2 TABLE OF CONTENTS RESOURCE FILE TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ 11 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19 1.0 THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH ......................................................................................... 23 1.1 MISSION ............................................................................................................................................ 23 1.1.A CLEAR AND CONCISE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE......................................... 23 1.1.B STATEMENT OF VALUES THAT GUIDE THE SCHOOL ............................................................................... 24 1.1.C ONE OR MORE GOAL STATEMENTS FOR EACH MAJOR FUNCTION THROUGH WHICH THE SCHOOL INTENDS TO ATTAIN ITS MISSION, INCLUDING AT A MINIMUM, INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE ... 25 1.1.D SET OF MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES WITH QUANTIFIABLE INDICATORS RELATED TO EACH GOAL STATEMENT AS PROVIDED IN CRITERION 1.1.C ............................................................................................... 29 1.1.E DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNER THROUGH WHICH THE MISSION, VALUES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WERE DEVELOPED, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF HOW VARIOUS SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER GROUPS WERE INVOLVED IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................ 33 1.1.F DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE MISSION, VALUES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL’S CONSTITUENT GROUPS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND HOW THEY ARE ROUTINELY REVIEWED AND REVISED TO ENSURE RELEVANCE ........................................................................................... 35 1.1.G ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS CRITERION IS MET ........................................................ 36 1.2 EVALUATION ..................................................................................................................................... 37 1.2.A DESCRIPTION OF THE EVALUATION PROCESSES USED TO MONITOR PROGRESS AGAINST OBJECTIVES DEFINED IN CRITERION 1.1.D, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF THE DATA SYSTEMS AND RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OBJECTIVE AND WITH THE EVALUATION PROCESS AS A WHOLE ............. 37 1.2.B DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION PROCESSES DESCRIBED IN CRITERION 1.2.A ARE MONITORED, ANALYZED, COMMUNICATED AND REGULARLY USED BY MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ............................................................................ 41 1.2.C DATA REGARDING THE SCHOOL’S PERFORMANCE ON EACH MEASURABLE OBJECTIVE DESCRIBED IN CRITERION 1.1.D MUST BE PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS ................................................ 46 1.2.D DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SELF-STUDY DOCUMENT WAS DEVELOPED, INCLUDING EFFECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT BY IMPORTANT SCHOOL CONSTITUENTS, INCLUDING INSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, FACULTY, STUDENTS, ALUMNI AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY ...................................................................................................................................... 62 1.2.E ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS CRITERION IS MET ................................................. 63 1.3 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................... 65 3 1.3.A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEAD INSTITUTION ............................................................................................... 65 1.3.B ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY INDICATING THE SCHOOL’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE INSTITUTION .............................................................. 67 1.3.C DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHOOL’S LEVEL OF AUTONOMY AND AUTHORITY ............................................ 68 1.3.D UNIVERSITY PROCESSES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FOR COLORADOSPH ..................................................... 73 1.3.E DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS AND DELINEATION OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO THE SCHOOL ..................................................................................................................................................... 74 1.3.F WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS................................................... 76 1.3.G ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS CRITERION IS MET ........................................................ 76 1.4 ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................. 77 1.4.A ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS SHOWING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL INDICATING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ITS COMPONENT OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS, DIVISIONS OR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS ....................................................................................................................... 78 1.4.B DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MAJOR UNITS ................................................. 80 1.4.C DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNER IN WHICH INTERDISCIPLINARY COORDINATION, COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION OCCUR AND SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH LEARNING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE .................... 84 1.4.D ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS CRITERION IS MET ......................................................... 85 1.5 GOVERNANCE .................................................................................................................................... 87 1.5.A LIST OF THE SCHOOL’S STANDING AND IMPORTANT AD HOC COMMITTEES, WITH A STATEMENT OF CHARGE, COMPOSITION AND CURRENT MEMBERSHIP FOR EACH ................................................................. 87 1.5.B DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHOOL’S GOVERNANCE, COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES................ 90 1.5.C COPY OF THE SCHOOL’S BYLAWS OR OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS THAT DETERMINE THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY AND STUDENTS IN GOVERNANCE OF THE SCHOOL .............. 96 1.5.D IDENTIFICATION OF SCHOOL FACULTY WHO HOLD MEMBERSHIP ON UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES, THROUGH WHICH FACULTY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY ........................................ 97 1.5.E DESCRIPTION OF STUDENT ROLES IN GOVERNANCE, INCLUDING ANY FORMAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 98 1.5.F ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS CRITERION IS MET ....................................................... 101 1.6 FISCAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 103 1.6.A BUDGETARY AND ALLOCATION PROCESSES ......................................................................................... 103 1.6.B SCHOOL BUDGET STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 105 1.6.C PARTNER UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND INCOME SHARING ....................................... 106 1.6.D MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FOR FISCAL RESOURCES ............................................................................. 108 1.6.E ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS CRITERION IS MET ....................................................... 108 4 1.7 FACULTY AND OTHER RESOURCES .................................................................................................... 111 1.7.A CONCISE STATEMENT OR CHART DEFINING THE NUMBER (HEADCOUNT) OF PRIMARY FACULTY IN EACH OF THE FIVE CORE PUBLIC HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AREAS EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOL FOR EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS .......................................................................................................................................... 111 1.7.B TABLE DELINEATING THE NUMBER OF FACULTY, STUDENTS AND SFRS, ORGANIZED BY DEPARTMENT OR SPECIALTY AREA, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT AS APPROPRIATE TO THE SCHOOL, FOR EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS (CALENDAR YEARS OR ACADEMIC YEARS) PRIOR TO THE SITE VISIT ....................... 111 1.7.C OTHER PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................................... 115 1.7.D SPACE RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................ 115 1.7.E LABORATORY RESOURCES ..................................................................................................................... 117 1.7.F COMPUTER FACILITIES AND RESOURCES .............................................................................................. 117 1.7.G LIBRARY RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................. 119 1.7.H OTHER RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................... 120 1.7.I IDENTIFICATION OF MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES THROUGH WHICH THE SCHOOL ASSESSES THE ADEQUACY OF ITS RESOURCES, ALONG WITH DATA REGARDING THE SCHOOL’S PERFORMANCE AGAINST THOSE MEASURES FOR EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS ............................................................................. 120 1.7.J ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS CRITERION IS MET .......................................................