XAVIER UNIVERSITYAdopt-A-U Research Project

EDLD 7430

Fall 2010

Deo Adjuvenate Non Timendum

BACKGROUND

Xavier University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans

Xavier was founded as a high school in 1915 by St. Katherine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrement—primarily for the education of African-Americans and Native Americans

BACKGROUND

Xavier is the only Historically Black College or University (HBCU) affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church

Xavier is a private university out of 49 others both public and private in the state of Louisiana

Xavier is among the 105 HBCU’s listed on the US Department of Education’s White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Louisiana is home to 6 HBCU’s

BACKGROUND

Xavier is considered to be a mid-size campus in the state

Xavier is a private, not for profit organization Xavier is primarily residential Xavier is 1 of 17 colleges or universities in

the city of New Orleans

Xavier University’s main entrance

STUDENTS

Competitive SAT or ACT Prefer a 3.0 GPA or

higher Counselor

Recommendations Required

Fall deadline is July 1st

Minimum 2.0 GPA Rolling application

deadline

Freshmen Requirements

Transfer Requirements

STUDENTS

Xavier’s total population fluctuates between 2,800 to 3,335 students

Xavier has a total student population of about 3,338 students (fall 2009) 2,483 undergraduate students 678 pre-professional students 173 graduate students 4 consortium students

STUDENTS 61% (2,036 students) of

the student population is from the state of Louisiana

35% (1,188 students) of the student population are from other states

28.5% (951 students) of the student population are male

71.5% (2,387 students) of the student population are female

6 foreign countries are represented on campus

Top Five States Yield Louisiana- 61% Texas- 7% Georgia- 4.5% California- 4.4% Illinois- 2.9%

STUDENTS

The university is broken down into 3 colleges with over 40 majors College of Arts and Sciences, College of

Pharmacy, and the Graduate School The most popular majors within the 3

colleges are: Biological/Biomedical Sciences Physical Sciences Business (Management, Marketing, Support

Services) Social Services

STUDENTS

The Office of Campus Activities under the division of Student Services hosts over 50 student organizations and activities: M.A.X (Mobilization of Xavier) Peer Dean Association Commuter Student Association Xavier Activities Board Business Achievers Club National Pan-hellenic Council (NPHC) Miss Xavier Pageant

Miss Xavier 2010-

Jade Young

The Gold Rush have won 15 consecutive regular-season openers, including 2010-11. The XU men are 6-0 for the third time in four seasons.

Xavier in 2009-10 became the second Gulf Coast Athletic Conference women's team to finish 18-0 in the league. Then the Gold Nuggets captured the GCAC Tournament with three more victories.

FACULTY

There is a total of 800 employees on Xavier’s campus—227 are faculty members 133 faculty members are minorities 111 faculty members are women 116 faculty members are men 213 both full time and part time have received

their PhD’s in their related field

FACULTY

205 faculty are considered to be full time (roughly 88%) 87 (38.3%) faculty members have received

tenure 65 (28.6%) faculty members are working towards

tenure 110 faculty members are non-tenured or tenure

is not available for them

FACULTY

Faculty breakdown: 45 professors 44 associate professors 16 instructors 15 lecturers

Out of the 205 full-time faculty members: 106 are men 99 are women

FACULTY

Average salary among faculty is $62,000 The student teacher ratio is 15:1 and in

upper level course work 8:1 (averaged) Faculty Grants

The Diaspora in segregated Louisiana: An Archival and Oral History Research Initiative (History Department-2006)

Recovery and Preservation of Archives-Hurricane Katrina Emergency Grant (Library Sciences-2006)

The Garifuna Project: A Vanishing Culture Speaks (2006)

President-Dr. Norman C. Francis and faculty members at a campus conference.

GOVERNANCE

Xavier University is run by an 18 member board of trustees with the institutions president at the helm sitting as an ex-officio member

Francis C. Norman sits as the university’s president and has the distinction of being the longest sitting American university president at 42 years

GOVERNANCE

The Strategic Planning Committee (USPC) is broken down into 8 sections to help the university advance: Xavier University’s Mission Student Recruitment and Retention Teaching, Scholarship, and Research Capacity Role of Faculty in Governance Xavier University Serving City and Region Student Life, Facilities, and Social/Spiritual Environment Programs as Flagships Role of Technology

GOVERNANCE

The Office of the Internal Audit is responsible for making sure that each of the bodies of government are performing to the best of their abilities

The OIA seeks to act as an objective voice in decision making and projects presented to the university’s community

Dr. Francis C. Norman-Xavier University’s President

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

As a private institution Xavier receives little state and federal aid

The current endowment is $98,693,948 The money is controlled by the board of trustees

and the Louisiana branch of the Blessed Sisters of the Sacrament

The funds are allocated to go with the mission of furthering education through technological advances and research

