1. Response to Prioritization Ranking April 8, 2016
EARTH SCIENCE
Response to Prioritization Ranking April 8, 2016

2. Kathryn Hoppe Katy Shaw Adjunct Faculty (FT:Adjunct ratio approx. 1:1)
EARTH SCIENCE
Kathryn Hoppe Katy Shaw
Adjunct Faculty (FT:Adjunct ratio approx. 1:1)

3. EARTH SCIENCE
In the deeper dive, Earth Science was highly rated in several categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
2A1 – External Forces/Factors -3
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

4. EARTH SCIENCE
In the deeper dive, Earth Science was highly rated in several categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
2A1 – External Forces/Factors -3
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

5. EARTH SCIENCE
In the deeper dive, Earth Science was highly rated in several categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
2A1 – External Forces/Factors -3
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

6. EARTH SCIENCE
Earth Science received somewhat weaker ratings in two categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
2A1 – External Forces/Factors -3
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

7. EARTH SCIENCE Earth Science received poor ratings in two categories.
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
2A1 – External Forces/Factors -3
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

8. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
2A1 – External Forces/Factors -3
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

9. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
2A1 – External Forces/Factors -3
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

10. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
2B1 – Community Demand for Courses and Training - 3
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

11. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

12. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
1B1 – Increasing Student Access - 2
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

13. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
Access
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

14. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
Access
Continuation through program
3 – Interdependency for Program - 2
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

15. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments (interdependency)
6A1- Annual Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount) - 1
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

16. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories .
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments (interdependency)
Unduplicated Headcount
5C2 – Student Progression Through Course Sequence - 1
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized - 4
7A3 – Alignment to College Mission and Strategic Plan - 4
8 – Diversity of Revenue Sources - 3

17. EARTH SCIENCE
All told, Earth Science received low-ish ratings in four categories
Consider each of the following four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
Unduplicated headcount

18. EARTH SCIENCE Consider each one… Access Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
Unduplicated headcount

19. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
Unduplicated headcount

20. EARTH SCIENCE
Unduplicated headcount

21. EARTH SCIENCE Unduplicated headcount Notice the following two scores:
6A1 – Annual enrollment - Unduplicated headcount: 1
6A2 – Annual enrollment - Duplicated headcount: 4
Notice the following score:
6B1 – Student FTE Annualized: 4

22. EARTH SCIENCE Unduplicated headcount
In our April 1st meeting about Earth Science and PPP…
No one could explain how or why Earth Science should rate a 4 in unduplicated headcount and a 1 in duplicated headcount.
All including Derek agreed this category wasn’t relevant to the Earth Science department.
In a PA&I meeting with Kathryn Hoppe and Katy Shaw, Barbara Johnson said this doesn’t make sense for ranking a department.

23. EARTH SCIENCE Unduplicated headcount
Why did Earth Science need a meeting with Barbara Johnson?
“Earth Science students: 49% female, 82% male”
“Over the last ten years: Earth Science has averaged a 60% fill rate.” In order for this to be true:
There could never have been a full class in Earth Science
Prior to 2012, the average would have been below 50%

24. Growth of 72% (which is 5.6% per year)
EARTH SCIENCE
Unduplicated headcount
Results of PA&I meeting:
: Annualized FTE = 43.73, Unduplicated headcount = 376
: Annualized FTE = 75.00, Unduplicated headcount = 647
Growth of 72% (which is 5.6% per year)
Average fill rate = 89.26% (average over last three years)

25. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
Duplicated headcount

26. EARTH SCIENCE Continuation through program
Demand from other departments

27. EARTH SCIENCE
Continuation through program Demand from other departments
(Also known as 5C2: “progress through course sequence”)
There is no course sequence
We offer one 200-level class per year
Not every year
Enrollment is lower than 100-level classes

28. EARTH SCIENCE Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
What is the program? What is the other department?
The “program” is general education
The “other department” is the AA degree
Green River does not monitor or assess the other department

29. EARTH SCIENCE Continuation through program
Demand from other departments (3 - interdependency)
Roughly 650 students take 100-level Earth Science each year
Almost all of them are filling a gen-ed requirement
So 650 gen ed students are “dependent” on Earth Science each year
Students “continue” by (a) taking another class, or (b) moving on

30. EARTH SCIENCE Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
In March 29 Mid-Cycle Accreditation Review meeting…
Accreditors said departments like Earth Science are not programs.
The program is General Education.
Gen Ed is the “department” that places demand on Earth Science.
Earth Science contributes roughly 750 students to Gen Ed.

