FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
Institutional Profile
October 2008
I. Background
The home campuses of Fairleigh Dickinson University are located in New Jersey, on the east coast of the United States, approximately 10 and 35 miles respectively from New York City. The University's location adjacent to one of the main financial, cultural, and political (thanks to the presence of United Nations headquarters) centers of the world creates myriad opportunities for our students, faculty and institutional partners. We maintain two international campuses: Wroxton College in Wroxton, England, 3 miles from Banbury and 70 miles from London; and FDU-Vancouver in downtown Vancouver, Canada. Additionally, we operate dozens of extension sites throughout New Jersey and maintain relations with more than 40 partner institutions around the world.
II. Overview of Institution
A. Status
Founded in 1942, Fairleigh Dickinson University is a coed, independent, not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution. FDU was the first American university to own and operate an overseas campus (Wroxton College in Oxfordshire, UK) and the first comprehensive university in the world to require all undergraduates to take online courses. We are New Jersey's largest independent university, serving 8,585 undergraduate students and 3,527 graduate students. The University is accredited with the United Nations Department of Public Information as a non-governmental organization.
B. Mission Statements and Objective
Fairleigh Dickinson University is dedicated to educating students to become citizens of the world. This is true for our American students as well as for students from around the globe. Since its founding, FDU has maintained its commitment to broadening global horizons and fostering greater international understanding. In 2000, the Board of Trustees adopted a newly focused mission for FDU: to prepare students for world citizenship through global education.
Our mission statement reads: "Fairleigh Dickinson University is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. The University strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical understandings necessary to participate, lead, and prosper in the global marketplace of ideas, commerce and culture."
Several recent initiatives illustrate the University's commitment to preparing world citizens. For example, in a groundbreaking online program, in 2001, Fairleigh Dickinson University became the first traditional university to require all undergraduate students take one online course each year. The heralded program begins with The Global Challenge - a University Core course that explores critical global issues. The Global Challenge recently earned the Instructional Technology Council (ITC) Award for Outstanding Online Course.
Working with campus-based faculty and interacting with students online, Global Virtual Faculty (GVF) - professionals and scholars from around the world - bring a vibrant international dimension to the learning experience. The program, which now includes nearly 60 GVF, was honored by the American Council on Education as one of 11 programs across the country deserving recognition for its use of technology to internationalize the curriculum.
Fairleigh Dickinson University is one of approximately 10 universities in the U.S. to earn accreditation as a non-governmental organization (NGO) associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations. Students and faculty enjoy special access to U.N. facilities and programs, and the University has created a special lecture series and videoconference program that regularly bring ambassadors and their insights to the University.
Fairleigh Dickinson's overseas initiatives encompass a variety of international programs and relationships with institutions in countries including Belize, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, India, China, Monaco, Cyprus, and the Dominican Republic.
C. Infrastructure
Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan Campus is six miles from the George Washington Bridge, which connects New Jersey with New York, and stretches along the east and west banks of the Hackensack River. It has 55 buildings on 88 acres and has residence hall space to accommodate over 1,000 students. Robison Hall, the Weiner Library, Alumni Hall, and the Jos. L. Muscarelle Center for Building Construction Studies, all set on the river's east edge, are designed in a contemporary style. Other buildings done in this manner are the new Fitness Center, University Hall, Williams Hall, and the Student Union and residence hall complex, including the new Northpointe Residence Hall. The Rothman Center - the University's major athletic and recreation facility capable of seating 5,000 to 6,000 people, the Edward Williams Building, and Dickinson Hall - the campus's 170,000-square-foot academic and administrative facility, are situated on the west side of the Hackensack River. The campus, which runs along the Hackensack River, boasts state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities modern student residences and fully resourced libraries. Extensive support services are provided for international students. The campus is linked to New York City by both bus and rail transportation. The entire campus is wired for the Internet and wireless access is available in many locations. An interactive television system links the Metropolitan Campus to other FDU campuses and to locations around the world.
The College at Florham is 35 miles from New York City. This beautifully landscaped park-like campus of 166 acres was known as "Florham" and was created as an estate for Florence Vanderbilt Twombly and Hamilton Twombly by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White, with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Its Georgian-style buildings have been adapted to the educational needs of the University. The 100-room Mansion accommodates classrooms, offices, and Lenfell Hall. The Roberta Chiaviello Ferguson and Thomas G. Ferguson Recreation Center has an indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, a physical fitness room, and racquetball courts. The Martin F. Stadler, Patrick J. Zenner, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Academic Building houses 20 classrooms, student lounges, and a dining facility. The Dreyfuss Building contains a 420-seat proscenium theater, where three main stage productions are presented each year by theater arts majors. The campus boasts two new residence halls, which have the capacity to house over 1,500 students: the Park Avenue Residence Hall and Rutherford Hall. The campus also includes the College at Florham Library, the George Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, the Twombly Hall student resident complex, the Dormitory Village, and the newly renovated and expanded Student Center. FDU's College at Florham is based in Morris County, New Jersey, and bridges the towns of Florham Park and Madison. The campus consists of 178 acres, which were formerly part of Florham, a luxurious country estate. The campus utilizes first-class educational resources either retrofitted into the campus' historical buildings, or newly built incorporating the same architectural style as the original facilities. The entire campus is wired for the Internet and wireless access is available in many locations. An interactive television system links the College at Florham to other FDU campuses and to locations around the world.
