Academic Program Evaluation
For Redesign Project
Program
Enrollment
(spring
2012)
Max.
Enrollment
Fill
Rate
# of
sections
# of
students
per class
Avg.
max. #
of
students
per class
FTES
FTEF
Productivity
(FTES/FTEF)
# of
Certificates
in 6 years
# of
Degrees
in 6
years
Completion
Rate
Success
Rate
# F.T.
faculty
Journalism
45
0.2%
54
81%
2
27
22.5
4.67
0.2%
.2
0.1%
23.35
N/A
8
88.89%
66.67%
1
Recent Enrollment Demand: High ____
Projection for Future Demand:
Growing ____
Medium __X__ 81%
Stable ____
Low ____
Declining __X__
(Labor market data required for career-technical programs) Numbers given above may be misleading given that two of the four core Journalism
courses are actually Computer Information Systems (CIS) classes. Overall numbers for the two core Journalism courses for the last two academic
years indicates a decline in student demand. The 53 students who enrolled in the Journalism courses in 2011-12 is the lowest number of
students for the last three years.
Opportunity Analysis: (successes, new curriculum development, alternative delivery mechanisms, interdisciplinary strategies, etc.)
While there are a few opportunities available for partnership with local press organizations (TV, radio, and newspaper), the college has not
invested the resources necessary to capitalize on these opportunities. On the one hand, the college cannot justify investing additional resources
in the Journalism program given the low student interest; the Journalism classes are taught by an adjunct faculty member. On the other hand,
the adjunct faculty member cannot be asked to try to build the program to a level which would garner additional student interest.
Summary of Program “Health” Evaluation: (including consideration of size, scope, productivity, and quality of outcomes)
Without the labor of a full-time tenure track instructor to build the program toward viability, the Journalism program will not succeed. A fulltime tenure track instructor in Speech/Journalism was hired several years ago, but that instructor has refused to work in the Journalism
program. At this point, Speech and Journalism are managed in two separate academic departments.
CORE: JRN 100, 101; CIS137, 149
Journalism Numbers
Fall 2009
19
Spring 2010
16
Fall 2010
25
Spring 2011
21
8
42%
6
38%
11
44%
11
13
JRN 101 Completed
Success Rate
4
36%
CIS 137 Census
CIS 137 Completed
Success Rate
JRN 100 Census
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
25
13
10
48%
14
56%
9
69%
13
15
15
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6
46%
6
46%
8
53%
5
33%
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30
17
57%
-------
26
19
73%
-------
29
18
62%
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CIS 149 Census
CIS 149 Completed
Success Rate
30
27
90%
31
20
65%
29
22
76%
63
47
75%
29
22
76%
32
21
66%
Total @ Census
Total Completed
Overall Success Rate
90
56
62%
60
32
53%
93
58
62%
99
65
66%
98
59
60%
45
30
67%
JRN 100 Completed
Success Rate
JRN 101 Census
Totals
►►►
53
28
53%