2011-2016 Strategic Plan Summary
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Objective |
Action Items |
Accountable Administrator |
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GOAL I: Prepare students to be successful in education and the workplace. |
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1.1 Meet the state requirement for graduation rate
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Determine base rate |
Dean of Enrollments Management
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Year 1 |
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Determine impact of project graduation |
Dean of Enrollments Management VP Academic Affairs Dean of IT |
Year 1 |
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Provide graduation rate by program division to academic area |
VP Academic Affairs
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Year 1-5 |
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Develop strategies to improve health care certificate |
VP Academic Affairs
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Year 1-5 |
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Develop schedule so that course offerings match graduation requirements |
VP Academic Affairs and Campus Deans
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Year 1-5 |
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Place emphasis on identifying and counseling undecided students |
Dean of Enrollments Management Dean of IT VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
1.2 Increase retention rate by 6% over 5 year period
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Determine base rate by each type of student at each campus |
Dean of Enrollments Management Dean of IT |
Year 1 |
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Implement Plans from the Student Success Summit |
Wheeling Campus Dean |
Year 1-5 |
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Implement mandatory orientation or workshops |
Dean of Enrollments Management VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Review and assess academic advising processes |
VP Academic Affairs Dean of Enrollments Management Campus Deans |
Year 1 |
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Implement recommendations from advising process review to improve advising and resource utilization |
VP Academic Affairs Dean of Enrollments Management Campus Deans |
Year 2-5 |
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Review college policies and practices and their effects on retention |
VP of Adm Services/CFO, VP Economic and Workforce Development, Dean of Enrollments Management, Campus Deans, Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase retention of evening and part-time students |
Dean of Enrollments Management VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase technology awareness and preparedness among faculty, staff and students |
VP Academic Affairs, Dean of IT Dean of Community Relations, Dean of Enrollments Management, |
Year 1-5 |
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Address retention issues of select populations |
Dean of Enrollments Management, VPWorkforce and Economic Development, VP Academic Affairs, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Implement professional development opportunities for staff to enhance service to students |
VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director |
Year 1-5 |
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Target recruiting after determining who is successful |
Dean of Enrollments Management Dean of IT, VP Academic Affairs |
Year 2-5 |
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Determine financial aid impact on success |
Dean of Enrollments Mgmt, VP of Adm Services/CFO |
Year 1-5 |
1.3 Instituting engaging families using best practices
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Implement a family orientation which models in New Martinsville pilot |
Campus Deans, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1-5 |
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Implement outreach programs to high schools |
Campus Deans, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1-5 |
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Develop promotions for high school students and their parents |
Dean of Community Relations, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Create programs to reach students early to emphasize college preparedness |
Year 1-5 |
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Connect high school faculty and college faculty to meet college entrance requirements |
VP Academic Affairs, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
1.4 Assist student with the use of technology
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Require the use of email |
President’s Cabinet and students |
Year 1-5 |
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Require online registration |
Dean of IT, Dean of Enrollments Management, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Add a technology component to mandatory student orientation |
Dean of IT, Campus Deans |
Year 1 |
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Determine student help desk needs |
Dean of IT, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1 |
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Make website enhancements |
Dean of Community Relations |
Year 1 |
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Implement a plan to get emails to students consistently |
Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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Implement greater technology integration and consistency in curriculum |
Dean of IT, VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
1.5 Develop and implement a comprehensive Career Planning and Preparedness Program
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Teach students about appropriate career documents |
VP Workforce and Economic Development,, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Establish an effective professional network |
Campus Deans , Human Resource Director |
Year 1-5 |
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Offer an “Intro to Workplace Basics” training (expectations, dress, resume, drug testing, social media, professionalism, basic customer service) |
Dean of IT, VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director, VP Economic and Workforce Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Use employer relations advisory committees to network students |
Dean of IT, VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director, VP Economic and Workforce Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Revisit internships/capstones |
Dean of IT, VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director, VP Economic and Workforce Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Change job placement to job recruiter |
Dean of IT, VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director, VP Economic and Workforce Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1 |
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Hold on-campus job fair opportunities |
Dean of IT, VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director, VP Economic and Workforce Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
GOAL II: Continue to provide educational opportunities for all students.
