SELF-STUDY
REPORT
2001
prepared
for
THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGES
AND SCHOOLS
SAVANNAH
STATE
UNIVERSITY
Savannah, Georgia
Board of Regents....................................................................................................................
iv
List of Committees...................................................................................................................
v
Introduction..............................................................................................................................
xii
Section One: Principles
and Philosophy of Accreditation.................................................
1
1.1
Institutional Commitment and Responsibilities in the Accreditation
Process...........................................................................................................
1
1.2
Application of the Criteria...............................................................................
8
1.3
Separately Accredited Units........................................................................
14
1.4
Conditions of Eligibility.................................................................................
14
1.5
Initial Membership.........................................................................................
28
1.6
Representation of Status..............................................................................
28
Section Two: Institutional
Purpose 3.1
Section Three: Institutional
Effectiveness..........................................................................
49
3.1 Planning
and Evaluation: Educational Programs..................................... 49
3.2
Planning and Evaluation: Administrative and Educational
Support Services..........................................................................................
70
3.3
Institutional Research....................................................................................
75
Section Four: Educational
Program...................................................................................
87
4.1 General
Requirements of Educational Program........................................
87
4.2 Undergraduate
Program..............................................................................
97
4.2.1 Undergraduate Admission...............................................................
97
4.2.2
Undergraduate Completion Requirements..................................
119
4.2.3
Undergraduate Curriculum.............................................................
129
4.2.4
Undergraduate Instruction..............................................................
143
4.2.5
Academic Advising of Undergraduate Students.........................
163
4.3
Graduate Program......................................................................................
168
4.3.1
Initiation Operation and Expansion of Graduate Programs....... 168
4.3.2
Graduate Admission.......................................................................
178
4.3.3
Graduate Completion of Requirements........................................
186
4.3.4
Graduate Curriculum.......................................................................
189
4.3.5
Graduate Instruction........................................................................
208
4.3.6
Academic Advising of Graduate Students...................................
218
4.5 Distance
Learning Programs....................................................................
223
4.6 Continuing
Education, Outreach and Service Programs........................
226
4.8 Faculty..........................................................................................................
234
4.8.1 Selection of Faculty.........................................................................
236
4.8.2 Academic and Professional
Preparation..................................... 241
4.8.2.1 Associate.......................................................................
242
4.8.2.2 Baccalaureate...............................................................
243
4.8.2.3 Graduate........................................................................
249
4.8.2.4 Distance
Learning Programs/Activities...................... 256
4.8.3 Part-Time Faculty............................................................................
258
4.8.4 Graduate Teaching Assistants...................................................... 265
4.8.5 Faculty Compensation....................................................................
265
4.8.6 Academic Freedom and
Professional Security.......................... 267
4.8.7 Professional Growth.......................................................................
273
4.8.8 The Role of the Faculty and
Its Committees................................. 278
4.8.9 Faculty Loads..................................................................................
281
4.8.10 Criteria and Procedures for Evaluation........................................ 283
4.9 Consortial
Relationships and Contractual Agreements..........................
286
4.9.1 Consortial Relationships................................................................
288
4.9.2 Contractual Agreements................................................................
291
Section Five: Educational
Support Services..................................................................
293
5.1 Library
and Other Learning Resources....................................................
293
5.1.1 Purpose and Scope........................................................................
293
5.1.2 Services...........................................................................................
308
5.1.3 Library Collections..........................................................................
318
5.1.4 Information Technology...................................................................
327
5.1.5 Cooperative Agreements...............................................................
328
5.1.6 Staff..................................................................................................
329
5.1.7 Library/Learning Resources
for Distance Learning Activities... 331
5.2 Instructional
Support...................................................................................
334
5.3 Information
Technology Resources and Systems...................................
407
5.4 Student
Development Services.................................................................
427
5.4.1 Scope and Accountability..............................................................
427
5.4.2 Resources........................................................................................
441
5.4.3 Programs and Services.................................................................
447
5.4.3.1 Counseling
and Career Development........................ 447
5.4.3.2
Student Government, Student Activities and
Publications................................................................
451
5.4.3.3
Student Behavior...........................................................
460
5.4.3.4
Residence Halls............................................................
463
5.4.3.5
Student Financial Aid...................................................
466
5.4.3.6
Health Services.............................................................
469
5.4.3.7
Intramural Athletics........................................................
472
5.5 Intercollegiate
Athletics...............................................................................
