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College of Social Sciences Focus on Excellence > Survey Response

Commitment to Excellence - Survey Review

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A total of 240 survey responses have been recorded since the initial launch of our Commitment to Excellence Survey on November 10, 2004. The survey contained fourteen (14) questions on College initiatives and seven (7) questions on core commitments of UH Manoa's Defining our Destiny: Strategic Plan 2002-2010. A full listing of survey responses can be found at http://socialsciences.excellence.hawaii.edu/survey/.

The presentation below summarizes the most common ideas presented in responses to all twenty-one (21) survey topics.

We also have a presentation at http://socialsciences.excellence.hawaii.edu/survey/respect/ which summarizes the common ideas from all survey responses within the framework of the core commitments of UH Manoa's Defining our Destiny: Strategic Plan 2002-2010.

Summary Bullet Notations by Topic

What is good about the College of Social Sciences?
- Planning/Direction/Strategy <Details>
- People <Details>
- Faculty Excellence <Details>
- Infrastructure <Details>
- Atmosphere <Details>
- Scholarship <Details>

What are the key problems facing the College?
- Financial Needs <Details>
- Rewards and Recognition <Details>
- Planning/Direction/Strategy <Details>
- Improved Infrastructure <Details>
- Administrative Support/Efficiency <Details>
- Faculty Excellence <Details>
- Student Excellence <Details>
- Educational Infrastructure <Details>
- Diversity <Details>
- Pay Equity <Details>
- Create Social Gathering Places <Details>
- Community Partnership/Outreach <Details>
- Technology Implementation <Details>
- Tech Support <Details>
- Priorities <Details>
- Graduate Education <Details>
- Faculty/Staff Issues <Details>
- Allocation Issues <Details>
- Atmosphere <Details>

Collegiality and excellence in College governance
- Suggestions <Details>
- Positives/Affirmations <Details>
- Concerns/Issues <Details>

Streamline bureaucracy
- Planning/Direction/Strategy <Details>
- Administrative Support/Efficiency <Details>
- Technology Implementation <Details>
- Suggestions <Details>

Community and Alumni partnerships and outreach
- Student Excellence <Details>
- Create Social Gathering Places <Details>
- Community Partnership/Outreach <Details>
- Questions <Details>
- Suggestions <Details>
- Affirmations <Details>
- Alumni Focused Suggestions <Details>
- Priorities <Details>

Distance learning
- Questions <Details>
- Suggestions <Details>
- Affirmations <Details>
- Limitations/Reservations <Details>

Undergraduate education
- Faculty Excellence <Details>
- Student Excellence <Details>
- Educational Infrastructure <Details>
- Educational Requirements <Details>
- Departmental Excellence <Details>
- Undergraduate Excellence <Details>
- Questions <Details>
- Excellence Through Undergrad Program Direction <Details>

Research infrastructure
- Financial Needs <Details>
- Rewards and Recognition <Details>
- Planning/Direction/Strategy <Details>
- Improved Infrastructure <Details>
- Administrative Support/Efficiency <Details>
- Technology Implementation <Details>
- Tech Support <Details>
- Physical Infrastructure Improvements <Details>

Graduate education
- Faculty Excellence <Details>
- Student Excellence <Details>
- Educational Requirements <Details>
- Technology Implementation <Details>
- Focus On Excellent Grad Programs Based On Criteria <Details>
- Streamline Academic Costs Of Graduate Education <Details>
- Expand Support/Funding for GAs <Details>

Student support services (eg: tutoring)
- Faculty Excellence <Details>
- Student Excellence <Details>
- Educational Infrastructure <Details>
- Creating/Expanding/Integrating programs <Details>
- Priorities <Details>
- Support Program Suggestions <Details>
- Support Program Challenges <Details>

Opportunities for underrepresented minorities
- Creating/Expanding/Integrating programs <Details>
- Diversity <Details>
- Questions <Details>
- Affirmations <Details>
- Minority Support Issues <Details>
- Minority Support Suggestions <Details>

Budget issues
- Educational Infrastructure <Details>
- Pay Equity <Details>
- Financial Support <Details>
- Suggestions <Details>
- Limitations/Reservations <Details>
- Allocation Issues <Details>

College gathering places
- Create Social Gathering Places <Details>
- Physical Structures/Aesthetics <Details>
- Community Partnership/Outreach <Details>
- Increase/Improve Space <Details>
- Suggestions <Details>
- Positives/Affirmations <Details>
- Concerns/Issues <Details>

What's missing? Tell us about your top priority for action
- Financial Needs <Details>
- Rewards and Recognition <Details>
- Planning/Direction/Strategy <Details>
- Improved Infrastructure <Details>
- Administrative Support/Efficiency <Details>
- Faculty Excellence <Details>
- Student Excellence <Details>
- Educational Infrastructure <Details>
- Educational Requirements <Details>
- Pay Equity <Details>
- Institutional Integrity <Details>
- Create Social Gathering Places <Details>
- Activities, etc. <Details>
- Physical Structures/Aesthetics <Details>
- Community Partnership/Outreach <Details>
- Increase/Improve Space <Details>
- Community Educ/Partn/Outrch <Details>
- Technology Implementation <Details>
- Tech Support <Details>
- Improved Tech Infrastructure <Details>
- Focus on Graduate Education <Details>
- Focus on Undergraduates <Details>
- Faculty/Staff Issues <Details>