SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Develop Brochures For Special Projects | |
| Brochures will be developed for projects including: The Performing Arts Complex, PhD in Mathematics Education, and Latin American Music Studies Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | Brochures For Special Projects Brochures will be developed for Perfoming Arts Complex, PhD in Mathematics Education, Latin American Music Studies |
| Criteria | Brochures for Special Projects Design and production should be completed |
| Finding | Brochures for special projects Completed |
| Action | Brochures for special projects Develop a distribution plan and coordinate with fund raising efforts |
| Objective | Develop New Recruiting Materials For Graduate Programs | |
| Detailed, attractive brochures will be developed for graduate programs in COAS. Brochures should indicate active research within departments Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | Graduate Recruiting Materials Brochures will be designed, produced, and distributed |
| Criteria | Graduate Recruiting Materials Brochures are produced and distributed. |
| Finding | Graduate Recruiting Materials New brochures were created and produced for for Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics. Brochures in the Arts are still in design. |
| Action | Graduate Recruiting Materials Develop a distribution plan for sciences and complete design and production of arts brochures. |
| Objective | Publish A Common Calendar Of Fine Arts | |
| A common calendar of fine arts performances in COAS will be developed and published. 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 COAS will develop a calendar of performances.From this, a college-wide Arts calendar will be created and distributed en masse. |
| Criteria | Calendar of Fine Arts General calendar for fine arts programs in COAS will be created and published. |
| Finding | Calendar of Fine Arts Each program did develop a calendar for their area and these were published individually. The Office of COAS gathered all calendars and arranged them into a common calendar. The common calendar was deemed to be too bulkly and cumbersome for traditional print media. The office staff feel that we need to investigate other venues for publishing the calendar. |
| Action | Calendar of Fine Arts The office will continue to collect calendars from individual departments. A new calendar system will be investigated to determine if the common calendar can be produced more efficiently and succinctly. New monitors and software have been purchased and will be installed in key areas within the college to publish, electronically, daily and weekly events in the arts. |
| 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 Funding Departments in the college requested $2,844,951 in capital equipment. COAS Office reprioritized and modified the resut to approximately $1,200,000. The college received $632,223 (50%)of the requested funds. This represents 22% of the desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made based on the original prioritized requests from the departments. |
| Action | Capital Equipment Funding The budgeting process established by the COAS seems to be working efficiently. The process will be utilized again next year, but the office may identify a few special projects to fund within the college next year prior to departmental allocations. |
| 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 TA report that includes the percentage of full time graduate students who are receiving assistantships in COAS |
| Criteria | Percentage of Graduate Students on Assistantships 30% of all full time graduate students will receive assistantships from COAS |
| Finding | Percentage of Graduate Students on Assistantships The COAS supported 40 graduate students on Teaching Assistantships during the 2007-2008 academic year. There were no summer TA positions awarded. With a total graduate enrollment of 153, this represents a rate of 26% of graduate students on assistantships. |
| Action | Percentage of Graduate Students on Assistantship The college will attempt to increase the number of avaliable teaching assistantships during the next fiscal year by proposing new initiatives that require the use of TA''s. |
| 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 Scholarship The number of summer scholarships was reduced only 8 so that more long semester scholarships could be awarded. There were 30 long-semester scholarships awarded during the academic year. The percentage of full-time grad students on scholarships is now 20%. It was noted that a lower number of Arts students receive scholarships. This is probably due to the use of GRE scores in determining scholarship awardees. The COAS Graduate Council will investigate alternative selection procedures this year. |
| Action | Percentage of Graduate Students on Scholarship The COAS will request additional funding for scholarships during the annual budgeting process. In addition, the COAS Graduate Council will develop new selection critieria to be implemented in Fall 2009. The new criteria should enhance opportunities fro graduate students in the fine and performing arts. |
| 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 $10,000 in travel funds for graduate students. |
| Finding | Graduate Travel Funds The COAS Office acquired and distributed $9,927.96 in travel funds for graduate students to attend conferences and seminars. |
| Action | Graduate Travel Funds Continue with current process. |
| 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 departments in COAS requested approximately $290,000 in faculty travel funds. Total travel allocations were $225,463 for a 77% funding rate. |
| Action | Faculty Travel Funds COAS will propose a 4% increase in travel funding, but the process for allocation and budgeting will continue in the same manner. |
| 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 Funding Departments in the college requested $2,844,951 in capital equipment. COAS Office reprioritized and modified the resut to approximately $1,200,000. The college received $632,223 (50%)of the requested funds. This represents 22% of the desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made based on the original prioritized requests from the departments. |
| Action | Capital Equipment Funding The budgeting process established by the COAS seems to be working efficiently. The process will be utilized again next year, but the office may identify a few special projects to fund within the college next year prior to departmental allocations. |
| 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 departments in COAS requested approximately $290,000 in faculty travel funds. Total travel allocations were $225,463 for a 77% funding rate. |
| Action | Faculty Travel Funds COAS will propose a 4% increase in travel funding, but the process for allocation and budgeting will continue in the same manner. |
| 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 one development activity in the Arts and one development activity in the Sciences. |
| Criteria | Faculty Development Activities At least two sponsored/supported developmental activities during the year by the college with appropriate faculty participation. |
| Finding | Faculty Development Activities COAS sponsored faculty participation in an NSF Grant Writing Seminar hosted by UT-Dalls and a recruiting in the Arts seminar in Florida. Several faculty participated in both. |
