“Rensselaer: A Journey of Transformation”

Since approval of The Rensselaer Plan in May 2000, under the leadership of Dr. Jackson, Rensselaer has:

• Secured a $360 million unrestricted gift to the university (2001), launched the $1 billion Renaissance at Rensselaer campaign (2004), and expanded the goal of the campaign to $1.4 billion and extended the time frame to June 30, 2009 when the initial goal was met earlier than anticipated with the announcement of an in-kind contribution commercially valued at approximately $514 million from the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (September 2006). The campaign exceeded the goal of $1.4 billion on October 1, 2008, exceeding all previous fund-raising.
• Initiated and/or completed more than $725 million in new construction and renovation of facilities for research, teaching, and student life.
• Hired 275 new faculty members since Fall 1999.
• Created 74 net new faculty positions since 1999.
• Reduced student/faculty ratio from 18:1 in Fall 1999 to 15:1 in Fall 2011.
• Improved quality metrics of entering students. Average combined SAT scores of the Class of 2015 is 1366, up 85 points since Fall 1999; metrics for entering graduate students also have improved.
• Increased applications 177 percent; from 5,264 in 1999 to 14,584 in 2011.
• Addressed and improved every key enabling process, through careful planning and disciplined financial management.
• Continued to hold a ranking as one of the top 50 national universities (U.S.News).