First Choice Graduate Programs

1. First Choice Graduate Programs Initiating a First Choice Program Consultation and Review

2. Graduate Mission Superior Graduate Study Options • Quality of Enrollment • Advanced Scholarship through Assessment • Rigorous Courses & Options • Student Scholarship • Faculty Scholarship

3. Criterion 1: Sustained Achievements Attracting Quality Candidates • Enrollment Management • Recruitment Plan • Selection Criteria • Acceptance Rate • Assistantship/Scholarship Management • Annual Awards • Competitive Awards • Matriculation Management • Graduate Placement

4. Criterion 2 Sustained Achievements Fostering Scholarship • Assessment Results Center for Academic Support & Achievement • Written & Oral Communication • Depth of Knowledge (Technology & Ethics) • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Research & Scholarship • Assessment Results Graduate School

5. Criterion 3 Rigorous Courses and Options • Sustained Mission Planning • Sustained Curricular Leadership • Administration Contributions to Quality • Faculty Contributions to Quality • External Review Contributions to Quality • Capstone Contributions to Quality • Student Contributions to Quality • Alumni Contributions to Quality • External Partnership Contributions To Quality

6. Criterion 4 Sustained Student Research/Creative Activities • Sustained Student Research • Productivity • Engagement • Commitment to Research & Travel Grants • Showcasing Scholarship • Award Participation

7. Criterion 5 Sustained Faculty Scholarship • Coordinator Leadership • Faculty Scholarship

8. What is a Consultation? • Informal Summary Documenting Criteria • Informal Presentation to Review Board Only • Guidance for a Decision about a Full Review • Identification of Criteria that Appear to be Met • Identification of Criteria that Appear not to be Met

9. How Does it Start? • Chair Collaborates with Coordinator: Makes decision to apply • Chair & Coordinator Select Program Team, Team Leader, Team Consultants (if desired) • Chair or Coordinator Request a Consultation Date

10. Guidelines for the Consultation Report • Not Required in Advance • Informal without Format Expectations

11. Outcome Following a Consultation • Dean Provides a Formal Summary of Strengths/Weaknesses via the CGS Board’s Review in 30 Days • Meeting with Dean to Review Report • Program Communicates Decision for Pursuing Full Review

12. What is a Full Review? • Comprehensive Evaluation of a Program • Formal Report with Format Expectations • Report Required 30 Days in Advance • Presentation to Entire CGS • CGS Provides Feedback to Review Board • Board Makes Recommendation to Dean • Formal Report and Decision

13. What is Included in a Full Review Report? • Program Mission • Program Degree Requirements • Program Admission Requirements • Other Essential Elements • Documentation of How Criteria Met/Sustained • Highlights of Exemplary Achievements

14. How is a Full Review Conducted? • Documents Reviewed by CGS & CGS Board • Formal Presentation to CGS by Program Team • Program Team Discussion with CGS • CGS Board Discussion with CGS • Recommendation by CGS Board to Dean • Decision by Dean

15. What is the Outcome of a Full Review • Program Achieves or Does Not Achieve the First Choice Designation • Review Board Provides Dean with Summary Report • Dean Completes Formal Report for Program • If Achieved, Resources Follow • If Not Achieved, Meetings Held to Review Needs

16. AQIGP: Academic Quality Improvement for Graduate Programs • Selection Process • Consultation Process • Report

17. Suspending Enrollments • Enrollment Limitations • Assessment Limitations • Curriculum Limitations • Student Research/Creative Activity Limitations • Faculty Scholarship Limitations

18. Discussion Q & A