John Carroll University
Points of Pride
March 2008

University Highlights

• U.S. News & World Report Ranking -- For the 19th consecutive year, John Carroll University ranks among the top 10 universities in the Midwest that grant master’s degrees, according to the 2008 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” U.S. News & World Report.  The university tied for fifth in the region and was ranked second in graduation rate and 12th overall among universities selected in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” or the value category, which compares academic excellence with cost.
  
  
• Our Commitment to Ohio -- John Carroll’s widely acclaimed financial-aid strategy -- Ohio Access Initiative -- enables qualified Ohio families with annual incomes below $40,000 to enroll their incoming freshman tuition-free. More than $2 million has been raised to support the program, which received an Honorable Mention/Education award in Northern Ohio Live's 2007 Awards of Achievement.
  
  
• In February 2008, John Carroll was one of 18 Jesuit institutions nationally recognized for involvement in community service by The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
  
  
• The Saint John’s Bible – the first handwritten and hand-illuminated Bible in 500 years -- will debut at John Carroll in April 2008. This is the only opportunity to view original pages from this historic manuscript in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The university will also receive the first of seven volumes of the Wisdom Books, a stunning full-color reproduction of The Saint John’s Bible, for permanent display in the Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center. 
  
  
• John Carroll Students and Grads are in Demand:  92% of our graduates are employed full-time or in full-time graduate programs within nine months of graduation; our computer science students are routinely recruited for paid internships after their sophomore year; several students are employed at the Cleveland Clinic each summer as paid interns/researchers in the areas of chemistry, biology and psychology; and 33 junior accountancy majors participated in full-time internships during the spring 2007 semester, 24 of which were with Big Four and other international CPA firms.
  
  
• Our distinguished faculty includes 215 full-time members; 94% hold doctoral degrees or the terminal degree in their field; 75% are tenured; 12% are on a tenure track; 13% are visiting professors; 9 are Fulbright Fellows. 190 have published books, articles or have received research grants in the past two years. Our student/teacher ratio is 14:1.

Academics

The John M. and Mary Jo Boler School of Business

• The Boler School of Business consistently ranks in the top 10 business schools in the Midwest and is AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accredited -- a prestigious distinction that is only awarded to the top 10-12% of business schools nationally. In addition, the accountancy program has accounting-specific accreditation from the AACSB. This dual accreditation, places us in the top 11% of business programs in the world. 
  
  
  
• Within Ohio, John Carroll traditionally is among the highest or second highest passing percentage on the CPA examination for first-time test takers.
  
  
• Twice within the last five years John Carroll has placed in the top three nationally in passing percentage of the CPA exam for first-time test takers. In addition, JCU's Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition (previously the Andersen Tax Challenge) team has competed in the National Finals of the competition five times since 1992.
  
  
• The Boler School of Business has partnered with the Zagreb School of Economics and Management in Croatia in an effort to expand international educational initiatives. The partnership also seeks to develop an exchange of economic and social research. 
  
  
• The university cultivates a spirit of innovation at the Edward M. Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship and at a new residence hall floor called Entrepreneurs House opening this fall. In April 2008, John Carroll will host LaunchTown, the Second Annual Northeast Ohio Student Entrepreneurship Competition.
  
  
• The Princeton Review cited the Boler School of Business in its Best 282 Business Schools for 2007.
  
  
• A Boler School team of four students was one of nine national finalist teams at the Fourth Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) National Collegiate Venture Forum held in March 2007 in Santa Barbara, California.  The teams presented their business plans to a world-class panel of evaluators, early-stage investors, and product development and market-industry specialists. 
  
  
• A JCU “Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team” won the SIFE 2007 Regional Competition that included schools in Indiana, Northern Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Missouri. 
  
  
• BSOB collaborated with the JCU Center for Service and Social Action and the Cuyahoga Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition to provide volunteer income tax preparation assistance to low-income taxpayers in February and March. Students, staff, and faculty participated in the program.  Every hour of volunteer time on average was worth up to $4,500 to a low-wage family. 

The College of Arts and Sciences

• The Carroll News was awarded second place in the region by the Society of Professional Journalists for all-around weekly newspapers.  It also received a number of individual top awards. This publication continues to strengthen its reputation as one of the best collegiate weekly newspapers in the country. 
  
  
• The JCU Debate Team is ranked third in the nation by the American Debate Association, under the guidance of Dr. Brent Brossmann.
  
  
• A commitment to K-12 education in Northeast Ohio – John Carroll is home to several programs that enhance K-12 education, including Center for Mathematics and Science Education, Teaching and Technology (CMSETT); the Cleveland Heights – University Heights School District partnership; the Institute for Educational Renewal: Lakeland Regents Science Academy; a Literacy Specialist Project; Project QUE?; Reading First – Ohio Center; and the School Psychology Specialist-Level Program.

