state of the college 2010 victor h. matthews, dean august 26, 2010
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State of the College 2010
Victor H. Matthews, Dean August 26, 2010
• CHPA Annual Budget = $9,363,942.70
$8,984,380 is budgeted for salaries and benefits
$379,563 is budgeted for operations and equipment
There is an estimated $1,160,626 in one-time monies available and $398,884 in recurring salary savings.
Budget Update
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From the $1,160,626 the College will fund items including:
• Summer School ($109,907 budgeted)• Per Course and One-time Hires ($181,658 budgeted)• Travel and Operations for Dean’s Office ($82,674 including
$25,554 Capital Outlay for computer purchases)• New Hire Summer Research Stipends ($30,000)• Recruiting and Faculty Hiring ($35,000)• Development Efforts ($2,000)• Research Opportunities ($36,000)• Program Directors ($35,000)• Sabbaticals ($25,000)
Budget
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From the $398,884 in recurring salary savings, the college will fund three faculty searches:
• Criminology – Department Head
• History – Department Head Asst. Prof. African American HST
Hiring Plan – Anticipated Searches
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• External Reviewer will Visit Economics in October 2010
• Dr. James Payne, Illinois State University
External Review
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• Religious Studies and Philosophy Departments prepare for external review visit in fall 2011 (http://www.missouristate.edu/assets/provost/ProgramReviewInstructions.pdf):
1. Self Study written and approved by June 1, 2011
2. External reviewers nominated and approved by Dean and Provost
External Review
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The College of Humanities and Public Affairs helps students to understand social, political and legal structures, ethical principles, religious systems, and economic institutions and practices within a global, historical, and contemporary context. CHPA presents the concepts contained in the university’s Public Affairs mission and applies them to real-world problems and situations so that our students will be better prepared to become citizens and leaders.
Vision Statement
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• Enhance Public Affairs Mission
• Increase Student Success Efforts
• Enhance and Improve Assessment Methods
• Maintain Scholarly Productivity
Central Themes
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• Public Affairs Intensive Component in Majors
• Greater visibility for Public Affairs Programming
• CHPA Speakers Bureau
• CHPA Research Centers/Community Connections
Public Affairs Mission
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• Derek Bok, Our Underachieving Colleges, p. 187-88
Four Elements of “Civic Education”
• Introduction to American Democracy• Political Philosophy• Basic Elements of Economics• Knowledge of America’s Engagement in World
Affairs
Public Affairs Mission
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• Recruitment, Retention, and Access
• Enhanced Advisement Efforts
• Enrollment Management Analysis
• Course Transformation Initiative
Student Success
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• Eric Nelson (HST) appointed as Dean’s Fellow for Course Transformation
• http://www.thencat.org/whoweare.html
• http://www.thencat.org/articlesmonographs.html
• http://handouts.aacrao.org/am07/finished/T0245p_C_Twigg.pdf
Student Success
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• Participation in college and majors fairs
• Utilization of Advisement Specialists
• Greater participation in Master Advisor Workshop
• Promotion of Bear Claw and other Intervention Methods
Recruitment & Retention
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• Increased development of on-line and blended courses
• Use of ITV to transmit courses from DSS to Ft. Leavenworth and the Springfield campus
• Identification of degrees that can be completed in the evening, on-line or in combination
• Degree Pathways information on Dept websites
Access Efforts
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Modality Sections FA 09
Sections FA 10
FA 09 SCH
FA 10 SCH
% SCH FA10/FA09
Evening 58 Sections
54 Sections
3771 3344 88.7%
Online 16 Sections
23 Sections
1422 2188 153.9%
ITunes 7 Sections
9 Sections
916 1000 109.2%
Teaching Modalities(as of 8-26-10)
FA 10: 6532 Total SCH = 17.5% of CHPA SCH
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• Flexible strategy to meet student needs
• Projection of course scheduling based on past history and student feedback
• Response to external review reports
Current CHPA fall 2010 enrollment (37,382 on 8-27-10) stands at 101.7% of fall 2009 census totals.
