Alignment with Few or none of the Some of the department’s Most of the department’s All of the department’s University Mission department’s programs programs are aligned with the programs are aligned with the programs are well aligned and Program Goals are aligned with the university mission or strategic university mission and with the university mission university mission or plan strategic plan and strategic plan strategic plan Program quality, Few or none of the Some programs in the Most programs in the All programs in the distinctiveness, and programs in the department have provided department have provided department have provided recognition department have examples of recognition for examples of recognition for examples of recognition for provided examples of quality or uniqueness quality or uniqueness quality or uniqueness recognition for quality or uniqueness Academic Few programs have Some programs have active Most programs have active All programs have active Assessment active assessment assessment programs to assessment programs to assessment programs to programs to document document student document student document student student achievement of achievement of specified achievement of specified achievement of specified specified learning learning outcomes and use learning outcomes and use learning outcomes and use outcomes and use this this information for this information for this information for information for continuous improvement continuous improvement continuous improvement continuous improvement Faculty Scholarship Department provided Department demonstrates Department demonstrates Department provides no examples to faculty scholarship by faculty scholarship by multiple examples to demonstrate faculty providing examples of providing examples of demonstrate faculty excellence in scholarship excellence in a few programs excellence in most programs excellence in scholarship in in the program field all programs Measure Room for improvement Adequate Effective Exemplary Quality Teaching Department provided Department demonstrates Department demonstrates Department demonstrates no examples to excellence by providing excellence by providing some excellence by providing demonstrate excellence examples in one or two of the examples in more than two of multiple examples in each of in teaching, pedagogy, following: teaching, the following: teaching, the following: teaching, pedagogy, curricular pedagogy, curricular
Alignment with University Mission and Program Goals Few or none of the department’s programs are aligned with the university mission or strategic plan Some of the department’s programs are aligned with the university mission or strategic plan Most of the department’s programs are aligned with the university mission and strategic plan All of the department’s programs are well aligned with the university mission and strategic plan Program quality, distinctiveness, and recognition Few or none of the programs in the department have provided examples of recognition for quality or uniqueness Some programs in the department have provided examples of recognition for quality or uniqueness Most programs in the department have provided examples of recognition for quality or uniqueness All programs in the department have provided examples of recognition for quality or uniqueness Academic Assessment Few programs have active assessment programs to document student achievement of specified learning outcomes and use this information for continuous improvement Some programs have active assessment programs to document student achievement of specified learning outcomes and use this information for continuous improvement Most programs have active assessment programs to document student achievement of specified learning outcomes and use this information for continuous improvement All programs have active assessment programs to document student achievement of specified learning outcomes and use this information for continuous improvement Faculty Scholarship Department provided no examples to demonstrate faculty excellence in scholarship in the program field Department demonstrates faculty scholarship by providing examples of excellence in a few programs Department demonstrates faculty scholarship by providing examples of excellence in most programs Department provides multiple examples to demonstrate faculty excellence in scholarship in all programs Measure Room for improvement Adequate Effective Exemplary Quality Teaching Department provided no examples to demonstrate excellence in teaching, pedagogy, Department demonstrates excellence by providing examples in one or two of the following: teaching, Department demonstrates excellence by providing some examples in more than two of the following: teaching, pedagogy, curricular Department demonstrates excellence by providing multiple examples in each of the following: teaching, pedagogy, curricular