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PART I: QUALITATIVE INFORMATION
- Assessment
- Active student learning opportunities
- Strategies to improve P-16 teaching and learning: None reported.
- Collaborative activities with business/industry:
Although the department has no collaborative activities with business/industry, in fall 2001 it implemented a partnership with the establishment of an on-campus field staff office of the Illinois office of the comptroller. Starting with spring 2002, this partnership has provided an internship opportunity each semester for a PLS undergraduate student (1 student in spring 2002; 1 student in summer 2002). Furthermore, the lease proceeds from this partnership have been used to support student activities such as model Illinois government.
- Pass rates on any professional/ occupational licensure exams: NA
- Faculty Achievements
- Student Achievements
PLS student achievements in the previous academic year included a PLS student receiving eastern Illinois university's outstanding senior award; an undergraduate research award (for a departmental honors student); 2 college of sciences graduate student investigator awards; a second place award in the social sciences writing award competition; a PLS graduate receiving a legislative staff internship award with the Illinois general assembly; 6 PLS majors on the spring 2002 dean's list, and 8 on the fall 2001 dean's list; 1 PLS student receiving both the J.Y. Kelly award (pre-law) and the Warner-Brainard pre-legal presidential award; one student receiving the best budget analyst award at the annual model Illinois government simulation; three students receiving recognition at the annual model united nations (two best delegate awards; one honorable mention delegate award,; and a distinguished service award).
PART II: QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION
PLS Data Spreadsheet (Excel)
- Enrollment: Undergraduate: 108 Graduate: 17
- Degrees: Undergraduate: 27 Graduate: 6
- Student Major Statistics
- Full-time students: Undergraduate: 104 Graduate: 13
- Part-time students: Undergraduate: 4 Graduate: 4
- Diversity: Undergraduate: 12 Graduate: 2
- ACT: Undergraduate: 22.18
- GPA: Undergraduate: 2.77 Graduate: 3.16
- Faculty Statistics
- Total faculty headcount: 14
- Total FTE faculty: 12.5
- Full-time faculty:
12
- Part-time faculty:
2
- # faculty on leave:
0
- Total tenured/tenure track faculty: 10
- Faculty break down by rank:
- Professor:
3
- Associate:
2
- Assistant:
5
- Instructor:
0
- # w/Terminal degrees: 10
- Total annually-contracted faculty: 2
- # w/Terminal degrees: 2
- Non-negotiated part-time faculty: 2
- Gender: 8 males, 4 females
- Diversity: 2 nonwhite
- Credit Hour Production Total: 6,608
- Discipline cost per credit hour by level: $237.91
- Direct Cost Per Credit Hour Total: $128.21
- Freshman-Sophomore Retention Rate: 81%
- Average Actual Hours to Degree:127
- Required Hours to Degree: 120
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