Wroxton College is the British campus of the University, situated in the ancestral home of Lord North, at Wroxton Abbey, in Oxfordshire. It is centrally located in England, three miles from Banbury, between Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, and just 75 miles from London. Originally constructed as an Augustinian priory in 1217, Wroxton Abbey houses the College's classrooms and seminar rooms, the library, and fully modernized student-lodging facilities.
Conveniently located in a state-of-the-art facility downtown, FDU-Vancouver primarily serves international students from around the globe. FDU-Vancouver’s first class of students, admitted in 2007, came from as far away as China, Korea, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, the Dominican Republic, Columbia, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. The campus also serves as an international conference center, equipped with smart classrooms and other meeting spaces.
The University's libraries have combined holdings of some 450,000 volumes and subscribe to about 1,650 periodical titles and more than 10,000 full-text periodicals online. Each library provides computer search services and access to bibliographic and full-text databases to augment its in-house print resources. Fairleigh Dickinson University, as a participating member of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), has access to the international network database of OCLC. A University-wide online catalog, CoolCAT-NJ, facilitates intercampus library loans, enabling students at either New Jersey campus to quickly procure useful materials from anywhere in the University's library system.
D. Management
Fairleigh Dickinson University is governed by a Board of Trustees and is managed by a President, a Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, a Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and four academic deans. The University Senate, consisting principally of faculty representatives, shares responsibility for governance.
E. Academic Programs
FDU offers more than 100 degree programs at the associate, baccalaureate, master's and doctor's levels. Typically, a bachelor’s degree can be earned in four years. The University also offers a variety of combined degree programs that enable students to complete undergraduate and master’s degree in five years. Its wide range of offerings, coupled with the depth and expertise of its faculty, has Fairleigh Dickinson University poised to serve the citizens of New Jersey and beyond. The University has particular strengths in nursing and allied health, primary and secondary school education, computer science and engineering, and the arts and sciences.
The Metropolitan Campus for Professional and International Studies offers a broad array of programs and degrees, ranging from the associate to the Ph.D. University College: Arts * Sciences * Professional Studies includes the depth and breadth of the liberal arts, the focus and strength of the computing sciences and engineering programs, the variety and importance of the health professions, the quality of the clinical and school psychology doctoral programs, and the presence of the largest number of professionally accredited programs at the University. The Metropolitan Campus is also home to the Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies, which offers degree programs and non-credit courses and programs for adult learners and non-traditional students. The Metropolitan Campus also houses an ELS/Berlitz English as a second language program.
The Silberman College of Business is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The College offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business at both the University's Metropolitan Campus and College at Florham Campus locations. The College prepares students to assume positions of responsibility in a global business community characterized by rapid technological and social change. The College includes the acclaimed Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, home to the combined undergraduate and graduate program in entrepreneurial studies, which is consistently ranked among the top 50 programs of its kind in the U.S.
Fairleigh Dickinson's College at Florham emphasizes residential living, a strong liberal arts based education, graduate and professional school preparation, and customized educational offerings - all framed by a global perspective. The College at Florham offers a broad range of strong undergraduate and graduate liberal arts, sciences, and business programs in the Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences and in the Silberman College of Business. The campus emphasizes an academically challenging learning environment with an enhanced residential experience.
Fairleigh Dickinson's Wroxton College, in England, has hosted students from more than 250 American colleges and universities. It also serves Fairleigh Dickinson's students through a study-abroad program offered by a British faculty and visiting British scholars. Undergraduate courses are offered in economics, English theater and drama, fine arts, international business, literature, psychology, and in the social sciences. A graduate degree program in English language and literature is also offered. Wroxton College also provides ample opportunity for independent study. The academic offerings are supplemented by an extensive program of tours to various historic sites, artistic and cultural centers, and places of political and commercial significance.
Fairleigh Dickinson's campus in Vancouver offers undergraduate (Bachelor of Science) programs in business management and information technology through its AACSB-accredited Silberman College of Business and its School of Computer Sciences and Engineering, which offers several ABET-accredited programs. The University offers concentrations in accounting and international business, entrepreneurship and international business, finance and international business, marketing and international business, and information technology and international business to students enrolled in its business management program, as well as a concentration in business administration to students enrolled in its information technology program.
