College of Health and Human Development
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College Plan 2009-10
Summary:
It is the priority of the College of Health and Human Development to create a rich learning-centered environment where students, faculty, staff, and community partners work collaboratively to expand knowledge and contribute in meaningful ways to the health, safety and well-being of the region and state.
We offer 9 undergraduate and 8 graduate degree programs in disciplines and areas of study that prepare students for a wide range of rewarding and dynamic professional careers. Our curriculum is designed to actively engage the ideas and talents of our students both in and out of the classroom, particularly through service-learning, internships, and other field-based experiences.
Our graduates are held to rigorous academic, professional and ethical standards as they gain discipline-specific knowledge and clinical competencies. Cohort models are used in several of our programs to foster student-teacher interactions, mentoring and to facilitate graduation.
Continued enrollment growth is anticipated in all our programs, most notably Nursing, Environmental and Occupational Health, Radiologic Technology, Athletic Training and Fitness/Kinesiology, Communication Disorders, Tourism Management and Physical Therapy.
High student demand for our courses and programs and our success in meeting our enrollment targets means that we are well positioned to grow as a college. Unfortunately, the state’s budget and economy not only constrains our enrollment growth but the hiring freeze also limits our ability to keep pace with the need for new faculty positions in the college.
Retirement projections for both faculty and staff show an increase in retirements over the next couple of years. This trend will create a critical need to recruit and hire new faculty, as well as administrative support staff and academic advisors to support the academic mission of the college. We recognize that the state’s inability to fully fund enrollment growth and operational needs, makes it extremely difficult to find the funds to create new positions but we remain hopeful that the legislature and Governor will resolve the budget crisis and that we resume hiring critically needed faculty and staff.
Dean Sylvia A. Alva
