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enroll students in coordinated offerings. The proposal should be recommended by the
department chair and the Faculty Development Committee’s subcommittee for STEPP
Components to the Dean who will make the final decision. If a faculty member and the chair
cannot agree on a proposal, both may submit individual proposals and letters of explanation to the
Faculty Development Committee’s subcommittee for STEPP Components, who will evaluate the
proposals and make a recommendation to the Dean who will make the final decision.
5. Programs: Choice of this option requires a proposal for developing a new program area
consistent with the College’s strategic plan which addresses:
a. the existing resource base and expertise in the College relative to the program under
consideration;
b. the resources and expertise needed to further the program under consideration;
c. the level of student interest and career opportunities in the area under consideration; and
d. the program area’s consistency with the College and University mission.
The proposal should be recommended by the department chair and the Faculty Development
Committee’s subcommittee for STEPP Components to the Dean who will make the final
decision. If a faculty member and the chair cannot agree on a proposal, both may submit
individual proposals and letters of explanation to the Faculty Development Committee’s
subcommittee for STEPP Components, who will evaluate the proposals and make a
recommendation to the Dean regarding the proposal. The Dean will make the final decision.
Selection of this option carries with it the obligation to subsequently provide a report on progress
and results to the department chair, the Faculty Development Committee’s subcommittee for
STEPP Components and the Dean. Degree programs and new majors may be appropriate for
further development and planning to include additional feasibility research, course development,
development of marketing materials, proposals for budgetary approvals, resource acquisitions,
coordination of necessary commitments, etc. Further development of minors, concentrations, and
program area tracks are not appropriate uses of this option.
The proposals for the STEPP Component options for extraordinary service, pedagogy, and
programs shall have the following deadlines. Faculty members will submit their proposals to
their chairs no later than October 15. Faculty proposals and chairs’ recommendations will be
submitted to the Faculty Development Committee’s subcommittee for STEPP Components by
November 1. This subcommittee will submit the proposals with their recommendations to the
Dean no later than December 15. The Dean shall notify the faculty members and chairs of his/her
decisions no later than January 31. The Dean will place a copy of approved STEPP Component
proposals and a copy of the Dean’s approval notification into the faculty member’s Academic
Record file.
Faculty members will describe the STEPP Component activities conducted and will present
evidence of completion of STEPP component goals as part of the regular process of review of
faculty performance in completion of the self-evaluation form, the application for promotion and
tenure, and the application for promotion. No new STEPP Component proposals can be approved
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