Enrollment Management
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Dept FA 07 FA 08 FA 09 FA 10 % 10/09
ANT 1907 1861 2305 123.9%
CRM 2384 2866 3209 112%
DSS 408 423 495 585 118.2%
ECO 4728 4906 4570 4254 93.1%
HST 6952 7052 7829 7350 93.9%
MIL 310 337 437 440 100.7%
PHI 2464 2409 2712 3015 111.2%
PLS 6863 5560 6436 6666 103.6%
REL 4938 5275 5409 4899 90.6%
SOC 3866 3222 3783 117.4%SOC/ANT/CRM 8502 8146 7949 9297 116.9%
Area St 696 765 909 876 96.4%
Total 35,861 34,846 36,743 37,382 101.7%
Total SCH in CHPA (as of August 27, 2010)
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Course FA 09 FA 10 % 10/09AAS 100 274 251 91.6%ANT 100 199 264 132.7%ANT 125 108 70 64.8%ECO 155 743 756 101.7%GST 170 33 41 124.2%HST 103 244 216 88.5%HST 104 229 281 122.7%HST 121 494 609 123.3%HST 122 716 662 92.5%PHI 105 94 94 100%
Course FA 09 FA 10 % 10/09
PHI 110 407 403 99%PHI 115 265 331 124.9%PLS 101 1425 1479 103.8%REL 100 698 651 93.3%REL 101 186 178 95.7%REL 102 168 147 87.5%REL 131 233 208 89.3%REL 210 281 210 74.7%SOC 150 619 768 124.1%
CHPA 7416 7619 102.7%
General Education Courses (as of 8/27/10)
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DEPT FA07 FA08 FA09 FA10 %10/09
ANT -- 57 147 183 124.5%
CRM -- 191 300 255 85%
DSS 333 423 495 585 118.2%
ECO 290 249 276 237 85.9%
HST 422 335 349 361 103.4%
PHI 2 9 0 3 --
PLS 668 660 672 531 79%
REL 136 120 140 144 102.9%
SOC 36 0 3 --
SOC/ANT/CRM 175 284 447 441 98%
CHPA 2026 2080 2379 2302 96.8%
SCH in Graduate Courses – fa07 to fa10
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• Develop Assessment Methods for All Modalities & All Degrees
• Greater Attention to Alumni Feedback
• Reassessment of Teaching Evaluation Methods
• Work with FCTL to Develop/Revise Departmental Assessment Plans
• Use Student Success Committee as a CHPA Assessment Council
Assessment Strategies
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Research & ScholarshipDigital Measures Reporting
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Year Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Books Papers Read
2007 35 17 11 125
2008 32 17 7 116
2009 27 17 10 109
Bernice Warren Center for Archaeological Research – Director, Neal Lopinot
• “CAR-1429 Intensive Archaeological Survey at Lake Wappapello, Butler & Wyane Counties, MO” ($320,000).
• “CAR-1405 Phase III Assessment of Crawford Co., KS” ($51,500).
Departmental
• Taiwan Foundation for Democracy: “Rapprochement between Taiwan and the Chinese Mainland: Implications for American Foreign Policy” ($5,490). Dennis Hickey (PLS).
• Wabash Center for Teaching & Learning: Assess REL Department Pedagogy ($18,757)
CSSPPR
• Small grants to support surveys on “Attitudes of Springfield Voters toward Public Health Issues,” for the Missouri Department of Transportation and a “Survey of Uninsured and
Underinsured Residents of Greene County, Missouri,” for the Springfield/Greene County Regional Health Commission.
External Grants
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Blevins, Brooks, Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State (U. of Arkansas Press, 2009)
Chuchiak, John, A. and Harada, T. O. Text and Context: Analyzing Colonial Yucatec Maya Texts and Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Institut für Altamerikanistik und Ethnologie, Universität Bonn, 2009)
Piston, William, Portraits of Conflict; A Photographic History of the Civil War in Missouri (U. of Arkansas Press, 2009)
Walker, Bethany, Reflections of Empire: Archaeological and Ethnographic Studies on the Ottoman Levant (ASOR, 2009)
Dennis Hickey, Dancing With the Dragon: China’s Emergence in the Developing World (New York: Lexington Books, 2010)
Berkwitz, Steve, South Asian Buddhism: A Survey (Routledge, 2009)
Finch, Martha, Dissenting Bodies: Corporealities in Early New England (Columbia University Press, 2009)
Matthews, Victor H. 101 Questions & Answers on the Historical Books of the Bible (Paulist Press, 2009)
Joseph, Robert, Countering WMD: The Libyan Experience. Fairfax, VA: National Institute Press, 2009.
Nelson, Eric, After the League: Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France. Palgrave Academic Press, 2009.
Recent CHPA Books
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Archaeological Field School in MissouriJudy’s Cave – Wright County
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Archaeological Field School – MissouriNathan Boone Homestead
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Fieldwork in Jordan
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Fieldwork in Jamaica
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Questions/Comments
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