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Qatar donated $17.5 million in 2006 $12.5 million went towards the expansion of the

College of Pharmacy $5 million went into a scholarship fund for

students that were affected by Hurricane Katrina

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Xavier tuition (private): $25,500

Tulane University tuition(private): $53,860

Dillard University tuition (private): $14,689

Southern University tuition (public): $9,862

Loyola University tuition (private): $42,002

Louisiana State University tuition (public): $18,580

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Aid and Scholarships are available for incoming freshman, returning students, and transfers students: Rousseve Scholars Program Talent Scholarships Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Academic Scholarships Tuition Opportunity Programs for Students (TOPS) Achievement Scholarships Privately Funded Scholarships ROTC Scholarships

The majority of students at Xavier receive some form of financial aid.

DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

Xavier does offer developmental education courses for students who have met the minimum admissions requirements, but who may still need a stronger base in the fundamentals

Placement of students in developmental courses are handled by the Office of Admissions and the College of Arts and Sciences

DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

A student’s placement is based on: SAT scores ACT scores Placement Tests in English, Math, and Reading

Students take the computer based ACT COMPASS test

DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

Xavier COMPASS Tests are approximately 3 hours (if a student is required to take all 3 portions)

A majority of the incoming freshman at Xavier choose to take the ACT, but both ACT and SAT are taken into admissions consideration A student can take either test as many times as

they would like. Admissions will be based on the higher of the 2 tests.

DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

The average scores for accepted students: SAT- 480 critical reading, 470 math

Any student who scored between 410-430 on the critical reading portion would be required to take the English COMPASS

Any student who scored 440 or less on the math portion would be required to take the math COMPASS

Any student who scored 430 on just the critical reading or a combined less than 900 would be required to take the reading COMPASS

DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

The average ACT is a composite of 21 (English, math, reading, science)

Students with a 12 or less on the English portion of the ACT are required to take the English COMPASS

Students with a 19 or less on the math portion of the ACT are required to take the math COMPASS

Students with an 18 or less on the reading portion of the ACT are required to take the reading COMPASS

While Xavier does take standardized test scores into account there are other factors that play into an admission decision.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Most of Xavier University students are majoring in science and health related fields, so there aren’t many opportunities offered for continuing education, but they do help the community outreach programs.

The university has established the Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

The Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities along with local, regional, and national partners seek to educate New Orleans residents in: Diabetes, heart disease, nutrition, men’s and

women’s health, and cancer

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

The CMHDRE is not solely funded by Xavier, part of the endowment money does go towards the operation of the facility as it is used for student and faculty research

The center is a collaborative effort with the University of Tennessee’s College of Pharmacy and Tulane University’s Cancer Center

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Other collaborations include: The Louisiana Office of Public Health

This office has partnered with Xavier to help in the study of diabetes, prevention, and control

The Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium The consortium is a continuous effort to allow the all of

the state research institutions to work together on cancer studies

“The Mission of the Center for Health and Health Disparities Research and Education (CMHDRE) is to provide the infrastructure that is required to conduct research and provide clinical experiential training and community outreach aimed at eliminating health disparities.”

EFFECTIVENESS

The university has seen an influx of students post-Katrina

The endowment has grown from 60M to almost 100M over the last 6 years

The US Dept. of Education ranks Xavier in the top producers of African American students that earn degrees in biological and physical sciences

EFFECTIVENESS The Xavier College of Pharmacy sits as one of

the US’s top 3 producers of African American students in medical school placement

Xavier has been ranked among the best 371 Colleges by Princeton Review

Xavier President Francis C. Norman has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006)

EFFECTIVENESS

Notable alumni: Alvin Boute (1951)—founder of Indecorp, the largest

Black owned financial institution in the United States Alexis Herman (1969)—the first African American United

States Secretary of Labor, who also served as former director of the White House Office of Public Liaison

Regina Benjamin (1979)—United States Surgeon General and first physician under the age of 40 to and first African American woman to be named to the American Medical Association Board of Trustees

EFFECTIVENESS The June 3, 2004 issue of Black Issues in Higher

Education shows how HBCUs dominate the upper echelon in terms of numbers of African American graduates per school for the 2002-2003 academic year: Sixteen of the top 21 producers of African American

baccalaureates in biological and biomedical sciences were HBCUs, including the entire top six (Xavier University of LA (#1), Hampton University (#2), Howard University (#3), Morgan State University (#4), Jackson State University (#5) and Tennessee State University (#6).

The twelve top producers of African American baccalaureates in the physical sciences, including #1 Xavier University of Louisiana, were all HBCUs.

SOURCES

http://www.xula.edu/