 | Richard H. Shaw |
Richard H. Shaw, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid, is leaving Yale to become Stanford University's next dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid, beginning Sept. 1.
"Although we are extremely sorry to lose Rick, we are fortunate that we have had the benefit of his leadership for 13 years," said President Richard C. Levin, in an announcement to the Yale community.
"He leaves Yale at a moment when a letter of admission to the College has become one of the most sought-after in the world," added the president. "During his time as dean, applications have burgeoned: in the last six years alone, applications have increased from 12,900 to 19,500. At the same time, he has collaborated with his hard-working and able staff, senior administrators and Yale students to increase Yale's yield, which this year reached a historic high of 72%."
Shaw also led Yale's efforts to further diversify its student body, said Levin, noting that the Class of 2009 will be "the most diverse class in Yale's history, with a total of 415 students of color in a total class of 1,330." Yale's extension of full need-based financial aid benefits to all international students, accomplished during Shaw's tenure, "has made Yale even more welcoming to international students, whose applications nearly doubled in the last five years and whose yield showed a 30% increase," added the president.
The dean also supported the University's initiatives to make Yale affordable to all students. In 2001 the University reduced the expected contribution made by undergraduate students on financial aid by $13,780 over four years. In the spring of 2005, Yale College announced that it would eliminate or reduce the financial contribution that lower-income parents must make toward their children's education. The University also agreed to provide undergraduates on financial aid with grant support for summer study and unpaid internships abroad so that they could have first-hand exposure to other cultures.
In addition to leading these initiatives, Shaw worked to ensure that Yale was on the cutting-edge in incorporating technological outreach and processing of information into the admissions cycle. He has moved Yale to the forefront in Web development and office systems, honing Yale College's representation on the Internet and incorporating state-of-the-art systems into the evaluation procedures.
Levin also hailed Shaw's ability to work effectively with many constituencies at Yale and around the country to help them understand the complexities of selective admissions and to guide them in making effective representations for students.
Shaw came to Yale from admissions positions at Colorado, Berkeley and at the University of Michigan, where he was director of admissions. He is leaving in part to move closer to Arizona, where his wife, Delphine Redshirt, will be a full-time doctoral student at the University of Arizona, and where both his daughters will be enrolled in Arizona schools.
Levin will soon appoint a committee to advise him in the search for a new dean of undergraduate admissions. In the meantime, Margit Dahl, director of admissions, will become Yale's acting dean. A Yale graduate, Dahl has been in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for 30 years, and has been the office's director since 1982. She was the acting dean of the office once before, prior to Shaw's appointment. Over the years she has been, variously, the office's liaison with alumni, its editor of publications, and its athletic liaison, and she was the project leader for the implementation of the Banner System.
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