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Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewences. University of ArizonaJudith A. Howard. Dean of the Division of Social Sciences, University of Washington.Steven J. Rosenstone, Vice President f

or Scholarly and Cultural Affairs, University of MinnesotaGary Sandefur, Dean of the College of Letters and Science.University of Wisconsin-Madison1Pr college_of_social_sciences_program_review

ogram Review ofThe College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii, Mãnoa May 14, 2009College OverviewIntroduction: The College of Social Sciences is

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one of eighteen colleges and schools at the University of Hawaii. Mãnoa. The college is comprised of ten academic departments, and tlưee programs. Th

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewof all the instruction on campus, and award about 24% of the campus's baccalaureate degrees. Psychology. Political Science, and Sociology ate among th

e campus’s ten most popular undergraduate majors.The faculty are engaged in a broad range of research endeavors from a host of epistemological perspec college_of_social_sciences_program_review

tives that address some of the most fundamental questions of about human behavior and the workings of local, national, and international political, so

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cial, economic, and cultural institutions. More than at most mainland institutions, teaching and research across the college have a unique focus on et

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewuces graduates who lead public and private enterprises in Hawaii and across Asia. The college tliinks globally and draws upon its unique strengths to

advance teaching, research and outreach. There is also a stronger emphasis on public outreach than at many other institutions.The college strives to f college_of_social_sciences_program_review

oster a vibrant academic climate that supports outstanding scholarship through interaction and intellectual dialogue among students and faculty, in th

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e classroom, in research, and in public forums. It strives to advance outstanding scholarship (the creation and application of new knowledge as well a

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewissues.We were tremendously impressed with the quality of the faculty and staff, the quality of the research, the quality of the academic programs, an

d the quality of the students with whom we met.The scarcity of resources greatly limits the college's potential for effective teaching, breakthrough r college_of_social_sciences_program_review

esearch, and dynamic public sen ice. There are too few faculty FTEs. too few academic advisors, inadequate staff support, too few graduate fellowships

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, inadequate research support, technology, laboratories, research space, and support for grants administration.Beyond resources, there is a need for m

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewrricular oversight: four-year graduation rates); strategies to provide competitive compensation (especially in the context of Hawaii's cost of living)

; strategies to lead a coordinated university-wide approach to information technology: strategies to build the university’s research infrastructure: a college_of_social_sciences_program_review

nd strategies to build the fundraising operations needed to raise significant private funds. The lack of effective campus and university-wide leadersh

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ip on these and other fronts greatly limits the college's potential for effective teaching, breakthrough research, and dynamic public sen ice.2Over th

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewOver the years ahead, declining state support may lead to cuts both in rhe college’s budget and in the number of FTF faculty.Compared to the other art

s and science colleges al the University of Hawaii. Manoa. the College of Social Sciences selves about the same number of students (as measured by stu college_of_social_sciences_program_review

dent semester hours per faculty FTF.) as do the colleges of Natural Sciences and Alts and Humanities. The college of social sciences serves about as m

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any majors per faculty 1'Tii as docs the College of Natural Sciences, but about 21% more majors per faculty 1 IL than docs the College of Arts and Hum

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewnd Literature. Average class size in the College of Social Sciences is 26 - comparable to the average class size in the college of Natural Sciences, b

ut 30% larger than the average class size in the college of Arts and Humanities and 73% larger than the average class size in the College of Languages college_of_social_sciences_program_review

and Literature.There is no transparency in the method by which the university funds the College of Social Sciences. The university's allocation of re

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sources seems to be driven by historical forces rather than the number of students served. the research infrastructure needed to advance knowledge, or

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewe college's faculty and academic programs to reach their full potential.Faculty: Although the overall size of the faculty has grown modestly since 200

3. the faculty is small relative to its peers and relative to the number of students it serves. Many members of the faculty have won national and inte college_of_social_sciences_program_review

rnational recognition for their research and public service. The junior hires in recent years have been outstanding and these colleagues are already m

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aking significant contributions to their departments, college, and university. There are generational divisions within several departments regarding t

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewof mid-career faculty members.rhe college anticipates a substantial number of retirements over the next five years and the college needs to plan for t

hese transitions. The university should consider creating a phased retirement program as a way to facilitate faculty transition and to enable more pre college_of_social_sciences_program_review

dictability in collegiate planning. There is ambiguity among departments about what will happen when retirements occur. Greater clarity is needed to i

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nsure programmatic strength and to enable units to plan strategically for the near and long term. Several departments have hired probationary faculty

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_reviewlished ways to deal with the different levels of research activity among the faculty. Research inactive faculty members have heavier course loads than

do the research active faculty members.3The modest faculty salaries coupled with Hawaii’s high cost of living make it difficult to recruit and retain college_of_social_sciences_program_review

outstanding faculty and place substantial burdens on all faculty, especially junior faculty members who find it especially difficult to afford to liv

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e in Hawaii.Research: We are impressed by both the level and quality of faculty research. Cher the past five years, funding of sponsored research has

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_review the National Geographic Society, and a variety of other agencies. These accomplishments are particularly impressive in light of the significant insti

tutional obstacles that the faculty face.Research facilities, space, laboratories, equipment, and technology are woefully inadequate. There is insuffi college_of_social_sciences_program_review

cient assistance for grant submission and grant administration, so much so that a number of faculty are disinclined even to seek grant support. The un

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iversity’s low indirect cost recovery rate and its internal method for distributing ICR means that inadequate funding comes to the units that must imp

Program Review of The College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii, Mãnoa39947Edward Donnerstein. Dean of the College of Social ami Behavioral Scie

college_of_social_sciences_program_review The consequences of this for faculty careers are considerable - especially for junior faculty. There are instances in which it has taken three years

to get a lab up and running - half of the pre-tenure years.There is inadequate administrative leadership for research on the Mãnoa campus. The sense w college_of_social_sciences_program_review

e had is that everyone says leadership for advancing research is someone else’s responsibility. Though most faculty praise the work of the Social Scie

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nce Research Institute, there is widespread understanding that the level of administrative support it provides grant recipients is inadequate. Indeed,

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