President's Report to the Board of Trustees, October 12, 1999
  1. The "10 Challenges for 1999-2000"

    #2 Temple University is "mission critical Y2K ready"

    Temple University Health System, Inc. will be "mission critical Y2K ready" on November 1

    #3 On-line educational strategy: "Virtual Temple" is Agenda Item #32

    #6 Temple Town:

    New student residence hall opened on September 1

    Design services for additional on-campus student housing for 1,100 students for Fall 2001 opening is Agenda Item #23

    #9 Football: practice field opened on August 1, and construction of the building is Agenda Item #22

  2. Enrollment

    Enrollment report as of October 8 is available on the web as follows: Fall 1999 Registration Status Report, Comparative Fall Semester Headcount, New Freshmen: Fall 1998 to Fall 2000, and New Transfers: Fall 1998 to Fall 2000

    Total University enrollment increased for the first time in 8 years (since Fall 1999)

    Undergraduate enrollment increased by 4.76%

    New Undergraduate Freshmen increased by 26.6%

    New Undergraduate Transfers increased by 2.5%

    54% of New Undergraduate Freshman opted to live on campus

    By Fall 2001, at least 6,000 student and staff will live on or within 3 blocks of the Main Campus

    The Tuttleman Learning Center opened on September 1

  3. "Distinguished Professors":

    Margaret Wang (Educational Psychology)
    Sidney Cohen (Medicine)
    Lawrence Steinberg (Psychology)

    These three nationally renown scholars are the fourth, fifth and sixth faculty in Temple's history to be officially designated "Distinguished Professor."

    A summary of the accomplishments of Margaret Wang, Sidney Cohen, and Lawrence Steinberg is available on the web.

  4. Operating Budgets, 1998-99 and 1999-00

    For the 17th consecutive year, the annual operating budget of the University was balanced, with operations more favorable than budget.

    For 1999-00, the annual operating budget for the University contains another major initiative. "The Plan to Renew Temple's Mission, Phase 2 Funds" will be invested in e-commerce, e-media, and on-line initiatives including startup costs for "Virtual Temple."

  5. I congratulate the faculty, students, alumni and outstanding administrators for these developments.

    Peter J. Liacouras