CAS Strategic Goals/Objectives for 2007-8

Curricular Goals:

• Work with Senate to evaluate general education program and its quality
• Examine the university diversity requirement and develop the assessment component of that offering
• Roll out the streams of the Interdisciplinary Studies.

Program Enhancement:

• Collaborate with the other colleges on possible conference regarding military needs
• Fully develop SPLASH-Downtown and Emerald Coast
• Examine implications of SSE redesign in readiness for building

Accountability:

• Participate fully in the quality discussions about online and F2F teaching unfolding with the Senate
• Refine the chair evaluation protocol.
• Promote a departmental syllabus review to ensure that the ALCs are reflected across course offerings.

Enrollment Management:

• Design and implement some incentive practices to promote effective enrollment management and accountability
• Develop retention strategies to help graduation rates
• Revisit outreach strategies to built community relationships.

General Operations:

• Distribute work of Associate Dean on leave through strategic assignments
• Examine how to decentralize aspects of budget management to the departments
• Revisit the graduate thesis oversight process
• Improve attendance by faculty at graduation events.
• Articulate a protocol for student grievances when faculty are inaccessible or unavailable.

Faculty/Staff Development:

• Define levels of performance in relation to P&T discussion at department level
• Provide effective mentoring for new chairs and new faculty
• Explore ways to enhance vibrancy of the intellectual climate.
• Conduct some information sessions on managing faculty-student boundaries.