How the Strategic Planning Goals and

Objectives Capture AQIP's Nine Categories

PROGRESS*

Category Six:

Academic Affairs and Enrollment Management

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'04

'05

'06

'07

Supporting Institutional Operations addresses the variety of organizational support processes that, while they do not directly impact student learning, help provide an environment in which learning can thrive.

4B

Strengthen programs that support honors students.

O

4C

Strengthen programs that support international and other minority student populations.

O

4D

Develop strategies for earlier registration for returning students.

4

4E

Develop programs to increase retention of students, such as Exploration and Discovery, to increase retention of students.

2

4F

Review procedures for enrolling transfer students.

4

4G

Strengthen orientation and advising programs.

4

5A

Develop and implement a plan for the “student friendly” integration of support services provided by admissions, housing, financial aid, the student success office, career services, unity services, the business office, and the registrar, based upon input from all affected groups.

4

5B

Develop and implement a plan for better integration of technical support services as they relate to academic units and to other campus support services, such as admissions, housing, financial aid, the business office, and the registrar, based upon input from all affected groups.

4

Applied Learning and Student Development

2C

Develop, implement, and maintain the appropriate support services for international and/or multicultural experiences.

3D

Create awards to recognize outstanding activities in applied learning.

I

SD1A

Expand student activities through effective co-curricular programs and extracurricular activities that encourage involvement on campus and volunteer service to the larger community.

3

SD1B

Provide training for the advisors of all student organizations.

2

SD1E

Develop credit and co-curricular leadership development programs.

I

SD2C

Provide a common structure for student employment and training for all campus employers.

2

SD2D

Assist campus employers in using student employment as an opportunity for student development.

O

Information Technology

1B

Offer support services during extended hours of university operation for academics, library, and events that require technology.

O

1C

Provide additional opportunities for faculty and staff training/development in technology applications relative to their job responsibilities.

O

2B

Evaluate the potential for service contracts for all technology-related equipment.

O

3D

Expand Americans with Disabilities Act access to educational technology across campus.

O

4A

Develop a plan to renovate and expand the Learning Resources Center building to provide for more effective delivery of technology-based and instructional services.

Facilities and Grounds

1A

Ensure all campus areas are accessible to all users with physical challenges.

4

3C

Make recommendations regarding the needed number and distribution of custodial, maintenance, and grounds staff.

O

3D

Address training and equipment needs for custodial, maintenance, and grounds staff.

O

4A

Address, with input from the campus community, the design, size, location, and other attributes of curricular spaces (classrooms, labs, library, etc.) to ensure they are contributing positively to curricular activities.

1

4B

Address the design, size, location, and other attributes of co-curricular spaces (residence halls, study rooms, union, etc.) to ensure they facilitate continued student learning in an academic environment.

4

5B

Enhance student life and activities, with input from student, through creation of new spaces to fit their needs.

O

Image and Advancement

3A

Market the opportunities for students at Western to take advantage of strong academic programs.

O

3B

Market the opportunities for students at Western to participate in experiential learning, including internship experiences, student-faculty research projects, and leadership development.

O

3C

Market student-life opportunities to enrich students' intellectual, cultural, and social development as members of society.

3

Planning and Budgeting

B2C

Expand and package financial assistance for students in ways that contribute to their education and lifelong successes.

4

B4E

Enhance the Western Institute's Continuing Education unit as a source of services to the regional community and as a vehicle for pursuing our Western priorities.

4

*(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.

O

On-going planning, program, or funding process. Annual report on results.

I

Implementation to be undertaken in another year.