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2.1 Strengthen the use of financial aid for maximum institutional and student benefit
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Maintain institutional compliance with regulatory requirements |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Educate students regarding financial aid responsibilities |
Dean of Enrollments Management, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Reduce default rates by 3% each year |
Dean of Enrollments Management, VP of Adm Services/CFO |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase scholarship opportunities |
President, Executive to the President for Development, Foundation Board members |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase students’ financial literacy |
Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1-5 |
2.2 Continue to increase recruitment efforts
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Determine a baseline |
Dean of Enrollments Management, Dean of IT |
Year 1 |
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Determine target populations |
Dean of Enrollments Management, VP Academic Affairs, Dean of IT, |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase the recruitment of minority and special populations |
Dean of Enrollments Management, VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
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Assist middle and high school students with the transition to further their education |
Dean of Enrollments Management, VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
2.3 Enhance services to students with disabilities
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Determine baseline |
Dean of Enrollments Management, VP Economic and Workforce Development, Dean of IT |
Year 1 |
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Determine space and resources needed |
VP Economic and Workforce Development, VP Academic Affairs, Campus Deans, Human Resource Director, Dean of IT |
Year 1 |
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Determine and secure necessary funding |
VP Economic and Workforce Development, Human Resource Director , VP of Adm Services/CFO, Executive to the President for Development |
Year 2-5 |
GOAL III. Provide workforce and community engagement programs that anticipate and respond to constituent needs and contribute to economic and community development. |
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3.1 Increase participation of workforce programs
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Increase enrollment in workforce programs by 2% per year |
VP Economic and Workforce Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase number of new employers served by workforce by 2% per year |
VP Economic and Workforce Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase continuing education enrollment by 4% per year |
VP Economic and Workforce Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Integrate workforce data collection/reporting into the institution systems |
VP Economic and Workforce Development, Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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Explore and determine continuing education budgetary needs |
VP Economic and Workforce Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
3.2 Add three new technical degree programs
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Implement mechatronics program |
VP Economic and Workforce Development Campus Deans |
Year 1 (Weirton) Year 2 (Wheeling) |
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Assess employer needs for new program development |
VP Economic and Workforce Development, VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
3.3 Further cultivate and expand partnerships and coalitions
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Actively participate in energy sector partnerships, consistent with CTC goals |
VP Economic and Workforce Development, VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
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Document activities with all constituents |
Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Establish early entrance baseline |
Dean of Enrollments Management Campus Deans |
Year 1 |
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Increase early entrance by 2% each year |
Dean of Enrollments Management Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
3.4 Increase the functionality of the college’s website
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Implement effective use of mobile web |
Dean of Community Relations |
Year 1-5 |
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Implement effective use of social media outlets to share information |
Dean of Community Relations |
Year 1-5 |
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Create a campaign to kick off new website |
Dean of Community Relations |
Year 1 |
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Purchase ads that utilize various advertising opportunities |
Dean of Community Relations |
Year 1-5 |
3.5 Improve effective internal communication
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Create a communication pathway for sharing information internally |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Use social media outlets and resources for effective internal communication |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Implement effective use of mobile web to share information internally |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Create a campaign kicking off new website for faculty and staff |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1 |
3.6 Promote and support service learning opportunities
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Adopt a centralized method of logging service hours of students |
VP Academic Affairs, Campus Deans, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1 |
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Identify and establish benchmark of service learning |
VP Academic Affairs, Campus Deans, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1 |
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Utilize a vehicle to measure and track service learning hours |
VP Academic Affairs, Campus Deans, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 2-5 |
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Integrate service learning in every academic program |
VP Academic Affairs, Campus Deans, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1-5 |
GOAL IV. Enhance the human, fiscal, physical and technological resources of the college to better support teaching and learning. |
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4.1 Increase outside funding sources
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Sustain plan to increase state funding |
College President Executive to the President for Development
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Year 1-5 |
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Submit a minimum of 12 grant applications annually with awards totaling $100,000 or more |
Executive to the President for Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase special event fundraising by 10% each year |
Executive to the President for Development, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Continue to research and appropriately pursue federal funding sources |
