SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Graduate Faculty | |
| Recruit, maintain, and develop a highly qualified graduate teaching faculty. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | New Faculty Successful negotiation of contracts with new faculty members. |
| Criteria | Faculty Hiring New faculty members are successfully hired in the department. |
| Finding | Faculty Teaching Evaluations The three full-time graduate Health faculty scored at or above the national average on the IDEA Evaluation Instrument. |
| Indicator | Scholarly Production Graduate faculty are expected to produce scholarly products. |
| Criteria | Scholarly Support Provide sufficient funds to support graduate faculty to present their research at a minimum of one professional conference (state, regional, national/international). |
| Finding | Faculty Publications/Presentations The three full-time graduate Health faculty exceeded the target. Each faculty had at least one publication and more than two professional conference presentations. |
| Action | Faculty Publications/Presentations Continue to support faculty publication/presentations efforts. Continue to allocate funds to support faculty travel to present their research at professional conferences. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Action | Faculty Teaching Evaluations Continue support and provide resources for faculty to sustain their teaching effectiveness. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Comprehensive Health Exam | |
| Health graduate students will demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to pass the graduate comprehensive examination required of all students who earn the MED in health. Associated Goals: Instructional Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Comprehensive Exam Students will successfully pass the comprehensive exam. |
| Criteria | Comprehensive Exam Students will pass all areas of the exam. |
| Action | Comprehensive Exam Continue to monitor the success of students passing the comprehensive exam and make modifications as needed. |
| Objective | Scholarly Inquiry/Research | |
| Health graduate students will demonstrate competence in applying research methodologies; qualitative and quantitive analysis; literature review; and use of traditional and digital resources. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Research Presentations Health graduate students will develop their skills in research, analysis, writing, and communication in research presentations. |
| Criteria | Student Research Projects All health graduate students will achieve a grade of A or B on a research project based on a problem related to the field of health. |
| Finding | Student Research Projects During the 2006-2007 academic year, 18 students enrolled HED 574, Research Seminar, developed a proposal for a research project. 60% of the students received a grade of A and 40% of the students received a grade of B. |
| Action | Student Research Projects Continue to monitor students success of successfully conducting research and make necessary adjustments as needed. |