STATUS REPORT FOR
1998 ACTION PLAN FOR STRATEGIC PLAN
APPROVED BY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: December 15, 1998
 
Action Plan Item 

I

 Input FY 99 (resources) 

II

 Throughput (vehicles) 

III

 Output (products) 

IV

 Available Data 

V

 Data Needed 

VI

 Follow-up Needed 

VII
     
RESEARCH
      
Strengthen support for research Research Initiative funds of $146,500.   Research II status achieved; 

All grants & contracts through GSURF as of Oct 1, 1998

 external grants - Table 1; 

internal support - Table 2; 

federal obligations - Table 3.

   Implement recommendations of Research Administrative Review committee from June 1998
Provide targeted support for highly competitive research and professional programs.  Biosciences Research Centers 
$400,000; 

Digital Arts Center $200,000; 

COB faculty $333,060; 

Law faculty $78,200; 

Policy Studies $283,700; 

Digital Commerce Center $300,000.

     Grant proposals submitted/funded by dept. - Table 4. 

Cumulative support FY 97, FY 98 & FY 99 - Table 5.

 Total grants & contracts by area funded. Academic program review of departments and centers will assess impact of additional funding.
Develop Library collections and a strategic plan. Pullen Library acquisitions $265,500  

Law Library $45,000  

Pullen support $89,500 

   Pullen Library strategic plan developed; approved by Senate Dec. 98;Northwest Conspectus level for each program completed for doctoral programs. Library acquisitions - Table 6.   Senate approval of Library strategic plan.
Assess impact of funds dedicated to graduate assistantship awards; increase number and value of graduate assistantships. Increase in graduate assistantships of $72,000 Research Committee   stipend levels 

compared with national norms.

 $$ spent on GAs from all sources; 

GRA III stipends by dept.; 

GRE scores and % yields.

 Develop indices
 
 
Action Plan Item Input FY 99 (resources) Throughput (vehicles) Output (products) Available Data Data Needed Follow-up Needed
     
PROGRAMS
      
Utilize appropriate benchmarks to allocate resources among colleges and programs, with allocation of faculty positions based on program strength. Social Work $61,300 Models & Benchmarks Subcommittee of Budget Committee   #graduates; 
#SCHs/FT fac; 
#SCHs/EFT fac; 
cost/SCH; 
$$ extramural support; 
#majors/TT fac; 
success on certification; 
success on accreditation		 % sections by FT fac, PTI, GTA; 

# sections/EFT fac; 

# intro sects/ TT fac 

# sects taught using pedagogical methods other than reg. lecture; 

# low enroll sects.

 IR director to aid in development of benchmark data; 

Establish list of Comparator Institutions as required by USG.
Utilize academic program review for resource allocation decisions. English Action Plan $116,600  

Math Action Plan $124,600 

Sociology Action Plan $87,900

 APACE Action plans for Bio., Chem. accepted by the Provost Sp 98; 

External review of MKT, EP&SE, POLS

 # programs reviewed; 

quality of programs; 

# publ/TT fac

   Action plans to be developed then approved by Provost for PAUS, SW, MUS, NURS, MKT, EPSE, and POLS.
Improve interdisciplinary collaboration Gerontology $19,200; 

Conflict Resol.. $93,800; 

Project Healthy Grandparents $76,700; 

Modern Language -business $200,000.

 joint Research/APACE review of Research Centers new faculty joint appointments; 

Womens= Studies Institute moved to university level. 

 # interdisciplinary Centers; 

# interdisciplinary projects; 

# Center directors as co-PIs; 

Research grant teams (Table 2).

 # cross-listed courses;# sects; 

# joint appointed faculty.

  
Develop a Writing-Across the Curriculum initiative. $200,000. Mary Hocks director, effective July 1998. History dept developed WAC; 

BIO & History developing standards for NASH/EdTrust standards project.

 # courses with WAC component # depts with fac WAC liaison; 

# workshops on WAC and # fac attendees.

 Develop Action Plan for WAC as part of both Gen. Educ and major. 

Standards in Biology and History; 

Expand to Commun. Across Curriculum
Support international initiatives. 

 

 international initiative support $84,000. John Hicks appointed Asst. to Provost for Int'l Programs, effective Oct. 12, 1998; 

APACE subcomm. on international programs.

   # faculty and students who go abroad; 

# active exchange agreements; 

external $$ support; 

# visiting scholars; 

# Fulbright (CIES) scholars; Internally funded initiatives -  

Table 7.

 data from APACE; international programs designated as strategic initiatives. Refine action plan for int'l initiatives, including recruitment and support for int'l students on campus.
Further the P-16 initiative. $400,000  STEP committees in Language Arts; sciences; mathematics; social studies. Analyses of standards at levels 5, 8, and 12 and alignment with courses taken by pre-service teachers; 

Agreements with partner schools.