Communication and Theatre Arts
   This is John Carroll’s largest department, with respect to majors.

• A significant reconstruction and digital enhancement of the television studio is complete.
  
  
• Its interdisciplinary master’s program in Nonprofit Administration brings together the Boler School of Business, Communications, Political Science, and Sociology as a great example of collaboratively responding to the needs of the region.

Dolan Center for Science and Technology

• Each year for the past five years, 15-18 students have participated in a JCU program at the Cleveland Clinic as researchers in the areas of chemistry, biology and psychology.
• In 2007, the university graduated more chemistry majors than any of the 27 other Jesuit colleges and universities in the nation.
  
  
• 100% of undergraduate physics majors participate in research during the academic year (the research participation rate is 50-60% for biology and psychology majors).
  
  
• Students and faculty participated in the filming of a documentary focusing on global warming for the summer 2007 “Live Earth” concerts. Actor Chad Lowe, the film’s director, visited campus for this event.

Global education

• About 120 students are enrolled in the Study Abroad Programs and Summer Institutes. Among the most popular destinations: Rome, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Costa Rica, London, China, Australia, Madrid, Ireland, South Africa and France.

The Graduate School

• Consistently ranked, by U.S. News & World Report, among the top master’s degree-granting universities in the Midwest.
  
  
• Our graduate courses in business have shaped leaders for more than 30 years.
  
  
• Our MBA program offers short-term international experiences in China, Russia and India.
  
  
• More than 20 degree programs include arts and sciences, business, education, communications, humanities, nonprofit administration, and religious studies

Service
Service is an integral part of the academic, spiritual, and co-curricular experience for John Carroll students. Consistent with John Carroll University’s mission, students, faculty, staff and alums engage in service activities and immersion experiences.

     
Center for Service and Social Action

• 1,300 members of the JCU community participated in some form of service
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• JCU students perform more than 7,200 hours of community service during the academic year.

Campus Ministry

• More than 100 students have participated in immersion trips, traveling to Nicaragua, Jamaica, Ecuador, Appalachia, Chicago, Biloxi, New Orleans, Louisville and Cleveland. They have served meals, helped build homes and spent time with families discussing faith, values and mission. Immersion trips help students learn about the challenges faced by people living in other parts of the country, the world, and in their own backyard.
  
  
  
• Arrupe Scholars: 20 incoming freshmen and five current JCU students represented the inaugural class of The Arrupe Scholars Program, which recognizes John Carroll students for their significant commitment to two interrelated values of John Carroll’s mission: intellectual inquiry that demands critical thinking and engaging in social justice and community service that leads to social action.  Each student received a scholarship of approximately $13,500 (half the total cost of tuition).
  

Poverty and Solidarity Initiative

• The Poverty and Solidarity Initiative launched in summer 2007 under the direction of Dr. James Lissemore in the Department of Biology.  The interdisciplinary course and summer internship sequence focuses on the causes of poverty and the people who are affected by it.
  

Relay for Life

• John Carroll's 2007 American Cancer Society “Relay For Life” was named the top Relay For Life collegiate event in the country for its enrollment bracket.

Athletics

• In 2007, the JCU men’s basketball team battled its way to the Sweet Sixteen - a significant accomplishment! There are 405 Division III schools.
  
  
• Teams at John Carroll have captured over 65 league titles, and have placed among the top ten Division III schools in the nation on several occasions, including in February 2008, when JCU women captured their 16th OAC Swimming & Diving title in 19 years, as well as OAC Swimmer of the Year and Coaching Staff of the Year.
  
  
• Individually, John Carroll can boast over 700 first team All-OAC selection and OAC champions, more than 80 Division III All-Americans, and can even claim six national champions and three national Players of the Year.
  
  
• 30+ varsity athletes have been named Academic All-Americans either by their respective sport or by national organizations such as ESPN The Magazine.
  
  
• 2 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients over the past three years

Other Points of Pride in the Jesuit Tradition

• In summer 2007, John Carroll hosted Heartland-Delta V, a conference of 500 delegates from 12 Jesuit colleges and universities in the Midwest and Delta regions.
  
  
• His Eminence, Cardinal William J. Levada, visited John Carroll in April 2007. Cardinal Levada, the former Archbishop of San Francisco, was the first new cardinal to be elevated by Pope Benedict XVI.
  
  
• John Carroll hosted the AJCU Core Curriculum conference last year, which brought 40 representatives from other Jesuit institutions to our campus to discuss how mission and core connect.