SMSU Strategic Planning Update and Assessment Day

1. HLC/Strategic Planning UpdateProfessional Development and Assessment Day August 15, 2017

2. Strategic Planning Prioritization • Academic Plan – Raphael, Dwight • Diversity Plan – Scott, Jay • Enrollment Management Plan – Rob, Bill, Chris • Institutional Capacity and Effectiveness Plan – Aimee, Nancy, Alan • Facilities – Deb, Dan

3. Academic Plan Priority 1.1.3: Identify programs integral to the mission of SMSU and support the delivery of coursework in majors, minors, liberal education, and graduate education through external review, annual reviews, and the Academic Prioritization process.

4. Diversity Plan 1.1.3: Modify and re-administer the Culture Self-Assessment. Continue to determine professional development and programming opportunities.

5. Diversity at SMSU At SMSU diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences.  These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. At SMSU, explore these differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. We collaborate to understand each other and move beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.

6. Enrollment Management Plan 1.3.1: Develop a comprehensive university-wide Communication and Marketing Plan. 1.2.1 A: Implement the Student Success Plan with a specific focus and emphasis on the Academic Advising Plan.

7. Institutional Capacity and Effectiveness Plan 1.5.1: Develop a plan to foster positive student engagement in campus life through student organization participation, student activities, residential life and volunteer community service, and the Civic Action Plan.

8. Facilities Plan 1.1.3 A: Review the 95% Report with the System Office. 1.1.3 B: Share the final 100% Report with the campus. 1.2.1 A: Modernize space – Begin pre-design process for the fiscal 2020 bonding cycle.

9. President Connie J. Gores Provost Dwight Watson HLC/Assessment Coordinator Jeff Bell HLC/Strategic Planning Committee Assessment Academy Team Committee for Institutional Assessment Liberal Education Committee Criterion Two Criterion One Criterion Three Criterion Four Criterion Five All University Conversations Community Forums Logistics/Site Visit Preparation Team

10. Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Criterion • Criterion One. Mission: The institution’s mission is clear and articulated publicly; it guides the institution’s operations. • Criterion Two. Integrity: Ethical and Responsible Conduct: The institution acts with integrity; its conduct is ethical and responsible. • Criterion Three. Teaching and Learning: Quality, Resources, and Support: The institution provides high quality education, wherever and however its offerings are delivered. • Criterion Four. Teaching and Learning: Evaluationand Improvement: The institution demonstrates responsibility for the quality of its educational programs, learning environments, and support services, and it evaluates their effectiveness for student learning through processes designed to promote continuous improvement. • Criterion Five. Resources, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness: The institution’s resources, structures, and processes are sufficient to fulfill its mission, improve the quality of its educational offerings, and respond to future challenges and opportunities. The institution plans for the future.

11. Review of Procedures, Prior Reports, and Guidelines .

12. Preparing Evidence Repository

13. Creation of Assurance Argument

14. Enhancement and Coordination of Assurance Argument

15. Campus and Community Connectivity

16. Site Visit Preparation

17. Intent To be directional and not directive Questions