SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Admission And Retention Criteria Refined | |
| In audition, juries, and junior barrier, implement objective assessment tools Associated Goals: Elevate Standard Of Retention |
| Indicator | Students Admitted Will Pass The Junior Barrier Students provisionally admitted to the BFA will be able to pass the Junior Barrier and be retained in the program |
| Criteria | Measurements of creative and technical accomplishment All BFA candidates who have completed sophomore year will be assigned a faculty mentor to choreograph a solo demonstrating performance ability as well as grasp of choreographic principles. At the same time, a review of student''s dance GPA, along with review of student''s performance history will be reviewed. This information will be used to determine whether student will remain in the BFA program, or be advised into the BA plan. |
| Finding | Rubric for Junior Barrier needs to be refined Presently the standards to be measured at the Junior Barrier are not well defined beyond the 3.0 GPA in dance courses. Faculty agree that we need to identify our expectations for the Junior Barrier presentation, and document them. |
| Action | Review objective measures for the Junior Barrier Faculty are working to establish system to monitor candidates, along with developing more specific criteria for the barrier process (and contemplating changing the name from "barrier" to "review" as a more neutral term) |