Political Science Dept.
Unit Strategic Plan
2012/2013
Outcome Assessment Report
Submitted to
Dean Kirk Johnson, COTS
Submitted by
Bang-Soon Yoon, Dept. Chair
November 1, 2013
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Strategic Planning
2012/2013
Outcome Unit Report
The CWU Strategic Plan is the map that guides the progress toward fulfilling our institutional
mission. A large and representative group of faculty and staff, the Strategic Operations Team,
collaboratively developed this plan more than two years ago. Since that time, as the fluid
document it was designed to be, it has undergone several revisions. In its current form, the
CWU Strategic Plan can be found at this link: http://www.cwu.edu/resources-reports/currentstrategic-plan-and-versions.
Last year (2012/2013), units developed and revised Unit Strategic Plans. Unit Strategic Plans will
serve as the basis of reporting progress toward achieving the mission of the institution. These
reports are to be submitted to your appropriate reporting authority (Dean for academic
departments, Director, Assistant/ Associate Vice President for other areas) no later than
November 1, 2013.
As you will see in the attachment, the format for reporting will utilize the template of your Unit
Strategic Plan. You may wish to simply add a column titled “Outcome Assessment” to the Unit
Strategic Plan that you submitted in December 2012, and that was subsequently approved by
your reporting authority.
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AY 2012/2013
Unit Strategic Planning Report
Unit: Political Science
Reporting Authority: Bang-Soon Yoon
Date: October 16, 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?
Which theme(s) deserve special attention next year?
C. How do you intend to utilize the data gathered this year to assist you in developing stronger programs?
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.)
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UNIVERSITY CORE THEME: 1. TEACHING AND LEARNING
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 1.1 Enhance student success by continually improving the curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular
programs.
Unit
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource Outcome Assessment
Outcomes
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
Enhanced
knowledge of
foreign
cultures and
political
systems
Instructional
improvement
in courses
relevant to
global and
domestic
politics
At least 2
faculty per
year will
receive travel
grants / prof.
development
awards
enough to
actually go
Department; faculty
demonstrate changes
in pedagogy and/or
course content
Increase
international travel
for faculty
professional
development
Enhanced travel
allocation for
faculty in prof.
development for
those who
research abroad
Did not receive
additional funds for
travel. We feel this fits
better under 3.1
Information not
available due to
extended faculty
activity report deadline.
Greater
delivery of
basics
services to
students and
faculty
Department
operating
budget (Good
& Services)
At least 200809 levels, if
not higher
University / College
Maintain basic
materials (pens,
computers,
photocopies,
phones, etc.) -
Goods and
Services Budget
increase
and/maintenance.
Increase
administrative
staff and graduate
assistant.
Last year we did not
receive the additional
funding requested from
the University. We
were able to operate
the department and the
additional expenses
that the MPA Program
generated with onetime funding received
from continuing ed/The
office of the
International Studies &
Programs (OISP)
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Improve
knowledge
and practice
of
Government/
Public
Service;
deliver
Advanced
degrees to
practitioners
in field
Courses and
Enrollment in
New Interdisciplinary
MPA Program
45 CH degree
(5-7 PoSc,
lesser # Soc.,
LAJ, or other
courses)
Provost, Graduate
Studies Dean & Dean
of College of Sciences
Establish/institutiona
lize Master of Public
Administration
Program
(See also #5.1,
#5.3)
Faculty buy-out
time for service,
teaching (1.2
FTE?); admin.
Support, space
needs, G&S
budget
Enhance
student
success in
major field
content
Grades in
PoSc 489
80% will pass
(C-) 489 on
first try
Department
Improve knowledge
of major field
Chair
reassignment/
time spent on data
collection,
analysis
Enhance
student
success in
completion to
degree
5-year
graduation
rate (125% of
credits
needed)
MPA Program
80%
graduation
rate
Better than
Univ. avg.
Institutional Research?
Help students
graduate; keep
curriculum flexible
Time spent on
data analysis or
collection
Improve or
maintain
student
success with
written
Grades and
content of
research
paper in 489
% of students
with improved
writing
compared to
“W” gen eds in
Department and/or
Writing Center, student
success dept.
Techniques to
improve and assess
writing skills
Reassigned time
for faculty to
collect data and
do the analysis
We delivered the MPA
degree program and
graduated 15 students
in 2012 and 20
students in 2013.
Obtained office space
for 2013-14 for MPA
Program and selffunded a ledger II
account for the MPA
Program through onetime funding we
received in our
Political Science
Ledger II budget via
continuing ed/OISP for
courses the department
delivered in the MPA
Program.
91% of students who
took POSC 489 (Senior
Assessment) passed
the course which is
greater performance
than projected (80%).
See W Assessment
Report submitted in
Fall 2012
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communication
dept. (101 &
270)
Improved
Faculty
pedagogical
techniques
and delivery
Prof.
Each faculty
Center for TeacherRelevant, and useful
development
member will
Scholar or Academic
courses on
and hours of
complete 1
and Student Life /
instruction and/or
training for
new training
Provost Office
instructional delivery
improved
course in next
techniques
academic year
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 1.2 Enhance the effectiveness of student support services.
