Dr. Julie Dangel, APACE Review Chair for ECE
The following sections describe our department according to the template prescribed for APACE self-study. Section A provides an assessment of our strengths and areas for improvement, Section B provides historical and contextual information for the department, Section C describes our progress toward goals and objectives, Sections D, E and F provide data regarding curricula, faculty and student quality, respectively, Section G describes the adequacy of our resources and Section H presents our goals and objectives for the future. In many places in this report, data are summarized in tables to make reading easier and highlight data from the voluminous amount of information collected. Complete data are available in appendices and on CD.
Introduction i
Section A: Unit Assessment of Strengths and weaknesses 1
Program Quality 1
Survey Data 1
Course Evaluation Data 2
Faculty Productivity 2
Centrality of the Programs to the University 4
Viability of the Programs 5
Strategic focus 6
Financial Resource Analysis 6
Section B: Historical and Contextual Background for the Department 8
History 8
Contextual Background: Summary of Department Programs 11
Initial Preparation Programs 11
Advanced Preparation Programs 11
Summary of Current Major Departmental Projects 12
Evidence of Program Relevance and the Degree to which Community, Student and Professional Needs are Served by the Programs 14
Faculty 15
Number by Rank 15
Tenure Status 15
Gender and Underrepresented Group Status 15
Governance 16
Faculty Productivity in Teaching 16
Faculty Productivity in Research 16
Section C: Progress toward Goals and Objectives Since the last Academic Program Review 18
1995 Self Analysis 18
Responses to issues raised by external and internal reviewers 22
Section D: Curricula Quality 25
Evaluation of Curricula Quality based on Evidence of Student Learning 25
Evaluation of Curricular Quality Based on Surveys 27
Summary of Undergraduate Student Survey Findings on Program Quality 27
Summary of Graduate Student Survey Findings on Program Quality 27
Section E: The Quality of the Faculty 30
Section F: Student Quality 32
Input Quality Metrics 32
Output Quality Metrics 34
Licensing exams 34
Placement of Students in Professional Positions 36
Section G: Resource Adequacy 37
Faculty Resources 37
Administrative Resources 37
Technological Resources 38
Space Resources 38
Laboratory Resources 40
GSU Foundation Resources 40
Section H: Goals and Objectives 41
Strengths and weaknesses of ECE 41
ECE Program Goals and Action Plans for the next APACE Review Cycle 42