CMU Teaching and Academic Support Data

CONTENTS
Units Taught by Department, Semester, and Level - Academic Year 1994-1995.
Units Taught by College and Level - Academic Years 1990-91 to 1994-95.
Computing Services Statistics - Fiscal Years 1992 through 1995.
Instructional Technology Statistics - Fiscal Years 1992 through 1995.
Library Collections and Utilization - Fiscal Years 1993 through 1995.
Teaching and Academic Support Additional Facts and Figures.

Units Taught
By Department, Semester, and Level
Academic Year 1994-1995

   
                                  Fall Semester                   Spring Semester              YEAR
                         Underg     Grad   Other   Total  Underg     Grad  Other    Total     TOTAL
     College
          Department

     CFA  Architecture    9,450    1,018      0   10,468   9,336      629      9    9,974    20,442
          Art             6,536      684     78    7,298   6,141      897     79    7,117    14,415
          Design          6,561      290     57    6,908   5,407      480     39    5,926    12,834
          Drama           9,102    3,340     30   12,472   9,015    2,991     44   12,050    24,522
          Music           7,347    1,878     57    1,050   6,987    1,917     66    8,970    10,020
          Interdisc.      1,014       27      9    9,282     696       27      0      723    10,005
          TOTAL CFA      40,010    7,237    231   47,478  37,582    6,941    237   44,760    92,238
  
     CIT  Biomedical E.     798      303      9    1,110     796      327      9    1,132     2,242
          Chemical E.     4,651    2,800     36    7,487   3,426    3,053     18    6,497    13,984
          Civil E.        3,900    2,260     96    6,256   3,937    2,101     51    6,089    12,345
          E & C E.       10,308    9,459    156   19,923  10,635    8,733     96   19,464    39,387
          EPP               696    1,208     54    1,958   1,632      939      6    2,577     4,535
          Mechanical E.   7,378    2,789     45   10,212   5,788    2,590      0    8,378    18,590
          MSE             1,683    2,422     24    4,129   1,905    2,199      9    4,113     8,242
          Interdisc.        858      173      9    1,040     607       93     12      712     1,752
          TOTAL CIT      30,272   21,414    429   52,115  28,726   20,035    201   48,962   101,077

     GSIA Economics       8,091        9     45    8,145   8,793       27     18    8,838    16,983
          IM             11,115       54     63   11,232  12,505       87     36   12,628    23,860
          GSIA              144   31,337    156   31,637     150   28,205    234   28,589    60,226
          TOTAL GSI      19,350   31,400    264   51,014  21,448   28,319    288   50,055   101,069

     H&SS English        11,760    2,501    210   14,471  11,384    1,564     93   13,041    27,512
          History        10,257      734    132   11,123   9,747      877     81   10,705    21,828
          Mod. Lang.      7,341      669      0    8,010   6,492      477     75    7,044    15,054
          Philosophy      4,425    1,184     27    5,636   3,948    1,346     57    5,351    10,987
          Psychology      7,329    1,168    198    8,695   8,288      952     81    9,321    18,016
          S & D S.        6,363      473     36    6,872   5,125      413     21    5,559    12,431
          Statistics      5,967    1,643     57    7,667   4,125    1,445     60    5,630    13,297
          Interdisc.        342        0      9      351     444        0      0      444       795
          TOTAL H&S      53,784    8,372    669   62,825  49,553    7,074    468   57,095   119,920

     MCS  Biology         4,650    2,064      9    6,723   4,808    1,848     54    6,710    13,433
          Chemistry       9,794    1,948      9   11,751   7,219    1,809      0    9,028    20,779
          Math           21,475    2,026     68   23,569  17,372    1,663     31   19,066    42,635
          Physics         9,983    2,287     29   12,299   9,813    1,955     21   11,789    24,088
          Interdisc.        132        0      0      132       0        0      0        0       132
          TOTAL MCS      46,034    8,325    115   54,474  39,212    7,275    106   46,593   101,067

     SCS  Comp. Sci      12,459    8,900    268   21,627  15,114    8,402    274   23,790    45,417
          Robotics           12    2,433      0    2,445      69    2,700      0    2,769     5,214
          SEI                 0      708      0      708      18      354     36      408     1,116
          TOTAL SCS      12,471   12,041    268   24,780  15,201   11,456    310   26,967    51,747

