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The following was on the FS listser today.


Colleagues,
The process used by Dean Rex Gandy to evaluate the Units of the CoST was given to the faculty recently. The rankings of the departments are especially interesting. I have listed only some representative departments below.

1. Unit average evaluations based on quantitative measures such as: SCH/FTE, Undergraduate degrees/FTE, Grad. Degrees/FTE, Teaching evaluations, Pubs/FTE, Books/FTE, External Research Funding/FTE , External grants/FTE, Internal Funding/FTE, etc.

Math......................4.55 (highest)
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Biology Sci............4.19
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Criminal Justice.......4.15
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Physics ................3.75
Chemistry ..............3.74
Polymer Science.........3.35(Lowest)

2. Unit level adjustments were done based on "qualitative factors" such as: "national ranking, quality of instruction, student activity, outreach activities, etc. "

LEVEL 1 (Highest)
Biological Sci ......4.3
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Polymer Sci..........4.3
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LEVEL 2
Chemistry............4.1
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LEVEL 3
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Criminal Justice....3.9
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LEVEL 4 (Lowest)
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Math...................3.7
Physics................3.7

Apparently the "qualitative" evaluation measures have a very large impact on department rankings.


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bb mac

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This looks like the typical deal where "I want to use an objective approach to measuring productivity, but when I don't get the answer I was looking for I fall back onto a subjective approach that produces the desired result..."

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"This looks like the typical deal where "I want to use an objective approach to measuring productivity, but when I don't get the answer I was looking for I fall back onto a subjective approach that produces the desired result...""


Generally speaking, would sexual favors - should they ever happen - be considered objective or subjective factors?

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Generally speaking, would sexual favors - should they ever happen - be considered objective or subjective factors?"


Sex would be objective, but must be rated between Level 1 and Level 4. Some, like me, would consider ANY a *positive*,that is, if I remember correctly.



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Rory "The Assassin" Turner

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Here's the raise scheme that H-Do used in the CBED.  I saw a copy of it on the ground at Canebrake:


Objective Measures: car wash outings/FTE, grass cuts/FTE, trips to Gulfport with SFT/FTE, message board protection services/FTE, Jamaican visits/FTE, etc.


 


These measures produced the following:


Level 1: Dean's Office   6.334


Level 2: Management and Marketing  5.325


Level 3: Economic Development and Workforce Training  5.129


Level 4: All others



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