OBJECTIVE	STRATEGIES	ACTION ITEM(S)	RESPONSIBILITY	RESOURCES	SCHEDULE	ATTAINMENT MEASURE	STANDARD	STATUS
Successfully launch the program  (II.A.4.2; II.B.2.1; II.B.2.2)	Hire new faculty to launch the program (II.B.2.1)	Hire Program Director	Dean/Search Committee	Salary authorization	Fall 2003	Director hired	Director in place	Director hired    Summer 2003
	Recruit qualified students (II.A.4.2; II.B.2.2)	Advertise in appropriate media	Program Director	Administrative time	Fall 2003	Response by applicants	Satisfactory number of applicants	Over 20 applications received
		Screen applications	Ph.D. Steering Committee	Faculty and Administrative time	Fall 2003	Acceptable applications	8 - 10 satisfactory applications	9 students admitted
	Provide appropriate courses consisstent with COBA Mission Statement	Develop and conduct courses	Director, faculty	Faculty release time	2003-2004	Course and instructor preparation	Courses & Instructors ready by December 2003	Courses conducted Spring 2004
Continuously develop program consistent with College mission (II.A.2.4; II.B.2.1)	Hire new faculty as program evolves (II.B.2.1)	Request additional faculty for Fall 2005	Dean	Faculty line funding	Fall 2005	Positions authorized	2 Faculty lines authorized for Fall 2004 recruiting	2 New faculty hired for Fall 2005
	Support faculty active in the program with reduced teaching loads (II.A.2.4)	Schedule reduced teaching loads	Chairs	Administrative and Faculty time	As required	Number of doctoral courses taught, dissertations chaired and disseration committees in process	Sufficient coverage	Policy is in place
Continuously recruit quality students for the program, with appropriate emphasis on women, Hispanics, and Mexican Nationals (II.A.2.2)	Personal contacts with potential high quality students (II.A.2.2)	Person to person contact; use of internet	Program Director, Director of Research, Faculty, and PhD students	Administrative, Faculty and PhD student time; DOE grant funding	Ongoing	Number of prospective students contacted	10 Full-time quality applicants, 2 Part-time quality applicants accepted into program	Policy is in place
	Posting on COBA web page (II.A.2.2)	Post on web page	Program Director; College webmaster	Administrative time	Ongoing	Number of prospective students contacted	See above	Policy is in place
	Minority recruiting (II.A.2.2)	Attend Minority Project Conference	Program Director, ADVANCE Program	Administrative time; ADVANCE Program Funding	Ongoing	Number of prospective students contacted	See above	Policy is in place
	Recruit at other campuses (II.A.2.2)	Trips to other campuses	Graduate School, Program Director,Doctoral Students	Administrative time; Graduate School funding	2005	Number of prospective students contacted	See above	Waiting for approval
Continuously develop program to maintain a solid theoretical and methodological foundation that students can use throughout their careers (II.A.4.2)	Develop and provide appropriate coverage of theory and methodology (II.A.4.2)	Determine the theories and methods most appropriate for the program	Program Director, Ph.D. Policy Committee	Program Director and Faculty time	Complete initial plans for appropriate coverage by Fall 2004	Completion of initial plans	Plans completed by Fall 2004.  Begin course offerings by Spring 2005	Courses initiated Spring 2005
	Periodically assess program relative to other quality programs ST Pr 4, LT Pr 2	Select quality IB programs for comparison	Program Director, Ph.D. Policy Committee	Program Director and Faculty time	Every two years (begin Summer 2006)	Completion of periodic comparisons	Completion of comparisons; any necessary changes made	Next assessment Summer 2006
Continuously develop the program to train students to plan and execute high-quality research publishable in major scholarly journals (II.A.4.2; II.B.2)	Provide training in research (II.A.4.2; II.B.2)	Successful instructor(s) provide training	Program Director, selected Faculty	Program Director and Faculty time	Begin training Summer 2004	Research projects as assigned	Successful completion of projects	Two papers under review and four papers accepted for presentation during summer conferences, 2005; one paper accepted into journal publication.
Continuously develop the program to train students to develop teaching skills (II.B.1.3)	Provide introductory training in teaching & learning (II.B.1.3)	Successful instructor(s) provide training	Program Director, selected Faculty	Program Director and Faculty time	Semester prior to first teaching assignment (Initial teaching: Spring 2006)	Training arranged prior to semester in which provided (Initial teaching: Spring 2006)	Training arranged on schedule	Teaching workshop and CETAL workshop being conducted Summer/Fall 2005
	Students teach undergraduate courses (II.B.1.3)	Assign students to classes to be taught	Pogram Director, Department Chairs	Funding for classes	Begin Spring 2006	Students assigned to classes	Students assigned to classes prior to semesters to be taught	Coordinating teaching assignments with Chairs