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St. Cloud State University Strategic Action Plan. University Goal. To become the best comprehensive state university in the Upper Midwest, recognized by our peers as a leader in our region. Distinctive Characteristics. Accessibility that leads to success
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University Goal To become the best comprehensive state university in the Upper Midwest, recognized by our peers as a leader in our region
Distinctive Characteristics Accessibility that leads to success SCSU will become distinctive by providing access to high quality education with a commitment to individual student success. Character that reflects our region SCSU will become distinctive by offering an array of programs that reflect the character of our region with a commitment to meeting the needs of our community. Education that drives knowledge into action SCSU will become distinctive by preparing our students for success in work and life through integrated learning and the expert and innovative application of knowledge. A portfolio of distinctive programs SCSU will become distinctive by building on our prominent programs with the addition of new programs that hold the greatest promise of contributing to our future success.
SCSU’s Strategic Action Plan Strategic Action Plan Presentation www.stcloudstate.edu/actionplanning/default.asp
St. Cloud State University Strategic Action Plan Create and foster a community of scholars Implementation Plan: Oct. 31 draft
Development history • Faculty Research Work Group [Sharon Cogdill, Lakshmaiah Sreerama, Kristi Tornquist, Frances Kayona, Mary Edwards, Jim Knutson-Kolodzne, Jodi Kuznia, Lowell Hellervik] • Management Team review: Sept. 29, 2008 • Strategic Planning Committee review: Oct. 9, 2008 • Campus review and feedback: Nov. 3, 2008
Completion timeline • Campus review concludes: Nov. 13, 2008 • Management team review: Nov. 14, 2008 • Strategic Planning Committee review: Dec. 11, 2008 • Community of Scholars implementation plan completed and distributed: Jan. 14, 2009
Vision Statement As a community of scholars, St. Cloud State University will: Recognize scholarship as central to our mission Our university will value, reward, and celebrate scholarship, and regard successful scholarship as a contribution to our entire community. Our most active and influential scholars will be recognized as leaders in our community, and we will offer the intellectual work of our campus as evidence of our excellence among our peers. Our university will promote the importance of scholarship in the educational experience of our undergraduate and graduate students, and we will engage our students with faculty scholarship whenever possible. Promote scholarship in service to our community Our university will strategically support scholarly projects that improve our region, our understanding of it, and the quality of life of its residents while, at the same time, respecting the scholarship of faculty who choose different communities to serve. Uphold academic practices that support graduate and undergraduate education Our university will foster the practices and kinds of scholarship that support education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels with graduate assistantships and the assignment of workload consistent with best practices for graduate and undergraduate education. Support forms of scholarship that fulfill our public mission Our university will accept scholarship as broadly defined by Boyer. Our scholarship portfolio will reflect the disciplinary differences of our faculty and our mission as a state comprehensive university.
Strategic Initiative CS1:Create the social and institutional infrastructure to enhance scholarship
Strategic Initiative CS2:Create practices to provide scholarship in service to the community
Strategic Initiative CS3:Develop practices that support graduate education
Strategic Initiative CS4:Enhance faculty professional development
Providing feedback • The current draft of the “Create and foster a community of scholars” implementation plan can be found at: www.stcloudstate.edu/actionplanning • Include comments in comments section of this document and email to: strategicplanning@stcloudstate.edu • Send a hard copy of comments to: Office of Institutional Effectiveness, AS-102 • Email comments directly to: • Strategic Planning Committee: strategicplanning@stcloudstate.edu • Lisa Foss: lhfoss@stcloudstate.edu or • Dan Gregory: ddgregory@stcloudstate.edu • Provide comments to your Strategic Planning Committee representative. See www.stcloudstate.edu/oie/planning to find your representative