No shared vision of education. Faculty do not value objectives. Faculty disregard objectives in teaching and do not build them into the curriculum. Students are not aware that the program has learning objectives and standards. Connection between objectives and vision of education is tenuous or inconsistent.
Faculty are ambivalent about the value of objectives.
Attention to objectives in teaching and the curriculum is inconsistent. Students may or may not be aware of objectives, and have little understanding of them. Objectives linked to a shared vision of education. Faculty value objectives as important educational outcomes. Faculty teach toward the objectives and build them systematically into the curriculum.