SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Faculty Publications And Presentations | |
| The Health department will recruit, maintain and develop a highly-qualified graduate teaching faculty. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Professional Productivity All members of the graduate Health faculty are professionally active and engaged in research and publications. |
| Criteria | Faculty Publications and Presentations All members of the health graduate faculty will have published an article or book chapter or will have presented a paper at a professional conference during the 2007-2008 academic year |
| 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 and 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. |
| Objective | Comprehensive MA Health Exam | |
| MA Health students will name the knowledge and skills necessary to pass the graduate comprehensive examination required of all students who earn the MA in health. Associated Goals: Institutional Effectiveness |
| Indicator | MA Health Exam Evaluation Students will successully pass the comprehensive exam. |
| Criteria | MA Health Exam Evaluation Students will pass all areas of the exam. |
| Finding | MA Health Exam Evaluation During the 2007-2008 academic year only one MA Health student took and passed the comprehensive exam. (100%) |
| Action | MA Health Exam Evaluation Continue to monitor the success of students passing the comprehensive exam and make modifications as needed. |
| Objective | Graduate Faculty | |
| The Health MA department will recruit, maintain and develop a highly-qualified graduate teaching faculty Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Faculty Effectiveness The Chair and graduate students will annually evaluate the teaching effectiveness of each faculty member. |
| Criteria | Faculty Teacher Evaluations Health graduate faculty will score at or above the national average on the IDEA teacher evaluation instrument. |
| Finding | Faculty Teaching Evaluations The three full-time graduate Health faculty scored at or above the national average on the IDEA teacher evaluation instrument. Faculty 1 –4.8 Faculty 2 –4.6 Faculty 3 –4.5 |
| Action | Faculty Teaching Evaluations Continue to support and to provide resources for faculty to sustain their teaching effectiveness. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Graduation Requirements | |
| M.A. Health students will fulfill the stated University, College of Education, and Department of Health and Kinesiology requirements for graduation. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Student Graduation Status The Health Graduate Coordinator will certify that all graduation requirements have been met by graduate candidate. |
| Criteria | MA Health Exam Evaluation A minimum pass rate of 90% of all students taking the graduate comprehensive examination. [Note: A student who fails any section(s) of the comprehensive examination is allowed a single retake of the section(s)]. |
| Finding | MA Health Exam Evaluation During the 2007-2008 academic year only one M.A. Health student took and passed the comprehensive exam. |
| Action | Graduation Requirements Continue to recruit students into the MA health graduate program. |
| Objective | Scholarly Inquiry/ Research | |
| MA Health students will demonstrate competence in applying research methodologies, qualitative and quantitative analysis; literature review; and use of traditional and digital resources. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Research Presentations MA Health students will develop their skills in research, analysis, writing, and communication in research presentations. |
| Criteria | Student Research Projects All MA Health 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 2007-2008 academic year, 18 students enrolled in 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 making necessary adjustments as needed. |