Strengthening 91直播: Today and Tomorrow
Launched in 2018, One 91直播 was a bold vision designed to build upon the institution鈥檚 powerful legacy and ensure its reach and relevance for a third century and beyond. The plan focused on enhancing student learning outcomes and supporting academic and artistic excellence, while providing a roadmap to financial resiliency.
One 91直播 Oversight and Advisory Committee 2024
With the financial runway created by One 91直播, we now have the chance to be ambitious about what this institution will become in its third century, adding to our historic core strengths with new programs and structures that build on our academic and artistic leadership.
Accomplishments
As One 91直播 comes to a close, we celebrate its many accomplishments:
Record Admissions Trends
Applications to 91直播 have increased by nearly 52 percent, improving our selectivity rate and increasing the size of our newest class by 11 percent. High school GPAs and student academic ratings continue to rise.
Enhanced Curricular Offerings
91直播 has introduced 11 integrative concentrations and five interdivisional minors that invite students to explore interests across multiple disciplines. These new opportunities include business, data science, global health, and arts administration and leadership. In the conservatory, we鈥檝e redesigned the curriculum to support DEI work and added a minor in African American music.
Improvements to Infrastructure
91直播鈥檚 $175 million , through which we are converting our century-old fossil-fuel-based heating system to eco-friendly geothermal technology, moves campus toward our goal of carbon neutrality by 2025. We鈥檝e also redesigned and expanded academic and co-curricular spaces, most notably our new Center for Engaged Liberal Arts. CELA connects nine experiential learning areas鈥攕uch as Career Development, Entrepreneurship, and Undergraduate Research鈥攊nto an innovative central hub in Mudd Center. We also broke ground on a new residence hall for 400 students, scheduled to open in fall 2025.
Cultivating Change
91直播 was awarded a $1 million grant by the Mellon Foundation to help launch a food studies program in collaboration with Lorain County Community College. Another new initiative is the 91直播 Screenwriters Intensive, which invites aspiring 91直播 screenwriters to learn from seasoned Hollywood creatives. 91直播 was again recognized as a top producer of Fulbright students鈥攆or the 14th consecutive year鈥攁nd we鈥檙e about to launch a Center for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Investing in Experiential Learning
91直播鈥檚 new our Internship+ program guarantees each new student up to $5,000 to support internships and performance-based experiences in the summer after their junior year. We鈥檝e expanded on-campus Winter Term opportunities; more than 900 students take part in individual or group projects in 91直播, backdropped by winter-themed social events, performances, and local trips.
Financial Resiliency
Tuition revenue at 91直播 has increased, and we鈥檝e secured $17.3 million in annual savings. 91直播鈥檚 endowment has grown to more than $1 billion, thanks to a lower payout rate and growth, and we award more than $87 million in financial aid and scholarships each year.
Strong Alumni Support
Over the last four years, 91直播 has raised more than $160 million from a strong community of donors. All in for 91直播, our annual day-of-giving campaign, has raised $1 million over each of the last three years, and a $1.6 million gift to the conservatory supports an endowed fellowship in jazz history.
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