Seven Strategic Goals
Recruit and retain... a distinguished and diverse faculty and staff who will support the mission and be dedicated to the highest professional standards and service:
- Provide competitive salaries
- Improve professional development opportunities
- Implement housing assistance program
- Provide sufficient staff to support operations
Recruit and graduate... a well prepared and diverse student body that is academically accomplished and reflective of CLU's mission:
- Increase enrollment
- Raise average SAT and GPA scores at entrance
- Reduce the number of conditional admits
- Increase retention and graduation rates
Enhance learning... through the ongoing assessment and improvement of curricular and co-curricular programs:
- Enhance challenge and engagement by integrating the student learning outcomes into all departments/programs
- Assess all departments/programs on a rotating seven year basis
- Improve library resources and services
- Develop and implement a university wide continuous quality improvement process
Invest in facilities... and infrastructure that support and enhance the academic program:
- Add new academic buildings
- Classroom and Faculty Office building (Swenson Center)
- Science Center (Phase II)
- Arts Center (Phase II)
- Add new residence hall
- Add dining facility
- Adopt a Faculty Housing Plan
- Renovate existing facilities and complete additional athletic projects
- Advance campus technology and infrastructure
- Expand library holdings and electronic collections
Generate the resources... necessary to support quality improvement initiatives:
- Achieve fundraising goals
- Execute strategic reallocations
- Improve operational efficiencies
- Increase grant funding
- Optimize enrollment management
Articulate the identity... and enhance the reputation of the University:
- Continue to articulate our Lutheran heritage
- Execute the integrated marketing plan
- Clearly articulate our academic standards and goals
- Clearly articulate our understanding of ourselves as a scholarly community
Develop leadership capacity... as well as governance structures that foster institutional and program excellence:
- Clarify the respective governance roles of faculty, administration, and board
- Implement leadership development program
- Link strategic priorities to budget allocations
- Align organizational structures to best support strategic plan implementation
