UT Austin - Statistical Handbook

UT Austin - Statistical Handbook 1999 - 2000
Preface

The Statistical Handbookis designed to provide University administrators and faculty with accurate and consistent information about UT Austin's student, faculty, staff, and financial characteristics. In many cases the information is disaggregated to program or department levels to facilitate use in policy making at these levels. Data for up to ten years are included where possible so that significant trends can be identified.

There have been a few revisions to this year's Handbook.Revisions include the following:

Tables containing Student Full-Time Equivalents, Student/Faculty and Student/Teaching Staff Ratio figures have been revised using funding department instead of offering department figures to calculate student FTEs.
Tables containing The University of Texas at Austin Main Campus square footage and assignable space by room usage category have been incorporated as part of the Finance/Facilities section.
Changes to departments include:
Speech Communication was changed to Communication Studies.
Post-Soviet and East European Studies changed to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Changes to Programs include:
Creation of a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Ancient History and Classical Civilization.
Creation of a Master of Science in Engineering degree with a major in Engineering Management.
Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Home Economics changed to Human Ecology.
Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Post-Soviet and East European Studies changed to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Russian changed to Russian and Slavic Studies.
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in American Civilization changed to American Studies.
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in Germanic Languages changed to Germanic Studies.

The Office of Institutional Research (OIS) publishes the Statistical Handbookon the internet. The 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 Handbooksare available electronically; the 1999-00 version became available in early Spring 2000. The Handbookis part of the OIS homepage:

http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ois/

For those who need additional data not included in the Handbook,several sources are available:

The Twelfth Class Day Enrollment Reportspublished by the Office of Institutional Research;
The Faculty Salary Analysispublished by the Office of Institutional Research;
Reports on Instructional Patterns, located in the Office of Institutional Research;
Student Persistence documents, located in the Office of Institutional Research;
The University Operating Budgets;and
Various reports distributed throughout the year to Deans' offices and departments.

If these sources are insufficient to meet your needs, we will be happy to help you locate the data you need. We appreciate the comments and recommendations from Handbook users in the past. Please continue to help us make this document a more effective analytical tool by sending your suggestions to:

              Office of Institutional Research
              Mail Code: G1100
              instrsch@www.utexas.edu

7 March 2000
Office of Institutional Research at UT Austin
Comments to: instrsch@www.utexas.edu