Program Review Summary, Recommendations, and Rationales (cont.)
| MASTER'S LEVEL PROGRAM | STRENGTHS | AREAS OF NEEDED IMPROVEMENT | RECOMMENDATIONS AND RATIONALES |
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| AQUACULTURE AND AQUATIC SCIENCES | ► Good facilities
► Granting
► Nationally and internationally recognized program and faculty
► Unique in Kentucky Professional development opportunities
► STEM degree
► Rapid job placement
► Excellent publication and granting
► Diverse faculty | ► Student incentive to finish by reducing the length of assistantship support
► Permitted to enroll in two master's degree programs
► Recruiting diverse students
► No tuition waiver
► Lack of faculty diversity may lead to lower enrollment
► Students need additional writing experience | RECOMMENDATION:\nCONTINUE and EX-PAND WITH MODIFICATION\nRATIONALE:\nModifications are already being planned\n► A $50,000 in research funding will be utilized to add electronic journal access to the KSU library in ag and aquaculture areas\n► Excellent publication and granting |
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| BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MASTER'S | ► No Information: Work in progress
► As of March 26, 2018, no report | | |
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| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES | ► No information: Work in progress (Same as above) | | |
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| ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ► Nationally recognized program and faculty
► Unique in Kentucky professional development opportunities
► STEM degree
► Rapid job placement
► Excellent publication and granting
► Diverse faculty | ► Facilities
► Student incentive to finish by reducing the length of assistantship support
► Permitted to enroll in two master's degree programs lengthen time to completion of the MES degree
► Large number of part-time students
► No tuition waiver
► Students need additional writing experience | RECOMMENDATION:
CONTINUE WITH MODIFICATION
RATIONALE:
Nationally recognized program that is low cost to KSU since research and extension faculty teach part-time. There are 15 research and extension faculty who have partial teaching appointments for this program. |
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| INTERDISCIPLINARY BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (IBS) | ► New program (three years)\n► Graduated first cohort in three years\n► Interdisciplinary by design\n► Well positioned and is serving the market demand\n► Very impressive publication record of faculty and students\n► Very impressive extramural funding profile of teaching faculty ($2 million)\n► Qualified, dedicated and committed faculty\n► Excellent professional collaborations\n► Offers students unique handson opportunities for research experience in multiple disciplines and possibilities for presenting research findings\n► Growing enrollment | ► Facilities
► Student incentive to finish by reducing the length of assistantship support
► Permitted to enroll in two master's degree programs lengthen time to completion of the MES degree
► Large number of part-time students
► No tuition waiver
► Students need additional writing experience | RECOMMENDATION:
CONTINUE WITH MODIFICATION
RATIONALE:
Nationally recognized program that is low cost to KSU since research and extension faculty teach part-time. There are 15 research and extension faculty who have partial teaching appointments for this program. |
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| SPECIAL EDUCATION WITH LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS | ► Demand for graduates
► Instructional practices
► Accreditation status
► Program delivery method
► Curriculum | ► Low enrollment and graduation trends over the past three years
► Too few faculty | Recommendation: CONTINUE WITH MODIFICATION
Rationale:
Consistent and involved leadership Current and up-to-date curriculum Program demand Program delivery is appealing |
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Sufficiency of courses to meet students' needs
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