Recruiting Summit Dr. Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones Associate Dean Director of the Office of Graduate Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives perez@cs.vt.edu 1
Agenda Current recruitment activities Open Discussion Snapshot of some recruitment numbers Description of planned recruitment activities 2
Current Recruitment Graduate Fairs Activities Summer Pizza Party (MAOP, REU, McNairs) McNair Scholars (Visits) Fellowships (several available) Application fee waivers Promotional materials 3
Graduate Fairs Previous Years Bennett College for Women Claflin University Emory & Henry George Mason Hampton University Norfolk State University North Carolina AT&T North Carolina Central Northern Shenandoah Regional (Harrisonburg, VA) Oak Ridge National Labs South Carolina State University Winston-Salem State University Virginia Tech Fall 2009 Emory & Henry Oak Ridge National Labs Virginia Tech William & Mary
Applications
09-10 Applications by Nation United States China India Iran South Korea Others India 11% 1% 4% 2% China 13% United States 68%
09-10 Applications United States India China Virginia Tech Univ of Virginia Radford Univ George Mason Univ Virginia Commonwealth Univ James Madison Univ Virginia Western Cmty Coll Old Dominion Univ North Carolina State Univ Ral Univ of Maryland, College Park Clemson Univ Univ of Florida Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park College of William & Mary VA George Washington Univ New River Community College Georgia Inst Tech University of Mary Washington Northern Va Cmty Coll-Annandal Univ of Tennessee Knoxville Univ North Carolina Chapel Hl Michigan State Univ Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor Christopher Newport Univ Ohio State Univ Columbus Rutgers U Rutgers College Florida State Univ Univ of Central Florida Longwood Univ Roanoke College 1100 943 786 629 471 314 157 0 1080 128 110109101 92 Universities with the most applications 30 or more applications 79 73 59 55 53 53 51 51 51 44 36 35 35 34 34 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 Count
09-10 Applications United States India China 130 128 Universities with the most applications VT removed, more than 35 applications Univ of Virginia Radford Univ George Mason Univ Virginia Commonwealth Univ James Madison Univ Virginia Western Cmty Coll Old Dominion Univ North Carolina State Univ Ral Univ of Maryland, College Park Clemson Univ Univ of Florida Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park College of William & Mary VA George Washington Univ New River Community College Georgia Inst Tech 114 98 81 65 49 33 110 109 101 92 79 73 59 55 53 53 51 51 51 44 36 16 0 Count
09-10 Applications United States India China North Carolina State Univ Ral Univ of Maryland, College Park Univ of Florida Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park Michigan State Univ Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor Ohio State Univ Columbus Rutgers U Rutgers College Univ Illinois Urbana SUNY Center Buffalo Univ Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Purdue Univ West Lafayette Cornell Univ Univ California Berkeley Univ of Colorado at Boulder Univ Minnesota Minneapolis Twn Univ of Wisconsin-Madison Univ of Texas at Austin Iowa State University Univ California Davis Univ Missouri - Columbia SUNY Center Stony Brook Univ Southern California Univ of Washington Texas A & M Univ Corpus Christ 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 59 55 53 51 31 Peer Institutions with the most applications All Peer Institutions 31 30 30 28 28 25 21 20 19 19 19 18 15 14 13 13 9 8 8 1 Count
09-10 Applications United States India China Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU, HSI) Hampton University Virginia State Univ Howard Univ Norfolk State Univ North Carolina Agr Tech State Univ District of Columbia Morgan State Univ South Carolina State Univ Virginia Union Univ Fayetteville State Univ Bennett College NC Claflin Coll. Elizabeth City State Univ West Virginia State Coll Winston-Salem State Univ Tennessee State Univ Bowie State College St Augustine's College Shaw University Blue Ridge Comm&Tech/Shepherd 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 12 12 11 9 7 6 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 MSI Institutions with most applications 0 Count 1 1 1 1 1
