Draft Plan for Strategic Actions to Take Charge of Our Future & Feedback

The Strategic Plan Organizing Team (SPOT) has developed a DRAFT Plan for Strategic Actions to Take Charge of Our Future. Please take this opportunity to review the Draft Plan and provide your feedback on the goals and the strategies associated with each goal, using the form below.

SPOT will use this input and finalize a recommended Plan for Strategic Action to Take Charge of our Future that Provost Smith will present to President Tressel for endorsement to the Board of Trustees in June 2020.

Foundational Principles

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• STUDENT FUTURES & LIFELONG LEARNING

  STUDENT FUTURES & LIFELONG LEARNING...create environments that empower students to acquire intellectual and social capital to realize individual aspirations.

  We will:

  • Adopt a student-centered approach to all University operations and policies that values and includes all students.
  • Ensure curricula, systems and practices increase persistence and steady progress to graduation.
  • Promote a unified approach to admissions, matriculation, persistence, completion and the career success of our students.
• ACADEMIC DISTINCTION AND DISCOVERY OF KNOWLEDGE

  ACADEMIC DISTINCTION AND DISCOVERY OF KNOWLEDGE…fosters the development of a community that will grow intellectually, socially, and ethically in which individuals put knowledge into practice.

  We will:

  • Implement a continuous, purposeful strategy to improve teaching and learning as well as selective national research distinction.
  • Adopt university-wide learning outcomes that are integrated throughout the curriculum.
  • Promote internships and projects with local businesses and organizations; service, experiential and applied learning projects; and opportunities for students to apply their knowledge in scholarly activity.
  • Implement continuous and regular assessment of student learning outcomes and best teaching practices.
  • Improve student, faculty, and staff access to advanced technologies, equipment, and facilities.
• COLLECTIVE IMPACT WITH THE REGION

  COLLECTIVE IMPACT WITH THE REGION…creates deliberate, mutually-beneficial, educational, civic, industry, and philanthropic partnerships that achieve equitable and innovative regional development.

  We will:

  • Listen to the needs of the community.
  • Promote activities that demonstrate impact and purpose in accordance with the university’s mission, understanding that the impact may not be immediate.
  • Communicate the impact and value of community engagement activities.
  • Align activities with attributes of institutional learning outcomes.
  • Ensure that partnerships are inclusive, equitable, and grounded in accessible systems, practices, and goals.

DRAFT Academic Actions