Executive to the President for Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase endowment for more scholarship opportunities |
Executive to the President for Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Improve and refine the planned giving program by one mailing per year
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College President Executive to the President for Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Identify, cultivate and, when appropriate, solicit donors at a rate of 3-5 per month |
College President Executive to the President for Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Solicit donors with a goal of increasing gifts by 1% each year and new donors by 1% each year |
Executive to the President for Development College President |
Year 1-5 |
4.2 Enhance facilities to meet the growth and expansion needs of the college
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Complete structure in Weirton |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1 |
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Complete structure in Wheeling |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 2 |
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Develop a strategy to meet the technical needs in New Martinsville |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-3 |
4.3 Create a data system
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Determine data needs in each area |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Validate current data at a rate of one area per year |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Audit data to ascertain reporting needs |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Provide access to needed data |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
4.4 Augment and align technological resources in meeting the equipment needs of programs and services
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Identify hardware, software, training and resource needed to achieve goals
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VP Academic Affairs VP of Adm Services/CFO Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Purchase updated equipment |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Audit/inventory current equipment |
VP of Adm Services/CFO Campus Deans |
Year 1-2 |
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Assess current equipment to ensure it is state-of-art and/or meeting technological needs |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
4.5 Maximize value of human capital
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Assess human capital needs |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Align resources against findings of assessment |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Increase professional development opportunities |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
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Monitor federal mandates |
President’s Cabinet |
Year 1-5 |
GOAL V. Continue to provide quality education to the communities we serve. |
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5.1 Enhance technical fields of study
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Develop new technical programs to meet community needs |
VP Academic Affairs VP Economic and Workforce Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Strengthen needs analysis to incorporate federal guidelines/regulations |
VP Academic Affairs VP Economic and Workforce Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Use assessment processes to enhance program quality |
VP Academic Affairs VP Economic and Workforce Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Determine and secure necessary funding |
VP Academic Affairs VP Economic and Workforce Development College President Executive to the President for Development |
Year 1-5 |
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Determine space needs versus availability |
VP Academic Affairs VP Economic and Workforce Development VP of Adm Services/CFO, Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Cultivate new and strengthen existing partnerships |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans VP Economic and Workforce Development |
Year 1-5 |
5.2 Implement academic best practices
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Research current learning strategies, motivational models and retention models |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Develop learning activities |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans |
Year 1-5 |
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Implement professional development for academic best practices |
VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director |
Year 1-5 |
5.3 Continue to enhance academic support services
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Assess resource needs |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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Align resources with findings of assessment |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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Enhance the use of supplemental instruction |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
5.4 Enhance distance learning opportunities
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Implement distance education programs |
VP Academic Affairs |
Year 1-5 |
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Gain HLC approval of change request to offer online programs |
VP Academic Affairs |
Year 2 |
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Augment support for online programs |
VP Academic Affairs, Dean of Enrollments Management |
Year 1-5 |
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Provide professional development for faculty creating online courses |
VP Academic Affairs, Human Resource Director |
Year 1-5 |
5.5 Enhance utilization of technologies in instruction
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Assess technological needs |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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Align resources with findings of needs assessment |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT, VP of Adm Services/CFO |
Year 1-5 |
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Provide professional development for awareness and use of technology |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT, Human Resource Director |
Year 1-5 |
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Assess effectiveness of technology use by faculty and staff |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
5.6 Increase use of new modalities in delivery of instruction
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Assess technological needs to utilize new instructional modalities |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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Align resources with findings of needs assessment |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT, VP of Adm Services/CFO |
Year 1-5 |
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Provide professional development for awareness and use of new instructional modalities |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT Human Resource Director |
Year 1-5 |
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Assess effectiveness of use at program, course and faculty level |
VP Academic Affairs Campus Deans Dean of IT |
Year 1-5 |
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