Students Will Increase Awareness Of Highly Rated Journals In Criminal Justice
Students will become aware of the top journals in criminal justice and submit papers to these journals.
Objective
Students Will Write Papers In Classes And Submit Papers To Highly Rated Journals In Criminal Justice.
Students will write papers in classes; and professors, in a mentoring role, will help students develop these papers into submissions to highly rated peer-reviewed journals.
Indicator
Faculty Will Assist Students
Faculty will assist students in writing papers to demonstrate understanding of research literature on important and theoretical questions that need to be addressed.
Criterion
60% Of Students Will Submit Papers
60% of students will submit papers to highly rated peer-reviewed journals.
Finding
Students Will Document Success On Annual Reviews.
Student publications were documented on student vitas for their annual reviews. Only peer-reviewed publications were counted. Publications in progress were not counted. 38% of students submitted papers to highly rated peer-reviewed journals.
Action
Faculty Will Promote Students Who Write Papers To Submit.
Faculty will be made aware of the results and will be encouraged to promote students in their classes who write papers to submit these papers to peer-reviewed journals. In 2011, our goal will be to have 45% of our students submitting.
Goal
Mentor Students Into Professional Researchers Within Criminal Justice By Getting Papers Accepted Into Highly Rated Peer-Reviewed Journals
Faculty will assume greater involvement in students' writing and preparation of papers.
Objective
Workshop And Seminars Developed By Faculty Members
Faculty members will assume greater involvement in students' writing and preparation of papers for publication in top peer-reviewed journals. Workshops and seminars will be developed that focus on revising and resubmitting papers to peer reviewed journals, with the ultimate goal of acceptance of the paper. Student learning outcomes will occur through students getting their papers accepted into the highly rated peer-reviewed journals.
Indicator
Students Will Attend Workshops By Faculty
Students will attend workshops by faculty that develop students' independent construction of papers that are desirable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Criterion
60% Of Students Will Have Papers Accepted
60% of students will have their papers accepted by highly rated peer-reviewed journals
Finding
Students Journals/publications Will Be Documented On Annual Reviews.
Students documented their doctoral publications on their annual reviews. 21% of doctoral student publications submitted to peer-reviewed journals were accepted. 36% of doctoral students who submitted papers were accepted by various journals (not all were peer-reviewed).
Action
Encourage Students To Submit To More Highly Rated Peer-reviewed Journals.
Faculty will be asked to mentor students to write more scholarly papers that can be submitted to peer-reviewed journals. Next year our goal will be 45% of students will be accepted by peer-reviewed journals.
Goal
College Will Put More Emphasis On Portfolio And Publishing Process.
College of Criminal Justice is moving toward a system that employs portfolio and away from comprehensive exam putting more of a focus on publishing.
Objective
Students Success Rate In The Job Market Will Measure Success Of Portfolio Process
Students' success rate in the job market will be measured, in part, by their success in the portfolio process. Where students find jobs will show student learning outcomes,how well students prepared for the job market, and students' overll knowledge of crime, criminal justice, and criminology.
Indicator
Students Will Integrate Knowledge
Students will be asked to evaluate and integrate knowledge in an area of study by written examinations, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, review essays, and publishable length manuscripts.
Criterion
70% Of Students Will Obtain Jobs
70% of students that have completed portfolios will obtain jobs while working on their dissertation due to developing a successful research assessment portfolio.
Finding
31% Of Students Who Have Completed The Portfolio Have Obtained Employment.
31% of students who have completed the portfolio have obtained employment while actively working on their dissertation. The other 69% who have completed their portfolio are also working on their dissertation and many are employed by the college or one of the institutes.
Indicator
Successful Defense
Students who successfully defend portfolio are considered ABD (All But Dissertation) and will begin obtaining jobs prior to graduation.
Criterion
Successful Defense
90% of students will successfully defend their portfolios at their first attempt.
Finding
Successful Defense
100% of students successfully defended their portfolios at their first attempt.
Action
Students Will Be Encouraged To Attend Employment Exchanges At Annual Conferences.
Students will be encouraged to attend employment exchanges at annual conferences, i.e., ASC, ACJS. This exposure should increase the percentage of students obtaining jobs while ABD. The new criterion of 50% of students will obtain jobs after completing portfolio seems more realistic.
Objective
Students Who Defend Their Portfolio Will Receive A High Pass Or Pass And Be Admitted To Candidacy.
Students Who Defend Their Portfolio Will Receive A High Pass Or Pass And Be Admitted To Candidacy.
Indicator
Students Will Produce Quality Portfolios With Requirements Determined By Committee.
Students will be expected to produce portfolios that include complete written examinations, directed literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, publishable length manuscripts, review essays, or other products common to their field of scholarship. The portfolio committee will determine what is required of each student.
Criterion
Portfolio Committee Will Agree On Work Completed By Student.
Portfolio Committees must agree that the work being completed for inclusion in the Portfolio is substantially the work of the student and/or that all collaborative projects have been reviewed and accepted. There is no “boilerplate” or “template” for a - Portfolio. Each one completed may include considerably different contents depending on the requirements established by the Portfolio Committee.
Finding
100% Of Students Completing The Portfolio Process Passed.
100% of students completing the portfolio process passed and were admitted to candidacy
Action
Workshops Offered And CJ 733 Continued To Be Part Of Doctoral Curriculum.
Students will be given the opportunity to attend portfolio workshops along with the course, CJ 733 continuing to be part of the doctoral curriculum.