DRAFT,
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Strategic Direction 1
Enhance the universitys reputation,
visibility, and influence.
Coordinate, develop, and support
Coordinate and expand internal and
external communications.
Develop and implement an Arkansas
State University Centennial Celebration with
active involvement of all constituencies.
Develop a plan toward making
Strategic Direction 2
Enhance learning by focusing on the
institutions priorities teaching, research, and service.
Establish
Design, develop, and implement a
Delta Educational Corridor.
Increase opportunities for faculty
and staff development.
Define and implement a revised
faculty workload model that capitalizes on individual
strengths in teaching, research, and service.
Assure access to relevant, current
information resources and technologies.
Enhance infrastructure for
research.
Strategic Direction 3
Develop a cohesive campus community based on
strong shared governance, excellent communication, and mutual respect.
Develop and implement a revised
university governance policy.
Develop and approve a revised
Faculty Handbook.
Enhance the effectiveness of
university governance committees.
Facilitate open communication and
information sharing among all constituencies.
Develop and implement plans
designed to enhance faculty, staff, and student morale.
Develop training and mentoring
programs for administrators, faculty, staff, and
students.
Strategic Direction 4
Develop a culture of assessment to enhance
institutional outcomes.
Implement a flexible and
comprehensive institutional assessment strategy, with emphasis on general education.
Develop consistent data at
the institutional level to support assessment and improvement.
Strategic Direction 5
Increase enrollment, retention rate, and
graduation rate of both undergraduate and graduate students.
Design and implement a
comprehensive enrollment management plan.
Develop programs and services that
address the needs and increase the enrollment of non-traditional-aged students.
Develop and implement a strategy
to enhance student persistence and academic success.
Assure student accessibility to
ASU courses.
Develop and implement courses and
programs to meet industry and community needs
and interests.
Strategic Direction 6
Enhance the diversity and inclusiveness of
students, faculty, staff, and curriculum.
Design and implement a
comprehensive diversity plan.
Recruit, enroll, retain, and
graduate greater numbers of students from underrepresented
groups.
Attract, employ, retain, and
advance greater numbers of university faculty and staff from underrepresented groups.
Integrate diversity into the
academic curriculum and into programs and services for university students, faculty, and staff.
Implement a system of
responsibility, accountability, and recognition for advancing a multi-culturally diverse campus community.
Strategic Direction 7
Increase resources to the university.
Develop and implement a plan to
generate non-state revenues.
Enhance opportunities for colleges
and administrative departments to become entrepreneurial.
Provide opportunities to increase
intellectual property-driven activities.
Strategic Direction 8
Strategically manage resources among
divisions and colleges based on institutional priorities.
Define and implement an
institutional allocation and reallocation process.
Allocate sufficient funds to the
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