Goal D: By 2015, refine a core set of undergraduate and graduate programs that are aligned with the
institutional mission and vision, leverage Gallaudet’s many strengths, and best position students for
career success
Leader: Stephen Weiner
Objective 1
Optimize undergraduate
majors and graduate
programs to justify costs and
outcomes
Objective 2
Develop five new
comprehensive academic
partnerships
Objective 3
Strengthen students’ preparation for
employment and career success
Objective 4
Increase faculty
accountability
for student learning and
development
Assoc. Provost: PAIR
Provost
Dean of CAS
Provost
Strategies
Strategies
Strategies
D.1.1 Review outcomes of
program prioritization to
assess results of
recommendations in terms of
curricular and economic
impact.
D.2.1 Develop and assess the
strengths and challenges of
a pilot partnership with one
DC Consortium universities to
develop or sustain curriculum
for specific majors.
(Updates D.1.1 and D.1.2 by
taking them to next step)
(Updates D.2.1 to focus on a
pilot with assessment of
results)
D.3.1 Maintain and strengthen the
infrastructure to require real-world
experiences (internships) as a
graduation requirement for all
students, by increasing
collaborations between Career
Center and academic programs.
D.4.1 Modify faculty
performance management
systems to increase
accountability for results in
total student development,
including learning and
engagement
Strategies
(Updates D.3.1 to describe how).
Chair of Faculty Senate
Dean of CAS
Assoc. Provost: PAIR
Provost
D.1.2 Assess the extent to
which the program viability
process has an impact on
program changes.
D.3.2 Increase student participation
and use of Career Center services
to improve job search and interview
skills.
(Updates D.1.3 by taking them
to next step)
D.2.2 Conduct a best
practices study on
interuniversity partnerships
and implement findings to
maximize benefit of
Gallaudet’s membership in DC
Consortium.
Assoc. Provost: PAIR
Provost
Director: Career Center
Faculty Development Fellow
D.3.3 Increase number of advisory
groups consisting of employers,
alumni, and professionals in the
field (includes Career Center
employer advisory board as well as
departmental) to advise on
developing, implementing and
assessing programs.
D.4.3 Provide development
opportunities, particularly via
ASL/English bilingual
education, to address the
identified ways to optimize
content and delivery
methods.
D.1.3 Develop a process for
assessing the quality and
impact of new programs
(since 2010) and for
sunsetting (closing) those that
have not had desired impact.
(Updates D.1.4 by taking them
to next step)
D.2.3 deleted/ Now A.1.6
(Updates D.3.2)
D.4.2 Through Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning,
identify ways to optimize
classroom and online content
and delivery methods.
(formerly D.4.2a)
(Updates and refines D.3.3)
Assoc. Provost: PAIR
(formerly D.4.2b)
Faculty Development Fellow
Director: Career Center
D.1.4 Develop a regular
Program Review process for
all academic programs.
New
Provost
D.3.4 Continue to develop
relationships with new employers as
well as strengthen existing
relationships to increase variety and
number of internship sites for
students
(Updates and integrates D.3.1 and
D.3.4)
Director: Career Center
D.3.5 Create career skill application
modules to be integrated throughout
each major program (i.e. creation of
SLOs for real-life application of
skills) .
(NEW)
Dean of CAS
D.4.3 Align teaching loads
and course assignments to
increase lower-level
undergrads’ access to faculty
who are distinguished in
teaching.
(small revision)
Dean of CAS