31. EARTH SCIENCE Continuation through program
Demand from other departments (3 - interdependency)
Of 1328 courses offered at Green River...
Geology 101 is #43 out of (Top 3.2%)
Oceanography 101 is #129. (Top 10%)
Geology 106 is a NEW CLASS and it is #177 (Top 14%)

32. EARTH SCIENCE Continuation through program (5C2)
Demand from other departments (3)
In our April 1st meeting about Earth Science and PPP…
All including Derek agreed “5C2 progression through the course sequence” wasn’t relevant to the Earth Science department.
Earth Science classes are among highest in demand on campus.
Roughly 650 students are dependent on them for Gen Ed.

33. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
Unduplicated headcount

34. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments

35. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments general education students
Do we still want students to get an AA degree?
Do we want students in business and liberal arts to transfer?
Do we still want entry-level lab science classes?

36. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Time of day: Classes run from 8:00 AM to 9:30 PM
We could try to add more. (Fill rates would decline.)
Mode of delivery: Most F2F, some hybrid, some online
We could teach more online. (Student success would decline.) cc

37. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
We could also reduce the size of the Earth Science department.
Access to science classes would decline.
Faculty workload may decline Students would suffer.

38. What science classes do “general education” students take?
EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
What science classes do “general education” students take?

39. (and if they did… what would be the point?)
EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Other departments do not have the capacity to absorb all of the Earth Science students.
(and if they did… what would be the point?)

40. EARTH SCIENCE
Can we replace Earth Science classes with other science classes? Not really.
High needs “1.3 FTE” classes are out of the question.
Students don’t have math 141.
They complain about math already.
Other entry-level classes don’t make sense.
Building a new lab is expensive.
There is nothing to gain.
Earth Science offers 50% of the diversity of classes in introductory science.

41. EARTH SCIENCE Access Can we increase access to Earth Science classes?
Increase online offerings? (Done, and doing more.)
Add fun lab-free math-free class? (Done, and doing more.)
Increase face to face offerings? (This requires instructors…)
Interdependency of staffing:
GRC can’t consider “Earth Science” in isolation from other departments.

42. EARTH SCIENCE And what about COST?
How do science departments compare in terms of REVENUE and COST?
Department
Total revenue
Total cost
Revenue/cost
LIFE (AP/BIO)
$1,575,765.96
$826,762.91
191%
CHEMISTRY
$1,050,698.01
$534,415.51
197%
PHYS/ASTRO
$890,564.28
$465,092.07
EARTH SCI
$383,035.95
$185,822.55
206%

43. EARTH SCIENCE And what about COST?
REVENUE and COST: section by section
Revenue
Sections
"Profit"
Total revenue
Total cost
minus cost
per year
per section
LIFE (AP/BIO)
$1,575,765.96
$826,762.91
$749,003.05
141
$5300
CHEMISTRY
$1,050,698.01
$534,415.51
$516,282.50 80
$6500
PHYS/ASTRO
$890,564.28
$465,092.07
$425,472.21 76
$5600
EARTH SCI
$383,035.95
$185,822.55
$197,213.40 29
$6800

44. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
Unduplicated headcount

45. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments
Unduplicated headcount irrelevant (and data is wrong)

46. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program
Demand from other departments huge demand from the GEN ED
Unduplicated headcount irrelevant (and data is wrong)

47. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access
Continuation through program irrelevant except for geology majors
Demand from other departments huge demand from the GEN ED
Unduplicated headcount irrelevant (and data is wrong)

48. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access Earth Science provides crucial access to an AA degree
Continuation through program irrelevant except for geology majors
Demand from other departments huge demand from the GEN ED
Unduplicated headcount irrelevant (and data is wrong)

49. EARTH SCIENCE
The Earth Science department had low ratings in only four categories
Access Earth Science provides crucial access to an AA degree
Continuation through program irrelevant except for geology majors
Demand from other departments huge demand from the GEN ED
Unduplicated headcount irrelevant (and data is wrong)
REVENUE AND COST:
The most efficient department in the
science division is Earth Science.

50. EARTH SCIENCE 650 students/year 75 annualized FTE
$200,000 per year profit
$6800 deficit reduction per class
If we lose it, we have no way to replace it.