2005 AQIP Initiative Summary

College of Arts & Sciences

CHEMISTRY

• Improved direct data acquisition in freshmen chemistry labs
• Program changes leading to American Chemical Society approval

ENGLISH

• Recruitment of English majors and minors
• Course development for the writing concentration

GEOSCIENCES

• Institute new colloquium series
• Review department's culminating senior experience policies and practices

HISTORY

• Review department curriculum in support of MLS program
• Develop more support mechanisms for research and publication in the department

INFORMATION NETWORKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Improve department's outcomes assessment
• Improve department's advising materials

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Improve university-wide advising regarding the use of the placement exam for College Algebra
• Improve course offerings for the new 6-9 licensure standards

MODERN LANGUAGES

• Online basic language classes
• Make workforce Spanish language courses available

MUSIC (GENERAL)

• Develop collaborative relationship with Tak Ming College
• Develop architectural program statement for expansion of Malloy Hall

PHILOSOPHY

• Create discussion forum for departmental faculty teaching Virtual College courses
• Remake the Virtual College version of MLS core course IDS 801
• Create Virtual College version of general education and major course PHIL 340

PHYSICS

• Major course revision
• Alumni survey

POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Institutionalize utilization of New York Times on campus
• BGS: Legal Studies concentration

PSYCHOLOGY

• Create a new plan for assessing student learning outcomes
• Create a comprehensive plan for student recruitment

SOCIOLOGY/SOCIAL WORK

• Explore possibility of developing a cooperative program with Washburn University
• Develop and offer an online course in Introduction to Social Work primarily to serve SW Kansas
• Survey all Virtual College majors to determine level of satisfaction and how program can be improved
• Develop a course for student whose interest lies in working with nonprofit agencies

College of Business and Leadership

ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Recruitment
• Review Accounting curriculum

ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

• Support for and participation in the American Democracy Project
• Evaluation of Student Assessment Procedures for Class Performance
• Curriculum review
• Develop online course
• Continue faculty research efforts

LEADERSHIP STUDIES

• E-leadership.net initiative
• Review and change undergraduate curriculum

MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING

• Offer Virtual Management degree
• Completion of departmental marketing plan

College of Education and Technology

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND COUNSELING

• Increase availability of program courses to place bound students through mediation
• Increase availability of program courses to students from diverse socioeconomic settings

TEACHER EDUCATION

• Use program assessment plan to determine effectiveness of Elementary Education program
• Implement Elementary Education Honors program

College of Health & Life Sciences

AGRICULTURE

• Program advertisement and student recruiting initiative
• Enhance stakeholder interaction

ALLIED HEALTH

• Continue a strategy for improving the students' patient care skills by providing more real-life scenarios within the laboratory settings
• Increase marketing opportunities for the department with implementing more current information and improving the overall layout and content of the department web page.

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

• Development of ideas for the Cadaver
• Development of instruments for soils research

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

• Return faculty to full staffing
• Accurately and fully present program for quality assessment through the CAA accreditation process

HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE

• Development of new graduate program brochure
• Development of HHP Senior Seminar
• Curriculum revision
• Develop a Facility Space Allocation plan

NURSING

• Improve quality of teaching while diminishing redundancy of course content
• Streamline course assignments for all courses in curriculum BSN and MSN programs
• Establish process and procedure to assure that quality measures are gathered and analyzed
• Establish benchmarks for MSN program