5 Goals 12 Objectives 12 Indicators 12 Criteria 12 Findings 12 Actions
GOAL: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College
| Objective | | Hire A Publicist/development Coordinator For The College |
| | Develop a staff position of Publicist for Fine Arts and development coordinator for the the college.
Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | New Staff Position For Publicist
A staff position will be acquired from central administration and allocated for the publicist position |
| Criteria | | New Staff Position for Publicist
The position is acquired, funded and advertised. |
| Finding | | New Staff Poisition for Publicist
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Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Publicist for College
The college was unable to procure new staff positions for the next fiscal year. The position should remain a top priority. |
GOAL: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College
| Objective | | Publish A Calendar Of Fine Arts |
| | A calendar of fine arts performances will be developed and published in local media
Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Calendar Of Fine Arts
Each fine arts program will develop a calendar of performances and publish it in local media |
| Criteria | | Calendar of Fine Arts
Calendars for each fine arts programs will publish their calendar on a regular basis in local media |
| Finding | | Calendar of Fine Arts
The COAS office failed to produce a useful fine arts calendar and so none was published. The objective will be continued in the next academic year. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Publish a Calendar of Fine Arts Activities
The project will be a top priority in the next academic year. |
GOAL: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College
| Objective | | Funding For Capital Equipment |
| | The college will request, acquire, and allocate appropriate funding for capital equipment purchases for programs within the college
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College, To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Capital Equipment Funding
The college will collect capital equipment requests from faculty and departments in the college, prioritize requests and request an appropriate amount to facilitate growth and development in the teaching and research missions of the college. |
| Criteria | | Capital Equipment
The college will acquire 60% of request equipment funding and allocate such to the programs. |
| Finding | | Capital Equipment
The college requested and received over 50% of desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made according to individual department needs. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Capital Equipment
The budgeting process established by the COAS office seems to be working efficiently. The process will be used in the next fiscal year. |
GOAL: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College
| Objective | | Provide Adequate Assistantships For Graduate Students |
| | The college will allocate competitive assistantships in manner that allows each program to recruit the quality and quantity graduate students necessary to offer a viable graduate program.
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College |
| Indicator | | Percentage Of Graduate Students On Assistantship
The college will produce a scholarship report that includes the percentage of full time graduate students who are receiving assistantships in COAS |
| Criteria | | Percentage of Graduate Students on Assistantships
50% of all full time graduate students will receive assistantships from COAS |
| Finding | | Percentage of Graduate Students on Assistantship
There were 24 assistantships awarded by the COAS office and 14 assistantships funded out of other funds. That was total of 38 out of 147 fulltime graduate students on assistantship for a rate of 26%. The target value of 50% was deemed inappropriate and will be modified. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Teaching Assistantships
The COAS will attempt to increase the funding of graduate assistantships to 30% in the next fiscal year. |
GOAL: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College
| Objective | | Provide Adequate Graduate Scholarships |
| | The college will provide an adequate number of $1500 scholarships to assist in the recruitment and retention of high caliber graduate students.
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College |
| Indicator | | Percentage Of Graduate Students On Scholarship
The college will produce a report of scholarship recipients that includes the percentage of full time graduate students who receive scholarships through the COAS office |
| Criteria | | Percentage of Graduate Students on Scholarship
The college will have 50% of all full time graduate students on scholarship. |
| Finding | | Percentage of Graduate Students on Scholarships
Less than 505% of all fulltime graduate students were on scholarship. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Graduate Scholarships
The selection process will be modified to include fewer summer scholarships so that a higher percentage of full time students may receive scholarships. |
GOAL: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College
| Objective | | Provide Adequate Travel Funds For Graduate Students |
| | The college will provide or assist in the acquisition of travels funds for graduate students presenting research or performing in external venues.
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College |
| Indicator | | Graduate Travel Funds
The college will provide a report of travel funds provided to our graduate students |
| Criteria | | Graduate Travel Funds
The college will allocate or acquire $5,000 in travel funds for graduate students. |
| Finding | | Graduate Travel Funds
The COAS office acquired and provided over $8,000 in funds for graduate student travel. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Graduate Travel Funds
Increase the goal from $5,000 to $10,000 to support graduate travel in the college. |
GOAL: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College
| Objective | | Provide Appropriate Faculty Travel Funds |
| | The college will solicit travel requests from faculty members, then request, acquire and allocate appropriate funding for proposed travel.
