School of Arts & Sciences

3. Recruitment

STP# 4 Enrollment Management

LRG#4 Recruitment

>working with Admissions and Recruiting offices to design new brochures

>working with Image Coordinator to ensure all Arts and Sciences web pages conform to university standards

>working with Admissions personnel to go out to various off-campus venues to recruit new students

--on-going effort with no costs

--increase in enrollment

--new brochures for all academic programs

--new web pages for all departments in Arts and Sciences

4. Fund raising

STP # 3 Quality of Instruction

LRG#5 Fund Raising

>working with the Foundation office to understand current procedure

>plan, develop, sell, and implement Third Arts and Sciences Overseas Trip to Ireland

>plan, develop, sell, and implement Second Arts and Sciences Golf Tournament

--on-going effort with no costs

--increase deposits in Arts and Sciences Foundation accounts

5. Reduction of Number of PT Faculty

(Reassign 3 Temporary (FT) positions to permanent (TT) positions; Reassign 1 Temporary (FT) position to Lecturer.

STP  #3 Quality of Instruction

>reassigning 3 current temporary faculty to full time TT faculty by Fall 2005 (2 English and 1 Speech)

>reassigning 1 current temporary faculty member to FY lecturer by Fall, 2005 (1 Biology)

>increase support and compensation for the part time faculty we do employ.

All changes effective Fall 2005

--each tenure-track move (TT) will result in a budgetary increase of $10,000; Total $30,000)

--the reassignment of the lecturer position will result in a budget increase of $14,000

--part-time faculty rate increased to 650.00 per semester hour.

--credit hours taught by part time faculty have decreased in some departments

--more FT faculty positions added

--less PT faculty used.

--More PT faculty used with terminal degrees

6. National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

(NCATE)

STP#3 Quality of Instruction

LRG#7 Accreditation

> a visiting NCATE  team with arrive on campus in November 2005.

--by Fall, 2005. the School of Arts and Sciences will need an additional $15,000 to cover this visit

NCATE accreditation is required of all Teacher Education programs in the US.

7. Renovate existing classroom space into office space for faculty

STP #3 Quality of Instruction

>3 existing classrooms will be renovated into nine 2-person faculty offices

--the School of Arts and Sciences will need a total budget increase of $144,000 (each classroom renovation will cost $48,000)

All newly hired faculty hired within this academic year will have a faculty office space.

8. Provide annual budget line-item funding for Cygnet, the Clayton State University Creative Arts publication

STP#3 Quality of Instruction

LRG#4 Recruitment

>a budget line will be added to the Arts and Sciences annual budget to cover the cost of production and dissemination

--the School of Arts and Sciences budget shall be increased by $14,000 to cover the expense of production  and dissemination of this publication

The publication will have an annual budget to operate on and the publication will be used to help recruit new students to the university and to teach and retain currently enrolled students who are interested in publishing their creative work.