General Questions
- What do you know about accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission?
- What distinguishes Kent State from neighboring institutions?
- What are Kent State’s greatest strengths?
- What are the biggest challenges facing Kent State?
- What is it like to work at Kent State?
- How is morale on campus?
- Do you believe academics are a priority at Kent State? Why or why not?
- Describe any campus processes that could be improved or made more efficient.
- What kind of changes are taking place at Kent State? Do you see these as positive or not?
Questions about Accreditation Criteria
Criterion 1
- Do you know Kent State’s mission statement? How would you describe it?
- Do you know where you would find the official mission statement?
- Do you support the mission?
- How does your college/department/school support the mission?
- How were you involved in the strategic planning processes at Kent State?
- Are you familiar with the Kent State core values?
- Do you support the core values?
- How does Kent State support students who are underprepared or struggling?
- Are budget decisions made based on the strategic goals of the university?
- Do budget decisions take into account recommendations from academic program review?
- What do you believe have been the major accomplishments of Kent State over the last ten years?
- How do Kent State’s processes/activities reflect attention to human diversity?
- How does Kent State support the community at large?
- Are Kent State’s marketing materials accurate and up to date?
Criterion 2
- Is Kent State committed to equal educational/employment opportunities?
- Describe the campus climate at Kent State.
- Describe shared governance and how faculty participate in decision-making at different levels of the university (department, college, institution)
- For some common faculty issues (workload, salary, sabbatical leaves, etc.), what works well and what needs to be improved?
- Are you satisfied with the support you receive to enhance your teaching?
- Are you satisfied with the support you receive to enhance your scholarship?
- Have Kent State administrators established a culture of trust within the university?
- Do you understand the FERPA policy?
- Does Kent State have academic and financial requirements which are presented clearly and completely to students and the public?
- What are the major responsibilities of the Board of Trustees?
- Who is responsible for curriculum additions/deletions/modifications?
- Who is responsible for academic policy creation/modification?
- Do you, faculty, believe you have academic freedom in your teaching?
- Does Kent State have policies and procedures in place to address ethical conduct in research for both faculty and students?
Criterion 3
- What is the process for making curriculum changes in your academic programs?
- What is the purpose of Kent State’s general education program? How do you know if it is achieving its purpose? How could it be improved?
- How do you know your majors are attaining the program learning outcomes?
- What is your school/department’s vision for the future? How does it relate to the university’s vision?
- How is course quality and consistency ensured in multiple section face-to-face courses? In online versions of face-to-face courses? In concurrent enrollment courses?
- Does your school/department offer courses or programs via distance education? If so, how does your school/department ensure the quality of the curriculum?
- Does the university provide support for the development of on-line courses?
- Are the classes offered by your department taught by qualified faculty including adjuncts and concurrent enrollment course instructors?
- What is the role of faculty in ensuring academic quality?
- Can you describe the tenure and promotion process? What is your impression of the process?
- Do you know what Kent State’s Quality Initiative was these past three years?
- Does Kent State provide sufficient technology support?
- What resources are available to support faculty? Are they sufficient?
- Are you involved in research? Does Kent State’s research focus further its mission?
- What opportunities do students in your program have to gain experience with research? With community or civic engagement? With diversity or multiculturalism?
- How would you characterize the relationship between faculty and administration?
- Are students provided with adequate academic and personal support services?
- Are students provided with sufficient and relevant co-curricular experiences?
- Does Kent State have a commitment to retention and progression to graduation? How successful have the efforts been?
- Are facilities and classrooms sufficient and appropriately maintained?
- How do you track your graduates to determine how successful they are after they graduate?
Criterion 4
- Describe the academic program review process used at Kent State.
- Describe the transfer policy for general education courses. For major courses.
- Are Kent State faculty appropriately qualified?
- Describe the general education course approval process.
- Is your school/department actively involved in assessing student learning?
- How has your school/department/program used its assessment findings?
- How is Kent State doing with regard to first year retention rates? Graduation rates?
- What is Kent State doing to improve retention/graduation rates?
Criterion 5
- What are the different streams of revenue utilized by Kent State to fund the institution?
- What challenges do you believe Kent State will need to deal with in the next 10 years?
- Do you understand the annual budget process?
- Are capital improvements (facilities, technology, equipment) based on strategic needs of the institution?
- Do you believe the Board of Trustees is aware of important initiatives being undertaken on the campus?
- What is the role of Faculty Senate?
- How are faculty given the opportunity to provide input into important initiatives?
- How are assessment results taken into consideration during the budget decision making process?
- How are academic program review recommendations taken into consideration during the budget decision making process?
- How are strategic planning goals taken into consideration during the budget decision making process?
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