Strategic Plan

 

 

 

January 28, 2005

Mission

Arkansas State University educates leaders, enhances intellectual growth, and enriches lives. (ASU = e³)

 

Core Values

Arkansas State University values the following as central to our success:

 

• Student-Centered:  We are committed to education, inquiry and service in order to meet students’ changing needs.  We foster lifelong learning, civic and social responsibility, leadership, and individual and career growth.

 

• Learning-Centered:  We nurture intellectual flexibility, knowledge and skills by integrating teaching, research, assessment and learning to promote continuous improvement of our scholarly community. 

 

• Excellence:  We pursue excellence within the campus community through opportunities for achievement in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity and service. 

 

• Diversity:  We embrace diversity in all of its dimensions realizing that mutual respect for individuality and the inclusion of all are vital for both personal and institutional success.

 

• Service:  We support and recognize service at all levels of the university.  We strive to contribute to the benefit of the university, the Delta, the state, the nation and the world. 

 

• Integrity:  We hold high standards of character and integrity as the foundations upon which the University is built. 

 

Vision

Arkansas State University aspires to be an academic leader recognized for innovation and quality in teaching and learning, international standing in strategic research areas, and commitment to outreach and service to the Delta and beyond. 

 

Institutional Priorities

 

Priority:   Enhance the university’s reputation, visibility and influence.

• Coordinate, develop, and support Arkansas State University’s academic leadership position in the Delta and beyond.
• 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 to make Arkansas State University competitive in attracting and retaining faculty and staff.

 

Priority:   Enhance learning by focusing on the institution’s priorities — teaching, research, and service.

• Establish Arkansas State University - Jonesboro as a premier learning centered university.
• Design, develop, and implement a “Delta Educational Corridor.”
• Increase opportunities for faculty and staff development.
• Define and implement a revised faculty workload model, congruent with State of Arkansas funding mechanisms, which capitalizes on individual strengths in teaching, research, and service.
• Assure access to relevant, current information resources and learning technologies.
• Provide sufficient resources to the Arkansas State University library to support student and faculty teaching and research.
• Enhance infrastructure for research.
• Build upon alliances and opportunities presented by the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.

 

Priority:   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 to enhance the success of administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

 

Priority:  Develop a culture of assessment to enhance institutional outcomes.

• Implement a flexible and comprehensive institutional assessment strategy with emphasis on general education and academic programs to improve student learning.     

• Develop consistent data at the institutional level to support assessment and improvement.

 

Priority:   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.

 

Priority:   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 and global perspectives 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 multiculturally diverse campus community.

 

Priority:   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.

 

Priority:  Strategically manage resources among divisions and colleges based on institutional priorities.

• Define and implement an institutional allocation and reallocation process.