   # fac from non-COE colleges; 

# organizations external to GSU; 

# disciplines where academic standards are produced; 

# schools where high standards curricula are used.

 Continuation of STEP project. 

Development of partner schools. 

Development of admission and transfer standards.
 
 
Action Plan Item Input FY 99 (resources) Throughput (vehicles) Output (products) Available Data Data Needed Follow-up Needed
     
FACULTY/STAFF
      
Utilize Center for Teaching and Learning for faculty and GTA development     Workshops and sponsored meetings; 

GTA plans developed for every department that uses GTAs in classroom.

 # activities coordinated; 

# faculty participating; 

% e&g budget for fac/staff devel.

 # depts with policies and training for GTA/GLAs; 

Sponsored events.

 Faculty evaluation surveys on activities.; 

GTA course being developed by CAS.
Utilize pre- and post-tenure review for faculty and organization development.     AAHE and BOR support for post-tenure review study. # faculty reviewed: 

pre-tenure; 

post-tenure.

 % fac receiving tenure; 

faculty development plans.

 mentoring program for junior faculty; 

faculty development plans and opportunities.
Review standards for graduate faculty status   Graduate Council Criteria for graduate faculty status approved by Senate Spring 97.   % fac who qualify for Graduate Faculty status. College/school implementation of guidelines; 

College/school workload policies.
Develop university-wide faculty workload policy.    Faculty Affairs. Approved by Senate in Winter 97; refined and re-approved in Dec 98.     Faculty workload comparisons.
Review and increase incentives for enhancement of faculty diversity.   African American Research & Development Committee; 

Cultural Diversity Committee

   # minority fac. hired; 

# minority fac p/t; 

# women fac. hired; 

# women fac. p/t.

 retention and promotion of minority and women faculty. Establish Task Forces on Women and Minorities; develop action plans
Utilize raise monies to correct remaining faculty and staff salary inequities.       Av. dept salaries by rank, compared with national norms # inequities/ year - disaggregated by fac., staff, college. 

PTI Metro salaries

 Ongoing 

Comparative benefits analysis 

Increase minimum PTI salaries
 
 
Action Plan Item Input FY 99 (resources) Throughput (vehicles) Output (products) Available Data Data Needed Follow-up Needed
     
STUDENTS
      
Continue the development of the assessment of student learning.    APACE Assessment Sub-committee of Undergraduate Council. 

AAHE Summer Academy team. 

Part of Academic Program Review

   % students passing various licensure exams. # depts with operational assessment plans for majors; 

# program mods based on assessment; 

surveys of graduates.

 Assessment of general education and the majors.
Develop a systematic approach to enrollment management.  Presidential Assistantships $80,000; 

TT faculty, NTT/Lecturers and GTA/GLA for general education $500,000.

 Admissions & Standards Enrollment Management Committee. Rolling admissions. # new freshmen; 

# transfers; 

% FT; 

% graduate & professional B Table 8; 

Profile of residence hall students -  

Table 9. 

Course loads of students.

 GPAs of transfers by inst. at entry and 1 yr later; 

% yield; 

% students with SAT> 1200; 

retention rates and GPAs by FI and PGA - disaggregated; 

graduate measures - GRE, GMAT, LSAT, Miller analogies; 

unmet demand.

 Evaluate impact of Presidential Assistantships; 

Curricular reforms; 

Retention efforts; 

Recruitment efforts.
Monitor effects of new admissions standards.   Admissions & Standards Committee   Achievement of enrollment goals; level of student body diversity B Table 8. Means, distributions of FI, PGA and SAT for appls., admits, and enrolled freshmen; 

graduation rates by FI and PGA and transfer PGA- disaggregated.

 Balance movement toward goals with need to maintain enrollment.
Improve Student Services  Undergraduate student services & recruitment $59,000. ad hoc committee on advising process; 

Assoc. Provost for Academic Services as liaison.

     student satisfaction surveys - career guidance; advising; registration; 

time of course offerings;... 

Hope scholars %.

 Action Plan for academic advisement; 

Improve admissions process; 

Increase yield in admissions.
 
 
Action Plan Item Input FY 99 (resources) Throughput (vehicles) Output (products) Available Data Data Needed Follow-up Needed
   
INFRA-STRUCTURE
CUSTOMER ORIENTATION
      
Increase customer service orientation.   Office of Strategic Support in F&A     # staff trained;  

customer satisfaction surveys

 Action Plan for customer satisfaction surveys; 

Part of ASUA.
Implement Administrative and Support Unit review.   Administrative & Support Unit Assessment (ASUA) Committee. Document containing guidelines for process # units reviewed Admin & Support Unit Assessment questions include indicators. Continuing Education, Human Resources, and Provost Office being reviewed
   
INFRA-STRUCTURE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      
Improve technology support for instruction. Instructional technology $425,100.         ongoing
Develop IS&T strategic plan. Stable operating environment $297,000. IS&T committee IS&T strategic plan approved by Senate Spring 97.     Annual Action Plan.
Create an integrated relational database.   Cross-functional teams will be established       Cross-functional teams to be appointed.
Network all campus buildings.  Contingency FY 99 for upgrade of network connections; 

F&A network support $93,700.

