Academic Visioning - 2011

Dr. Michael Huggins25 March 2011

Committee Charge• Develop a vision, mission, goals and strategic priorities

for Academic Affairs for the next 5-10 years• Complete the work by Oct 1, 2011• Positions academics as the focal point and driver of the

institution • Identifies the factors that must be considered• Empowers us to define our future. • Establishes a data driven process. Answers the question

"what should/can we be?“ -Stage 1, due Oct 1• Answers the question "how do we get there?" – Stage 2,

after Oct 1

Committee Structure

• Strong Faculty Representation– 10 of 20 members

• Representatives from most areas within Academic Affairs

• External Representation– Tim Wyrosdick, Santa Rosa Superintendent

Structured Process• March and April: Environmental Scan of Internal and External

environments– Data Gathering & stakeholder/people engagement

• May: Making Sense of the Data – Identify strategic themes

• June-July: Develop concept/white papers about strategic themes

• End of August, Early September: Convene a Vision Conference with stakeholders (Discuss white papers)

• September: Convene a Goals Conference with Committee – Identify Goals for Vision and Strategic Themes

• October 1 : submit final report to Provost King

Important Questions

• Balance/expectations between teaching, research, and service• Who are we / what are our strengths and who do we want to

become?• What are key programs that UWF wants to be known for, how

do we match the needs of/strengths of NWF & state, how do we focus and grow them?

• What type of university does UWF want to be?• What are our weakness – faculty, staff, students?• How do we retain good faculty/students?• How do we make sure we stand for quality? Demonstrate

Quality. Define quality?

Environmental Scan• Internal Data

– Enrollment statistics– Admissions data– Classroom capacity and

utilizations– Research data

• External Data– Regional & national

workforce needs– High School graduation

projections

• Internal People– Faculty– Staff– Students– Administration

• External People– Community– Employers– Military– Government

Questions?