| Action | Faculty Development Activities COAS will continue sponsor/support participation in developmental activities. In addition, COAS will attempt to offer at least one activity that addresses effective 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 Funding Departments in the college requested $2,844,951 in capital equipment. COAS Office reprioritized and modified the resut to approximately $1,200,000. The college received $632,223 (50%)of the requested funds. This represents 22% of the desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made based on the original prioritized requests from the departments. |
| Action | Funding for Capital Equipment - Classrooms COAS will encourage departments to increase the amount of funding from capital equipment going to classroom facilities |
| 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 19 new faculty hired into tenure track positions during the academic year. All had terminal degrees from R1 institutions. The terminal degree in Music has officially become the PhD or DMA. Previously, the MFA or MM was consider to be the terminal degree in the department. |
| Action | Highly Credentialed Faculty Review terminal degrees in all programs |
| Objective | Develop Brochures For Special Projects | |
| Brochures will be developed for projects including: The Performing Arts Complex, PhD in Mathematics Education, and Latin American Music Studies Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | Brochures For Special Projects Brochures will be developed for Perfoming Arts Complex, PhD in Mathematics Education, Latin American Music Studies |
| Criteria | Brochures for Special Projects Design and production should be completed |
| Finding | Brochures for special projects Completed |
| Action | Brochures for special projects Develop a distribution plan and coordinate with fund raising efforts |
| Objective | Develop New Recruiting Materials For Graduate Programs | |
| Detailed, attractive brochures will be developed for graduate programs in COAS. Brochures should indicate active research within departments Associated Goals: To Bring Visibility To Programs In The College, To Promote Excellence in Creative Activities and Research |
| Indicator | Graduate Recruiting Materials Brochures will be designed, produced, and distributed |
| Criteria | Graduate Recruiting Materials Brochures are produced and distributed. |
| Finding | Graduate Recruiting Materials New brochures were created and produced for for Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics. Brochures in the Arts are still in design. |
| Action | Graduate Recruiting Materials Develop a distribution plan for sciences and complete design and production of arts brochures. |
| 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 Funding Departments in the college requested $2,844,951 in capital equipment. COAS Office reprioritized and modified the resut to approximately $1,200,000. The college received $632,223 (50%)of the requested funds. This represents 22% of the desired capital equipment funds from the departments. Allocations were made based on the original prioritized requests from the departments. |
| Action | Capital Equipment Funding The budgeting process established by the COAS seems to be working efficiently. The process will be utilized again next year, but the office may identify a few special projects to fund within the college next year prior to departmental allocations. |
| 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 departments in COAS requested approximately $290,000 in faculty travel funds. Total travel allocations were $225,463 for a 77% funding rate. |
| Action | Faculty Travel Funds COAS will propose a 4% increase in travel funding, but the process for allocation and budgeting will continue in the same manner. |
| 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 one development activity in the Arts and one development activity in the Sciences. |
| Criteria | Faculty Development Activities At least two sponsored/supported developmental activities during the year by the college with appropriate faculty participation. |
| Finding | Faculty Development Activities COAS sponsored faculty participation in an NSF Grant Writing Seminar hosted by UT-Dalls and a recruiting in the Arts seminar in Florida. Several faculty participated in both. |
| Action | Faculty Development Activities COAS will continue sponsor/support participation in developmental activities. In addition, COAS will attempt to offer at least one activity that addresses effective teaching. |
| Objective | Publish A Common Calendar Of Fine Arts | |
| A common calendar of fine arts performances in COAS will be developed and published. 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 COAS will develop a calendar of performances.From this, a college-wide Arts calendar will be created and distributed en masse. |
| Criteria | Calendar of Fine Arts General calendar for fine arts programs in COAS will be created and published. |
| Finding | Calendar of Fine Arts Each program did develop a calendar for their area and these were published individually. The Office of COAS gathered all calendars and arranged them into a common calendar. The common calendar was deemed to be too bulkly and cumbersome for traditional print media. The office staff feel that we need to investigate other venues for publishing the calendar. |
| Action | Calendar of Fine Arts The office will continue to collect calendars from individual departments. A new calendar system will be investigated to determine if the common calendar can be produced more efficiently and succinctly. New monitors and software have been purchased and will be installed in key areas within the college to publish, electronically, daily and weekly events in the arts. |
| 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 19 new faculty hired into tenure track positions during the academic year. All had terminal degrees from R1 institutions. The terminal degree in Music has officially become the PhD or DMA. Previously, the MFA or MM was consider to be the terminal degree in the department. |
| Action | Highly Credentialed Faculty Review terminal degrees in all programs |
| 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 |
| 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 accreditation from external agencies. Four programs have been accredited or partially accredited. These are: Music - NASM Computer Science - ABET Chemistry - ACS Math Education - NCTM via NCATE |
| Action | Program Accreditation Programs in Dance, Art, and Indistrial Technology should continue pursuing accreditation. |
| 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 There was one proposal from COAS that was withdrawn after it was apparent that the university curriculum committee would not approve. The active participants in the curriculm process indicated that these problems could be alleviated if the importance of college-level curriculum review was emphasized from the COAS office. |
| Indicator | College Curriculum Calendar The calendar for the college curriculum process will be modified and strictly enforced. |
| 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 Curriculum Calendar The calendar was modified and all reviews were completed during the Spring 2008 semester. This gave departments time to revise and resubmit to the committee. The college curriculum proposal was submitted ina timely manner to the university committee. |
| Action | Approval of Submitted Curriculum Proposals The COAS will formally publish a committee handbook and announce the members of the curriculum committee. In addition, each member will receive a letter of appointment from the Dean with a description of duties and responsibilities. |
| Action | College Curriculum Calendar The deadlines for COAS Curriculum Committee should be published in early Fall so departments can prepare in a timely manner. |