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College, To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will soilicit travel requests from faculty members, prioritize these requests, and acquire the necessary funds to facilitate the research and developmental goals of the faculty. |
| Criteria | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will acquire and allocate 50% of the faculty requests for travel. |
| Finding | | Faculty Travel Funds
The COAS office was able to provide 62% of all travel requests from faculty. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will propose a 5% increase for faculty travel funds in the next budget cycle. |
GOAL: To Further Excellence in Teaching
| Objective | | Funding For Capital Equipment |
| | The college will request, acquire, and allocate appropriate funding for capital equipment purchases for programs within the college
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College, To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Capital Equipment Funding
The college will collect capital equipment requests from faculty and departments in the college, prioritize requests and request an appropriate amount to facilitate growth and development in the teaching and research missions of the college. |
| Criteria | | Capital Equipment
The college will acquire 60% of request equipment funding and allocate such to the programs. |
| Finding | | Capital Equipment
The college requested and received over 50% of desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made according to individual department needs. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Capital Equipment
The budgeting process established by the COAS office seems to be working efficiently. The process will be used in the next fiscal year. |
GOAL: To Further Excellence in Teaching
| Objective | | Provide Appropriate Faculty Travel Funds |
| | The college will solicit travel requests from faculty members, then request, acquire and allocate appropriate funding for proposed travel.
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College, To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will soilicit travel requests from faculty members, prioritize these requests, and acquire the necessary funds to facilitate the research and developmental goals of the faculty. |
| Criteria | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will acquire and allocate 50% of the faculty requests for travel. |
| Finding | | Faculty Travel Funds
The COAS office was able to provide 62% of all travel requests from faculty. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will propose a 5% increase for faculty travel funds in the next budget cycle. |
GOAL: To Further Excellence in Teaching
| Objective | | Provide Faculty Development Opportunties |
| | The college will provide funding for faculty development activities and organize faculty development activities.
Associated Goals: To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Faculty Development Activities
The college will sponsor/support at least two development activities in the Arts and two development activities in the Sciences. |
| Criteria | | Faculty Development Activities
At least four sponsored/supported developmental activities during the year by the college |
| Finding | | Faculty Development Activities
COAS supported four faculty (1 in Arts, 2 in Sciences) to attend NSF workshop. No other development activities were supported or sponsored. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Faculty Development Activities
The college will survey faculty as to their preference concerning subjects for faculty development. The strategic plan for COAS and objectives for the next academic year will reflect the findings of this survey. |
GOAL: To Further Excellence in Teaching
| Objective | | Provide State-of-the-art Classroom And Performance Facilities |
| | The college will provide adequate funding for classroom facilities and leadership in the acquisition of appropriate teaching, laboratory, and performance space.
Associated Goals: To Further Excellence in Teaching |
| Indicator | | Capital Equipment Funding
The college will collect capital equipment requests from faculty and departments in the college, prioritize requests and request an appropriate amount to facilitate growth and development in the teaching and research missions of the college. |
| Criteria | | Capital Equipment
The college will acquire 60% of request equipment funding and allocate such to the programs. |
| Finding | | Capital Equipment
The college requested and received over 50% of desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made according to individual department needs. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Capital Equipment Allocation to Classrooms
The college will encourage departments to continue increases the proportion of capital equipment purchases to directly support classroom upgrades. |
GOAL: To Further Excellence in Teaching
| Objective | | Recruit Highly Credentialed Faculty |
| | The college will strive to hire faculty who posses the terminal degree from R1 universities.
Associated Goals: To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Highly Credentialed Faculty
New faculty hires will posses the the terminal degree from R1 institutions |
| Criteria | | Highly Credentialed Faculty
100% of faculty hires will possess the terminal degree from R1 institutions |
| Finding | | Highly Credentialed Faculty
There were 22 faculty hired in the COAS during the fiscal year. All possessed the terminal degree from R1 universities. It was determined that the terminal degree that was listed for Music was not sufficient. This would be investigated in the following academic year. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Faculty Credentials
The terminal degrees in Music and Art would be reviewed and suggested changes will be forwarded to the Academic Policy Council. |
GOAL: To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research
| Objective | | Funding For Capital Equipment |
| | The college will request, acquire, and allocate appropriate funding for capital equipment purchases for programs within the college
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College, To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Capital Equipment Funding
The college will collect capital equipment requests from faculty and departments in the college, prioritize requests and request an appropriate amount to facilitate growth and development in the teaching and research missions of the college. |
| Criteria | | Capital Equipment
The college will acquire 60% of request equipment funding and allocate such to the programs. |
| Finding | | Capital Equipment
The college requested and received over 50% of desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made according to individual department needs. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Capital Equipment
The budgeting process established by the COAS office seems to be working efficiently. The process will be used in the next fiscal year. |
GOAL: To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research
| Objective | | Hire A Publicist/development Coordinator For The College |
| | Develop a staff position of Publicist for Fine Arts and development coordinator for the the college.
Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | New Staff Position For Publicist
A staff position will be acquired from central administration and allocated for the publicist position |
| Criteria | | New Staff Position for Publicist
The position is acquired, funded and advertised. |
| Finding | | New Staff Poisition for Publicist
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Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Publicist for College
The college was unable to procure new staff positions for the next fiscal year. The position should remain a top priority. |
GOAL: To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research
| Objective | | Provide Appropriate Faculty Travel Funds |
| | The college will solicit travel requests from faculty members, then request, acquire and allocate appropriate funding for proposed travel.
