How the Strategic Planning Goals and

Objectives Capture AQIP's Nine Categories

PROGRESS*

Category Nine:

Graduate Programs

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Building
Collaborative
Relationships
examines an
organization's
processes for
creating and
maintaining
internal and
external
relationships that assist the
organization in
accomplishing its mission.

Goal 1.0

Develop and promote excellent graduate programs aligned with the University mission of applied learning, applied research, and professional service in the community and region.

OBJ. 1.2

Establish graduate programs that meet regional and economic needs for advanced education and fit within the mission of the University.

Enhancing Academic Quality

Goal 1.0

Become a national center of excellence in applied learning and a national model for the new American regional university.

OBJ.

1.1

Improve student learning through instructional innovations, scholarship, and applied learning.

Goal 4.0

Support and recognize faculty excellence in teaching and learning, scholarship, applied research, and service to the region.

OBJ. 4.2

Promote faculty professional and volunteer service in the region beyond the campus.

Building Connections

GOAL 1.0

Engage Western actively in the educational development of the region.

OBJ. 1.2

Increase applied learning, applied research, and service opportunities by partnering with business, industry, education, healthcare, and community leaders.

OBJ. 1.5

Assist in the improvement of P-20 education in the region.

OBJ. 1.6

Advance partnerships with community and professional groups as a way of developing and expanding programs for life-long learning.

OBJ. 1.7

Create a process to facilitate and use the ongoing research, instruction, and service of retired faculty both on-campus and as University representatives in the community.

GOAL 2.0

Engage Western fully in the economic development of the region.

OBJ. 2.2

Establish a center for workforce and economic development that addresses the needs of the region and Missouri’s P-20 focus.

Goal 3.0

Engage Western extensively in the cultural development of the region.

OBJ. 3.1

Increase partnerships between Western and regional “performance arts” groups.

OBJ. 3.4

Work with regional cultural groups to create jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities.

Goal 4.0

Engage Western directly in addressing the social development of the region.

OBJ. 4.2

Increase the number of activities provided on campus that involve the region.

OBJ. 4.3

Expand activities  in the region that contribute to positive social attitudes.

GOAL 5.0

Enhance community connections through parent groups, alumni activities, and athletic events.

OBJ. 5.1

Enhance and increase parent engagement with the University.

OBJ. 5.2

Enhance and increase alumni engagement with the University.

OBJ. 5.3

Evaluate and enhance the efforts of the Athletics Program to serve as a partner integral to the campus and the community.

*(Progress) Key

1

Start-up initial actions undertaken; concept work completed; early organization efforts underway; 25% to goal.

2

Process underway and on track; steady progress being made; funding may be secured; 50% to goal, but no results yet.

3

Deeply deployed; substantial elements of a project may be nearly or fully completed; 75% to goal and beginning to have results.

4

Fully deployed; 100% success on results.

I

Implementation to be undertaken in another year.