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Primary Objectives |
| Recruit | Retain | Support | |
| Goals | 1. Recruit faculty
who are capable of quality teaching, research, and service at WSU. 2. Increase the number of faculty in the COE (by 30%) over the next three years comparable to other Ph.D. granting institutions. 3. Ensure that faculty replacements (adjuncts and GTAs) are properly qualified. |
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Retain faculty by allowing for diversity in faculty activity relative to teaching,
research and service, as long as an appropriate balance is maintained to meet the COE
mission. 2. Improve the salary levels to make them nationally competitive. |
1. Provide sufficient laboratory space, office space, and equipment.2. Increase the number of technicians and secretarial staff (by 50%) over the next three years comparable to other Ph.D. granting institutions.3. Ensure budgetary support for travel, OOE and equipment (per EFT) at the same level as KSU and KU. |
| Action Plans | 1. Continue to
provide adequate funds for offering nationally competitive starting salaries and startup
packages. 2. Provide evidence to the university to justify a 30% increase in the number of faculty in the COE over the next three years. 3. Establish qualifications and performance standards for adjuncts and GTAs. |
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Establish a college profile for the distribution of teaching, research and service, while
allowing for diversity in faculty contributions. 2. Provide evidence to the university to justify nationally competitive salaries. |
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Provide evidence to the university for additional office and laboratory space and
equipment. 2. Provide evidence to the university to increase the number of secretarial staff and technicians by 50% over the next three years. 3. Develop justification to the university to increase budgetary support for travel, OOE and equipment. |
| Evaluation | 1.
Monitor the success rate of the probationary faculty in gaining tenure and promotion. 2. Monitor the increase in the number of faculty each year for the next three years. 3. Evaluate adjuncts and GTAs to determine if the established standards are met. |
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Monitor the retention rate of the faculty each year. 2. Monitor the salaries of the faculty annually, and compare them to national averages. |
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Monitor the expansion of laboratory space, office space, and equipment annually. 2. Monitor the increase in the number of technicians and secretarial staff annually. 3. Monitor the increase in budgetary support for travel, OOE and equipment annually, and compare with recommendations included in action plan. |
| Decisions | Review the goals,
action plans, execution of the action plans, and evaluation methods. Then make appropriate decisions. |
Review
the goals, action plans, execution of the action plans, and evaluation methods. Then make appropriate decisions. |
Review
the goals, action plans, execution of the action plans, and evaluation methods. Then make appropriate decisions. |
Primary Objectives |
| Enhance Learning | Intellectual Exploration | Excellence | |
| Goals | 1. Faculty members should
attend at least one professional development activity per year (industry internships,
short course, conference, sabbatical, etc.) 2. Allow faculty to take courses on campus without paying tuition. |
1. Encourage an increase in the
level of external funding by 25% over the next three years. 2. Encourage an increase in the number of archival publications by 25% over the next three years. |
1. Encourage excellence in
teaching, research and service. 2. Encourage faculty to strive for recognition for outstanding achievement in their respective professional societies. 3. Seek enhancement in the quality of teaching.4. Seek enhancement in the quality of service. |
| Action Plans | 1a. Develop partnerships with
industry for creating opportunities for faculty for internships. 1b. Provide resources for the faculty to attend at least one professional development activity per year. 2. Prepare a request directed to the VP of Academic Affairs to allow faculty to take courses on campus without paying tuition. |
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Establish a policy for providing matching funds in support of proposals for external
funding. 2. Include the list of archival publications in the college annual report. |
1. Maintain the college awards
for excellence in teaching and research, and create an award for excellence in service. 2. Reward faculty who are recognized for achievement by their respective professional societies. 3,4. Each department will develop plans to reward faculty who have achieved excellence in teaching or provided outstanding service, and incorporate the plans with department merit raise considerations. |
| Evaluation | 1.
Monitor the number of faculty involved in professional development activities, and compare
with the stated goal. 2. If the request to take courses free of tuition is approved, monitor the number of faculty engaged in this activity. |
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Monitor the level of external funding (annually). 2. Monitor the number of archival publications (annually). |
1. Monitor the number of
faculty who have been nominated (and who have received) awards for excellence. 2. Monitor the number of faculty who have been recognized for achievement in their respective professional societies. 3,4. Each department will evaluate the quality of teaching and the quality of service according to the action plan. |
| Decisions | Review the goals, action plans,
execution of the action plans, and evaluation methods. Then make appropriate decisions. |
Review
the goals, action plans, execution of the action plans, and evaluation methods. Then make appropriate decisions. |
Review
the goals, action plans, execution of the action plans, and evaluation methods. Then make appropriate decisions. |