Academic degree programs at the graduate level are also offered at the University's branch campus in Eatontown, New Jersey. Additional courses leading to degree and certificate programs are offered at various corporate and county locations in New Jersey and Connecticut, as well as at international consulates in New York City. In addition, online degree-completion programs are offered for general and specific audiences at multiple University locations.
Fairleigh Dickinson University is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. In addition to the accreditation held by all programs for academic purposes, specialized curricula have applied for and been granted approval by the following recognized professional agencies:
• accountancy—New Jersey State Board of Public Accountants;
• accounting—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• business management—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• chemistry—American Chemical Society (this accreditation applies only to the Bachelor of Science program offered by the Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences at the College at Florham, Madison, New Jersey);
• civil engineering technology—Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET);
• clinical psychology (Doctor of Philosophy Program)—American Psychological Association;
• computer science—Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (CAC/ABET) (this accreditation applies only to the Bachelor of Science in computer science program offered by the University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies at the Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, New Jersey);
• construction engineering technology—Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET);
• economics—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• education—NASDTEC (National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification) and New Jersey State Department of Education;
• electrical engineering—Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (EAC/ABET);
• electrical engineering technology—Technology Accreditation Commission of the Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET);
• entrepreneurial studies—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• finance—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• global management—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• human resource management—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• management—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• management for executives—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• international business—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• management for health systems executives—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• marketing—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• mechanical engineering technology—Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET);
• paralegal studies—American Bar Association (ABA);
• pharmaceutical studies— AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• radiography—Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology;
• nursing—approval from New Jersey State Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education;
• taxation—AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business;
• inclusion on approved lists of the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association (Medicine, Dentistry) by virtue of the accreditation by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
F. Faculty and Staff
The University is served by 262 full-time faculty (85% hold a PhD or terminal degree in their field) and 574 part-time faculty.
G. Admissions Criteria and Student Body
Fairleigh Dickinson University maintains a selective admissions policy, admitting only those students who meet rigorous academic criteria. Fifty-three percent of the student body is female, while 47 percent is male. With one of the largest international student bodies in the region and its strategic proximity to New York City, FDU's two stateside campuses offer a unique and diverse educational and cultural experience. In all FDU is proud to host close to 1000 international students (approximately 9 percent of the overall student population) from nearly 80 countries.
H. Budget
Approximately 76 percent of the University's annual revenue is derived from student tuition and fees, 13 percent from auxilliary enterprises, 2 percent from contributions, 2 percent from New Jersey State aid, 2 percent from investment return, 2 percent from contracts and grants, and 3 percent from other sources.
I. International Collaboration Experience
Fairleigh Dickinson University currently partners with: Galen University (BELIZE), Centro Universitario - UNA (BRAZIL), Faculdades Integradas de Vitoria - FDV (BRAZIL), Northeastern University – Shenyang (CHINA), Shenyang University (CHINA), Lingnan University (CHINA), Capital University of Economics and Business (CHINA), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CHINA), University of Hong Kong (CHINA), Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga (COLOMBIA), Intercollege (CYPRUS), Ross University Medical School (DOMINICA), Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC), Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil (ECUADOR), IECS - Strasbourg Graduate School of Management (FRANCE), Reims Management School (FRANCE), Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (GERMANY), Central European University (HUNGARY), Alliance Business School (INDIA), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (ISRAEL), Kyungnam University (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF), Sungkyungkwan University (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF), Woosuk University (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF), University of Balamand (LEBANON), University College Sedaya International (MALAYSIA), Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, School of Medicine (MEXICO), International University of Monaco (MONACO), University of the East (PHILIPPINES), Karola Marcinkowski Medical School (POLAND), Ross University of Veterinary Medicine (ST. KITTS AND NEVIS), Republic Polytechnic- Singapore (SINGAPORE), Temasek Polytechnic – Singapore (SINGAPORE), International University Study Center (SPAIN), Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (SPAIN), University of Cordoba (SPAIN), Bangkok University (THAILAND), Mahidol University International College (THAILAND), and University ORT Uruguay (URUGUAY). For details please visit this webpage: http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=551
III. Institutional Priorities and Capacity Building Assets/Needs
Fairleigh Dickinson University is committed to developing partnerships with international organizations and engaging with overseas institutions of higher education, particularly in Africa. Presently, we are developing an HE capacity building program with the World Bank and the United Nations High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States [UN-OHRLLS]. We have particular strengths in primary and secondary education, nursing and allied health professions, business management and finance, and administrative science and public administration. We are looking to international partnerships to help enrich our own campuses with international perspectives, to provide opportunities for our faculty to engage in the scholarship of practice, and to impress every student with the power and value of world citizenship.
Contact: Jason A. Scorza, Associate Provost for Global Learning, scorza@fdu.edu
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