| Strategic
Plan - Progress Reports
2004
Strategic
Plan 08
Placing
Student Achievement First
Academic
Achievement:
In order
to increase academic achievement and student success, we will
A. Continue
to raise the quality of our academic programs by
Action
1 - providing broader-based oversight of the general education curriculum
Action
2 - strategically developing distance education programs
Action
3 - conducting thorough reviews of all academic programs
B. Ensure that support
programs are in place to help students succeed by
Action
4 - increasing the success level of developmental education programs
Action
5 - improving mentoring/advising programs
Action
6 - improving on-line degree audit capabilities
Action
7 - increasing support and recognition for academically strong students
Campus
Community:
In order to create a
more supportive, engaged and diverse living and learning community, we
will
C. Make cultural diversity
an integral part of the educational experience by
Action
8 - recruiting an ethnically and culturally diverse student population
Action
9 - recruiting an ethnically and culturally diverse faculty and
staff
Action
10 - expanding international student programs
Action
11 - expanding service learning and community involvement opportunities
for students
D. Improve the on-campus
residential experience by
Action
12 - reducing the number of credits required for students to live
off campus and make more "apartment-style" living available
on campus
Action
13 - using the Student Center renovation as an opportunity to create
a "town square" for the campus
Action
14 - restructuring the meal plan to better serve the students' needs
Action
15 - increasing weekend activities for students
E. Generate a campus-wide
emphasis on quality service by
Action
16 - making university Web sites more informative, user-friendly
and professional looking
Action
17 - providing workshops in service delivery and information access
for employees
Action
18 - obtaining more feedback from students on educational, support
and residential services
Action
19 - creating information centers to more quickly and accurately
respond to inquiries
Distinctive
Identity:
In order to enhance
the university's distinctive identity, we will
F. Emphasize the personal
attention students receive at SFA by
Action 20 - increasing participation
in and success of SFA101 and JackCamp
Action
21 - increasing senior-year capstone / transition programs
Action
22 - providing more assistance to students experiencing problems
such as anxiety disorders, binge-drinking, sexually transmissible diseases
and eating disorders
G. Emphasizing the integrated
university experience offered at SFA by
Action
23 - increasing links between extracurricular activities and the
university's mission and core values
Action
24 - establishing a regular university-sponsored lecture series
Action
25 - encouraging all students starting their very first semester
to participate in co curricular or extracurricular organizations
Action
26 - creating more residence-based learning communities
Action
27 - turning more class projects into public learning opportunities
Action
28 - establishing a "Campus Visual Identity Committee"
H. Develop a program of
specific areas of mastery which all SFA graduates will possess at the
time of graduation by
Action
29 - creating a implementation advisory committee
Action
30 - providing the campus with further information about the masteries
approach
Action
31 - adopting a set of masteries to expect of all SFA graduates
Action
32 - putting in place methods to assess the degree to which masteries
are in fact learned
External
Engagement:
In order to increase
engagement with the external community, we will
I. Communicate more effectively
with external groups by
Action
33 - disseminating more widely the success stories of SFA
Action 34 - increasing the
use of alumni/employer advisory boards
Action
35 - conducting frequent university-community conferences
Action
36 - holding more events that bring people to the campus
Action 37 - improving visitor
information and campus building information
J. Increase involvement
with regional economic development efforts by
Action
38 - increasing joint projects with businesses, governments and
development agencies
Action
39 - more closely integrate university and city / county publicity,
recruiting and Web links
Action
40 - develop a forum through which university faculty seeking community
consulting opportunities or service learning projects can meet with
community businesses seeking assistance
K. Initiate, continue
and enhance partnerships with other regional academic institutions by
Action 41 - increasing partnerships
with regional school districts
Action
42 - increasing joint agreements with area community colleges and
universities
Action
43 - hosting information-sharing meetings of high school, community
college and SFA faculty teaching in the same discipline
Action
44 - better meeting the continuing education needs of the people
in the region
L. Work to improve regional
health care and quality of life by
Action 45 - broadening alliances
with area health care providers
Action 46 - helping health
care providers identify and assist underserved populations in East Texas
Action
47 - working with city and county leaders to maintain and improve
area recreational facilities and cultural activities
Support:
In order to improve
support for teaching, research and service, we will
M. Recruit, develop and
reward well-qualified faculty and staff by
Action
48 - devoting more resources to recruiting new faculty and staff
Action
49 - improving faculty and staff compensation
Action
50 - creating a faculty excellence center
Action
51 - improving the first year experience for new faculty
Action
52 - increasing support for attendance at professional meetings
Action 53 - expanding education
discounts for university employees
N. Provide the equipment,
technology and support necessary for excellence in teaching, research
and service by
Action
54 - providing a technology support structure for students
Action
55 - increasing and simplifying the technology support structure
for faculty and staff
Action
56 - improving communication technology infrastructure
Action 57 - improving classroom
and lab equipment
Internal
Effectiveness:
In order to improve
internal effectiveness, we will
O. Increase the quality
and quantity of communication between and among all levels of the university
by
Action
58 - establishing a policy of prompt, open, two-way organizational
communication
Action
59 - making news from campus departments and other university entities
easily accessible from a common online site
Action
60 - creating an Employee Council
P. Make organizational
structure and decision making more open and coordinated by
Action
61 - reviewing the number and responsibilities of upper-level university
administrators
Action
62 - reviewing the number and responsibilities of university committees
Action
63 - doing the SFA budget in a more inclusive and transparent way
Q. Increase the use and
effect of university-level assessment by
Action
64 - improving assessment of general education [see No. 1 above]
Action
65 - improving assessment of developmental education
Action
66 - expanding the institutional research staff
Recruitment
and Retention:
In order to increase
student enrollment and retention, we will
R. Recruit more effectively
students who meet and surpass our admission requirements by
Action
67 - recruiting more academically able students by making better
use of faculty, students and alumni in communicating the advantages
of SFA
Action
68 - working to increase both the number of graduate programs offered
by the university and the enrollment in those programs
Action
69 - providing more courses, programs, scheduling and support services
consistent with the needs of older students
Implementation:
In order to implement
this strategic plan, we will
S. Make the strategic
plan a vital element in SFA's operation by
Action
70 - establishing a strategic planning oversight committee
Action
71 - using the strategic plan as a basis for budgetary decisions
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