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Strategies

• Encourage innovation in curriculum design, program development, and instructional delivery models.
• Elevate academic excellence by pairing high expectations with high levels of support, including investment in robust student support services that remove barriers to achievement.
• Recruit and retain talented faculty and staff by supporting excellence in teaching, scholarship, and student success, including investment in professional development, health and wellness programs, mentoring, and sustainable workload practices.
• Incentivize interdisciplinary teaching, research, and community-engaged work.

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• Ensure all students, regardless of background or major, have access to high-impact and experiential learning opportunities.
• Expand and develop pipelines for employer- and community-partnered learning embedded across academic programs.
• Invest in clinical simulation, laboratory, and applied learning spaces, equipment, and partnerships to increase student access to active learning experiences.
• Invest and expand in high-impact practices that support student success and/or directly address regional and state-wide needs.

Strategies

• In partnerships with faculty governance, identify and invest in signature, high-demand undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs that solve pressing regional needs.
• Develop and expand licensure-aligned, industry-recognized, and stackable credential pathways to create clear, flexible routes for professional advancement and regional workforce development.
• Expand access to accelerated pathways and transfer partnerships.
• Conduct regular program review and reinvestment.

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• Invest in internal funding, grant development, facilities, and administrative support for high-quality research, scholarship, and creative activity involving faculty, staff, and students that advances disciplinary knowledge.
• Highlight and promote research and creative work to demonstrate and strengthen student learning outcomes, regional engagement, institutional effectiveness, and the University’s reputation.

Strategies

• Strengthen and continuously improve the General Education curriculum to ensure it provides a cohesive foundation that prepares students for informed citizenship, lifelong learning, and meaningful participation in a complex society.
• Embed meaningful community-engaged learning opportunities across the campus experience, recognizing community-based education as a powerful contributor to student learning and success.
• Expand international learning opportunities, including study abroad and study away, and global perspectives throughout the student learning experience.
• Incentivize and support the development of interdisciplinary courses that explore complex regional and societal challenges.

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• Expand mentoring networks that connect students with faculty, staff, alumni, and community professionals.
• Develop student leadership, campus employment, and co-curricular involvement into learning-outcome-focused experiences.
• Strengthen signature traditions, events, and shared experiences that build community pride and connection.
• Ensure accessible and inclusive design of programs, spaces, and communications.

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• Integrate advising, coaching, and early alert systems across the student lifecycle.
• Simplify registration, transfer credit, and degree pathways to improve time to completion.
• Expand access to need-based aid, emergency support, and low-cost learning resources.
• Leverage technology and innovation to personalize learning, including expanding flexible learning modalities/times to meet diverse student needs (i.e. online and evening)
• Use disaggregated data to identify and close equity gaps.
• Increase consistency and quality of student advising, instruction, and support through targeted professional development focused on key student transition points.

Strategies

• Strengthen use of institutional data, assessment results, and student feedback to evaluate effectiveness and guide decisions about expanding, refining, or sun-setting student success initiatives.
• Prioritize the expansion and scaling of student-forward programs and practices that show measurable improvements in retention, progression, completion, and equity across student populations.
• Enhance faculty and staff access to timely data, tools, and professional development to support shared responsibility for improving student success outcomes.
• Enable earlier and more effective student support interventions by providing faculty and staff with integrated systems and timely actionable data.
• Reduce fragmentation in the student experience by clarifying roles, decision-making authority, and accountability across academic and student support functions.

Strategies

• Expand counseling, health, and case-management capacity using a stepped-care model.
• Embed well-being education into orientation, first-year experiences, and academic programs.
• Enhance physical and virtual spaces that support connection, reflection, and healthy behaviors.

Strategies

• Establish a coordinated university-wide approach to mutually beneficial community and employer partnerships.
• Expand internships, applied research, and community-engaged learning with regional priority areas.
• Measure and communicate SU’s economic, social, and cultural impact on the region and State.

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• Expand access to continuing education, professional development, and credential pathways for learners of all ages.
• Increase access to educational and civic programming through hybrid and community-based delivery.
• Strengthen alumni engagement as a lifelong partnership with the university.

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• Increase community-facing cultural events and programs that engage local communities and residents.
• Advance an athletics program that prioritizes student success in the classroom, meaningful community engagement, and competitive excellence, strengthening both the student experience and regional connection.

Strategies

• Invest in new onboarding, mentoring, clear career pathways along with leadership/professional development for faculty and staff (aligned with strategic priorities) to position ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ as a best place to work.
• Improve the clarity, transparency, and effectiveness of shared governance processes to support timely and impactful decision-making.
• Recognize and elevate achievements that advance SU’s mission and institutional impact.
• Regularly review faculty, staff, and student employee (undergraduate and graduate) engagement, climate, and workload sustainability to guide improvements in policies and practices.

Strategies

• Regularly assess and adjust faculty and staff workloads, role expectations, and unit structures to ensure capacity is focused on student success, academic quality, and regionally engaged work in a sustainable and transparent manner.
• Implement intentional workforce planning, succession strategies, and targeted professional development so that faculty and staff skills and capacity respond to current and emerging institutional priorities.

Strategies

• Launch a comprehensive capital campaign aligned with institutional priorities.
• Diversify revenue through grants, partnerships, entrepreneurial programs, and innovative delivery models.
• Align budgeting and resource allocation with strategic priorities and outcomes while supporting the breadth of programs expected of a comprehensive public university.
• Deepen a culture of philanthropy to increase donor engagement, expand philanthropy and giving, and strengthen long-term financial support.

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• Streamline administrative and academic processes that affect students, faculty, and staff.
• Invest in integrated data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to support decision-making.
• Improve internal service delivery (e.g. HR functions, IT systems, Workday processes), accountability, and transparency.
• Optimize space utilization and pursue facilities that enhance learning, access, and community engagement.
• Commit to and invest in responsible stewardship of land, energy, and water as a teachable model for the region.
• Support environmental sustainability projects, initiatives, systems, and staffing efforts, particularly those aligned with high-impact practices, research, and community partnerships.

Strategies

• Develop strategies to increase or improve recruitment, retention, and program growth across the university with particular focus on areas with demonstrated academic quality, student demand, and strong outcomes, and that intentionally support current regional and State needs.
• Via strategic partnerships, transfer pathways, and outreach efforts, broaden recruitment reach that yields measurable enrollment growth in priority areas.
• Develop targeted graduate recruitment strategies, including cohort-based pipelines, and strengthened graduate student support infrastructure to ensure sustained enrollment growth, retention, and program quality.