SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Accreditation Outcome 1 | |
| Achieving a first-time pass rate of 80% on the National Registration Dietetic (RD) Exam for ADA's reporting period. Associated Goals: Maintain Accreditation |
| Indicator | First Accreditation Indicator Percentage of first-time test takers with a pass rate of 80% or higher on the national registration (RD) exam. |
| Criteria | Accreditation Criterion Report on the national registration (RD) exam will show a first-time passage rate of 80% or higher. |
| Finding | Accreditation Outcome 1 Students who graduated in December of 2007 showed a first-time passage rate of 100% for the 7 out of 9 students who have taken the exam. |
| Action | Accreditation Outcome 1 Continue same course of action. |
| Objective | Accreditation Outcome 2 | |
| Students must progress through the MS/DI program in a satisfactory manner. Associated Goals: Maintain Accreditation |
| Indicator | Accreditation Indicators Embedded assessments in courses such as FCS 579, 530, 583, and 575; SOC 543; portfolio of activities, and comprehensive exams in the courses will be used to measure student learning as they progress through the Dietetic Internship and Master's Program. |
| Criteria | Accreditation Criterion 90% of students'' portfolio evaluation will show successful completion of 80% or more of the competencies for an entry-level dietitian. |
| Finding | Accreditation Outcome 2 100% |
| Action | Accreditation Outcome 2 Continue with present proceedures. |
| Objective | Accreditation Outcome 3 | |
| Students obtain a grade of 80% or higher on the final Mock RD exam before exiting the program. Associated Goals: Maintain Accreditation |
| Indicator | Third Accreditation Indicator Percentage of students who will exit the program with a grade of 80% or higher on the Mock RD Exam. |
| Criteria | Accreditation Criterion 90% of students will exit the program with a passing grade on the Mock RD Exam of 80% or higher. |
| Finding | Accreditation Outcome 3 100% of students who graduated in December of 2007 passed the Mock RD exam with a passing grade of 80% or higher. |
| Action | Accreditation Outcome 3 Continue same course of action. |
| Objective | Program Development 1 | |
| The program will recruit high quality undergraduate students for the combined MS and DI program. Associated Goals: Program Development And Management |
| Indicator | Program Development Program director will target undergraduate programs for students with higher class standings (higher GPA and GRE scores) incentives such as scholarships, assistantships will be used to promote recruitment. |
| Criteria | Program development and management 90% of incoming graduate students will meet the rubric for regular admission as set up by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. One part of the formula is GRE score plus (300 x GPA) = or > 2000. |
| Finding | Program Development 1 Data collection is continuing through August 2008 at which time the findings will be made available online to the off-site team. |
| Action | Program Development 1 No action will be taken until all data is collected at the end of August at which time the action will be made available online to the off-site team. |
| Objective | Program Development 2 | |
| The program seeks the addition of at least one new faculty person in nutrition/dietetics who also can serve as a coordinator for the supervised practice for both this program and the undergraduate DPD program and whose expertise will allow for expanded courses and greater supervison of the students at rotation sites. Associated Goals: Program Development And Management |
| Indicator | Second Program Development Indicator Approval for and successful negotiation of a contract with a new faculty person who also can serve as a coordinator for the supervised practice for both this program and the undergraduate DPD program. |
| Criteria | Personnel Request Whether approval was granted for new faculty person in the area of nutrition/dietetics who also could serve as a coordinator for the supervised practice both for this program and the undergraduate DPD program. |
| Finding | Program Development 2 No new position was approved. |
| Action | Program Development 2 Continue to request. |
| Objective | Program Development 3 | |
| The program will provide more advanced nutrition classes at the graduate level to meet the needs of entry-level dietetics professionals. Associated Goals: Program Development And Management |
| Indicator | Third Program Development Indicator Successful addition/development of new classes for the curriculum of the MS in Dietetics program. |
| Criteria | Addition of New Courses Two new graduate courses will be proposed designed specifically to serve the MS/DI Program. |
| Finding | Program Development 3 Faculty are meeting in committees and working on course development for this program. |
| Action | Program Development 3 Continue working on course development with the goal of developing a new course for the next curriculum cycle. |
| Objective | Progression Or Completion 1 | |
| Students will acquire practical and critical thinking skills from each scheduled rotation and research activity. Associated Goals: Progression Or Successful Completion |
| Indicator | Progression And Completion Indicator Students' rotation satisfaction survey and end of rotation exams will be used to measure students' perceptions of progress and successful completion. |
| Criteria | Progression criterion 1 Over 90% of the students will indicate on survey that through program goals they had acquired practical and critical thinking skills and provide a rating of satisfactory or higher on the survey |
| Finding | Progression or Completion 1 100% indicated a satisfactory or higher. 90% rated the programs as having exceeded in providing practical and critical thinking skills. 10% rated the program satisfactory as in providing practical and critical thinking skills. |
| Action | Progression or Completion 1 Continue the current course. |
| Objective | Progression Or Completion 2 | |
| Students will acquire lifelong skills for practice in the dietetics profession. Associated Goals: Progression Or Successful Completion |
| Indicator | Second Progression Or Completion Indicator Students will indicate through an end-of-program survey that they plan to acquire lifelong skills for practice in the dietetics profession. |
| Criteria | Progression criterion Over 90% of the students will indicate by survey that they particpate in lifelong learning through membership with the ADA and submission of continuing education credits. |
| Finding | Progression or Completion 2 100% indicated participation in ADA membership. Only those who passed the exams (7 of 9 - 2008; 8 of 9 - 2007) are eligible for CEU credits; 100% of those who passed the RD exam are accruing CEU units. |
| Action | Progression Or Completion 2 Stay the course. |
| Objective | Progression Or Completion 3 | |
| Students will complete the program, and successfully complete the national RD exam, and seek employment within 6 months of graduating from the program. Associated Goals: Progression Or Successful Completion |
| Indicator | Six Months Post Graduation Students will be contacted six months after graduation to verify that they have successfully completed the national RD exam and have successfully become employed in the field. |
| Criteria | Six Months Post Graduation 90% of students who completed the program will have passed the National RD Exam and be employed as dietetics professionals. |
| Finding | Progression or Completion 3 100% passed the exam of those who have taken it. 100% were employed by May 2008. |
| Action | Progression Or Completion 3 Stay the course. |