Release time for
faculty to learn
new instructional
techniques and
technology, etc.
Faculty were not given
any release time,
although four faculty
attended sessions on
their own time.
Unit
Outcomes
Promoting
student
success
through better
individual
curricular
planning
Indicators
Expected
Performance
Level
(Criterion)
Indicator/Performance
Level Reported By
Key Strategies/
Initiatives
Budget/Resource
Analysis
Outcome Assessment
Student
satisfaction on
exit survey;
student timely
completion of
program
sequence
75% on senior
exit survey;
graduation
rate better
than average?
Department;
Institutional Research
Enhanced advising
through specifically
assigned faculty
member for advising
10 WLUs or
thereabouts of
reassigned time to
Faculty who is
excellent at
advising
No designated advising
faculty with 10 WLUs
was assigned (due to
understaffed faculty
and no budget
supports).
Bachelor Degree:
71.4% of POSC majors
completed the degree
within 4 years or less.
Master Degree of
Individual Studies in
Public Administration:
100% of Chinese
cohort students
completed the degree
within four quarters.
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UNIVERSITY CORE THEME: 2. INCLUSIVENESS AND DIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 2.1 Enhance the environment of inclusiveness for faculty, staff, and students
Unit
Outcomes
Indicators
Expected
Performance
Level
(Criterion)
Indicator/Performance
Level Reported By
Key Strategies/
Initiatives
Budget/Resource
Analysis
Outcome Assessment
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 2.2 Increase faculty, staff, and student diversity by active programs of recruitment and retention for members
of underrepresented groups.
Unit
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource Outcome Assessment
Outcomes
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
Increase
Number of
Greater than
Department, Human
Attempt to recruit
diversity of
faculty from
current
Resources
widely and diversify
faculty via
under-rep.
faculty base
New faculty
groups
hires in 5.3
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 2.3: Ensure that CWU has an inclusive and diverse curriculum
More than the
usual amount for
T-T and even
Unit
Outcomes
Budget/Resource
Analysis
Outcome Assessment
Faculty WLUs in
teaching toward
these courses
regardless of
enrollment
7 courses offered to
meet the goal: POSC
260 Comparative
Politics; POSC 316
Latinos and the US
Political System; 311
Women and Politics;
POSC 343 Politics of
the US Mexico Border;
POSC 398 Politics of
Globalization; POSC
460 Contemporary
Maintenance
and
enhancement
of diverse
and
multicultural
course
offerings in
dept.
Indicators
Expected
Performance
Level
(Criterion)
Indicator/Performance
Level Reported By
Number of
classes
offered w/such
a focus (dept.
has 6 now)
At least the
same number
Department and/or
Inclusivity Czarina (Dr.
Kandee Cleary)
Key Strategies/
Initiatives
Offering courses on
regular basis
and/or changing
course content or
curriculum
NTT hires
Don Schaefer, Native
American, Anne Pflug
and Sefanie Wickstrom,
females. No hires TT
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Issues in Comparative
Politics-Environmental
Politics; and POSC 470
Contemporary Issues in
International RelationsGlobal Sex Trade.
UNIVERSITY CORE THEME: 3. SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 3.1 Increase the emphasis on and the opportunities for students, faculty and staff to participate in research,
scholarship, and creative expression activities.
Unit
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource Outcome Assessment
Outcomes
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
Enhanced
knowledge of
foreign
cultures and
political
systems
Increased
scholarly
output (conf.
presentations,
publications,
etc.)
One scholarly
product from
each fully
funded
research trip
Department (activities
reports?)
Increase
international travel
for faculty
Enhanced travel
allocation for
faculty in prof.
development for
those who
research abroad
Increased
student major
participation
in
undergraduat
e research
Presentations
by students of
individual
research
results
More than
currently
Department
Greater recruitment
of students for
SOURCE, McNair,
etc; creation of
PoSc 495?
Reassigned time
for faculty for
collaboration with
students and
service WLUs
w/McNair, etc.
Travel for research and
conferences were only
partially funded for
travel to Korea and
Egypt. Faculty
members were required
to spend personal
funds for travel.
20 students participated
in Source and the
National Social Science
Association Conference
in Las Vegas and four
students received
awards for their
presentations. 12
student research
papers were published
in conference
proceedings and one
graduate student
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published in a
professional journal
(co-authored with
faculty).
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 3.2 Increase the external funding received for research, scholarship, and creative expression by faculty, staff,
and students.
Unit
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource
Outcomes
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
UNIVERSITY CORE THEME: 4. PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 4.1 Enhance the commitment and the level of cooperation between the university and external communities.
Unit
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource
Outcome Assessment
Outcomes
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
Increase
student and
faculty
connection
with external
communities
(pol/gov’t
orgs, etc.)
Improved
Better than
Cooperative Education
Increased outreach Reassigned time to
numbers of
current
to external groups
faculty for outreach
students in
and supervising of
internship &
these course
(study
activities
abroad);
faculty
professional
contacts
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 4.2 Increase participation in university sponsored life-long learning opportunities.