473
5.5.1 Purpose............................................................................................
473
5.5.2 Administrative Oversight................................................................
481
5.5.3 Financial Control............................................................................. 484
5.5.4 Academic Program........................................................................
488
Section Six: Administrative
Process...............................................................................
495
6.1 Organization
and Administration...............................................................
495
6.1.1 Descriptive Titles and Terms......................................................... 497
6.1.2 Governing Board.............................................................................
499
6.1.3 Advising Committees.....................................................................
506
6.1.4 Official Policies...............................................................................
508
6.1.5 Administrative Organization...........................................................
508
6.2 Institutional
Advancement...........................................................................
518
6.2.1 Alumni Affairs..................................................................................
520
6.2.2 Fund Raising...................................................................................
522
6.3 Financial
Resources...................................................................................
524
6.3.1 Financial Resources.......................................................................
524
6.3.2 Organization for the
Administration of Financial Resources...... 529
6.3.3 Budget Planning..............................................................................
537
6.3.4 Budget Control................................................................................
541
6.3.5 The Relation of an
Institution to External Budgetary Control....... 545
6.3.6 Accounting, Reporting and
Auditing.............................................
545
6.3.7 Purchasing and Inventory
Control..................................................
554
6.3.8 Refund Policy...................................................................................
558
6.3.9 Cashiering.......................................................................................
563
6.3.10 Investment Management................................................................
566
6.3.11 Risk Management and Insurance.................................................. 566
6.3.12 Auxiliary Enterprises.......................................................................
567
6.4 Physical
Resources....................................................................................
570
6.4.1 Space Management.......................................................................
572
6.4.2 Building, Grounds and
Equipment Maintenance......................... 576
6.4.3 Safety and Security.........................................................................
578
6.4.4 Facilities Master Plan.....................................................................
582
6.5 Externally
Funded Grants and Contracts..................................................
585
6.6 Related
Corporate Entities........................................................................
598
BOARD OF
REGENTS
GLENN
S. WHITE
HILTON
HATCHETT HOWELL, JR.
JUANITA POWELL BARANCO
KENNETH W. CANNESTRA
HUGH A. CARTER, JR.
CONNIE CATER
JOE FRANK HARRIS
JOHN HUNT
EDGAR J. JENKINS
CHARLES H. JONES
DONALD M. LEEBERN, JR.
ELRIDGE W. MCMILLAN
MARTIN W. NESMITH
J. TIMOTHY SHELNUT
JOEL O. WOOTEN, JR.
JAMES D. YANCEY
OFFICERS
SELF-STUDY STEERING COMMITTEE
Dr.
Joan Maynor, Self-Study Co-Director; Director,
Learning Support
Dr.
Jerry Wright, Self-Study Co-Director; Fuller E. Callaway
Mrs.
Mestewat Alemayehu, Director, Budget and
Financial Analysis
Dr.
Tsehai Alemayehu, Professor, College of Business Administration
Mr.
Michael Crow, Director, Institutional Research
and Planning
Dr.
Jason DeSousa, Vice President for Student Affairs
Dr.
Obi C. Emeh, Professor, College of Sciences and Technology
Mrs.
Barbara Haas, Assistant Professor, College of
Dr.
Jan W. Jankowski, Associate Dean, College of Business Administration
Dr.
Willie Johnson, Professor, Master of Public Administration Program.
Ex Officio Dr. Joseph Silver, Vice
President of Academic Affairs
Ms.
Antoinette Battiste, Staff Assistant
Mr.
Bryant Thomas, Student Government Association President
SELF-STUDY FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE
Mr.
Henry Taylor, Associate Professor, Engineering
Dr.
Joan Maynor, Chair; Self-Study Co-Director; Director, Learning
Support
Ms.
Barbara Haas, Assistant Professor, Humanities
Mrs.
Tonia Brown-Dickerson, Interim Director, Center for Career Development
Ms.
Dawn Cone, Information Systems Coordinator, Human
Resources
Ex-Officio Dr. Jerry Wright, Self-Study
Co-Director; Fuller E. Callaway
Dr.
Mostafa H. Sarhan, Dean, College of Business
Administration
Dr.
Otis Johnson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts
& Social Sciences
Dr.
Charlesworth R. Martin, Dean, College of
Sciences & Technology
Dr.
Judith Edwin, Dean, Enrollment Management
Dr.
George N. Williams, Dean, Office of Graduate
Studies and Sponsored Research
SECTION ONE
PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHY OF ACCREDITATION
Dr.
