Engage in more systematic ways of External Review, Chair, Advisor, Explore additional Develop and launch offering transfer orientation p. 7 Advising; AVP mechanisms for technology-based means for Enrollment disseminating key of disseminating advising advising-oriented information, including information to students. video tutorials. Investigate ways to increase attendance at Communication-related Advising workshops. Consider an annual meeting with External Review, Chair Begin to facilitate working transfer institution department chairs p. 7; Continuous relationships with three to help scaffold for incoming Improvement local community college students. Committee departments; pursue opportunities (ALAS, iPath, etc) that allow for improvement of transfer issues. DEVELOPING RESOURCES TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY Increase the number of tenure-track External Review, Provost Budget Develop a multi-year faculty; Consider resource p. 7; Continuous hiring plan for faculty implications of emphasis structure Improvement and additional COMM electives Committee; Provost Increase the number of staff External Review, Provost Budget Develop a multi-year members p. 7; Continuous hiring plan for staff Improvement Committee Program Advisor should receive 3 External Review, Provost, Dean Budget Discuss the issue of WTUs/semester of reassigned time p. 7 reassigned time for both the Chair and the Advisor. Faculty need more support for External Review, Provost Budget Earmark portions of the conference travel and faculty p. 7 and p. 8 program budget for development endeavors conference travel and faculty development; identify and utilize additional pools of resources within the university for such endeavors.
Engage in more systematic ways of offering transfer orientation External Review, p. 7 Chair, Advisor, Advising; AVP for Enrollment Explore additional mechanisms for disseminating key advising-oriented information to students. Investigate ways to increase attendance at Communication-related Advising workshops. Develop and launch technology-based means of disseminating advising information, including video tutorials. Consider an annual meeting with transfer institution department chairs to help scaffold for incoming students. External Review, p. 7; Continuous Improvement Committee Chair Begin to facilitate working relationships with three local community college departments; pursue opportunities (ALAS, iPath, etc) that allow for improvement of transfer issues. DEVELOPING RESOURCES TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY Increase the number of tenure-track faculty; Consider resource implications of emphasis structure and additional COMM electives External Review, p. 7; Continuous Improvement Committee; Provost Provost Budget Develop a multi-year hiring plan for faculty Increase the number of staff members External Review, p. 7; Continuous Improvement Committee Provost Budget Develop a multi-year hiring plan for staff Program Advisor should receive 3 WTUs/semester of reassigned time External Review, p. 7 Provost, Dean Budget Discuss the issue of reassigned time for both the Chair and the Advisor. Faculty need more support for conference travel and faculty development endeavors External Review, p. 7 and p. 8 Provost Budget Earmark portions of the program budget for conference travel and faculty development; identify and utilize additional pools of resources within the university for such endeavors.
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