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To address the issues we currently face, I have created a list of seven goals that I believe will lead ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â to a brighter future. Although these are listed as the president’s goals, they are goals for everyone at ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â. If we all pitch in and work this plan, we will arrive at a future where ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â is a shining star in higher education.

Below are some examples and details behind each goal.

Goal 1: Keep every student who comes to ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â.
(Be an exceptionally student-centered university)

Example Ideas for Achieving this Goal

• Become so adept at student-centeredness that we keep every student who comes to ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â.
• Build a best-in-class student support infrastructure.
  • Assign a navigator to every student.
  • Use a few advanced, focused technological tools to help assess, track, and Train all on their use and require all to use them.
• Identify obstacles to student success and eliminate them without regard to current practice or tradition (real or imagined)^[1]
• Maintain high standards. Provide the support to help students rise to those standards.

Goal 2: Grow market share in traditional market.^[2]

Example Ideas for Achieving this Goal

Be exceptional at:

• Offering popular, high-quality majors/programs of interest to potential students and to employers, the commonwealth, etc.
  • Invest adequate resources in those programs to ensure they are high quality.
  • Eliminate or reduce/repurpose other programs.Aligning marketing and recruiting resources.
• Pricing competitively, including optimizing financial aid and discounting.
• Judiciously expand the sharing of academic programs.

Goal 3: Educate other student groups (open new markets).

Example Ideas for Achieving this Goal

• (Re)Grow international enrollment—likely in new areas of the world to replace, e.g., China.
• Dual enrollment.
• Re-enrollees (whether to finish traditional degrees or to gain needed knowledge and skills).
• Alternate packaging of existing expertise and programs for new student markets.
• College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Goal 4: Grow ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â’s reputation.

Example Ideas for Achieving this Goal

• College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Research university
• Student centered
• Quality at an affordable price

Goal 5: Engage the (internal and external) ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â team in realizing the vision.

Example Ideas for Achieving this Goal

• Communicate consistent and clear messages, repeatedly, in multiple media and multiple channels.
• Invest in those who choose to be engaged in building the future.
• Minimize the negative impact of those who can’t or won’t be engaged.
• Design and implement new, true shared governance for ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â’s future.

Goal 6: Find alternate revenue streams to support work.^[3]

Example Ideas for Achieving this Goal

• Sponsored research activity
• Philanthropy

Goal 7: Focus Resources on the Highest Priorities to Ensure a Sustainable, Thriving Future.

• In pursuing this broad agenda, ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â must pay careful attention to its employees at all levels. We must make sure that we have the right people on the bus⁴ and that those people receive appropriate professional development, support, and authority to move forward.

^[1] UPC has a list. In fall 2023, a subgroup will begin working collaboratively university-wide to problem-solve.

^[2] Every other college and university is trying to do this at the same time.

^[3] This requires engagement and results from each ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â college, starting with the dean and including an appropriate and cost-effective support infrastructure, e.g., from the ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Research Institute or from University Advancement.

^[4] To borrow from Good to Great by Jim Collins.