Matthew Gilligan, Co-Chair; Professor, Biology
and Life Sciences
Ms.
Ella Sims, Co-Chair; Associate Professor, Sociology
Mr.
Charles Adams, Assistant Professor, Criminology
Dr.
Barbara Bart, Professor, Marketing
Dr.
Alex Kalu, Professor, Engineering Technology
Mrs.
Edna Jackson, Financial Aid Counselor
Dr.
Otis Johnson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr.
Jack Simmons, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Mr.
Lamar Rhodes, Student Representative
SECTION TWO
INSTITUTIONAL
PURPOSE
Dr.
Steven Smith, Co-Chair; Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dr.
Brenda Sullivan, Co-Chair; Associate Professor,
Master of
Dr.
Annette Brock, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Dr.
Charles Elmore, Professor, Mass Communications;
Interim Athletic Director
Mr.
Thomas Hines, Director, Title III
Dr.
Jan W. Jankowski, Associate Dean/Professor;
Management
Dr.
James Maury, Associate Professor/Coordinator, Master of Social Work
Program
Mrs.
Gwen Moore, Associate Director, Admissions
Ms.
Passionate Forteson, Student Representative
SECTION THREE
INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Dr.
Peggy Blood, Co-Chair; Associate Professor/Chair, Fine Arts
Dr.
William Hahn, Co-Chair; Professor, Management
Dr.
Olunfunke Bowen, Associate Professor/Acting Associate
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences
Mr.
Michael Crow, Director, Institutional Research and Planning
Dr.
Thomas McGhee, Associate Professor, Accounting
Mrs.
Dorothy Murchison, Associate Professor, Mathematics,
Dr.
Joseph Richardson, Professor, Biology and Life Sciences
Dr.
Lillian Reddick, Associate Professor, Social Work
Dr.
Scott Sells, Associate Professor, Social Work
Dr. Harpal Singh, Professor/Chair, Department of Biology
Dr. Robert L. Stevenson, Professor, Fine Arts
Dr.
Beverly Watkins, Associate Professor/Chair,
Mr.
Bernard Robinson, Student Representative
Dr. Joyce McLemore, Professor, Learning
Support
SECTION FOUR
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Dr.
George O’Neill, Co-Chair; Professor, Humanities
Mr.
James Scott, Co-Chair, Instructional Support Technology Specialist
Mrs.
Shamina Amin, Former
Director of Library and Media Services,
Dr.
Chellu S. Chetty, Professor, Biology and Life Sciences
Dr. Modibo Kadalie, Associate Professor, Social and Behavior Sciences
Dr.
Charlesworth Martin, Dean, College of Sciences and Technology
Dr.
Scott Sells, Associate Professor, Social Work
Dr.
Merolyn Stewart, Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Ms.
Quiana Smith, Student Representative
SECTION FOUR
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FACULTY
Dr.
Jane Philbrick, Professor, Management
Dr.
Kenneth Sajwan, Professor, Biology and Life Sciences
Mrs.
Karen Bell, Instructor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Ms.
Carolyn Smith-Fletcher, Benefits Manager, Human Resources
Dr.
Jeffrey James, Professor, Chemistry
Dr.
Cordelia Kirk, Associate Professor/Coordinator, BSW Program
Dr.
Daniel Lockwood, Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Ms.
Laura McGraw, Executive Secretary to the President
Mrs.
Tonia Mydell, Secretary to the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr.
Michael Schroeder, Assistant Professor, Humanities
Dr.
John Simpson, Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Ms.
Conshombia Tate, Student Representative
Mr. Phat Hong, Assistant Professor,
Learning Support
SECTION FIVE
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
LIBRARY SUBCOMMITTEE
Mr.
Frank Mahitab, Co-Chair; Assistant Reference Librarian
Dr.
Catherine Rogers, Co-Chair; Assistant Professor, Humanities
Dr.
Shinaz Jindani, Associate Professor, Social Work
Mr.
Danny Martin, Coordinator of Labs/Technician
Dr.
Craig Williams, Assistant Professor; Management
Ms.
Mary Jo Fayoyin, Director of Library and Media Services,
Mrs.
Shamina Amin, Former
Director of Library and Media Services,
Ms.
Elizabeth Rosenthal, Student Representative
SECTION FIVE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT
Dr.
Zhaohui Hong, Co-Chair; Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral
Sciences
Dr.
Arav Ouandlous, Co-Chair; Associate Professor, Management
Mr.
