Goals and Corresponding Strategies

*Click on a goal to see several of the strategies that will contribute to achieving of the goal

Develop network and outreach opportunities with the community

  • Reward, promote, and publicize student and faculty successes in research and the integration of research with teaching
  • Promote and reward research in and with the community
  • Create a community college
  • Align educational offerings with economic development needs and incorporate employers’ input into curriculum design
  • Promote collaboration and sharing of information between campus and the community

Respond to the educational needs of the region

  • Create a community college
  • Align educational offerings with economic development needs and incorporate employers’ input into curriculum design
  • Offer flexible course delivery options

Provide development opportunities for faculty to integrate research and teaching

  • Reward, promote, and publicize student and faculty successes in research and the integration of research with teaching
  • Redesign annual evaluation and promotion and tenure criteria to include integration of research and teaching
  • Develop flexible workload policies for faculty
  • Promote and reward research in and with the community
  • Align educational offerings with economic development needs and incorporate employers’ input into curriculum design
  • Facilitate faculty collaborations across departments and colleges
  • Promote collaboration and sharing of information between campus and the community

Promote diverse communities that foster faculty, staff, and student interaction

  • Implement Freshman Success Task Force Action Plan
  • Create active learning opportunities in-class and out-of-class
  • Build residential communities for students, faculty, and staff
  • Facilitate faculty collaborations across departments and colleges
  • Schedule, promote, and facilitate involvement in cultural and intellectual events
  • Develop and promote programs to internationalize the campus

Provide student centered services

  • Implement Freshman Success Task Force Action Plan
  • Create active learning opportunities in-class and out-of-class
  • Offer flexible course delivery options
  • Build residential communities for students, faculty, and staff
  • Schedule, promote, and facilitate involvement in cultural and intellectual events

Recruit and retain an academically prepared and diverse student body

  • Reward, promote, and publicize student and faculty successes in research and the integration of research with teaching
  • Expand student recruitment efforts
  • Create additional opportunities for student financial assistance
  • Implement Freshman Success Task Force Action Plan
  • Create active learning opportunities in-class and out-of-class
  • Create a community college
  • Offer flexible course delivery options
  • Build residential communities for students, faculty, and staff
  • Schedule, promote, and facilitate involvement in cultural and intellectual events
  • Develop and promote programs to internationalize the campus
  • Implement the campus master plan

Create an organization that is responsive to change

  • Redesign annual evaluation and promotion and tenure criteria to include integration of research and teaching
  • Develop flexible workload policies for faculty
  • Create a community college

Recruit and retain faculty and staff to support the vision

  • Reward, promote, and publicize student and faculty successes in research and the integration of research with teaching
  • Redesign annual evaluation and promotion and tenure criteria to include integration of research and teaching
  • Develop flexible workload policies for faculty
  • Promote and reward research in and with the community
  • Facilitate faculty collaborations across departments and colleges
  • Develop a staffing plan, compensation packages, and structures commensurate with a metropolitan research university
  • Schedule, promote, and facilitate involvement in cultural and intellectual events
  • Develop and promote programs tointernationalize the campu
  • Promote to the State the value of investing in higher education
  • Secure funds for sponsored research activity
  • Build and sustain a comprehensive advancement/fund raising program
  • Implement the campus master plan

Build and maintain facilities to support programs and create an attractive and accessible environment

  • Create a community college
  • Build residential communities for students, faculty, and staff
  • Secure funds for sponsored research activity
  • Build and sustain a comprehensive advancement/fund raising program
  • Implement the campus master plan

Obtain fiscal resources necessary to support the vision

  • Reward, promote, and publicize student and faculty successes in research and the integration of research with teaching
  • Create additional opportunities for student financial assistance
  • Create a community college
  • Align educational offerings with economic development needs and incorporate employers’ input into curriculum design
  • Develop a staffing plan, compensation packages, and structures commensurate with a metropolitan research university
  • Secure funds for sponsored research activity
  • Build and sustain a comprehensive advancement/fund raising program