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FOCUS ON QUALITY 2020

Strategic Plan 2015-2020

6-month Update as of 1/22/2016

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Progress on Strategies as of 1/22/2016 Strategic Planning Advisory Committee Meeting

Red – not started

Yellow – in progress

Green – completed.

Blue – ongoing.

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Goal 1 Student Success: Ensure student retention, timely completion, employment success, and student satisfaction.

Strategies Update as of 1/22/2016

1. Course mix and scheduling. Identified excess hours in Hospitality; Scheduling Optimization Meetings.

2. Require major course plan/career map. In data collection phase.

3. Enhance student support services. Hired new staff in career services.

4. Hire a retention specialist. Hired and working.

5. Implement student critical thinking QEP. Submitted to SACSCOC; awaiting approval in March 2016.

6. Continue student satisfaction surveys. CIRP Freshman Survey administered in Fall 2015.

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Campus Life: Foster an intentional culture of campus engagement.

GOAL 2

Strategies Update as of 1/22/20161. Repurpose current space for student use. Info Commons completed; Veterans &

Student Commons in progress.

2. Establish space for student union. Not started.

3. Establish off-campus housing agreement. Completed. See usfsm.edu/housing.

4a. Optimize space for academic programs. Renovations Acad Affairs & IT.

4b. Provide additional space for academics. Consulting firm–STEM Academic Bldg.

5. Expand campus-sponsored activities for intergenerational audience.

Advancement tracking numbers and audience type.

6. Require quality service training. Professional development planned.

7. Start NCAA Women’s Rowing Team. Approval from NCAA.

8. Support & enhance safe, secure environment. #18 ADT Safest Univs; Emerg. notif. system; AEDs; Active Shooter Training.

9. Improve diversity within faculty & staff. Diversity Committee ongoing.

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Intentional Enrollment Management: Strategically recruit and retain students by growing existing programs and creating new programs of strategic emphasis or demonstrated demand.

GOAL 3

Strategies Update as of 1/22/20161. Expand strategic emphasis/STEM prgrms. Searches for STEM Dean, IT & Engr faculty.

2. Identify lab space for STEM, etc. IT, Science, & Psych labs completed.

3. Assess capacity & demand for programs. Info being collected to develop structures.

4. Develop enrollment management plan. Staff in professional development activities.

5. Identify & reach new markets. New marketing & recruiting positions.

6. Articulation agreements. Preliminary mtgs: SCF, USF Engr, LECOM.

7. Optimize website. Admissions webpage; pathways project.

8. Leverage scholarships for recruitment. Funding identified.

9a. Explore PAInT expansion. Working on legislative appropriation-Circus.

9b. Develop a Fine Arts curriculum PAInT Center now University-wide.

10. Develop targeted certificate programs. Deans meeting to explore new programs.

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Teaching and Learning: Explore and implement innovative technologies and pedagogical methods that increase student engagement in the learning process and improve student learning outcomes.

GOAL 4

Strategies Update as of 1/22/20161. Establish office for teaching/learning excellence.

Pending funding source.

2. Assess status of off-campus learning sites. Moved South County site; CIL repairs; Mote Labs full – ongoing.

3. Enhance course technology & delivery. Upgraded classrooms; faculty certification.

4. Expanded international opportunities. Studying additional Taiwan needs.

5. Assure program quality through accreditations.

SACS in progress; COE validating rubrics; COB awaiting AACSB schedule; Criminology program review in progress - ongoing.

6. Expand internship opportunities. Doubled number available to students.

7. Increase service learning/community engaged courses.

Community Engagement office working with faculty.

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Scholarly Activity: Recognize and support diverse faculty and student research activities.

GOAL 5

Strategies Update as of 1/22/20161. Increase support of faculty grant awards. Working with USF Research & Innovation.

2. Align tenure/promotion guidelines. Faculty Senate in progress.

3. Cultivate student-faculty research. Research Showcase – Friday, Feb 19 - Selby

4. Enhance faculty research productivity profile and scholarly activity.

Faculty Research Coordinator hired – ongoing.

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Community Engagement: Build and be known for a community engagement identity in partnership with a variety of organizations throughout the service area.

GOAL 6

Strategies Update as of 1/22/20161. Establish Office of Community

Engagement.Director started in January.

2. Conduct a needs assessment for community engagement.

Forming a Community Engagement Committee.

3. Implement and assess annual community engagement plans.

Plan in place for 2016-17.

4. Cultivate strategic community partnerships.

Ongoing.

5. Lead community partnershipopportunities.

Ongoing.

6. Apply for Carnegie Community Engagement Classification.

Working toward goal of 2019 application.

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Resources: Preserve, grow, and diversify the human, physical, financial, private, and other resources, aligning them to support the strategic goals.

GOAL 7

Strategies Update as of 1/22/20161. Create models of efficiencies across

business functions.Inventory process centralized; Student Services centralized business processes.

2. Build operating surpluses. Ongoing.

3. Expand a major capital campaign. Expanded Committee: New Bldg, Rowing, and Legacy Planned Giving.

4. Broaden external support for PAInT, Hospitality, and STEM.

Project Elevate for Sarasota Schools; PAInT Legislative ask with Circus Sarasota; 40th Anniversary Fund; Bloomberg Lab appeals to 5 financial companies.

5. Pursue USF System partnerships. Marketing & E-Learning collaborations. 6. Review food service vendors. Pilot of food truck successful;adding second.

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Resources: Preserve, grow, and diversify the human, physical, financial, private, and other resources, aligning them to support the strategic goals.

GOAL 7 Continued

Strategies Update as of 1/22/20167. Secure naming opportunities. Donor cultivation for sciences, hospitality, land.

8. College reorganization. Planning in progress. Implementation in July.

9. Update policies and procedures. Restructuring led to policy and procedure reviews.

10. New Master Plan. Completed.

11. Marketing/communications plan. Completed.

12. Comprehensive technology services plan.

Committee formed.

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•Updated strategies and outcomes.

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