Expand and Enrich High Impact Practices

1: Tracking HIPS and Outcomes

Annual Report available

 

• Champion: 
  CoBT GC Journeys Fellow
• Goals/Target Dates: 
  Annual report every Summer
• Key Performance Indicators: 
  Participation rates
  Stakeholder engagement (e.g., internship host perceptions about student performance; industry and geographic representation of host organizations)
  Career and graduate school placements
• Resource Needs: 
  $6,000 for stipend and course release annually
• Results:
  Program was successful and tracking methods were implemented, so fellow position was eliminated after the 25-26yr
  Academic affairs paid for half of the stipend

2: Teaching Innovation Grants

Ongoing

 

• Champion:
  Associate Dean; Dean
• Goals/Target Dates: 
  At least one $5,000 grant will be made available to faculty each summer; expectation is that faculty will present their proposal(s) to our CoBT Faculty Learning Community in the following year. 

• Key Performance Indicators

  	Summer 2023	Summer 2024	Summer 2025	Summer 2026	Summer 2027
  # Applied	3	5	5	5
  # Awarded	1	2	2	1

  The number awarded is based on funds available and quality of applications
   

• Resource Needs: 
  $9,508 (inclusive of taxes and benefits annually)
• Results: 
  GC2Y Cakeonomics was approved by the University as a new course in Spring 2024.
  Study abroad programs were created for Peru in Summer 2026 and Italy and France in 2027. A summer away program was run in New York City in summer 2026. More immersive teachings and student assignments were added to classes from grants awarded for Economics in three acts in Summer 2022; Cakeonomics: Let Them Eat Cake in Summer 2023; Operations and Supply Chain Managment in Summer 2024; Sales in Summer 2025; and Digital Marketing in Summer 2026

3: Curriculum proposal to embed an expectation of a minimum number of HIPs for students prior to graduation

The proposal and GivePulse functionality were presented to CoBT leadership board and Associate Provost student engagement and academic excellence, submitted to UCC, and discussed in April 11, 2024 faculty meeting. Feedback is being integrated.
GivePulse proved too cumbersome to use. An amended proposal giving options was presented to faculty in Feb 2026.

• Champion: 
  CoBT GC Journeys Fellow; Faculty; Academic Advisors
  Qualtrics survey was developed to send to faculty annually to track student engagement for outside of class activities. Codes are then sent to the Registrar to put on students' Banner records
• Goals/Target Dates: 
  Proposal to be developed and reviewed in AY22-23; initial and regular communications with Academic Advisors about the change (starting in Spring 2023)
  Implement a report from Banner that summarizes annual activity
• Key Performance Indicators: 
  Tracked in DegreeWorks so learners and Academic Advisors know expectations are being met
• Results:
  Amended GC Journey Proposal approved by CoBT UCC in February 2025 with the recommendation that if this is to be implemented at the university level to hold off on any implementation at CoBT level.

4: Develop a course for Undergraduate research mentoring

Decision made to create individual courses rather than a single course. Courses approved during Fall 2024

• Champions: 
  CoBT GC Journeys Fellow; Faculty
• Goals/Target Dates: 
  Proposal to be developed and reviewed in AY22-23
• Results:
  Courses now in catalog: ACCT4999, CSCI 4999, MKTG 4999, BCOM 4999, ECON 4999, CBIS 4999, FINC 4999
• Key Performance Indicators: 
  Number of conferences and publications
  Number of CoBT students taking these courses

5: Study abroad scholarships

Working with the Advancement Office to craft a proposal/locate donors for scholarships

 

• Champion: 
  CoBT GC Journeys Fellow; Associate Dean; Dean
• Goals/Target Dates: 
  Craft a proposal for donor engagement to establish annual or endowed scholarships to support students participating in CoBT-specific study abroad programming

• Key Performance Indicators: 

  Study Abroad	Total # CoBT Students participating in Study Abroad	# CoBT faculty-led programs	# awarded CoBT scholarships	Amt of funding Awarded
  AY23	24	8	4	$4,000
  AY24	33		32	$34,000
  AY25	56
  AY26	73
  AY27

   