 IS&T committee 6 buildings upgraded B Science & Science Annex; Kell; Sparks; Physical Education; General Classroom; Urban Life. # students per open lab PCs; 

# and % buildings networked; 

# classrooms networked for external communications; 

# E-mail addresses 

# Internet connections/day

 quality of PCs; 

quality of network; 

customer satisfaction surveys.

 Continual upgrade of building networks, workstations and servers.
   
INFRA-STRUCTURE
IDENTITY
      
Improve visibility and recognition External Affairs $26,400          
Improve campus physical identity through signage. improved visibility and recognition  

$63,400

 CBSAC Signage standards for external, internal, and way finding. # and % buildings with acceptable level signage   Action plan.
   
INFRA-STRUCTURE
FUND RAISING
      
Extend university fundraising capabilities Development Office  

$91,300.

   J. Mack Robinson College of Business donation; Helen M. Aderhold Learning Center. Fund raising activities - See Table 10. % pledge payment rate Ongoing; 

Comprehensive Campaign public phase.
   
INFRA-STRUCTURE
SECURITY
      
Safe & Secure Environment.  $75,000 Library security; 

$192,600 safety; 

$83,700 regulatory compliance; 

$87,700 preventative maintenance.

   One Card access to buildings implemented; five security guards hired for Pullen Library.   # criminal incidents reported; 

$ value of thefts reported; 

# job related injuries; 

# safety violations: 

# safety courses offered and  

# participants.

 Action Plans from VPF&A - including security issues for new buildings.
   
INFRA-STRUCTURE
SPACE
      
Develop plan for short and long-term space allocations and rehabilitation/ 

renovation.

   CBSAC; 

Master plan process. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 Priority list to BOR for capital funding; 

Master Plan due to Regents in Jan. 99; 

Psychology moved to UL 11; 

K&H consolidated 

ANT & GEOG consolidated 

African American Studies relocated.

   # sq. ft renovated; 

# active planning teams.

 Physical Master plan: approval by Senate; presentation to Board of Regents.
 
 

Acronyms Used in Action Plan Narrative and Spreadsheet

APACE - Senate Committee on Academic Programs and Continuing Education

ADG - Associate Deans Group

BOR - Board of Regents

CAS - College of Arts & Sciences

CBSAC - Capital Budget and Space Allocations Committee

COB = J.Mack Robinson College of Business

CHARA - Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy

CHHS - College of Health & Human Sciences

CHM - Department of Chemistry

CIES - Council for International Exchange Scholars

COE - College of Education

CPS - Department of Counseling and Psychological Services

CTL - Center for Teaching and Learning

E&G - Education and General

ECE - Department of Early Childhood Education

EFT - Full-time Equivalent

FACP - Fiscal Advisory Committee to the President

FI - Freshman Index

FY - Fiscal year

GA - Graduate assistant

GLA - Graduate lab assistant

GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Test

GPA - Grade Point Average

GRA - Graduate research assistant

GRE - Graduate record exam

GTA - Graduate teaching assistant

HA - Institute of Health Administration

HR - Human Resources

IS&T - Information Systems and Technology

LSAT - Law School Admission Test

MAP-16 - Metropolitan Atlanta P-16 Council

MBA - Masters in Business Administration

MSIT - Department of Middle Secondary Education & Instructional Technology

MTH/CSC - Department of Math & Computer Science

MUS - School of Music

NASH/EdTrust - National Association of System Heads/ The Education Trust

NSEP - National Security Education Program

NTT - Non-tenure track

NURS - School of Nursing

ORSP - Office of Research & Sponsored Programs

PAUS - Department of Public Administration & Urban Studies

PEF - Professional Education Faculty

PGA - Predicted Grade Point Average

POLS = Department of Political Science

PSY - Department of Psychology

PTI - Part-time Instructor

SAT - Scholastic Achievement Test

SCH - Student Credit Hour

SOC - Department of Sociology

SPS - School of Policy Studies

SUMMIT - Supporting the University mission by Managing Information Technology

SW - Department of Social Work

TT - Tenure-track

UL - Urban Life building

USG - University System of Georgia

USIA - U.S. Information Agency

VPD - Vice President for Development

VPE - Vice President for External Affairs

VPFA - Vice President for Finance & Administration

VPR - Vice President for Research & Sponsored Programs

VPSL&ES - Vice President for Student Life & Enrollment Services

WAC - Writing across the Curriculum