESTScoRESANDHIGHScHooLRANK bY CherYl Beil, Ph.D' Director, Enrotlment Research and Retention The office of Enrollment Management is pleased to report another successful recruitment year. For the second straight year, over 1O,OOO students applied for admission. of this group, 58o/o were offered admission, and 28o/o ol them chose to matriculate, an increase of 4o/o over last year's yield. A record-breaking 1,641 highly quatified freshmen registered for classes' Their mean SAT-! ,"or" topped f2OOlnt for the second year in a row; 42o/o of the Class of 2OOO graduated in ine top tenth of their high school class, and 717o graduated in the top fifth; and there are 34 new Merit schotars. These statistics herp confirm what we see in the marketplace: GW has become increasingly attractive to top students. One measure of university success is freshman to sophomore retention and graduation rates. ln this afea, the percent is steadily improving' Freshman to sophomore retention reached a University high of 91 o/otor the class entering in 1gg4. Of note is that almost nine out oi ttn seniors who attended Commencement in May reported being very satisfied with their undergraduate education' their overall undergraduate experience, and with the quality of teaching' Obviously' student satisfaction, student quality, and retention rates are highly correlated' we are proud of the university's continued success recruiting terrific students' However, recruiting and retaining these students is not only an Admissions task--it takesthecoltectiveeffortoftheentireGWcommunity. while the profile of the class of 2ooo is commendable, it does not tell us' much study habits, their concerns' and their future about our undergraduates--their aspirations. Noidoes it inform us about how representative our freshmen are of students across the nation' For the past thirty years, the cooperative lnstitutional Research Program (clRP) at ucLA has been conducting an annual survey of American freshmen' Based on information obtained from over 324,ooo freshmen who entered college in the fall of 1995, they found that new students are increasingly disengaged from their academic experienc e, are focused more on the future, and are concerned about financing their undergraduate education' 1 from the academic experience: Disengagement \|VL chloRmPe fwoournkd, tthalakti nhglicg whli irstihct iht"ohroe.l i rrs ntee naicohrse rasr,e m sape reeentcidnoignid ga htl eiags hste otaimfc hoeen res,t-sut hdhiryodimn ogef , otahr neddo iennggaging in extracurricutar "oaiiion, respondents reported being frequently bored in class! profile of GW freshmen' one may assume that the national tGreivnedn dthoee sh nigoht aacpilap"diluye omtoinic gG Wth es tculad_esns ios.f 2H0o0w0e,v seur,p pdoartat tchoel lencatteiodn afrlo tmre nGdW' Results undergraduatesd, i;ilri;JAuring Coroni"r lnauguiation' the summer orientation and from a survepyr ogri;, indicate that over half thL incoming freshmen said they need registration better stud; and habits' imlroving test-taking skills' special help devetoping compet'efnifcf'y . over one-trriro n"ud herp expressing their and improving matheriaticar ;o'p'"tt"nsion' and improving their ability to ideas in writing, improving ,eafanin"gie percentages represent new students who have fr""trupn-tt. speak in class not attended anY classes! Graphl:PercentageofClassof2000FreshmenNeedingspecialAssistance 70% \- 59% s796 gl% 8% 45% fCcntityim W,itim R€ading . Spaking in Study 3kills T.st takitig Sdcccalrinltef clast maror comprchansion 2 From longitudinal data collected from freshmen, we know that the percentage of studentswhosaytheyneedhelpintheseareaswillincreasesubstantially(see Graph2).BytheendoftheirfirstSemester,overtwo-thirdsofthenewstudents will probably need hetp witrr study skills and test-taking' and over half will need hcoerlpre wlaittiho nw brietitnwge,e -nu iinnd,i caantido ns poefa nkiengii ning c hlaeslps .a nMdo greraodvee rp' othinetr ea vise raa gsetr' oTnygpically' those expressing need earn lower grades' Graph 2: Percentage of Freshmen Needing Special Assistance: comparison of the thir Besponses at colonial lnauguration and Near End of Semester Strrdy alilt Tatt l'lrng S.ac.rcotnag . Sg.C.lainagt in .\ .r;{ lffioN*.mbcr 1993 MIlnt a isrne yaa slfisatyuc,m unoel"t,dy*, etth|x,"ap,rte. 1csTtt ulsudtnue-dsnpetsen,nt sde s1thop5ae .sl8cft i uathhdloleyyu efrtrswxe pspoehe cmhrt oeweudner s'ea smkfto.uo rdT ueyhnv otae sotre yfl e twciamrhseetod 3ieSt0 aht urohnduo yaru i rnuGsgn Pad. A eow ronteafek ake'tn' alevaesrta g3e.o, study" ,arpllpnroi.x im=iuaatevl y 17.4 ho,,,.per week; those who earn less than a 2.o GPAstudyaboutl4.ghoursperweek.yMeoarre' oAvse Gr,rtahpeha 3m inoduincatoteftsi'm wehsatut dcyhianngges is remains the same in their sophomore skills' the quality of their study '