     HNZ                    276   15,906    120   16,302     552   15,111    144   15,807    32,109

          OTHER           5,872      223    348    6,443   3,917      181    186    4,284    10,727

     TOTAL              208,069  104,918  2,444  315,431 196,191   96,392  1,940  294,523   609,954

          Note:  Please see units definition in appendix III

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Units Taught
By College and Level
Academic Years 1990-91 to 1994-95


     College               1990-91   1991-92   1992-93   1993-94   1994-95
            Level

     CFA    Undergraduate   81,945    83,344    79,137    78,402    77,592
            Graduate         8,411     7,319     7,756    10,369    14,178
            Other              500       432       408       514       468
            TOTAL CFA       90,856    91,095    87,301    89,285    92,238

     CIT    Undergraduate   52,499    58,099    61,206    61,967    58,998
            Graduate        46,070    46,698    44,313    45,752    41,449
            Other              511       771       375       921       630
            TOTAL CIT       99,080   105,568   105,894   108,640   101,077

     GSIA   Undergraduate   37,539    39,727    38,653    40,530    40,798
            Graduate        52,650    57,581    57,534    57,706    59,719
            Other              507       582       603       621       552
            TOTAL GSIA      90,696    97,890    96,790    98,857   101,069

     H&SS   Undergraduate  100,712    96,234    96,265   101,153   103,337
            Graduate        14,039    14,610    15,522    15,094    15,446
            Other            1,695     1,752     1,608     1,883     1,137
            TOTAL H&SS     116,446   112,596   113,395   118,130   119,920

     MCS    Undergraduate   87,443    82,985    82,994    85,950    85,246
            Graduate        16,642    15,487    16,466    16,183    15,600
            Other              651       559       461       634       221
            TOTAL MCS      104,736    99,031    99,921   102,767   101,067

     SCS    Undergraduate   21,325    21,825    23,444    25,008    27,672
            Graduate        19,228    20,009    20,007    21,958    23,497
            Other              677       788       799       537       578
            TOTAL SCS       41,230    42,622    44,250    47,503    51,747

     HNZ    Undergraduate      540       480       942       186       828
            Graduate        31,363    34,646    31,447    33,165    31,017
            Other              126       186       333       384       264
            TOTAL SUPA      32,029    35,312    32,722    33,735    32,109

     OTHER  Undergraduate   10,822    10,211    10,756    11,840     9,789
            Graduate           633       630       522     1,455       404
            Other              584       661       474       185       534
            TOTAL OTHE      12,039    11,502    11,752    13,480    10,727


     CMU    Undergraduate  392,825   392,905   393,397   405,036   404,260
            Graduate       189,036   196,980   193,567   201,682   201,310
            Other            5,251     5,731     5,061     5,679     4,384

     TOTAL                 587,112   595,616   592,025   612,397   609,954

            Other = ROTC, Phys. Ed. and International Education

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Computing Services Statistics
Fiscal Years 1992 through 1995


     Change in Network Connections              Total 1993  Total 1994  Total 1995
         Token Ring                                  1,012       1,138         703
         Apple Talk                                  2,623       2,761       2,051
         Ethernet                                    2,084       3,084       4,436
         Total Network Connections                   5,719       6,983       7,190
         Total Asynchronous Connections                N/A         573         324
         TOTAL                                       5,719       7,556       7,514

     Andrew Usage                                     1993        1994        1995
         Number of Andrew systems IDs               10,864      12,876      18,014
         Number of active Andrew user*               9,300       9,600      10,370
         Average weekly UNIX server logins*         20,000      29,000      30,424
         Average weekly  UNIX unique user IDs*       2,500       3,300       3,417
         Average number of connected workstations*   1,300       1,000         831
         Peak number of connected workstations*      1,900       1,100         967
         Weekly unique users of MacMail              5,000       3,200         N/A
         Weekly unique users of EzMail               1,300         N/A         N/A
         Weekly number unique Macintosh connections  2,500         700         N/A
         Average total weekly PC-Mac unique            N/A         N/A       7,683
         Average total weekly PC-Mac server         65,009      74,000     140,781

     Computer Store Purchases             1992        1993        1994        1995
         Students                          543         599         634         575
         Faculty                            62          83          68          60
         Staff                             106         153         162         140
         Departments                       732         818         867         909
         Others                              4           0           0           9
         TOTAL                           1,447       1,653       1,731       1,693