Benjamin Allen, Registrar
Ms.
Shamina Amin, Former Director of Library and Media Services
Dr.
Russell Chambers, Associate Professor, Humanities
Mr.
Reginald Leseane, Assistant Professor, College of Business Administration
Dr.
Kuppuswamy Jayaraman, Acting Dept Chair/Associate Professor,
Dr.
Joan Maynor, Director, Learning Support
Dr.
Pravin Raut, Professor, Engineering
Ms.
Barbara Webb, Student Representative
SECTION FIVE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Dr.
Emily Crawford, Co-Chair; Professor, Marketing
Dr.
Hettie Jones, Co-Chair; Professor Biology and Life Sciences
Mrs.
Juanita Adams, Director, Pathways to Teaching
Dr.
Judith Edwin, Dean, Enrollment Management
Mr.
Gary Oliver, Student Affairs Advisor
Mr.
Lawrence Simmons, Director, Student Support Services
Ms.
Latreal Howard, Student Representative
SECTION FIVE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Mr.
Irvin Clark, Chair; Director, Residential Life
Dr.
Julius Afolabi, Chair; Associate Professor, Biology and Life Services
Dr.
Charles Elmore, Professor, Mass Communications; Interim
Athletics Director
Ms.
Kimberly Bynum, Assistant Professor, Recreation and Athletics
Mr.
Frank Ellis, Associate Professor, Recreation and Park Administration
Ms.
Rhonda Thompson, Coordinator for Judicial Affairs
Dr.
George Williams, Dean, Office of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research
Mr.
Marcus Johnson, Student Representative
Dr. Kenneth Jordan, Professor, Social
and Behavioral Sciences
SECTION SIX
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND CORPORATION
Dr.
William Dowling, Co-Chair; Professor, Finance
Dr.
Sandra McCord Young, Director, Human Resources
Ms.
Loretta Heyward, Director of Communications and Community Relations
Dr.
Ja Jahannes, Professor, Social and Behavioral
Sciences
Dr.
Behrooz Kalantari, Associate Professor, Master of Public Administration
Program
Dr.
Olarongbe Olubajo, Professor, Chemistry
Ms.
Doreatha Tyson, Director, Educational Talent Search and PREP
Ms.
Zakisha Thomas, Student Representative
SECTION SIX
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES
Dr.
Shirley Geiger, Co-Chair; Associate Professor/Interim
Director, Master of Public
Administration
Ms.
Marcia Sparks, Co-Chair; Assistant Professor, Management
Ms.
Janice Allen, Comptroller
Dr.
Ijaz Awan, Professor, Mathematics, Physics &
Computer Sciences Technology
Ms.
Zelda James, Administrative Assistant to the Dean,
Dr.
Eugene Mesco, Associate Professor, Biology and Life Sciences
Mr.
Ervin Ogden, Director, Plant Operations
Dr.
Mostafa Sarhan, Dean, College of Business
Administration
Dr.
George N. Williams, Dean, Office of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research
Dr.
Xiaorong Zhang, Associate Professor, Biology and Life Sciences
Ms.
Larissa Jones, Student Representative
Ms.
Barbara Haas, Chair; Assistant Professor, English
Mrs.
Dara Crawford, Office Manager, Graduate Studies
and Sponsored Research
Dr.
Louise Golden, Associate Professor, English
Mrs.
Margaret Mitchell-Illugbo, Senior Admin. Secretary, Asa H. Gordon Library
Mrs.
Gloria Shearin, Assistant Professor, English
Mrs.
Beverly Worlds, Administrative Secretary,
Learning Support
Ms. Alfreda Cole,
Student Representative
Mr.
Theron “Ike” Carter, Co-Chair;
Director, Radio Station WHCJ 90.3 FM
Mrs.
Mary Ann Goldwire, Co-Chair; Reading Program Assistant, Learning Support
Dr.
Carlton E. Brown, President, Savannah State University
Mrs.
T. LaVerne Ricks-Brown, First Lady, Savannah State University
Ms.
Juanita Adams, Director, Pathways to Teaching
Ms.
Antoinette Battiste, Staff Assistant
Dr.
Peggy Blood, Chair, Fine Arts
Ms.
Gwendolyn Brigham, Custodian
Ms.
Della Brown, Secretary, BSW Program
Mr.
Ronald Brown, Trades Helper
Ms.
Cynthia Buskey, Director of Administrative Affairs
Mr.
Ugworji Chima, Food Service Director
Mr.
