POSC
Appendix F1: Full-Time Faculty/Adjunct Staffing Request(s) [Acct. Category
1000]
Audience: Faculty Prioritization Committee and Administrators
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time faculty
and adjuncts
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Discuss anticipated improvements in student
learning and contribution to the Strategic Plan goal. Cite evidence and data to support your request,
including enrollment management data (EM Summary by Term) for the most recent three years, student
success and retention data , and any other pertinent information. Data is available at
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/ProgramReview/Data2012.cfm .
1. Number of new faculty requested in this discipline: 1
2. If you are requesting more than one position, please rank order the positions.
Position
Description
1. Political Science Instructor
Full Time faculty in Political Science
3. Rationale for your proposal. Please use the enrollment management data. Additional data that will
strengthen your rationale include FTES trends over the last 5 years, persistence, FT/PT faculty ratios,
CLO and PLO assessment results and external accreditation demands.
The Political Science department is in critical need of new full time faculty. Political Science is an
extremely popular discipline with course fill rates of over 100%. The following details the FT/PT faculty
rations, FTES trends, and assessment data to support an additional full time faculty member.
FT/PT faculty ratios over the last 4 years
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Fall 2009-Spring 2010: 57% to 43%
Fall 2010-Spring 2011: 44% to 56%
Fall 2011-Spring 2012: 41% to 59%
Fall 2012-Spring 2013: 22% to 78%
FTES trends over the last 2+ years
Enrollment capacity in American Government and across Political Science  WSCH/FTEF in Political
Science as a discipline
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Spring 2010: 111% in Introduction to American Government; 98% all of Political Science 
715.5
Fall 2010: 116.5% in Introduction to American Government; 107.9% all of Political Science 
712.3
Spring 2011: 119.4% in Introduction to American Government; 109.7% all of Political Science 
718.4
Fall 2011: 108.4% in Introduction to American Government; 103.8% all of Political Science 
635.5
 Spring 2012: 108.1% in Introduction to American Government; 103.6% all of Political Science 
680.5
Relevant Assessment Data/Outcomes
Political science has developed at least 3 CLOs in 100% of courses. We met the deadline to assess and
close the loop in 100% of courses by Spring 2012. Assessment results show the following successes: (1)
faculty are having success in engaging students with the material; (2) linking the timing and content of
courses with contemporary events, such as offering courses to coincide with elections; linking the new
Law and Democracy capstone course with an annual speaker event; (3) a majority of students in political
science demonstrate competency or accomplishment on all SLOs assessed in the discipline.
With only one full-time faculty member, the assessment and program review processes are singularly
driven and, therefore, less collaborative than would be ideal. With additional full-time faculty, this
process would be both more meaningful, and changes could be implemented more consistently and
universally.
As a discipline, Political Science plays a pivotal role in supporting a campus culture of engagement,
political knowledge, critical thinking, and civic responsibility. American Government is further
recognized at the state level, by way of the California State University American Institutions graduation
requirement, as a fundamental part of a college education.
4. Statements about the alignment with the strategic plan and your student learning goals are
required. Indicate here any information from advisory committees or outside accreditation reviews
that is pertinent to the proposal.
The Political Science program supports the new Chabot College Strategic Plan through multiple efforts
including but not limited to: transfer support, distance education, fully-implemented student learning
outcomes, providing an innovative library integration/student research project funded through the basic
skills initiative, contemporary civic and globally-minded courses and curricula, participation in the PACE
and Change It Now programs, and projects designed to increase student community engagement (such
as the Political Science Club, participation in Model United Nations simulation, the Law and Democracy
Program, and setting up speakers and activities for the campus community).
Additionally, this program offers two majors, one of which is an AA-Transfer degree (Political Science)
and the other of which prepares students to seamlessly transfer in International Studies and
International Relations majors at CSUs and UCs across the state.
Both majors are highly popular across the state, with 21% anticipated growth in jobs for Political
Scientists between 2008 and 2018, according to the Bureau for Labor Statistics. International Studies is
one of the fastest growing majors on college campuses across the United States.