Self-Study Outline and Required Key Elements
The following should be used as a guide for incorporating all key elements in a successful self-study…
- Program overview
- Mission, goals, and objectives
- Need/demand and workforce goals
- Interdisciplinary activities
- Interinstitutional perspective
- Previous evaluations
- Curriculum
- Figure 1, Curricular Matrix
- Educational goals/skills acquisition: doctoral program, master’s program, undergraduate major, undergraduate minor
- Degree requirements: doctoral, master’s, major, minor
- Advising/mentoring: doctoral, master’s, major, minor
- Learning outcomes assessment: doctoral, master's, major, minor, certificates (three years of reports at minimum)
- Figure 1, Curricular Matrix
- Faculty
- Overall assessment of the faculty
- Faculty survey results
- Diversity
- Mentoring (faculty and graduate students)
- Faculty research
- Teaching
- Figure 2, Teaching Activities
- Teaching load by rank
- Improvement of teaching
- Figure 3, Teaching Activities/Faculty Member
- Students
- Overall assessment of students
- Student survey results
- Diversity
- Admissions practices
- Career preparation support and placement of graduates
- Figure 4, Demographic Profile of Graduate Students (at 5 years)
- Entering students
- Graduating students
- Figure 5, Demographic Profile of Undergraduate Majors (at 5 years)
- Entering students
- Graduating students
- Leadership, administrative support, facilities and equipment, institutional relationships
- Leadership
- Administrative support
- Facilities & equipment
- Institutional relationships
- The future
- Current strengths
- Areas for improvement
- Ongoing assessment
- Disciplinary needs
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