2 Goals 4 Objectives 6 Indicators 9 Criteria 9 Findings 8 Actions
GOAL: Mission Driven Faculty
| Objective | | Excellence In Research |
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Associated Goals: Mission Driven Faculty |
| Indicator | | Faculty Intellectual Contributions
Includes refereed journal articles, presentations, and other published work |
| Criteria | | Articles in Tier 1 & 2 Journals
Tier 1 & 2 are defined to be the union of journals so designated by various ranking systems. The department seeks to have at least 6 Tier 1 or 2 publications each year |
| Finding | | Articles in Tier 1 & 2 Journals
There were 10 articles published by department faculty in Tier 1 or 2 journals during 2007-2008 |
| Criteria | | Published articles per faculty member
Each faculty member submits at least one article or case study for publication in a professional journal every year. |
| Finding | | Published Articles
There were a total of 30 refereed articles published by the department last year, an average of 1.8 per tenure/tenure track faculty member |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Brown Bag seminars
The department is initiating a series of brown bag seminars at which faculty will present and discuss current research topics. |
| Action | | Faculty Development Leave
The department will sponsor faculty development leave for one faculty per year in order to encourage higher quality research |
GOAL: Mission Driven Faculty
| Objective | | Excellence In Service |
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Associated Goals: Mission Driven Faculty |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Departmental Committees
The department will create committees responsible for faculty hiring and recruiting, course and curriculum development, assessment, increasing department majors |
GOAL: Mission Driven Faculty
| Objective | | Excellence In Teaching |
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Associated Goals: Mission Driven Faculty, Outstanding Programs |
| Indicator | | Academically Qualified Faculty
All tenured and tenure-track faculty should be academically qualified |
| Criteria | | Academic Qualification (AQ)
All probationary faculty are AQ; all tenured faculty with at least 2 refereed articles and 2 refereed presentations are AQ |
| Finding | | AQ Faculty
15 of 17 tenure/tenure track faculty are Academically Qualified |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Classroom visitations
Classroom visitations of non-tenured faculty were deemed useful in 2007-08 and will continue in 2008-09. Visits will be extended to all faculty below 45 in the IDEAS assessment |
GOAL: Outstanding Programs
| Objective | | Develop Outstanding Economics International Business, And Business Analysis Programs |
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Associated Goals: Outstanding Programs |
| Indicator | | Ranking In EBI Survey
The departmental programs are ranked in the top 25 percent of schools evaluated in the EBI survey. |
| Criteria | | 75th Percentile Ranking of Business Analysis in EBI
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| Finding | | EBI Ranking, Statistics
Statistics ranked 47/58, in the 19th percentile of the EBI Ranking |
| Criteria | | 75th Percentile Ranking of Economics in EBI
Ranking by "Satisfaction with Quality of Teaching" |
| Finding | | EBI Ranking, Economics
Economics ranked 20/58, the 65th percentile |
| Criteria | | 75th Percentile Ranking of Int''l Business in EBI
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| Finding | | EBI Ranking, Int'l Business
International Business ranked 37/58, in the 36th percentile of the EBI ranking |
| Indicator | | Majors
Increase the number of department majors |
| Criteria | | Majors two percent of total enrollment
At least two percent of the students enrolled in the university have declared economics or international business as a major. |
| Finding | | Majors percent of enrollment
Departmental majors comprise 1.16% of total enrollment, an increase from 1.03% in 2006-2007, but still short of the criterion |
| Indicator | | Scores On IDEAS System
Every faculty member has a Discipline Adjusted score above 45 for the IDEA Diagnostic Form Report in all main categories |
| Criteria | | Discipline adjusted score on IDEAS
Each Faculty member has a disciplne adjusted score of at least 45 |
| Finding | | IDEAS Score
18 of 19 full-time faculty achieved an average discipline-adjusted score of 45 on the IDEAS evaluation system |
| Indicator | | Student Research
Student research is submitted each year for competitive awards. |
| Criteria | | Two Student Papers Submitted per Year
Papers submitted to conferences or journals |
| Finding | | Student Research
No student papers were published or presented during 2007-2008 |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Coaching & Mentoring
Faculty reviews have been increased to twice annually (fall & spring) to make sure that development plans are on track |
| Action | | Course Objectives
Course Coordinators will develop course objectives for assessment. These objectives will then be dovetailed with Economics Degree objectives. In this way each course will be assessed as part of the overall Economics BBA assessment |
| Action | | Course Scheduling
Preference in course scheduling will be given to AQ faculty. Non-AQ faculty will not be assigned summer teaching |
| Action | | Latin American Minor
The department will initiate a Latin American Studies minor in conjunction with our International Business Major |
GOAL: Outstanding Programs
| Objective | | Excellence In Teaching |
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Associated Goals: Mission Driven Faculty, Outstanding Programs |
| Indicator | | Academically Qualified Faculty
All tenured and tenure-track faculty should be academically qualified |
| Criteria | | Academic Qualification (AQ)
All probationary faculty are AQ; all tenured faculty with at least 2 refereed articles and 2 refereed presentations are AQ |
| Finding | | AQ Faculty
15 of 17 tenure/tenure track faculty are Academically Qualified |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | | Classroom visitations
Classroom visitations of non-tenured faculty were deemed useful in 2007-08 and will continue in 2008-09. Visits will be extended to all faculty below 45 in the IDEAS assessment |