SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Image And Visibility | |
| Enhance image and visibility. Associated Goals: Enhance Image And Visibility Of The College Of Criminal Justice |
| Indicator | Marketing Approach An integrated marketing approach will be in-place/implemented to ensure quality and consistency in communicating information about the College of Criminal Justice to prospective undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, employers and other constituencies. |
| Criteria | Marketing efforts. Develop a plan to improve and streamline the college marketing efforts. |
| Finding | Marketing A staff position in Marketing was posted and filled in 2007-2008 and a preliminary marketing plan was developed. |
| Action | Marketing plan Continue to develop and implement 2007-2008 marketing plan for 2009-2010 marketing goals. |
| Objective | High Quality Teaching | |
| To continue to develop a productive research faculty with a committment to high quality teaching. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence In Teaching And Research |
| Indicator | Attract And Retain Faculty Mechanisms will be in-place/developed to attract and retain distinguished faculty in teaching and research. |
| Criteria | Faculty Recruitment Three (3) Jr. Faculty members will be hired in 2007-2008. |
| Finding | Faculty Three new Assistant Professors were hired to begin tenure-track positions in Fall 2008. |
| Action | Faculty Search Committee 2008-2009 Faculty Search Committee to reconvene to assess needs for new faculty for academic year 2009-2010. |
| Objective | Enhance Student Programs | |
| Enhance undergraduate and graduate programs. Associated Goals: Highest Quality Of Education |
| Indicator | Curriculum Review A review process will be in-place/established for all programs (undergraduate and graduate) and curriculum. |
| Criteria | Undergraduate Curriculum Review Explore the feasibility of performing an undergraduate curriculum review. |
| Finding | Gaines Report External curriculum reviewer produced "The Gaines Report" based on these findings a curriculum review committee was established. |
| Indicator | Program View A periodic cycle for program review of the doctoral program will be developed. |
| Criteria | Doctoral Program Self Study Explore the feasibility of developing a doctoral program self study. |
| Finding | Assess doctoral programs The Doctoral Advisory Committee compiled a set of guidelines to assess doctoral programs across the campus in 2008-2009. |
| Action | Curriculum review Undergrad curriculum review committee made recommendations for curriculum revisions. These will be presented to the faculty and voted on in May 2008. |
| Action | Doctoral Program Self-Study The College of Criminal Justice will be the first doctoral program to conduct a self-study in 2008-2009 based on the new self-study guidelines. |
| Objective | Enhance Student Recruiting | |
| Enhance student recruiting efforts. Associated Goals: Highest Quality Of Education |
| Indicator | Recruiting Efforts Increase the number of recruiting efforts, college fairs, etc. by 20%. |
| Criteria | Recruiting efforts Increase the number of recruiting efforts, college fairs, etc. by 10%. |
| Finding | Recruitment Minimal increase in recruiting efforts in 2007-2008 from 2006-2007. |
| Action | Increase recruiting Develop action plan to increase recruiting efforts, job fairs, college information fairs, high school visits, etc. for 2008-2009. |
| Objective | Faculty Research | |
| Increase research and scholarship among the faculty. Associated Goals: Research |
| Indicator | Faculty Publication Increase faculty publication productivity by 10% in 2007-2008. |
| Criteria | Faculty Publication Faculty publication productivity will increase by 10% in 2007-2008. |
| Finding | Faculty publication productivity Faculty publication productivity exceeded 10% increase in 2007-2008. |
| Action | Faculty publication productivity Continue to increase faculty publication productivity and develop a database to more accurately track faculty publication productivity. |