UNIT EFFECTIVENESS PLANNING: Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

UNIT EFFECTIVENESS PLANNING: Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Academic year: 2016-2017

Program:

Person(s) preparing report:

Date submitted:

Each undergraduate and graduate program will annually set targets and develop action plans to achieve those targets. Subsequently (next Fall) programs will assesses the achievement of their goals, report outcomes, and revise targets and action plans as needed for the following year.

A)Please complete one planning template (with seven goals) for each program. Send draft planning templates:

• To:your Dean(CAS or SEBHS)
• cc. Helen Thumann (OAQ)
• cc. Dean of the Graduate SchoolIF your program is a graduate program.

B)Meet with your Dean to review targets and action plans

C)Revise targets and action plans as needed

D)Send final UEP template to your Dean, Helen Thumann, and, if applicable, the Dean of Graduate Programs.

TIMELINES:

Draft planning template(s) (targets and action plans) to Dean(s) and Helen Thumann by Friday, October 21, 2016.

Meet with your Dean, revise targets and action plans as needed, resend to Dean(s) and Helen Thumann by Friday, November18, 2016.

Gallaudet Strategic Plan Objective / Previous AY’s performance
A.5 Increase and broaden accountability for student enrollment. / Did you achieve the previous AY’s enrollment target?
YES____ NO____
If not, consider how you may need to revise your action planning for this year.
Academic Program Strategic Planning Goal / Planning Question
The _____ program will enroll____ students for matriculation in AY 2016-2017. /

1. What are your new student enrollment targets for Fall 2017*?
   
2. How did you determine targets? Are these numbers based on what you think you can achieve or on program capacity?

1. How will the program achieve its enrollment target?

1. How can the Admissions Offices (UG and Grad) help you achieve your enrollment targets?

*For graduate certificate programs in particular, please set targets based on students enrolled exclusively in the graduate certificate program (not dual enrolled in the certificate program AND a graduate degree)

Action Plan:

Gallaudet Strategic Plan Objective / Previous AY’s performance
B.4 Increase and broaden accountability for student retentionand graduation. / Did you achieve the previous AY’s retention target?
YES____ NO____
If not, consider how you may need to revise your action planning for this year.
Academic Program Strategic Planning Goal / Planning Question
The _____ program will retain____ % of the students who enter its program and do not graduate from Fall 2016 to Fall 2017. /

1. How will the program achieve its retention target?

1. For UG programs, how might the GU Retention Coordinator help you achieve your goals?

Action Plan:

Gallaudet Strategic Plan Objective / Previous AY’s performance
B.4 Increase and broaden accountability for student retention and graduation. / Did you achieve the previous AY’s graduation target?
YES____ NO____
If not, consider how you may need to revise your action planning for this year.
Academic Program Strategic Planning Goal
(applies to undergraduate and MA programsonly) / Planning Question
The _____ program will graduate____ % of the students who entered its program in AY 2016-2017. /

1. How will the program achieve its graduation target?

1. For UG programs, how might the GU Retention Coordinator help you achieve your goals?

Action Plan:

Gallaudet Strategic Plan Objective / Previous AY’s performance
D.3 Strengthen students’ preparation for employment and career success (internship). / Did you achieve the previous AY’s internship target?
YES____ NO____
If not, consider how you may need to revise your action planning for this year.
Academic Program Strategic Planning Goal / Planning Question
____ % of the students in the _____ programwill successfully complete an internshippriortograduating in AY 2016-2017. / How will the program achieve its internship completion target to strengthen students’ preparation for employment and career success?

Action Plan:

Gallaudet Strategic Plan Objective / Previous AY’s performance
D.3 Strengthen students’ preparation for employment and career success.
(GU also reports post-graduation outcomes for both undergraduate and graduate programs through GPRA) / Did you achieve the previous AY’s preparation targets?
a) Employment: YES____ NO____
b) Additional Education: YES____ NO____
c) Neither: YES____ NO____
If not, consider how you may need to revise your action planning for this year.
Academic Program Strategic Planning Goal / Planning Question
a. ____ % of the students who graduated from the _____ program will be employedone year after graduation.
b. ____ % of the students who graduated from the _____ program will pursue additionaleducationone year after graduation.
c. Fewer than ____ % of the students who graduated from the _____ program will be neitheremployed or in advanced education one year after graduation. / How will the program achieve its targets for post-graduation outcomes related to alumni employment and/or additional education?
Note: Alumni can only be placed in one category: work or working. Alumni who are both working and pursuing further education are categorized as “working.”

Action Plan:

a)Employment:

b)Additional education:

c)Neither:

Gallaudet Strategic Plan Objective / Previous AY’s performance
E.1 Establish Gallaudet’s research agenda and set targets for externallyfunded research proposal submission, funding, and completion by 2016 and beyond. / Did you achieve the previous AY’s externally funded research targets?
a) Submitted: YES____ NO____
b) Received: YES____ NO____
If not, consider how you may need to revise your action planning for this year.
Academic Program Strategic Planning Goal / Planning Question
a) ____ % of the faculty in the _____ program will have submittedproposals for externally funded research.
b) ____ % of the faculty in the _____ program will have receivedfunding for externally funded research / How will the program achieve the number of faculty involved with externally funded research?

Action Plan:

a)Submitted for external funds:

b)Received external funds:

Gallaudet Strategic Plan Objective / Previous AY’s performance
E. Establish Gallaudet as the epicenter of research, development and outreach leading to advancements in knowledge and practice for deaf and hard of hearing people and all of humanity. / Did you achieve the previous AY’s publication targets?
a) Submitted: YES____ NO____
b) Published: YES____ NO____
If not, consider how you may need to revise your action planning for this year.
Academic Program Strategic Planning Goal / Planning Question
a) ____ % of faculty in the _____ programwill have submittedmanuscripts to peer-reviewed journals and/or creative activities to juried venues.
b) ____ % of faculty in the _____ programwill have had manuscripts publishedin peer-reviewed journals and/or creative activities shown in juried venues. / How will the faculty achieve their involvement with scholarship in peer-reviewed journals and/or creative activities in juried venues?

Action Plan:

a)Submitted (publications):

b)Published:

Unit Effectiveness Planning Reporting Template / Page 1 / rev. 8/2/2016
Office of Academic Quality