How the Strategic Planning Goals and

Objectives Capture AQIP's Nine Categories

PROGRESS*

Category Five:

Enhancing Academic Quality

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Leading and
Communicating
examines
organization's
leadership and
communications
processes and
performance in
guiding the
organizations to
set directions,
make decisions,
seek future
opportunities,
and build and
sustain a
learning
environment.

GOAL 1.0

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

OBJ. 1.2

Develop and maintain administrative and academic policies and procedures that sustain high quality academic programs.

OBJ.

1.3

Conduct nationally-recognizedfaculty and student applied research and creative activity.

OBJ. 1.4

Sustain an outward focus through programs and policies that promote partnerships with external stakeholders.

Building Connections

Goal 2.0

Engage Western fully in the economic development of the region.

OBJ. 2.1

Expand Western’s role in regional planning and development.

GOAL 3.0

Engage Western extensively in the cultural development of the region.

OBJ. 3.2

Provide opportunities to enhance the appreciation of cultural experiences and the role of the arts for citizens of the region.

OBJ. 3.3

Increase community awareness of and involvement in cultural performances and exhibitions on campus.

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. 4.1

Provide leadership in addressing social challenges in the region.

OBJ. 4.3

Expand activities in the region that contribute to positive social attitudes, values, and behaviors.

*(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.

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Implementation to be undertaken in another year.