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CCHE Quality Indicator System (QIS)
CU-Boulder Fall 1998 Submission
Local Indicators Summary
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Undergraduate
Education: Offering undergraduate programs which equip graduates to
contribute effectively to their professions and society, and/or to pursue
further study |
CU-Boulder offers an immense spectrum
of experiences for undergraduates both in and out of the classroom. Our
programs for students with special needs, our use of technology, and our
curriculum and faculty equip our undergraduates well. Continuing the enhancement
of student learning and improving services for students are key components
of the campus strategic plan and one of four campus focus areas for the
next seven years. |
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Graduate Education:
Offering masters, doctoral, and law programs which equip graduates to contribute
effectively to their professions and society at an advanced level |
CU-Boulder's award-winning and unique graduate
programs make us the premier graduate institute in the state of Colorado.
This is evidenced both by national recognition and by high student satisfaction.
The expansion and improvement of research and graduate education is one
of four campus focus areas for the next seven years. |
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Teaching: Valuing,
encouraging, and delivering high quality teaching |
CU-Boulder demands high quality, effective
teaching and allocates substantial resources to the ongoing improvement
of teaching by faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants.
We pay serious attention to evidence about student learning, satisfaction,
and success after graduation. We examine student ratings of instruction
every term and use the results for salary, promotion, and tenure decisions.
While we are pleased with students' satisfaction with instruction, we regard
improvement of teaching as a continuing commitment. |
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Research and Creative
Work: Contributing to scholarship at a state, national, and international
level--to the discovery, integration, application, and dissemination of
knowledge |
Research and creative work are part of CU-Boulder's
mission. We are proud of our illustrious faculty, the confidence shown
in our research by ever-increasing external funding, and our contributions
to the betterment of society and the advancement of knowledge. Improving
the support infrastructure for research is a priority over the next few
years.
We are also proud of the many ways in which the research
activities of CU-Boulder faculty contribute to teaching and to student
educational experiences. We hope to continue to integrate teaching and
research more closely through our undergraduate education focus area. |
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Comprehensive Learning
Environment: Offering all students a wide range of academic, cultural,
social, and research opportunities in and out of the classroom |
CU-Boulder boasts over 100 degree programs
that students pursue in almost every conceivable combination, a magnificent
campus plus specialized facilities for learning, a cosmopolitan campus
community, and almost limitless opportunities for students to get involved
in campus life and to participate in programs outside their own discipline.
Expansion of these opportunities is one goal of our undergraduate focus
area; another is improvement of the ways in which we help students take
advantage of these opportunities. |
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Outreach: Sharing
campus resources, programs, and expertise with Colorado citizens, businesses,
schools, and other organizations |
CU-Boulder makes significant contributions
to the state's well-being through course offerings, campus activities that
attract community members, outreach activities touching all ages and all
corners of the state, and student involvement in the community through
volunteer and service-learning activities. Plans to increase service learning
opportunities, coupled with outreach initiatives through ATLAS,
the Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society, mean that the already
significant benefits of these activities to Colorado citizens will only
increase in coming years. |
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Role in Economic Development:
Contributing to the economic development and well-being of the state of Colorado |
CU-Boulder makes enormous direct and indirect
contributions to Colorado economic development by attracting more than
$325 million per year from outside Colorado, by faculty inventions and patents,
by the impacts of campus, student, and visitor spending on the state, and
by partnerships with businesses, industry, and other organizations across
the state. |
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Efficiency: Managing
state, student, and institutional resources efficiently |
CU-Boulder's administrative cost containment
and streamlining programs maintain efficiency in our business practices.
We hope that new methods of allocating resources to units will enhance
efficiency even more.
Just as importantly, several programs for students ensure
that students use their time well, in efficient academic careers. These
programs include advanced credit, advising, degree audit, four-year guarantees,
and careful monitoring of course availability. They have paid off with
relatively high graduation rates, relatively short average time to degree,
and increasing student satisfaction. Continuing improvement of student
efficiency programs and services for students is a part of our focus on
undergraduate education. |
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Commitment to Diversity:
Valuing and encouraging an environment that embraces diverse populations,
cultural backgrounds, viewpoints, and approaches to knowledge among faculty,
staff, and students |
CU-Boulder is committed to enriching the
lives of our students, faculty, and staff by providing a diverse campus
where the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and perspectives is an active part
of learning. Diversity is one of four campus focus areas for the next seven
years. Our efforts will emphasize recruiting and retention of students,
faculty and staff, improved staff training and development in issues affecting
diverse students, additional faculty positions, creation of programs for
specialized majors, and expansion of the student union. |
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