Unit Outcomes
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
No faculty reassignment
time was approved.
9 students took
Internship classes (POSC
490 Cooperative
Education).
1 student joined study
abroad program (Costa
Rica).
Outcome Assessment
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UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 4.3 Enhance the efforts of members of the university community to strengthen the economic base of the region
and state.
Unit Outcomes
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource
Outcome Assessment
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
CORE THEME: 5. RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & STEWARDSHIP
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 5.1 Maximize the financial resources to the University, and assure the efficient and effective operations of the
University through financial stewardship.
Unit Outcomes
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource
Outcome Assessment
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
Increase
internat’l
enrollment/new
“markets” via
Master of Public
Admn. Program
(see 1.1)
Internation
al
enrollment
in fledgling
MPA
program
More than 1520 foreign
students
currently (or at
least, maintain
it)
OISP, Enrollment
Management
Market the program
to new cities in
China and E. Asia
Funds for
international
recruiter and
faculty to visit sites
Achieved 20 students
(which constitute 77% of
the Chinese cohort) in fully
paid program in 2012-13.
The Chinese cohort of 20
students constitutes the
majority of CWU’s
international students in
graduate studies program.
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 5.2 Develop and implement enrollment management and marking plans that meet the enrollment objectives of
the university.
Unit Outcomes
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource
Outcome Assessment
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 5.3 Ensure the University has human resources necessary to accomplish all university objectives.
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Unit Outcomes
Indicators
Expected
Performance
Level
(Criterion)
Indicator/Performance
Level Reported By
Improve
Program via
Enhanced
curriculum
delivery:
undergrad.
program and
new Public
Admn. Grad
Program
Maintenance of
Quality Program
despite
changing
conditions and
personnel
Effective
staffing of
courses in
undergrad.
Program
and new
Master of
Public
Admn.
program
Effective
staffing of
courses
with faculty
in areas of
loss or
attrition
(retirement
s expected
in next 2-4
years)
Effective
staffing of
courses
with faculty
in areas of
loss (e.g.,
Launius)
Effective
staffing of
courses
and
advising for
faculty on
prof. leave
“regular”
faculty offering
courses in
public policy
and admin
(and other
courses lost to
it)
Maintenance of
Quality Program
despite
changing
conditions
Maintenance of
Quality Program
despite
changing
conditions
Key Strategies/
Initiatives
Budget/Resource
Analysis
Outcome Assessment
Department; Provost
and Dean via faculty
resource allocation
(Faculty FTE)
Create and
enhance MPA
program; maintain
improve &
undergrad offerings
by replacing loss of
T-T faculty
1 Tenure-Track
faculty in Public
Admn; Full-time
NTT in other
subject areas for
replacement of
current faculty loss
to PoSc
Did not receive funding for
either position.
Continuance
with dept.
curriculum
offerings and
workload plan
similar to
current/previo
us years
Department; Provost
and CoTS Dean via
faculty resource
allocation (Faculty hiring
- FTE)
maintain improve &
undergrad offerings
by replacing loss of
T-T faculty
T-T Faculty lines
to replace those
who retire or leave
in the future (est.
2)
No one retired 2012-13.
Continuance
of dept.
curriculum and
stability; add’n
of research,
service loads
Provost and CoTS Dean
via approvals for faculty
hiring
Maintain and
improve
undergraduate
offerings in key
sub-fields of
discipline
Conversion of
FTNTT Asian/IR
politics line to T-T
Did not receive funding for
this conversion position.
Continuance
of dept.
curriculum and
stability
Provost and CoTS Dean
via approvals for faculty
hiring
Maintain
undergraduate
offerings via
staffing / faculty
hires
NTT replacement
of Manweller
(Winters 2013 &
14) and Flanagan
(W&S 2013)
Flanagan (W&S
2014)
Received funding for twothirds of a NTT fulltime
faculty replacement for
Manweller for Winters
2013; and Schaefer for
W&S 2013.
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(sabbatical;
legislative
reassign)
UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVE 5.4 Provide the facility and technology infrastructure and services appropriate to meet the university objectives,
while maximizing sustainability and stewardship.
Unit Outcomes
Indicators
Expected
Indicator/Performance
Key Strategies/
Budget/Resource
Outcome Assessment
Performance
Level Reported By
Initiatives
Analysis
Level
(Criterion)
Student and
faculty
appreciation and
satisfaction with
our physical and
working
environment;
improve Psych.
Bldg..
More
rooms
(conference room
for seminar
for dept.
meetings,
student
study) –
don’t have
now
New office
suite; add’l
conf. room
and
renovation of
main office,
student
lounge.
(including day
spa)
Campus facilities
Improve physical
atmosphere and
professionalism of
office and building
for dept. & new
MPA
Greater
space/additional
rooms in Psych.
Office modifications
completed for PSYCH
413-417 and created new
student lounge (PSYCH
463) and POSC meeting
room (PSYCH 464).
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