Arthur Coleman, Custodial Superintendent
Mr.
Michael Cuffee, President, Student Government Association
Mr.
Shed Dawson, Staff Assistant, Testing Office
Dr.
Jason DeSousa, Vice President for Student Affairs
Ms
Melissa Ferguson, Writer/Communications Specialist
Ms.
Tiffany Fountain, Miss Savannah State University
Mr.
Elias Golden, Grounds Maintenance Superintendent
Ms.
Loretta Heyward, Director of Communications and Community Relations
Mr.
Arnold Jackson, Assistant Director, Plant Operations
Ms.
Shirley James, Director, Testing Office
Mrs.
Jeanette Jenkins, Retired Secretary, Master of Public Administration
Program
Ms.
Kim Lundy, Administrative Specialist
Mr.
Shaunce Riley, Staff Assistant, Center for Career Development
Ms.
Patricia Rutledge, Classification and Pay Analyst
Ms. Thelma Shelman, Clerk
Mrs.
Yvonne Warren, English Program Assistant, Learning Support
Mr.
Kenneth Wilson, System Analyst
Mr.
Roland Wolfe, Associate Professor, Fine Arts
Dr.
Sandra Young, Director, Human Resources
COMPUTER AND SECRETARIAL SUPPORT
Mrs.
Toisaun Denson, Office Manager, Center for Teaching and Learning.
Ms.
Naomi James, Associate Director of Networking and
Telecommunications
Mr.
Don Shavers, Director, Computer Services and
Information Technology
Mrs.
Sheri D. W. Saleem, Secretary to the Vice
President for
Introduction
Since the last
SACS reaffirmation visit in 1991, Savannah State celebrated its centennial. Although the
2001 Reaffirmation process officially began in January 1999 with a campus visit from Dr.
Gerald Lord, Associate Executive Director of the Commission on Colleges, our institution
had already been in a self-study mode since our centennial. Like many a historically black
college and university, Savannah State must face the new challenges and issues of the 21st
Century, where accountability, responsibility, and excellence will be benchmarked in
comparison not only with sister institutions in the University System of Georgia, but with
institutions across the nation. Future graduates of Savannah State University must be as
equally prepared as any other college graduates to move with ease and confidence into a
technological information age. As graduates
of this institution interact with people of many racial, ethnic, and religious groups,
they must become a part of the global family. They will need to be skilled as writers and
speakers, conversant in quantitative reasoning, and comfortable with technology. They
must, however, continue Savannah State University’s legacy of engaging in volunteer
activities and serving in leadership capacities in their communities.
Before the
Self-Study proper began, we had already been engaged in assessment and planning: (1) we had begun to discuss our vision of a 21st
century education at Savannah State University, and (2) we had begun to identify the goals
and strategies that will help us to realize this vision. While this Self-Study meets the
SACS requirement regarding reaffirmation, we see this Self-Study document and the process
The two-year process of conducting this Self-Study and compiling this report has
allowed Savannah State University to identify strengths as well as challenges. In the
process, we have thoroughly assessed our mission and reached valid answers to the
question, “Are we doing what we should be doing?” In most instances, the answers
have been affirmative, and we rejoice in our strengths. In a few instances, our findings
have required recommendations or suggestions for improvement, and we view these challenges
as opportunities for growth.
The reader will
note that Savannah State University’s strengths are impressive. The quality of both
faculty and students is excellent, and in the past five years, we have begun interactions
across disciplines. Our faculty is unusually productive for a college of our type in terms
of sponsored research and creative activity. There has been an increased engagement of the
campus with the wider community. Our Midtown Project, our relations with elementary,
middle, and high schools, our leadership in Savannah’s Black Arts Festival, (all
described in the document) are exemplary of this Town and Gown relationship.
Since its founding, Savannah State University has benefited from a small
student-faculty ratio and a beautiful campus in a spectacular setting. The faculty can
give itself high marks for accessibility and interactions with students, and the
University is well underway in integrating technology across the curriculum.
As we identified our challenges for the 21st century, we found that in most cases, they were the same challenges faced by many other institutions of higher education. Funding is a constant challenge for many universities in the nation. In response to this challenge, our faculty and our administration are looking outward and inward. Grantsmanship is discussed in faculty meetings across the curriculum. Section 6.2, “Institutional Advancement,” provides evidence of the Institution’s inward response and the magnanimous generosity of Savannah State University’s faculty and staff to the Institution’s scholarship funds. Enrollment has been regarded as a ch