Funding by the Title III Grant
The general thrust of the fourteen activities that comprise the university's Title III Project is provided below in the order of institutional priority. Table of Contents
Strengthening Faculty and Staff Development
Activity Director: Dr. Curtis Barnabas Charles
Assistant VC for Academic Affairs
Funding Level: $300,000
An early expressed priority of the new Chancellor at Fayetteville State University was campus-wide staff development. In meetings with the chancellor, representatives from Human Resources staff, deans, Faculty Development committee, and the staff of the Teaching and Learning Center identified their faculty and staff development needs and prioritized them as (1) Enhancement workshops and projects to improve teaching and learning; (2) Funds to conduct research; (3) Travel to assist in the preparation of proposals for grants; (4) Developing skills in using the equipment in the technology-smart classrooms; (5) Publication of articles; (6) Development of skills in the use of real-time video classrooms; (7) Assistance with online course production; (8) Active learning techniques workshops; (9) Travel to make presentation at conferences; and (10) Travel to national conferences for professional development. The combined use of Title III and other funds have been designated addressing theses needs to the extent possible.
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A Comprehensive Strategy for Strengthening and Improving Retention and Graduation Rates
Activity Director: Dr. Jon Young
Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management
Funding Level: $720,000
Improving student retention and graduation rates requires a strategic coordination of resources, programs, and personnel that serve students throughout their university careers. In view of the wide variety of institutional factors that affect student success in progressing from year to year and eventually earning a degree, programs isolated in a single unit, or programs carried out by different units without strategies coordination will be severely limited in their effectiveness. Consequently, this activity will enhance student retention and graduation rates by coordinating the efforts of units that serve students at different stages in their college experience.
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Achieving Academic Excellence by Enhancing Academic Programs, Planning and Assessment
Activity Director: Dr. Curtis Barnabas Charles
Assistant VC for Academic Affairs
Funding Level: $300,000
The purpose of this new three-part activity plan is to further promote academic quality at Fayetteville State University through specialized accreditation efforts, academic program development, and student-learning outcomes assessment. Fayetteville State University plans to employ Title III funds in support of multiple specialized-accreditation efforts. In addition to external costs associated with the program review process by each accrediting agency, typical internal costs associated with each accreditation effort will include course upgrade initiatives, infusion of technology into the classroom, assessment initiatives to track and measure student competency, initiatives to enhance student learning, acumen in specific disciplines, professionalism among faculty, and opportunities for faculty development.
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Strengthening Academic Support through Internationalization of Education
Activity Director: Dr. Yunkai Chen
Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Education
Funding Level: $123,000
The intent of this activity is to help establish, a fully operation multi-disciplinary International Education Center by September 2007. The primary goals of this center are too: (1) Provide a one-stop center for the generation of new initiatives by faculty and students that cut across the borders of disciplines and world regions. These will include the strengthening of existing study abroad the program, international research travel support, faculty exchanges with foreign universities and community outreach activities; (2) To promote interdisciplinary international research, training and teaching in area studies; (3) To enhance international components of existing degree programs such as History, Political Science, Geography, Economics, and Business Education; and (4) To organize summer institutes on international education and security issues for the faculty.
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Strengthening Student Support through Honors Enrichment Services and Graduate Preparatory Programs
Activity Director: Dr. Carrol Arnold
Assistant Vice Chancellor-Honors
Funding Level: $50,000
The mission of the Fayetteville State University Honors Program is to recruit and prepare the university's high-ability students for graduate and professional school through experiential pedagogies and activities that focus on academic preparation, character development, cultural enrichment, leadership development, and civic engagement. The Honors Program at Fayetteville State University is a new academic initiative that meets the strategic plan for 2002-2007 under the following goals: (1) To enhance the University's image; (2) To improve academic quality and climate; (3) To improve student life and campus culture.
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Strengthening Campus Information Services
Activity Director: Mr. Nick Ganesan
Chief Information Officer
Funding Level: $940,000
During the past ten years, the Internet has seen phenomenal growth, due largely to the formation of the World Wide Web. Because of the enormous Internet growth and past events, this activity will focus on securing and strengthening Fayetteville State University's campus information services. Under the Securing component, activity tasks are organized under Intrusion Protection and Backup Protection. Intrusion protection will focus on "perimeter security" and "internal security." Backup protection will focus on "redundant storage" and "linear tape archiving." In the Strengthening component, tasks are organized under Real-Time Access and Reliable Access. Real-time access will focus on "information processing" and "access type." The focus of reliable access will be on "infrastructure enhancements" and ITS "special projects."
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Establishing and Enhancing Library Resources
Activity Director: Mr. Bobby Wynn
Director of Library Services
Funding Level: $650,000
The impact of this activity will be felt across the university's entire academic spectrum as it brings about increases in the resources of the Chestnutt Library. Media, in print, electronic, and audio-visual formats, will be added to specific disciplines on a predetermined schedule. While most subject areas will be impacted due to the constantly increasing enrollment, special attention will be directed toward areas of new degree or program offerings and those seeking to achieve specialized accreditation.
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Strengthening Academic Support by Establishing Diversity Training
Activity Director: Mrs. Olivia Chavis
VC for Student Affairs
Funding Level: $60,000
Originally founded as the Howard College established to educate American students, Fayetteville State University has a history rich in diversity. Its student body comprised of approximately 73% African Americans, 18% Caucasian, and 4% Hispanic student is one of the more diverse in the nations. As such, FSU recognizes to importance of creating an inclusive environment. The Division of Student Affairs, which encompasses the Multicultural Committee, proposes to offer multicultural and diversity training for students and Division of Student Affairs staff members.
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Enhancing Facilities Renovation and Repair
Activity Director: Ms. Cheryl Candler
Project Manager, Planning and Construction
Funding Level: $200,000
The purpose of this activity is to create and maintain an environment more conducive to teaching and learning through continuation of renovations of academic facilities on the Fayetteville State University campus. As is the situation at most higher education institutions the age of Fayetteville State University, numerous building on campus are in need of renovation or repair. Most of the work to be accomplished through this activity is minor, mainly involving the replacement of windows and chalkboards and repair work on, or replacement of, roofs, ceilings, floor covering, and walls. It may become necessary, during the five-year grant period, to extend/supplement construction monies from state sources with Title III funds.
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Project Administration and Evaluation
Activity Director: Ms. Tendai Johnson
Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Title III
Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment
Funding Level: $160,734
The objectives of the Project Administration and Evaluation plan is (1) To design each activity so that it will address one or more goals or objectives in the university's Long-Range Strategic Plan; (2) To process project expenditure requests in such a way that each satisfies institutional, state, and federal regulations and requirement; (3) To monitor and evaluate progress, including seeing that needed adjustments are made, such that on an objective assessment by and external agency, the overall project rating will be no less that 3.75 on a five point scale; (4) To serve as the university's official Title III Project representative by attending pertinent local, state, regional, and national meetings; and (5) To submit the required and requested reports related to the Title III Project to both internal and external agencies and individuals.
2006-2007 PROJECT FUNDING LEVEL: $3,503,734
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