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College of Information Technology

Advisory Board Meeting

6-7 pm, February 23, 2022

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Dr. Na “Lina” Li

Mr. Ed Bissett

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Meeting Recording is available. Password: 4NC@2h+C

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Welcome

Dr. Joanna Palmer - Baker Online/Graduate Campus Director of Academic Affairs

Mr. Mark Miner - new Advisory Board member

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Agenda

  • Welcome
  • Reaffirm College and CoIT Missions
  • Approval of minutes
  • Dean Updates
    • Assessment data updates
    • Strategic goals
    • Progress on 21-22 continuous improvement plan
    • CAE-CD annual report
  • Program Director Updates
    • Program changes for 22-23
    • Modality changes for 22-23
    • CRIP work
  • Open discussions

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Baker College Mission

College of Information Technology Mission

The mission of Baker College is to provide quality higher education and training which enable graduates to be successful throughout challenging and rewarding careers.

The mission of the College of Information Technology is to prepare graduates for challenging and rewarding careers in information technology through high-quality education and training programs.

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Approval of Minutes

October 14, 2021 meeting minutes

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Dean Update - Assessment Data Updates (DM)

  • New direct measures at Baseline, Milestone, Capstone levels
  • One year data

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Dean Update - Assessment Data Updates (IDEA Survey)

MS in IS

#1. Progress on Relevant Objectives

#2. Excellence of Teacher

#3. Excellence of Course

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Dean Update - Assessment Data Updates (IDEA Survey)

BS in CS

BS in GSD

BS in IS

BS in IT & CS

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Dean Update - Assessment Data Updates (End of Program Survey)

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Dean Update - Assessment Data Updates (Experience Supervisor Survey)

BS in CS

BS in GSD

BS in IS

BS in IT & CS

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Dean Update - Assessment Data Updates (Course Retention/Completion)

MS in IS

Course Retention Rate = finished (passed or failed)/ started

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Course Completion Rate = passed/started

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Dean Update - Assessment Data Updates (Course Retention/Completion)

BS in CS

BS in GSD

BS in IS

BS in IT & CS

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Dean Update - Strategic Goals

- Ensure all programs are consistently assessed, analyzed and reported each year.

- Continue to watch data trends. Strategic goals may be adjusted per program.

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Dean Update: Progress on 21-22 Continuous Improvement Plans

  1. Continue with CRIP for course revisions/improvements
  2. Monitor direct measure performance; revise direct measures
  3. Improve IDEA survey ratings
  4. BS program research for improvement
  5. BS in Game Software Development: Unity classes incorporated the Certified User of Unity and Certified Associate of Unity certifications content. To watch pass numbers.

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Dean Update: CAE-CD Annual Report

  • Baker College has received the designation of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (CAE-CD) from the National Security Agency (NSA) with multiple federal partners including the FBI, NIST/NICE, NSF, DoD-CIO, and US Cyber Command.
  • Annual report due 2/15/2022 for 19-20 and 20-21 academic years: submitted on time

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Program Director Updates - Program Changes for 22-23

  • Research:
    • ACM(/AIS/IEEE) Curriculum Guidelines
    • CAE-CD Guidelines
    • Benchmark research of other institutions
    • Advisory Board input
    • Instructor input
  • Main changes:
    • All BS programs: make room for 2 GenEd elective courses
    • BS in IT & Cybersecurity program: make room for 5 elective courses
    • Changed GSD course prefixes from “CS” to “GSD”
    • Course name, number, description, requisite changes

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Program Director - Modality Changes for 22-23

Starting Fall’22, all programs will be delivered online except BS in Computer Science (OnlineLive option)

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Program Director Updates - CRIP Work for 22-23

Updated courses for Summer’22

Working on multiple courses for Fall’22

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Open Discussions

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Next Meeting

6-7:30 pm, Wednesday, October 19, 2022