Associated Goals: To Enhance The Quality Of Graduate Programs In The College, To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will soilicit travel requests from faculty members, prioritize these requests, and acquire the necessary funds to facilitate the research and developmental goals of the faculty. |
| Criteria | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will acquire and allocate 50% of the faculty requests for travel. |
| Finding | | Faculty Travel Funds
The COAS office was able to provide 62% of all travel requests from faculty. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Faculty Travel Funds
The college will propose a 5% increase for faculty travel funds in the next budget cycle. |
GOAL: To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research
| Objective | | Provide Faculty Development Opportunties |
| | The college will provide funding for faculty development activities and organize faculty development activities.
Associated Goals: To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Faculty Development Activities
The college will sponsor/support at least two development activities in the Arts and two development activities in the Sciences. |
| Criteria | | Faculty Development Activities
At least four sponsored/supported developmental activities during the year by the college |
| Finding | | Faculty Development Activities
COAS supported four faculty (1 in Arts, 2 in Sciences) to attend NSF workshop. No other development activities were supported or sponsored. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Faculty Development Activities
The college will survey faculty as to their preference concerning subjects for faculty development. The strategic plan for COAS and objectives for the next academic year will reflect the findings of this survey. |
GOAL: To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research
| Objective | | Publish A Calendar Of Fine Arts |
| | A calendar of fine arts performances will be developed and published in local media
Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Calendar Of Fine Arts
Each fine arts program will develop a calendar of performances and publish it in local media |
| Criteria | | Calendar of Fine Arts
Calendars for each fine arts programs will publish their calendar on a regular basis in local media |
| Finding | | Calendar of Fine Arts
The COAS office failed to produce a useful fine arts calendar and so none was published. The objective will be continued in the next academic year. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Publish a Calendar of Fine Arts Activities
The project will be a top priority in the next academic year. |
GOAL: To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research
| Objective | | Recruit Highly Credentialed Faculty |
| | The college will strive to hire faculty who posses the terminal degree from R1 universities.
Associated Goals: To Further Excellence in Teaching, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | | Highly Credentialed Faculty
New faculty hires will posses the the terminal degree from R1 institutions |
| Criteria | | Highly Credentialed Faculty
100% of faculty hires will possess the terminal degree from R1 institutions |
| Finding | | Highly Credentialed Faculty
There were 22 faculty hired in the COAS during the fiscal year. All possessed the terminal degree from R1 universities. It was determined that the terminal degree that was listed for Music was not sufficient. This would be investigated in the following academic year. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Faculty Credentials
The terminal degrees in Music and Art would be reviewed and suggested changes will be forwarded to the Academic Policy Council. |
GOAL: To Provide A Rigorous, Current Curriculum
| Objective | | Accreditation Of Programs |
| | The college will identify all programs that eligible for accreditation through professional organizations and inititiate the accreditation or reaccreditation in each case.
Associated Goals: To Provide A Rigorous, Current Curriculum |
| Indicator | | Program Accreditation
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| Criteria | | Program Accreditation
100% of programs eligible for accreditation from outside agencies will seek or renew accreditation. |
| Finding | | Program Accreditation
Seven programs are eligible for external accreditation by professional agencies. Only three are currently accredited, but all eligible are planning to seek accreditation. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Program accreditation
All programs eligible for accreditation will be encouraged to seek such in the next academic year. |
GOAL: To Provide A Rigorous, Current Curriculum
| Objective | | Restructure College Curriculum Process |
| | The college will established fixed deadlines for submission of materials to the college curriculum committee and review items thoroughly in a timely manner.
Associated Goals: To Provide A Rigorous, Current Curriculum |
| Indicator | | Approval Of Submitted Curriculum Proposals
Curriculum proposals approved by the COAS committee will be approved by the University curriculum committee. |
| Criteria | | Approval of Submitted Curriculum Proposals
100% of proposals submitted to the University curriculum will be approved. |
| Finding | | Approval of Submitted Curriculum Proposals
Only 80% of those proposals leaving submitted by the college were approved at the university level. Of those that were approved by the university curriculum committee, 100% attained approval at the board level. |
| Indicator | | College Curriculum Calendar
A calendar for the college curriculum process will be developed and published |
| Criteria | | College Curriculum Calendar
A calendar will be published. The calendar will be adhered to and all proposals will be submitted to the University committee in a timely manner. |
| Finding | | College Curriculm Calender
The calendar was modified in a manner that allowed all college-level assessments to take place in the Spring semester prior to university level submissions. There were still problems with late submissions. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | College Curriculum Calendar
The calendar still needs further modifications. The COAS curriculum committee will consider the matter and bring forward recommendations. |