Agencies 301 of the Higher Education Act Department of Education General Provision as 45 CFR Higher Education act of 1965 Texas Mileage Guide Title III Program U.S. Congress

TSU Enrollment Data Facts for Fall 2003-2007 Facts for Spring 2004-2008 TSU Fact Book Request Additional Enrollment Data Data Request Form

State and Federal Reports Fall 2002-2007 ABEST (Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas) Record Management Information Record Management

University Publications Strategic Plan Title III Manual Policies Title III Overview Title III Proposals

Survey Information Survey Instruments Survey Reports

I. PERFORMANCE REPORT

March 1, 2000 - February 28, 2001

II. PROJECT SUMMARY

The Thurgood Marshall School of Law has made substantial progress towards meeting the goals and objectives established under the Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutional (HBGI) Program. Based upon HBGI support, the Law School has managed to establish a development office that broadened community support and planned and coordinated the continuing legal education programs. These operations have all improved as a result of the activities of the development office.

A second focus of the program is enhancing student performance through improving student services. The following results were achieved:

• provided tutorial assistance for over 300 first-year students
• provided technical support for interactive computer based lessons
• utilized a psychometrist to assist in evaluation of the first-year examination
• increased alumni contacts

III. PROJECT STATUS

Objective 1
To enhance performance of the first year law students by providing tutors for all substantive courses.

Accomplishments
We hired a staff of 29 tutors. The tutors assisted each first year professor as a teaching assistant and provided tutorial services for more than 300 first year law students. We experienced an overall increase in final scores.

Objective 2
Provide technical support for interactive computer based lessons and purchase hardware to upgrade the network infrastructure.

Accomplishments

1. Hired a computer technician assistant.
2. Purchased switchers and routers to improve bandwidth connection.
3. Submitted requisitions for multimedia equipment for the audiovisual network.

Objective 3
Utilize a Psychometrician to evaluate first year examinations.

Accomplishments
The school employed the services of a highly acclaimed psychometrician from the Rand Corporation in California. The principle responsibility of this consultant is to ensure fairness in the grading system for first year students. This consultant neutralizes disparity among professional subjective grading modules by creating an objective standard against which student performance is measured.

Objective 4
Increase alumni contacts and organize seminars and other events for alumni, students and friends of the law school.

Accomplishments
We have continued to maintain and enhance our alumni database. We also communicate with alumni on a regular basis. We are currently utilizing and developing systems that enable us to track a significant number of contacts established via facsimile, regular mail, electronic mail, and personal visits. Finally, we have attempted to distribute our alumni publication to over 2,772 alumni listed in our database. We have also planned, implemented, and/or cosponsored several Continuing Legal Education seminars, lectures, court sessions, and other events, during the performance year.

Objective 5
To provide the law school with a library that provides first-rate electronic services.

Accomplishments
The Library Supervisor of Technology has:

1. Updated workstation that deploys Innovative for the Technical Services department to allow Internet access to Innovative software.
2. Upgraded and brought on-line workstations in Technical Services area.
3. Replaced OCLC label printer, Epson LQ-1170 that prints cataloging labels.
4. Troubleshot and switched wired basement office on-line with network connection.
5. Provided Government Documents Librarian a configured networked PC.
6. Installed and configured 4 open access computers in Government Documents.
7. Corrected functionality on Circulation Desk bar-coding scanners and receipt printer.
8. Troubleshot Innovative INNOPAC to bring daily backups back online. Replaced INNOPAC modem.
9. Installed 3 slim client computers for dedicated access to the online catalog.
10. Prepared and terminated 8 to10 150 feet of network cabling for the Law School.
11. Replaced Library network cabling.
12. Inventoried the library's computer equipment for the fiscal year inventory rollout required by the University.
13. Setup, configured and installed new 25 Gateway computers in the Frederick Douglass Circle Lab, migrated 27 Dell PCs to staff.
14. Secured all Gateway computers.
15. Setup the Frederick Douglass Circle Annex Lab.
16. Continued hardware upgrades in dedicated computer labs. Reconfigured 3 Westlaw PCs, 8 network terminations at the jacks in the IBM lab, and 4 Smile PCs for the network.
17. Troubleshot Library Staff, Law Review and Moot Court network and phone line connections.
18. Prepared Library build-out for reference, open lab and network layout.
19. Set-up and installed network server cabinet.
20. Installed OCS print station software for controlled printing from the new Print Server.
21. Installed and configured the new Dell Backup domain controller which authenticates network logins.
22. Installed Multi-spot server software for desktop faxing and fax job managing.
23. Updated the anti-virus software and Pro Doc Software
24. Loaded Anzio Telnet software on Library Staff systems.
25. Created a library computer trouble ticket.

1. Shifted Government Documents paper collection.
2. Bound all loose materials found during major move of government documents.
3. Labeled and placed depository seal on all depository in-house binders.
4. Exported data from Data Miner to update Government Documents Holding List.
5. Inventoried all titles in Government Documents room.
6. Created updated Depository and Non-depository Holding List.
7. Compiled and updated statistics by format and vendor.
8. Integrated archived documents back into collection.
9. Shifted the microfilm collection.

Objective 6
Enhance the law program in support of application for membership of the Association of American Law Schools.

Accomplishments
The law school prepared an extensive report in support of the University's request for the reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). As a result, SACS granted accreditation to the University with no recommendations for the law school. The SACS review served as an excellent rehearsal for the law school in preparation for the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Legal Education's inspection of the law school during the fall 2000-01 semesters. The essential preliminary steps consisted of preparing a Self-Study report of every function of the law school and the preparation of a Strategic Plan. The data in the strategic plan provided critique of all the current law school operations and areas for future growth and development. The ABA Site Team has submitted their preliminary fact finding report of the law school. In response the law school will clarify some areas of erroneous information and comment on other areas of the Site Team report. The law school may have to further justify its programs and administration to the ABA Accreditation Committee following its response to the site team's report. The law school anticipates that it will use some of the enhancement moneys funded by Title III to satisfy the ABA Standards of Approved law school for accreditation. Once the law school successfully completes the ABA accreditation process, it can begin its preparation of an application for membership in the American Association of Law Schools (AALS).

Objective 7
Enhance law school equipment and facilities.

Accomplishments
The library:

1. Purchased and installed twenty-seven (27) new Dell Pentium desktop computers.
2. Additional purchases:
   • 6 16" VIS Color Monitors
   • 6 17" Dell Monitors
   • 2 17.9" Dell Viewable
   • 20 headsets with microphones
   • Dell Backup domain controller
   • 15 security Optiplex lines and locks
   • 57 security lines
   • 30 Cherry wood chairs
3. Network cabling replaced throughout the law library.
4. The following software was purchased to improve the functionality of the library:
   • 27 MS Office 2000 Professional software

Objective 8
Enhance professor scholarship.

Accomplishments
All of the information technology in the school has been upgraded. The upgrade of faculty computers and Network systems allowed professors to access a wide menu of data bases for scholarly research and information. For example, professors may create virtual computer classrooms with programs created by LEXIS and West Education, two of the largest publishers of legal cases, textbooks and data retrieval services. With the technology upgrades, the faculty's scholarship needs were greatly enhanced. In addition, the law schools retained the services of a Webmasters to design and reconstruct its on-line Webpage with comprehensive information about school for applicants and the general public.

The improvement of technology assisted several faculty members in publishing articles during the year.

IV. BUDGET INFORMATION

Forty (40%) percent of the budget has been encumbered to date; all funds will be exhausted at the end of the budget period.