Campaign USI: Elevating Excellence

Strategic Plan

Goals and Strategies

#1 Enhance experiential learning opportunities

Key Strategies

• Promote and more fully integrate community and global experience in the academic curriculum
  
  
• Increase internships, co-op, study abroad, and community engagement
  
  
• Accurately track and measure the experiences of students

#2 Increase the graduation rate

Key Strategies

• Provide consistent, effective advising across campus to increase accountability and ensure students are on track to graduate
  
  
• Provide more flexible ways to gain a degree
  
  
• Develop an effective framework for student recruitment and retention
  
  
• Increase on-campus job opportunities for students who need financial assistance

#3 Preserve and nurture our campus community

Key Strategies

• Support the health, well being, and quality of life of our campus community
  
  
• Build connections across campus, the buildings, and disciplines
  
  
• Provide ongoing development for faculty, staff, and students

#4 Provide leadership to Indiana and the region

Key Strategies

• Supply collaborative expertise and applied research for issues impacting the region
  
  
• Make it easier for people to engage with our resources and/or capabilities
  
  
• Elevate our visibility to a level more appropriate to the University's accomplishments and impact in higher education and on the economy

#5 Increase the diversity of faculty, staff, and student body

Key Strategies

• Develop activities and experiences that promote diversity as a value
  
  
• Enhance support networks for faculty, staff, and students of diverse backgrounds, including first-generation status
  
  
• Provide international programming for faculty and students

#6 Become a 24/7 campus

Key Strategies

• Engage students in the process of developing a "full-time" campus
  
  
• Identify and facilitate activities, spaces, programs, and services to offer during nontraditional hours
  
  
• Encourage students to be deliberate in their co-curricular activities