SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Diversity And Quality | |
| Develop effective recruiting strategies that will result in an increase of diverse, qualified students and faculty Associated Goals: Diversity And Quality, Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Hiring Of New Faculty Number of new faculty interviewed and hired |
| Criteria | New faculty for program New faculty members with specific areas of expertise will be hired to help with the doctoral program |
| Finding | New faculty hirings Dr. Rebecca Bustamante was hired to help with the doctoral program; she has expertise in research regarding multiculturalism and societal factors affecting education. |
| Indicator | Recruitment Of Students Number of applicants for doctoral program, number of students interviewed, and number of students admitted |
| Criteria | Positive trends in student recruitment Positive trends within the department (including number of applicants, applicant diversity, and applicant quality) |
| Finding | admission of doctoral students From 52 applicants, 21 new doctoral students were admitted, comprising Cohorts 16-17 (two withdrew for personal reasons after the first semester,before they were evaluated). This group included 6 men and 13 women; ethnic representation included 15 white, 0 Hispanic, 2 African American, and 1 Asian students. Also included in this group were five higher education leadership students. The average GRE score for this group was 1052. |
| Action | Faculty recruitment Two new positions are available in the doctoral program for the upcoming year. Recruitment efforts will continue to fill these positions with strong candidates. |
| Action | Student recruitment The program will continue to recruit highly qualified and diverse students for future doctoral cohorts. An increase in Hispanic students will be emphasized. Students for the community college executive leadership will be a specific target area. |
| Objective | Diversity And Quality | |
| Develop effective recruiting strategies that will result in an increase of diverse, qualified students and faculty Associated Goals: Diversity And Quality, Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Hiring Of New Faculty Number of new faculty interviewed and hired |
| Criteria | New faculty for program New faculty members with specific areas of expertise will be hired to help with the doctoral program |
| Finding | New faculty hirings Dr. Rebecca Bustamante was hired to help with the doctoral program; she has expertise in research regarding multiculturalism and societal factors affecting education. |
| Indicator | Recruitment Of Students Number of applicants for doctoral program, number of students interviewed, and number of students admitted |
| Criteria | Positive trends in student recruitment Positive trends within the department (including number of applicants, applicant diversity, and applicant quality) |
| Finding | admission of doctoral students From 52 applicants, 21 new doctoral students were admitted, comprising Cohorts 16-17 (two withdrew for personal reasons after the first semester,before they were evaluated). This group included 6 men and 13 women; ethnic representation included 15 white, 0 Hispanic, 2 African American, and 1 Asian students. Also included in this group were five higher education leadership students. The average GRE score for this group was 1052. |
| Action | Faculty recruitment Two new positions are available in the doctoral program for the upcoming year. Recruitment efforts will continue to fill these positions with strong candidates. |
| Action | Student recruitment The program will continue to recruit highly qualified and diverse students for future doctoral cohorts. An increase in Hispanic students will be emphasized. Students for the community college executive leadership will be a specific target area. |
| Objective | High Standards In Research | |
| Maintain high standards in research. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Maintaining Research Number of faculty presentations and publications |
| Criteria | Faculty research The number of faculty publications and presentations will increase; all faculty will have at least 1 refereed publication. |
| Finding | Faculty research Faculty involved in all aspects of the doctoral program (teaching courses and/or dissertation service) had a total of 144 publications and 201 presentations for this time period. |
| Action | Faculty publications and presentations Faculty will be encouraged to maintain the current level of publications and presentations. Avaialble travel funds will be used to encourage conference presentations. Other available funds will be used to encourage research endeavors for publications (data anaylysis software, etc.). |
| Objective | High Standards In Teaching | |
| Maintain high standards in teaching Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Maintaining Standards IDEA scores of faculty teaching doctoral classes |
| Action | IDEA scores, Faculty teaching IDEA scores for doctoral courses will continue to be monitored. Special attention will be given to courses where scores were lowest this year. |
| Objective | High Standards Of Service | |
| Maintain high standards in service. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Performance In Service And Teaching Faculty involved in the doctoral program will be actively engaged in service |
| Criteria | Faculty service Faculty in the doctoral program will be actively engaged in professional service at the state, regional, or national level |
| Finding | Faculty Service Faculty associated with the doctoral program were involved in 15 regional, state, national, or international service offices (executive board members, etc.). |
| Criteria | IDEA scores IDEA scores for program faculty are higher than national average |
| Finding | IDEA scores IDEA teaching scores for all faculty teaching doctoral courses were above national norms. |
| Action | Faculty service Faculty will continue to be encouraged to engage in regional, national, and international service opportunities. |
| Objective | Student Engagement | |
| Doctoral students in Educational Leadership will make research presentations at regional and national conferences. Associated Goals: Student Engagement |
| Indicator | Student Research Number of students making regional or national research presentations |
| Criteria | Student presentations Doctoral students will present their research at local, regional, or national conferences; at least 50% of currently enrolled doctoral students will make a presentation. |
| Finding | Student presentations at Graduate Research Exchang 27 students participated in the Graduate Research Exchange, hosted by the Doctoral program in Educational Leadership (April 2007). Fifteen of the students were EDL students. |
| Finding | Student presentations at SERA Ten doctoral students made research presentations at the Southwest Educational Research Association in San Antonio, TX (Feb, 2006). |
| Finding | international presentations Ten doctoral students traveled to Mexico City and Puebla to participate in an international internship in educational leadership (summer 2006). All 10 students presented research projects at Universidad Iberoamericana and earned a grade of A for the course. |
| Action | Student presentations Students will continue to be encouraged to present research at SERA, the Graduate Research Exchange, and other appropriate avenues. Students will also be encouraged to submit their research for publication. New competencies for doctoral students will be required; these competencies will include submitting research for publication and presentation. |
| Objective | Student Success In Program | |
| Doctoral students in Educational Leadership will make progress towards completing program goals and successfully engaging in dissertation research. Associated Goals: Student Engagement |
| Indicator | Progress Towards Graduation Doctoral students in educational leadership will make progress towards completing program goals and dissertation research. |
| Criteria | Progress towards graduation At least 75% of currently enrolled doctoral students will make progress towards completing program goals and graduation (completing dissertation research). |
| Finding | Student progress towards graduation No students were removed for academic performance. One student resigned for personal reasons. The remaining students all made satisfactory progress in their coursework. Fifteen students graduated with their Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership in the 2006-07 academic year. |
| Action | Student progress towards graduation Student feedback will be solicited regarding what the program can do to facilitate their progress towards graduation. EDL 710 (workshop courses) will be used to solicit feedback and to inform students in detail of the dissertation process and expectations. |