Program Review Summary, Recommendations, and Rationales (cont.)
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (UNDERGRAD)
▶ Located in the state capital
Has ties to many state agencies, many of which employ KSU graduates
► Prepares students for the largest employment sector in the region, government ▶ State employees need to be better informed about the cabinets that have the tuition assistance program
► State employees need to be better informed about the cabinets that have the tuition assistance program
► Tuition assistance should be expanded to all state agency cabinets
ITV should be utilized as a means of providing greater access RECOMMENDATIONS AND RATIONALES
The program must secure funding to implement the Certified Public Managers program RECOMMENDATION: CONTINUE WITH MODIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: CONTINUE WITH MODIFICATION
RATIONALE:
The most significant recommendation from this assessment would be to combine the political science and public administration program
Six of the courses can be offered as cross reference classes. This would require students to take six courses, which could count toward the PUA or POS degrees in the major and taught by the same faculty member.
SOCIAL SCIENCES (SOCIOLOGY)
▶ New program that shows potential for growth ▶ Three full-time faculty retirements RECOMMENDATION: CONTINUE WITHOUT MODIFICATION
Three full-time faculty retirements
► Two full-time sociology and one full-time history professor
RATIONALE:
▶ Offers culturally sensitive settings for minority students for learning the discipline that strides along the criminal justice system, an area of ABSOLUTE CURRENT NEEDS
▶ This is a program that has been in existence for less than three years.
Delay in hiring faculty
Historically understaffed
The enrollment is growing and a new core class in African-Ameri-can studies has been added.
► Growth in graduation rates from single digit to double digit ▶ Three full-time faculty retirements
Added an African-American history course
▶ Qualified faculty
► Opportunities for research experience in multiple disciplines ▶ Delay in hiring faculty
The program has its challenges due to being understaffed because of institutional limitations.
The program is servicing the pro-jected market needs and has re-flected a potential for growth.
SPANISH LANG AND LITERATURE ► None provided
None provided
Program is non-existent
RECOMMENDATION: ELIMINATE
RATIONALE: The program is non-existent. Eliminate the program but keep Spanish 101 and 102 as support courses.
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