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SACS Compliance -New Interpretations Led to New Tool
Ms. Patricia Ramsey, University of Central FloridaDr. Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida
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Background
Decennial and Fifth-Year SACS Reviews
Revisions in standards
Revision in CR 2.8
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SACS revised CR 2.8
The number of full-time faculty members is adequate to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs.
…it includes the number of full-time faculty, disaggregation by academic program and mode of delivery, and location of full-time faculty…
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Definitions – past and present
Full-time faculty members
Adequate number
Academic Program
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Old versus New
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Early Years: Microsoft Access Report
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Next: on-line delivery -PORTAL
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All users view the same version
Available when the user is ready to view – no lost .pdfs
Various tabs for term vs. annual
User can filter to meet their needs
Redesign! New definitions!
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1) Report by Location 2) Make Web a new location 3) Pull out GEP Foundation
Courses 4) Organize data by Program not
Dept Each course has a CIP – set up a
mapping table to assign each CIP to a program offered
Departments had never seen SCH data organized
in this manner before!!
Collect and Code Current Data
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SAS Enterprise Guide:
Pull off courses from Master Schedule, identify CIP code and all instructors.
Identify instructors as Full-Time Faculty, Adjunct, GTA
Sum Student Credit Hours for each course section by each instructor type
Data cleanup!
Build History and Code ‘Program/Discipline’
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Add current year to prior years so history is available in portal
Code course CIPS to ‘Program CIPS’ for report display
Pull web courses out in unique location, Flag low percentages for review.
Web report: New and Improved
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Add current year to prior years so history is available in portal
Choice of Display
What courses are Foundation?
Areas of Concern
Detail to support explanation
Web report: New and Improved
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Web report: SCH by Instructor Type
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Red values in Full-Time Faculty % SCH are below the threshold and need explanation
Web report: Summarized ‘Areas of concern’
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Dept. can focus attention on these areas for detailed review
Web report: Detail provided
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Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables
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To respond to requirements of the mid-cycle report, departments were provided with a pivot table so they could drill down to the detail.
Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables
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By reviewing the detail, they can provide an explanation and if appropriate, a course of action
2 large sections were taught by PT Faculty at this location. Do they have special skills that make them the best choice?
Feedback from colleges
Small number of CIP assignments needed adjustments
Special categories ≠ programs
Quality and integrity of programs can be maintained with varying numbers of FT faculty
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YOUR Comments and Questions
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CONTACT INFORMATION
UCF Office of Institutional Research Web:www.iroffice.ucf.edu Phone: (407) 823-5061
Ms. Patricia Ramsey: [email protected]
Dr. Tace Crouse [email protected]
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