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Kent State University College of Public Health Final Self – Study November 2, 2020 Sonia Alemagno, Ph.D. , Dean 131 Moulton Hall; Kent, Ohio 44242 ~ (330) 672-6500 ~ [email protected] Contents Instructional Matrix - Degrees and Concentrations ................................................................. iv Enrollment Introduction ............................................................................................................ v Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 A1. Organization and Administrative Processes ....................................................................... 7 A2. Multi-Partner Schools ....................................................................................................... 15 A3. Student Engagement ........................................................................................................ 17 A4. Autonomy for Schools of Public Health ............................................................................ 21 A5. Degree Offerings in Schools of Public Health ................................................................... 23 B1. Guiding Statements .......................................................................................................... 25 B2. Graduation Rates .............................................................................................................. 29 B3. Post-Graduation Outcomes .............................................................................................. 39 B4. Alumni Perceptions of Curricular Effectiveness ............................................................... 41 B5. Defining Evaluation Practices ........................................................................................... 45 B6. Use of Evaluation Data...................................................................................................... 53 C1. Fiscal Resources ................................................................................................................ 59 C2. Faculty Resources ............................................................................................................. 63 C3. Staff and Other Personnel Resources ............................................................................... 69 C4. Physical Resources ............................................................................................................ 73 C5. Information and Technology Resources ........................................................................... 75 D1. MPH & DrPH Foundational Public Health Knowledge...................................................... 77 D2. MPH Foundational Competencies .................................................................................... 79 D3. DrPH Foundational Competencies (if applicable) ............................................................ 95 D4. MPH & DrPH Concentration Competencies ..................................................................... 97 D5. MPH Applied Practice Experiences................................................................................. 109 D6. DrPH Applied Practice Experience .................................................................................. 113 D7. MPH Integrative Learning Experience ............................................................................ 115 D8. DrPH Integrative Learning Experience ........................................................................... 117 D9. Public Health Bachelor’s Degree General Curriculum .................................................... 119 D10. Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Foundational Domains ............................................. 127 D11. Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Foundational Competencies .................................... 133 D12. Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Cumulative, and Experiential Activities ................... 139 D13. Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Cross-Cutting Concepts and Experiences ................ 141 ii D14. MPH Program Length ................................................................................................... 143 D15. DrPH Program Length ................................................................................................... 145 D16. Bachelor’s Degree Program Length .............................................................................. 147 D17. Academic Public Health Master’s Degrees ................................................................... 151 D18. Academic Public Health Doctoral Degrees ................................................................... 171 D19. All Remaining Degrees .................................................................................................. 185 D20. Distance Education ....................................................................................................... 187 E1. Faculty Alignment with Degrees Offered ........................................................................ 191 E2. Integration of Faculty with Practice Experience ............................................................. 203 E3. Faculty Instructional Effectiveness ................................................................................. 207 E4. Faculty Scholarship ......................................................................................................... 215 E5. Faculty Extramural Service .............................................................................................. 221 F1. Community Involvement in School Evaluation, and Assessment ................................... 225 F3. Assessment of the Community’s Professional Development Needs .............................. 235 F4. Delivery of Professional Development Opportunities for the Workforce ...................... 237 G1. Diversity, and Cultural Competence ............................................................................... 239 H1. Academic Advising .......................................................................................................... 247 H2. Career Advising ............................................................................................................... 251 H3. Student Complaint Procedures ...................................................................................... 255 H4. Student Recruitment, and Admissions ........................................................................... 257 H5. Publication of Educational Offerings .............................................................................. 261 iii Instructional Matrix - Degrees and Concentrations Instructional Matrix - Degrees and Concentrations based - Executive Campus based Campus Distance Categorized as Categorized health* public Bachelor’s Degrees Concentration Degree X X X Allied Health B.S.P.H. X X X Clinical Trials Research B.S.P.H. X X X Community Health Outreach and X X X Development B.S.P.H. Global Health B.S.P.H. X X Health Services Administration B.S.P.H. X X X Pre-Medicine, Dentistry, Osteopathy B.S.P.H. X X Master’s Degrees Academic Professional Concentration Degree Degree Biostatistics M.P.H X X X Clinical Epidemiology M.S. Epidemiology M.P.H X X X Health Policy and Management M.P.H X X X Social and Behavioral Science Theories M.P.H X X X Doctoral Degrees Academic Professional Concentration Degree Degree Epidemiology Ph.D X X Health Policy and Management Ph.D X X Prevention Science Ph.D X X Joint Degrees (Dual, Combined, Concurrent, Accelerated Degrees) Academic Professional Public Health 2nd Degree Area Concentration Degree area earned in Existing or joint- conjunction specific Degrees Degrees Health Policy Doctor of Podiatric and Medicine Management D.PM -MPH. iv Enrollment Introduction Template Intro-2 Degree Current Enrollment On ground/Online Master’s MPH* Biostatistics 13 Epidemiology 31 Environmental Health* 7 Health Policy and Management 24/97 Social and Behavioral Sciences 16/57 MS Clinical Epidemiology 20/16 Doctoral Academic public health doctoral Epidemiology 26 Health Policy and Management 21 Prevention Science 14 Bachelor’s BSPH Allied Health 116/81 Clinical Trials Research 54/15 Community Health Outreach and Development 31/21 Environmental Health* 6 Global Health 26 Health Promotion and Education 48/27 Health Services Administration 122/37 Pre-Medicine 84 Not Declared 111/5 * Environmental Health is no longer offered as a degree program. Enrollments reflect students who are completing their remaining requirements. v Introduction 1) Describe the institutional environment, which includes the following: a. year institution was established, and its type (e.g., private, public, l, and-grant, etc.) Kent State University is a public research university in Ohio. Founded in 1910, Kent State University’s eight-campus system, among the largest regional systems in the country, serves both the development of a true living/learning approach at the Kent Campus and the regional needs on seven other campuses throughout Northeast Ohio. The Kent Campus provides the resources and facilities of a large, diverse Ohio University. At the same time, the Regional Campuses – Kent State University at Ashtabula, Kent State University at East Liverpool, Kent State University at Geauga, Kent State University at Salem, Kent State University at Stark, Kent State University at Trumbull, and Kent State University at Tuscarawas - offer associate degrees and some bachelor degrees. b. number of schools and colleges