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Physics Short Range Plan

Goals

Create a 1-2 page document that advocates the hiring of new physics faculty at the associates level.

Compare Department performance in 2009 to current performance showing the impact of having a department with more than 6 faculty (increase enrollment)
Compare the number of full time faculty in peer institutions (ISU=6, average of peer institutions=13)
delineate how the reduction in faculty has prevented regular faculty rotations through courses offered by the program, faculty are needed in upper division courses
larger class sizes are needed due to the limited number of physics faculty
the department is currently without any Assistant professors, the infusion of new faculty an essential component of a healthy department.
Identify currently faculty that are willing to assume the responsibilities of a Department Chair
Physics needs to be able to diversify the sources of its research/grad student support funds. My understanding is we just have two research grants supporting students (my NNSA and the NSF). (My other two grants support students in other depts.)This makes the grad program highly susceptible to funding fluctuations.

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 #the department is currently without any Assistant professors, the infusion of new faculty an essential component of a healthy department.
 #Identify currently faculty that are willing to assume the responsibilities of a Department Chair
+#Physics needs to be able to diversify the sources of its research/grad student support funds. My understanding is we just have two research grants supporting students (my NNSA and the NSF). (My other two grants support students in other depts.)This makes the grad program highly susceptible to funding fluctuations.