| ASSESSMENT PLAN added in 1997-98
The faculty maintains contact with employers and prospective employers of our alumni to
determine what could be improved upon to better prepare students to be more successful
both in the job interview process and in adapting to their new work environments. |
2000-2001 ASSESSMENT
No formal process was used to collect data from community and industry employers but
several pieces of anecdotal evidence can be reported.
A total of 12 students completed formal internships for credit through
the department. The supervisor of each employer was asked to send a letter to the
department chair verifying that the student worked the required number of hours and that
the work completed by the student was related to his or her major. Supervisors were not
asked to evaluate the student’s work but many of them included a paragraph praising
the work that the student did. This informal feedback indicates that students are prepared
for the work required by hiring organizations.
Several companies recruited our graduates by conducting interviews on
campus. In several cases, one or more faculty members from the department met with the
recruiter some time during the day. The informal feedback received from these recruiters
was that they are satisfied with the preparation of our graduating students. The number of
companies recruiting our students in this way has generally remained steady indicating
that employers are finding the type of employees they want when they come here. |
1999-2000 ASSESSMENT
Feedback from industry continues to be very positive. A couple of major companies
recruited at UNK for the first time based on reports they had received regarding the
quality of CSIS graduates. One of the companies, Southwestern Bell actually made job
offers on first interviews with at least two CSIS graduating seniors. Another company,
Reliant Global Services is presently planning to open a branch office in Kearney to anchor
a Software Technology Park. Reliant’s motivation is to locate close to the source of
high quality labor pool that the UNK CSIS program generates in terms of both graduates and
interns. |
1998-99 ASSESSMENT
UNK/Cabela’s AS/400 Summer Training Institute is a major outcome of the feedback we
have received from industry. Four new courses and a minor were created. |
1997-98 ASSESSMENT
For a number of years employers and prospective employers have indicated that students
would be better prepared for the work force and have more employment opportunities
available to them if they possessed a set of knowledge and skills specifically related to
IBM's AS/400 midrange computer systems, particularly in a client-server environment.
Toward that end, the department and Cabela's have forged a partnership to provide AS/400
training as an ongoing summer institute. Cabela's has agreed to provide time on their
corporate AS/400 computer systems as well as classroom and laboratory space. CSIS will
deliver three experimental courses in summer 1998, and will evaluate the experience during
the 1998-99 academic year, to determine the best approach to formalize course offerings
and expand the summer institute in 1999. |
