Criteria 2 comments

Comments received:

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• Perhaps just some clarity here on how will the "to what extent’s be determined? Is this determined at each level of prioritization in a relative manner? So all CSNS programs are scored relative to each other first, not compared with all other programs on campus as the scoring rubric says.

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The commenter rewrote this criteria as:

A. You will be provided with:
o Quintiles of entering majors
o Quintiles of grad majors
o 5 year trend lines of majors
B. Please make a statement regarding your perceptions of the external demands to continue the program.
C. To what extent is this program unique in its contribution to our state and region?

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Data provided: quantiles of entering majors, and grad majors, and 5 year trend lines of majors.
Here it’s easier to see how the data will be used, but the matrix needs to be cleaned up to fit the data requested.
I don’t know if one can answer item E. Statewide data comparisons? Are such data even available?

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• Question B is asking for opinion which, of course, all programs will have hundreds of students just waiting in the wings to attend, if only the program had more faculty or equipment or scholarships or… I think we need to stress some data-driven ‘opinion’ here.
• Question E asks for statewide data and, esp since we are a border city, I think we should also look at ‘regional’ comparisons IF students come here from ND, SD, WI, IA. As we move into the ‘online’ formats, the geographic location of the student will only be an issue as it relates to ‘out of state’ tuition and/or licensure issues (for example, nursing faculty must be licensed in the state where they are supervising students). The ‘market’ for a particular major may be significantly outside of MN but still be very viable (i.e. we have literally hundreds of international students currently).

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