AY 2012/2013
Unit Strategic Planning Report
Unit: Anthropology
Reporting Authority:
Kathleen Barlow, Chair
Date: November 13, 2013
A: Please complete the column titled “Outcome Assessment” on your own Unit Strategic Plan. Complete with as much
detail as you can provide. Where you cannot obtain data to complete the assessment, put “Data not available.” in
the space.
B. Please summarize each of the University’s Five Core Themes from your Unit Strategic Plan Outcome Assessment
report.
Toward which theme(s) did you make progress, and how are students benefitting from this?
University objective 1: Teaching and Learning
We continued to offer our full curriculum in all programs, but with significant challenges. Our co- and extracurricular programming was well supported last year with student office help who facilitated these dimensions
of our program. This year there is no work study for new students, and our existing student help are taken up
with funding T.A.'s to focus on supporting curriculum directly. We also lost our NTT/lecturer baseline position
in the realignment process, which leads to uncertainty in program planning.
We have gained a half-time support person for writing museum grants to help bring in outside funding for this
extensive programming. This enables museum staff to offer wider programming to students across campus and
to offer a wider variety of experiences to Museum Studies students through internships.
University objective 2: Inclusivity and Diversity
Our regular curriculum contains a great deal of content on these issues. We also held a fall faculty forum and
contributed to ABS, AIS, AST, LALS, WGS and university level curriculum planning, specifically revision of Gen Ed
Learning Outcomes. Students gain a more comprehensive set of tools for understanding and participating in a
diverse and inclusive learning environment at CWU.
University objective 3: Scholarship and Creative Expression
We maintain faculty mentored student research through individualized studies, McNair and Farrell Scholarship
mentorships, and presentations at SOURCE and End-Of-Quarter poster sessions.
University objective 4: Public service and community engagement
We do extensive work with tribes on NAGPRA and museum collections issues. Museum studies students
participated in museum tours for elementary school classes. We developed strong collaborations with Heritage
University and hosted campus visits from local public schools and Heritage students and faculty. Students
working with CWAS also gain experience in cross-cultural interactions and school-community relations.
University Objective 5: Resource Development and Stewardship
We maintain strong ties with CWAS, (Central Washington Archaeological Survey), now in Facilities. This
organization extensively involves students in archaeological contract work, and this in turn leads to
employment for them in the industry.
Our goal was to maintain strong ties with CHCI, which impacted 4-6000 people per year and provided between
20-30 student internships and 5-10 graduate research opportunities per year. It also was a world-famous
primate communication research institute that brought top notch graduate students committed to non-invasive
research and caregiving of captive primates. This very important teaching resource and outreach to the public
was lost due to lack of stewardship on the part of the University.
Which theme(s) deserve special attention next year?
Teaching and Learning
C. How do you intend to utilize the data gathered this year to assist you in developing stronger programs?
I assume this refers to the data that will be provided in the new dashboard. We will utilize it for curriculum planning,
in the transition to Gen Ed, for streamlining our curriculum, developing co- and extra-curricular activities, and
supporting faculty development.
D. Based on your learning from this first year report, what parts of your strategic plan will you modify, add to, or omit
for next year? (Please attach an updated Strategic Plan with changes highlighted.)
We have reserved approximately half of the objectives in our original plan for later consideration.
Overall we have lost important resources, and we hope to preserve our programs from further inroads. Large
amounts of time are being requested to do extensive planning, learning of new reporting systems, etc. In the interest
of ensuring faculty time and energy for teaching, research and scholarship, focusing our goals on teaching and
learning seems appropriate at this time.
Based on the ease of gathering data to support objectives, minor changes/deletions have been made, such as:
See attached.
Bulleted Listing of Data needed:
Transfer and non-transfer student graduation rates
Technology updating plan for the University
Comparison of Department fo CWU, local and national diversity standards
Other instructional load data, broken out by kind of course
Numbers of conferences and type by faculty and faculty with students
Faculty publication rates
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