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240 persons had an opportunity to respond to the following question:
8. Please list any other ideas or issues you would like to share with the Strategic Planning Council. (Numbers after items are frequencies)
Communication Issues
Better communication with administration 21
Mutual respect/trust needed 14
Unhealthy adversarial relationship between administration and faculty 7
Address negative culture on this campus 3
Stronger sense of community 2
Faculty have lost confidence in the administration
Central administration should work on its image
Strategic Planning
I don’t trust strategic planning process to be taken seriously 14 (track results)
Council may be overloaded with “well that’s the way we have always done it” 4
Having a Strategic Planning Council is a major step forward
Not enough faculty representation on the task forces
Make strategic planning realistic and revise every 3-5 years
A short-term focus makes it hard to achieve long-term greatness
Share your planning with business owners so they can help promote
Academics
Academics over athletics 11
Emphasize quality undergraduate education 3
More degree offerings in lucrative career fields
Support and encouragement for smaller programs
Undergraduate education is our “bread and butter”
Increase study abroad opportunities
Emphasize teaching over research
Provide strong educ programs at a reasonable price (remember our place in the Delta)
Develop needed degree programs
More online degree programs
Slow demise of General Education studies
Athletics
Keep athletics in division I (will increase enrollment) 3
Invest only in competitive sports
Don’t mess with the Indian family
Silly spirit mascot
More support for “lesser” programs in athletics
Faculty
Faculty morale problem is real 4
Maintain faculty raises 3 (in lean years, cost-of-living rather than merit)
The research agenda related to PRT is killing what enthusiasm anyone has to work here 2
Faculty need to display more concern for the university and their students 2
Hire quality faculty 2
Too many poor teachers
Too many adjunct faculty
Support faculty to work on a doctoral degree
Faculty should have some choice in choosing to emphasize teaching, research, service
Cannot attract high quality faculty to this area
Competitiveness for new faculty hires is adversely affecting those who have dedicated years of service to ASU.
Eliminate one size fits all approach to teaching
Students
Put students first 4
Too many students now want something for nothing 3
Students at degree centers feel like “second-class students”
Students now shopping around for the easiest, lowest common denominator education
Produce citizens with global awareness
Have lost our student friendliness
Need a more comprehensive advising system
Institutional Administration
Let’s excel at something 4
Quit trying to be U of A 3 (be different, be better)
Develop master plan for classroom space and technology 2
Create a single, unifying vision for ASU 2
Need overall marketing campaign 2
Involve alumni in an advisory capacity 2
Keep up academic growth
Reduce number of administrative positions
More autonomy for the Colleges
Act more like a start-up business
Publicize accomplishments
Support services need to expand to system wide
Work on institutional credibility
Increase pay for staff
Emphasize quality by hiring the best people
Too many offerings off campus for purely political concerns
Parking still not available
Cooperate rather than compete with other institutions of higher learning
More collaboration, less duplication
Don’t overly develop one area at the expense of others
More community involvement and service
Continue to push for public transportation
Pull together our leadership programs
Many are unhappy about raises from the Office of Diversity
We have a narrow definition of diversity
Financial Administration
Stop raising tuition and start controlling spending 2
Spending is out of control and in the wrong places
Resources spread too thin
Campus
Keep up campus beautification 4
Boring campus (need more concerts, art exhibits, lectures, dances, guest speakers, book signings, plays, festivals)
Replace the Armory with something nice
Become an environmentally responsible campus
Enrollment
Streamline enrollment process
Develop enrollment goals
More aggressive recruiting
Raise admission standards
Increase enrollment of minority students
Fight to make Craighead county wet (will improve enrollment)
We are losing international students due to tuition hikes
Student Affairs
Retire/replace some of the residence halls
Centralizing student services is a good idea
Research
Lack of research support for faculty
Need a long range plan for enhancing research status
Lack of support/benefits for research/grant initiatives
We cannot afford to be a research institution, plus not appropriate for caliber of our students
More emphasis on Agriculture research (field crop) program
Exemplary Statements
“We would not be doing this had it not been for the negative HLC findings”
“The strategic process must be open without decisions already made”
“The turmoil the campus is currently experiencing must be addressed. Good people are looking or being forced out or not recognized and it must be addressed by the president and the board”
“Micro-managing and unilateral decision-making have created an atmosphere of distrust and uncertainty”
“Listen to what everyone is saying. Listen to the unsaid things we are saying. Listen to the things we are afraid to say.”
“Administration needs to stop commanding from on high and work WITH faculty. The faculty senate needs to stop being naysayers and start working FOR ASU. This round of planning needs to be more than just the typical busy work that goes nowhere.”
“The ONLY way to really jump-start this university is to make faculty TRUE partners in defining the future and TRULY supporting, recognizing, and rewarding them for this role.”
“Making every faculty member fit into one mold for evaluation purposes is a big mistake. Specialization in labor is a fact of life. As an institution we will have many goals. Faculty should be allowed to sort themselves out, based on where they want to fit.”
“Why are we so concerned about increasing enrollment when we
don’t have permanent faculty lines to teach the students we already have?”
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