• Resource Needs: 
  $5,000 annually

6: Work to increase student participation in credit and zero-credit internships

Requiring students to complete a survey to graduate that will collect this information
 

• Champions: 
  CoBT GC Journeys Fellow; Career Center; Chairs; Faculty; Advising
• Goals/Target Dates: 
  Identify a baseline for credit and zero-credit internships in Fall 2022; collaborate with the Career Center in AY22-23 to increase student engagement in internships and to expand participation of host organizations
• Key Performance Indicators: 
  First-year retention; sophomore retention; Student success measurements such as graduation rates/time to graduation, student participation rates (including by major), internship host perceptions about student performance, industry and geographic representation of host organization

Graduates Reporting Internships

7: Ensure student career and professional development through programming such as:

Leadership Tour of Georgia, GC Column Society, Community-based Engaged Learning, Career fair recruitment events, and CoBT-wide professions course

Ongoing
 

• Champions: 
  CoBT GC Journeys Fellow; Career Center; Center for Innovation; Faculty
• Goals/Target Dates: 
  Increase the number of students per year participation who engage in the activities
  Grow combined graduate and career placement rate from 70% to 90% 
  Explore the development of CoBT-wide professions course similar to what is offered in IS/CS and ACCT
• Key Performance Indicators:
  1. Leadership Tour of Georgia – Ten students participate in the Leadership tour of Georgia in 2023. 20 Businesses visited during the five-day tour. In May of 2024 another ten students went on the Leadership GA tour. In May 2025, another ten students went on the Leadership GA tour. Tour was put on hold in 2026 due to expense & interim Dean. Awaiting decision of new Dean on continuance vs. more strategic deployment of funds to benefit a greater number of students. Tour was put on hold in 2026 due to expense and internal Dean. Awaiting decision of new dean on continuance vs more strategic deployment of funds to benefit a greater number of students
  2. GC Column Society – In AY26, four speakers were invited to discuss having different experience sets and industry knowledge. 108 students participated in this professional development workshop.
  3. Community-based Engaged Learning (embedded course projects; 
     Center client projects) – In Fall of 2025 and Spring of 2026, 487 Business Ethics students volunteered roughly 4,870 hours to 109 different organizations. During AY 2025,165 Business Law & Ethics students volunteered 1,611 hours to 62 organizations (32 in the fall and 31 in the spring) with a total economic impact of $43,931. During spring 2026, a group of 18 CoBT students, under the direction of Mr. Victor Scott Burns, participated in the VITA program and provided tax help to 100 individuals in 11 counties.
  4. Leadership Programs – 35 students completed in May 2023 the “Leadership Academy Program” and 39 students are currently enrolled with an anticipated date of completion May 2024. One student completed the “Leadership Certificate Program” in May 2023, and 39 students are currently enrolled with anticipated completion upon awarding of their bachelor’s degree. 14 students completed the “Georgia Education Mentorship Program” (GEM) in May 23 and 11 students are currently enrolled with an anticipated date of completion May 2024. Two students are admitted to the “Intercultural Leadership Program” at the European Parliament.
  5. Host at least five career fair recruitment events per year – Four career fairs were organized in 2023-2024 academic year. The accounting department organized two career fairs in Fall and one Spring. The ISCS organized one career fair in Spring. Additionally, a “Resume Workshop” in collaboration with Fulton & Kozak, a public accounting firm was organized. 35 students met one-on-one with the firm representees and got the opportunity to have guidance on how to prepare a professional resume and improve their resumes.
     1. September 13, 2023: accounting career fair 37 firms participated including 3 first-time attendees and 82 students attended.
     2. September 20, 2023: accounting career fair, Public Service entities focused, 6 entities participated, and 54 accounting students attended.
     3. January 31, 2024: accounting career fair, 26 firms participated and 62 students attended.
     4. February 7, 2024: ISCS career fair, 15 firms participated and 120 students attended.
  6. CoBT-wide professions course – Accounting and IS/CS students have a professions course. Students in marketing and management receive professionalism training through ethics and communication courses. We will continue to explore ways to ensure this is a college-wide initiative.
• Resource Needs: 
  $14,500 annually to sponsor events and activities such as the Leadership Tour
  Staffing/promotion resources among faculty and staff