Graduate Program Review

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Graduate Program Review 2005-2011 Department of Natural Resources Management Mark Wallace, Interim Chair College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Michael Galyean, Dean November 2011 12/14/2011 PROGRAM REVIEW OUTLINE Department of Natural Resources Management I. Program Overview – A one to two-page summary of department’s vision and goals. II. Graduate Curricula and Degree Programs A. Scope of programs within the department B. Number and types of degrees awarded - Degrees Awarded – Academic Year (chart) - Comparison of Degrees Awarded – Fall Data (Peer info table) - Program Degrees Awarded (table) C. Undergraduate and Graduate semester credit hours - Semester Credit Hours – Academic Year (chart) - SCH compared to Budget - Academic Year (chart) D. Number of majors in the department - Enrollment by Level – Fall Data (chart) - Comparison of Enrollment – Fall Data (Peer info table) - Program Enrollment (table) E. Course offerings and their enrollments over the past six years (enrollment trends by course) - Course Enrollments by Academic Year (table) F. Courses cross listed III. Faculty A. Number, rank and demographics of the faculty (tenured and tenure track), GPTI’s and TA’s - Teaching Resources (chart) - Tenured and Tenure-Track by Rank - Fall Data (chart) - Comparison of Full-time Faculty (Peer info table) B. List of faculty members (graduate and non-graduate) (table) C. Summary of the number of refereed publications and creative activities (table) D. Responsibilities and leadership in professional societies - Professional Leadership (table) - Committee service (table) E. Assess average faculty productivity for Fall semesters only (use discipline appropriate criteria to determine) - Faculty Workload (table) - College SCH/FTE – Fall Data (chart) - Department SCH/FTE – Fall Data (chart) IV. Graduate Students A. Demographics of applicants and enrolled students - Graduate Student Summary by Category – AY (chart) - Graduate Student Summary by Year – AY (chart) - Graduate Applicants by Region – Fall/Summer Data (chart) - Graduate Applicants - Fall Data (table) - Admitted Graduate Students - Fall Data (table) - Enrolled New Graduate Students - Fall Data (table) - Demographics of Enrolled Graduate Students - Fall Data (table) - s of Enrolled Undergraduate Students - Fall Data (table) 12/14/2011 B. Test scores (GRE, GMAT or TOEFL) of enrolled students - Average GRE Scores for Enrolled Graduate Students – Fall Data (chart) C. GPA of new students - New Graduate Students GPA by Level – Fall Data (chart) D. Time to Degree in Years (chart) E. Provide a breakdown of how many enrolled graduate students are RA’s. TA’s or GPTI’s (chart) F. Initial position and place of employment of graduates over the past 6 years (table) G. Type of financial support available for graduate students. H. Number of students who have received national and university fellowships, scholarships and other awards - fellowships awarded (table) I. Percentage (%) of full time students receiving financial support J. Graduate Student Publications and Creative Activities (table) – number of discipline-related refereed papers/publication, juried creative/performance accomplishments, book chapters, books, and external presentations per year per student. (Note: this may overlap with faculty publications.) K. Programs for mentoring and professional preparation of graduate students. L. Department efforts to retain students and graduation rates M. Percentage of Full Time students per semester – Fall data V. Department A. Department operating expenses - Department Operating Cost - Academic Year (chart) - Department Operating Cost as a Fraction of Employees - (table) B. Summary of Proposals (Submitted) - Summary of Number of Proposals Written and Accepted (table) C. External Research expenditures - Summary of Faculty Awards (table) - Research Expenditures (chart) - Peer Institution Info (if available) (table) D. Internal funding - Source of Internal Funds (TTU) - (table) E. Scholarships and endowments F. Departmental resources for research and teaching (i.e. classroom space, lab facilities) - (table) G. HEAF expenditures (table) H. External Program Accreditation – Name of body and date of last program accreditation review including description of body and accreditation specifics. VI. Conclusions – VII. Appendices – should include, but not be limited to, the following: Table of Contents A. Strategic plan B. Curriculum Map C. Graduate Course Offerings (table) and syllabi D. Recruiting Materials E. Graduate Student Handbook F. Graduate Student Association(s) - Description and information G. Completed Theses and Dissertations 2005-2010 H. Graduate Faculty Information  1 I. Program Overview – The Department of Natural Resources Management has long been committed