     Computers in Public Clusters         1992        1993        1994        1995
         IBM RT                              1           0           0           0
         IBM PC                              3           0           0           0
         IBM PS/2                           27          23          12           0
         Mac II                            128         179           8           0
         Macintosh Plus & SE                73           8           0           0
         DECstation 3100                   104         104          75          74
         DECstation 5000                    20          20          20          20
         NeXt                               11          11           0           0
         DEC 486                             0           0          22          13
         PowerMac 100                        0           0          50         161
         SunSparc5                           0           0          33          33
         Mac LC III                          0           0          20          20
         Mac IIci                            0           0          85          54
         Mac IIcs                            0           0          18           0
         Dell Pentium                        0           0           0          22

         TOTAL                             367         345         343         397
                               * Denotes estimates for the academic year

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Instructional Technology Statistics
Fiscal Years 1992 through 1995


     Equipment for Delivery
                                 Total 1992  Total 1993  Total 1994  Total 1995
          Video/Data Projectors           9           9          10          10
          VCRs                           14          12          12          12
          Video/Data Monitors            10           8          10          10
          Slide Projectors               18          18          18          18
          Tape Players                   23          28          32          32
          Sound Systems                   9           9           9           9
          Overhead Projectors            14          17           9           9
          Videodisc Players               3           3           2           2
          Personal Computers              8           8           9           5
          TOTAL                         108         112         111         107


     Classrooms (level of installed equipment)
                                       1992        1993        1994        1995
          Overhead Projector             54          83          83          82
          Video Viewing                  28          35          38          53
          Data Viewing                    9          10          11          17
          TOTAL                          91         128         132         152


     Video Viewing Cluster
                                       1992        1993        1994        1995
          VCR carrels                    13          14          19          21
          Videodisc/VCR carrels           8           9          11          11
          Interactive carrels             2           2           3           3
          CD ROM Carrels                  0           0           0           2
          Photo CD Carrels                0           0           0           1

          Videotapes viewed in ca    16,379      17,146      13,205      10,305
          Videotapes previewed by       588         730         712         921
          Videotapes used in clas       567         924       1,050       1,133
          TOTAL                      17,534      18,800      14,967      12,359


     Student Video Editing Cluster
                                       1992        1993        1994        1995
          S-VHS stations                  2           2           2           2
          VHS stations                    2           2           0           0
          Hi-8 stations                   1           2           0           1
          Circulating VHS camcord        15          16          14          14
          Circulating Hi-8 camcor         5           5           4           4

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Library Collections and Utilization
Fiscal Years 1993 through 1995


     Library Collections                                    1993        1994        1995
     Total Print Volumes (Books, Bound Journals, etc.)   828,109     852,241     873,540
     Current Subscriptions--Periodicals, Newspapers,       3,834       3,889       3,561
          Gov. Documents
     Microforms--Books, Serial Titles, Government        717,355     756,985     809,527
          Documents
     Graphic Materials--Art Reproductions (Mounted and   186,156     189,756     189,799
          Unmounted), Slides
     Audio Materials--Cassettes, Phonograph Records,      19,897      21,340      21,717
          Compact Discs, Tapes
     Video Materials                                       3,272       4,248       4,549
     Computer Files                                          267       1,659       1,915
     Music Scores                                         22,758      22,267      21,853
     Maps                                                    N/A         157         157
           *number of volumes/units

     Library Material Duplication
     Photocopies Made in Libraries                     2,025,229   1,906,416   1,956,305
     Microform Copies Made in Libraries                   71,623      53,814      46,909

     Number of Visits to the Libraries
     Engineering and Science Library                     221,666     231,451     210,619
     Hunt Library                                        901,274     853,335     788,324
     Mellon Institute Library                              9,769       9,483       9,470

     Circulation of Library Materials                    146,730     149,161     137,569

     Books Used in Libraries                             113,399     115,407     104,565

     Resource Sharing and Document Delivery

         Interlibrary Loan
         Items Borrowed                                    4,484       5,123       4,792
         Items Loaned                                      5,535       5,667       5,927

         Oakland Library Consortium
         Items Borrowed                                    2,359       2,424       2,766
         Items Loaned                                        677         693         607

         Current Awareness Service
         Number of Subscriptions                           1,418       1,438         861
         Distinct titles Requested                           831         828         612
         Individuals Using                                    76          76          57
         Departments Represented                              34          32          27

         Journal Article Delivery Service (JADS)
         Articles Delivered                                  638         306         301

         Electronic Journal Article Delivery Service (E-JADS)
         Articles Delivered (beginning January 1993)         476       2,116       1,874

     Computerized Library Resources
     Searces Performed on LS/2000*                       385,909     371,541     287,991
     Searches Performed on LIS                         1,161,726   1,315,763   1,297,084
          *replaced in June 1995 with Unicorn.

