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Assessment of Department Objectives - Business

Subject area: Degree to which departmental objectives or ends sought are met across the business curriculum.

 

Format: Survey given to each department's faculty members.

 

Implemented: Department objectives reviewed in 2005.

 

Data summary:

 

What evidence does our department have that our department objectives are being met?

  • 2004 alumni reports indicate that graduates were hired by 3M for professional positions
  • Increased involvement in the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) program
  • Ongoing relationship with Merrill-Lynch for student internships

 

What changes and improvements have occurred since 1997?

  • The development of the program
  • It has doubled the number of full-time faculty since its inception
  • Revision of the curriculum on an ongoing basis
  • Affiliated with SIFE
  • Department has full representation on the academic affairs level

 

What were the causes or what was the impetus for making these changes?

  • Professor involvement with the business world
  • Student involvement with the business world