| Vision
Statement |
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Criminal Justice Department will concentrate its efforts in improving
its capacity and delivery of instruction, research products, and services
to the university and larger community. The Department will actively
seek and engage in partnerships to facilitate this mission. |
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| Goals
and Objectives |
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| Goal
#1 |
Become
a department which excels in creating, applying and exchanging knowledge
at the graduate and undergraduate levels. |
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| Objective |
1.1:
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Develop a curricula which provides our students with the knowledge,
skills, and abilities to perform successfully in the criminal justice
system. |
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1.1.1
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Periodically
evaluate the curricula to determine its applicability to the field
and its effectiveness in fostering learning |
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1.1.2
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Appoint
and periodically convene an advisory board for the purpose of evaluating
curricula and providing feedback |
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1.1.3
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Investigate
the potential utilizing other courses within the School of Social
and Behavioral Sciences within criminal justice curricula to create
an interdisciplinary focus on learning |
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1.1.4
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Recognize students as consumers of education and accordingly solicit
their input relative to program performance |
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| Objective |
1.2:
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Engage
in enhanced academic and continuing education program delivery within
the service area |
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1.2.1
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Develop
a partnership with the Coachella Valley staff for the purpose of providing
criminal justice academic programming in that part of the University’s
area |
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1.2.2
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Investigate
the potential for cooperative relationships with criminal justice
agencies for the purpose of providing academic and continuing education
programs |
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1.2.3
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Pursue
distance learning in an effort to service site-bound students in the
university’s service area |
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| Objective |
1.3:
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Develop
a faculty which is capable of maximizing its teaching effectiveness |
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1.3.1
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Encourage
faculty to adopt a variety of teaching styles which actively engage
students in learning |
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| Goal#2: |
Enhance
teaching and the level of knowledge within the field by engaging in
scholarly research. |
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| Objective
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2.1:
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Ensure
that faculty have adequate resources by which to conduct scholarly
research |
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2.1.1
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Poll
faculty relative to software, hardware, and student assistant needs
and make appropriate requests within the university |
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2.1.2
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Investigate
linkages between criminal justice faculty and other departments within
the university community as well as exploring community partnerships
in an effort to acquire necessary research resources |
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2.1.3
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Facilitate
faculty’s efforts in pursuing internal and extramural funding
for research |
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| Objective |
2.2:
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Provide
untenured faculty with proper guidance and mentoring in an effort
to ensure that they are able to meet university, school, and departmental
research expectations |
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2.2.1
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Appoint
tenured faculty members as mentors for untenured faculty |
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2.2.2
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When
departmental faculty are unable to mentor junior faculty on specialized
areas, work with chairs and faculty in other departments in providing
faculty with assistance |
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| Goal
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Cultivate
community partnerships which enhance the quality of life in the university’s
service area. |
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| Objective |
3.1:
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Encourage
faculty to work with criminal agencies and other constituencies within
the community |
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3.1.1
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Develop
and staff a criminal justice research center which assists in identifying
potential community partnerships |
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3.1.2
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Encourage
faculty to engage criminal justice leaders and personnel in research
and service projects |
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| Objective |
3.2:
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Ensure
that the department of criminal justice is culturally diverse |
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3.2.1
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Make
efforts to attract a student body which is representative of the larger
community |
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3.2.2
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Attempt
to attract a culturally diverse faculty to serve the department and
community |