     Computerized Library Resources Fiscal Year 1995

        The University Libraries provide several electronic information services.  The Library Information System (LIS),
     available over the campus network, provides access to 14 databases of information, including the Library Catalog.
     The Catalog contains records of items owned by the libraries, such as books, journals, technical reports, government
     documents, musical scores, sound recordings and videotapes.

        The catalog may also be searched through Unicorn, the new library system which has replaced LS/2000.
     The Library Catalog on Unicorn includes not only the latest additions to the libraries' collections, but also lists
     materials that are currently on order.

        Finally, the University Libraries allow free access to OCLC's numerous First Search databases through LIS and
     telnet sessions.


                          # Searches       # Searches       # Searches
                           Performed        Performed        Performed
                               FY 93            FY 94            FY 95

     LIS databases:
        ABI / INFORM            31,641           32,103           27,866
        ArchPics                 4,529            4,918            4,141
        Business Dateline       11,097           24,657           23,843
        Choice Book Review       2,587               99        * * * * *
        Computer Database       18,563           18,464           11,384
        Dictionary              52,340           64,352           75,096
        Encyclopedia            48,058           52,890           43,498
        INSPEC                  67,844           84,636           78,405
        Journal List            49,921           59,470           56,025
        Library Catalog        684,661          757,615          731,708
        Newspaper Abstract      30,238           30,947           19,556
        Periodical Abstracts    83,535           96,834           88,142
        Who's Who at CMU        76,712           82,759          122,460
        Research Directory         N/A            4,121            9,843
        Materials Science          N/A            1,898            5,117
        TOTAL                1,161,726        1,315,763        1,297,084

        * this database is no longer on LIS

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Teaching and Academic Support
Additional Facts and Figures


     Pittsburgh Council of Higher Education (PCHE) Units Taken by CMU Students, by Level & College
     Units Taught by College
     Academic Year 1994-95

                               Units Taken
     Major/College Undergraduate  Graduate  Total    Units Taught

     CFA               628         63        691          144
     CIT               420         78        498          354
     GSIA               12         74         86          180
     H&SS              976        279      1,255          507
     IM                174          0        174           54
     MCS               206         77        283          193
     SCS               126         18        144           43
     HNZ                 0        182        182          342
     OTHER               0          0          0          315

     TOTAL           2,542        771      3,313        2,132

     Pittsburgh Council of Higher Education (PCHE) Colleges:

     Allegheny Community CDuquesne University*  Point Park College*
     Carlow College*      La Roche College      Robert Morris College
     Chatham College*     Pittsburgh TheologicalUniversity of Pittsburgh*

               *Units Taken by CMU Students.

     The University Teaching Center (UTC)

     ¥  Established in January 1982, the University Teaching Center  identifies, organizes and conducts programs to
      improve the quality of instruction at CMU.

     ¥  Incoming Faculty Orientation.
     ÒSurviving, Enjoying and Flourishing at Carnegie MellonÓ is a three day faculty orientation that focuses on
      teaching effectively and on balancing the diverse roles of faculty life.

     ¥  Faculty Luncheon Seminars
     Each semester the UTC offers a series of Luncheon Seminars to all members of the faculty.  These seminars
     provide a forum for faculty to discuss issues about learning and teaching which transcend disciplinary
     boundaries.

     ¥  Feedback Mechanisms for Faculty:  The Consultation Process
     For faculty members interested in improving a course, the Teaching Center staff collects data, analyzes,
     interprets and then translates this into recommendations for specific strategies to modify the course or
     classroom behavior.

     ¥  Consultations about Course Evaluations
      The Teaching Center recommends distributing early course evaluations 3-4 weeks into a semester to improve
     teaching and the course.  They will aid faculty members in designing, interpreting and acting upon the results of
     those evaluations.

     ¥  Creation and Implementation of Departmental and College TA Programs
     The UTC aids departments and colleges in assessing their needs and creating TA programs to address those
     needs.

     ¥  Graduate Student Seminar Series
     The UTC offers modules and special topic sessions on issues surrounding teaching and learning for those TA's
     currently teaching or planning to teach in the future.

     ¥ Response to the Changing Needs of Departments and Colleges
     The University Teaching Center offers expertise and resources to departments and colleges to meet their
     changing needs.

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