How the Strategic Planning Goals and

Objectives Capture AQIP's Nine Categories

PROGRESS*

Category Eight:

Building Graduate Programs

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Planning
Continuous
Improvement
examines how an organization
aligns what it
wants or hopes to do with what it actually does.

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. 1.3

Assemble a graduate faculty with recognized excellence in teaching and research.

OBJ. 1.6

Continuously improve the quality of graduate programs.

Enhancing Academic Quality

Goal 2.0

Provide a learning environment that encourages substantial academic achievement, connects knowledge and experience, and promotes regional service.

OBJ. 2.3

Integrate social and cultural activities into the general studies offerings.

OBJ. 2.5

Provide opportunities for participation in integrated applied learning experiences, including internships, practica, faculty and student research, service learning, and study away.

Building Connections

Goal 1.0

Engage Western actively in the educational development of the region.

OBJ. 1.1

Become regional employers’ source for outstanding employees.

OBJ 1.8

Increase the number of academic departments that use advisory boards drawn from beyond the University.

Valuing People

GOAL 1.0

Recruit, hire, support, and retain a diverse group of employees with the specific credentials, skills, and values required of excellent faculty, staff, administrators, and student employees.

OBJ 1.1

Improve the processes the University uses to recruit employees.

OBJ. 1.2

Improve the processes the University uses to hire new employees.

OBJ. 1.3

Improve the processes the University uses to support and retain employees.

Sustaining Institutional Accreditation Priorities

Goal 2.0

Strengthen the University-wide initiative  to attract, engage, and graduate a diverse student body.

OBJ. 2.3

Evaluate and improve  the first-year experience of students to help achieve recruitment and retention goals.

*(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.