09-10 Applications United States India China 200 Universities with the most applications 20 or more applications University of Mumbai University of Pune India Visveswaraiah Tech Univ India Birla Inst Tech & Sci Pilani Indian Institute of Technology Osmania Univ. Univ of Mumbai-K.J. Somaiya Natl Inst Tech Tiruchirappalli Jawaharlal Nehru Tech Univ - I Vellore Institute of Technolog Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha 160 120 80 154 128 121 74 59 40 44 27 26 25 24 23 0 Count
09-10 Applications United States India China 150 Universities with the most applications 20 or more applications Tsinghua Univ. Zhejiang Univ. - China Huazhong Univ Sci & Tech - Chi Nankai University China Univ of Science & Tech of Chin Tianjin Univ. - China Beihang Univ (BUAA), China Nanjing Univ. - China Tongji Univ. - China Xian Jiaotong Univ. - China Peking Univ Dalian Inst. of Tech. - China Univ. of Elec. Sci&Tech-China Sun Yat-Sen Univ of Medical Sc Beijing Univ - China Shandong University Chinese Academy of Science Beijing Jiaotong University 125 100 75 50 25 125 104 80 77 75 71 67 56 52 46 42 39 32 31 24 23 22 21 0 Count
Admissions
09-10 Admissions United States India China George Mason Univ Univ of Virginia Radford Univ Virginia Commonwealth Univ Old Dominion Univ James Madison Univ Virginia Western Cmty Coll George Washington Univ North Carolina State Univ Ral College of William & Mary VA New River Community College Univ of Florida Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park Univ of Maryland, College Park Northern Va Cmty Coll-Annandal Clemson Univ Roanoke College University of Mary Washington Christopher Newport Univ Georgia Inst Tech Appalachian State Univ Univ of Tennessee Knoxville Ohio State Univ Columbus Liberty University Michigan State Univ Rutgers U Rutgers College Strayer University Univ of Central Florida Univ Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 130 104 78 52 26 0 125 116 96 88 79 70 54 Universities with the most admissions 47 44 41 40 39 38 37 32 31 29 29 28 25 23 22 Count 20 or more admissions, VT removed 21 20 20 20 20 20 20
09-10 Admissions United States India China India University of Mumbai University of Pune India Indian Institute of Technology Visveswaraiah Tech Univ India Birla Inst Tech & Sci Pilani Jadavpur Univ. 40 30 33 10 or more admissions 24 20 19 14 10 10 10 0 Count
09-10 Admissions United States India China China Tsinghua Univ. Nankai University China Univ of Science & Tech of Chin Zhejiang Univ. - China Nanjing Univ. - China Peking Univ Tianjin Univ. - China Tongji Univ. - China Xian Jiaotong Univ. - China Beihang Univ (BUAA), China 40 30 33 10 or more admissions 20 18 17 17 15 10 13 12 12 11 10 0 Count
Upcoming Recruitment Activities 17
Graduate Fairs Which ones to attend? Does your department have any priorities? Can you help identify good sources of students? 18
Undergraduate Research Conference Undergraduate research presentations Visits from other universities 8th Annual Conference, April 6th, 2010 Opportunity for students to experience research presentations 19
Summer Pizza Party If you have an REU or other summer research experience program, let us know We want to host another Pizza party but would like to coordinate ahead of time Other opportunities given that we have the students here? 20
Coordinated Schools Visits Program We select regions and make visits to universities in the area; overnight trip Target disciplines, faculty, programs and make concerted effort to recruit at these institutions 3 clusters identified: DC, Richmond, NC 21
Coordinated Schools Visits Program Nomination/Application Process (available soon) Identify university partners, collaborators Identify opportunities available for students Identify faculty mentors
Open Discussion Best practices? What works well for your department/program? What would you like to do but can t afford to do? or can t do alone? How can we collaborate to recruit a better and more diverse graduate student body? 23