to ranking among the top programs in natural resources in the U.S. Toward this end, the faculty has distinguished itself in both teaching and research, as well as within the professional discipline of individual faculty members. The Department takes great pride in its commitment to teaching and advising undergraduate and graduate students. The Department was founded on excellent instruction by Professor John Hunter (retired), who received many teaching awards on and off campus, including the initial Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award presented by the Range Science Education Council (RSEC) and the Society for Range Management (SRM). Three faculty members are charter members of The Teaching Academy (TTU), five (including two former faculty members) have received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award (TTU), and three (including one former faculty member) have been recognized by Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa as Outstanding Faculty (TTU). Dr. Ron Sosebee received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Range Management in 2010. The Department of Natural Resources Management’s current faculty members have distinguished themselves and honored the Department by recognition they have received in other academic areas. Two have received the Outstanding Research Award from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). Dr. Warren B. Ballard received the first Chancellor’s Research Award (TTU). The Department has one Horn Professor, the highest recognition of a faculty member by Texas Tech University. The Department has one active endowed professorship (Caesar Kleberg Professor of Wildlife Management) and one Endowed Chair (the Dr. Donald and Sammie Bricker Endowed Chair in Wildlife Management). In addition to on-campus recognition of the Department of Natural Resources Management (NRM) faculty for teaching and research, three of its faculty have been elected “Fellow” by the Society for Range Management, and three have received the Outstanding Achievement Awards from SRM. One faculty member was recognized with the W. R. Chapline Research Award. Dr. Warren B. Ballard was selected as a “Fellow” by the Wildlife Society in 2005. Many of the Department’s faculty have served or are serving as editors, associate editors, and members of editorial boards for professional journals (Table Section III-D). Also, several Natural Resources Management  2 current and former faculty members are serving or have served in leadership roles of their professional societies (Table Section III-D). Other measures of successful and professionally recognized faculty include the number of publications and the number of times individual publications are cited in peer-reviewed professional journals. During 2005-2010, the NRM faculty published 317 peer-reviewed journal articles, or an average of 4.0 publications per year per graduate faculty member (Table Section III-C). During this same period, in addition to peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters written, and numerous presentations made and abstracts presented. One of the mainstays of the undergraduate and graduate degree programs in NRM is the Departmental endowments. The Department has more than $7.5 million in endowment principal that supports undergraduate and graduate scholarships, a professorship, an endowed chair, and assistantships in education and research (Table Section V-E). The Department averaged $395,446 of Special Line Item funds from the State Legislature from FY 05 through FY 10 (Table Section IV-E). Although these funds constituted only 20 – 25% of the Departmental operating budget, they provided a base for other monies attracted by the faculty. Extramural funds brought into the Department to support graduate research during the past 6 years averaged over $905,000/year (Table Section IV-E). The Special Line Item was leveraged at a ratio greater then 2.28 toward extramural funds during FY 05 – FY 10. The Department is in a period of transition with turnover of several senior faculty, significant budget cuts, and changes in future funding strategies and research opportunities. We are necessarily changing from our historical model for supporting staff, faculty research, and graduate support. Needs to generate additional external support and increased graduate student enrollment have created opportunities for increased faculty collaboration on large-scale grants and new directions for Departmental growth. We have changed curricula, added a new undergraduate major, and are initiating a non-thesis masters degree to increase student enrollment. Traditional state research funding is less available so our faculty are now more frequently submitting proposals for competitive federal grants. We are active players in new interdisciplinary regional climate change research.