Chancellor’s updates
Interim Chancellor Gabriella Scarlatta provided the following university updates:
- The university’s first-year enrollment is up 2%, to 1,138 students — the second-largest class in university history.
- The university’s full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment is up 1% over last year and the six-year graduation rate is up 3%, to 60%. This is the highest six-year graduation rate in university history.
- The university’s total headcount this fall is 8,005, which is a 1% decrease from 2024. This is primarily due to a significant decline in international student enrollment.
- Early data shows that more than 1,300 UM-Dearborn will receive the Go Blue Guarantee scholarship this year, up from 1,100 last year, an 18% increase.
- With regard to international students, the university saw a 44% drop in new international student enrollment. The university has been watching this issue closely since last spring and was prepared.
- Two ways UM-Dearborn is working to boost enrollment, both focused on domestic students: looking at increasing online quality offerings and expanding transfer agreements.
- One example: a transfer partnership with Jackson College. Students in elementary education will attend Jackson College for their first two years and then transfer to UM-Dearborn and finish the remainder of their coursework online. They will then be able to complete their apprenticeships in their local communities.
Personnel appointments
The following joint or additional appointments were approved:
Di Ma, chair, Department of Computer and Information Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science, effective Sept. 1, 2025 through Aug. 31, 2030 (also professor of computer and information science, with tenure).
Hafiz Malik, associate dean for graduate education and research, College of Engineering and Computer Science, effective Sept. 1, 2025 through Aug. 31, 2030 (also professor of electrical and computer engineering, with tenure).
The following personnel transactions for regular instructional staff were approved:
Yi Guo, change in title to professor of management information systems, with tenure, College of Business, effective Aug. 27, 2025 (currently professor of management studies, with tenure).
Richard A. Kent, change in title to associate professor of accounting, with tenure, College of Business, effective Aug. 27, 2025 (currently associate professor of accounting and finance, with tenure).
Hung-Chung Su, change in title to professor of operations management, with tenure, College of Business, effective Aug. 27, 2025 (currently professor of management studies, with tenure).
