SACS Reaffirmation
Objective | Teaching/Scholarship | |
Encourage and support Kinesiology graduate faculty teaching and scholarly productivity. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
Indicator | Faculty Productivity All members of the graduate Kinesiology faculty are professionally active and engaged in teaching, research and publishing. |
Criteria | Faculty Performance Provide sufficient funds and resources to support Kinesiology graduate faculty teaching, conference presentations, and research publications. All graduate faculty will have a minimum of one published article, one professional conference presentation, and a teaching score at or above the national average (IDEA) for the 2006-2007 academic year. |
Finding | Accomplishments Target was met. Kinesiology graduate faculty teaching scores were at or exceeded the national average. All faculty members had a minimum of one peer reviewed article published or a book chapter. The Kinesiology faculty members had an average of two professional presentations during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
Action | Faculty Support Kinesiology graduate faculty will continue to build multi-level collaborative partnerships in an effort to increase visibility and the promotion of the Kinesiology graduate program. |
Action | Quality Program Continue to support the development and promoting of quality and effectiveness in the MED Kinesiology program. |
Action | Teaching/Scholarship Provide adequate funds and resources to support graduate faculty teaching, conference presentations, and research publications. |
Objective | Written Exam | |
All students are required to pass a comprehensive written examination covering all course work, exclusive of the thesis if applicable. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
Indicator | Comprehensive Exam MED Kinesiology students will be prepared to successfully pass the comprehensive exam at the conclusion of the MED Kinesiology program. |
Criteria | Exam Results 100% of MED Kinesiology graduate students will pass the comprehensive exam. |
Finding | Exam Mastery 100% of MED Kinesiology students passed the comprehensive exam during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
Action | Written Exam Graduate faculty will provide study questions and review sessions for graduate students preparing to take the written comprehensive examination. |
Objective | Collaboration | |
Kinesiology graduate faculty will build multi-level collaborative partnerships in an effort to increase visibility and awareness of kinesiology graduate program. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
Indicator | Partnership Development Kinesiology graduate faculty will attend at least five events during the 2006-2007 academic year for the purposes of recruiting graduate students and promoting the Kinesiology graduate program. |
Criteria | Recruitment Kinesiology graduate faculty attended thirteen recruitment events during the 2006-2007 academic year. As a result of this visibility, eight new students have been admitted into the Kinesiology graduate program. |
Finding | Recruitment Benefits The Kinesiology graduate faculty members were successful in their efforts with recruiting new students into the program. This will be an ongoing process. |
Action | Partnership Expansion Kinesiology graduate faculty will continue to increase the visibility of the program by building multi-level collaborative partnerships and active recruitment initiatives. |