Wilkes University

Instruction: includes all expenditures for activities that are part of the institution's instructional programs. This includes credit and non credit courses, academic, vocational and technical instruction. The University offers 46 undergraduate majors, 15 graduate degree programs and several pre-professional and certificate programs. Enrollment includes 1,809 full-time undergraduate students from 35 states and 12 foreign countries. Class sizes are kept small to enable greater access to professors and more individualized attention in the classroom. Undergraduate freshmen class sizes average 19 students with 14 students for upper level classes. (continued on schedule o) Wilkes is dedicated to being a leader in higher education throughout the northeastern united states and is dedicated to academic excellence through mentoring. This also includes expenditures for general, need based, and endowment scholarships and fellowships from restricted or unrestricted current funds in the form of grants to students. At least 90% of students received some form of financial aid. Grants awarded include seog scholarships, Wilkes need based grants and Wilkes merit based scholarships.

Academic support - includes funds expended to provide support services for the institution's primary mission of instruction, research, and public service. The academic administration of the University including academic deans but not department chairs that are charged to their primary function category are found in this program. All salaries, benefits, and other expenses for the library are also considered academic support.research - includes all expenditures for activities specifically organized to produce research, whether commissioned by an agency external to the institution or separately budgeted within the University. (continued on schedule o) in addition to this, the expenses of several research grants are recorded to the research classification.public service - includes funds expended for activities established primarily to provide non-instructional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to the University. The expenses of the small business development center, radio and television studios, shine program, allan p kirby center for free enterprise, business incubator, and several community lecture series are among those posted to this program.

Student services - includes funds expended for activities with the primary purpose of contributing to the students' emotional and physical well-being and intellectual, cultural, and social development outside the context of the formal instruction program. Wilkes classifies the following offices into this program: offices of enrollment services (admissions), registrar, financial aid administration, career services, and health and wellness services. In addition, expenditures for student activities, cultural events, intramural and intercollegiate athletics, freshman orientation, and student clubs and organizations are considered student services for financial statement purposes.