Even
as it continues to implement its current Strategic Plan,
the University of North Dakota’s Planning and
Budget Committee is well along in developing the next
one, to be published in the summer of 2005.
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enrollment growth |
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fall headcount enrollment has grown from 10,590
in 1999 to 13,187 in 2004; in that sam eperiod,
full-time equivalent has climbed from 8,911
to 11,185. |
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The
current Plan, Pathways to the Future, was published
in the fall of 2001.
The new Plan, Building on Excellence, will be more than
an “update,” emphasizes President Charles
Kupchella. It will be a complete rethinking of the University’s
future in light of changing conditions since 1999, when
the process of creating the current Plan began.
In his “State of the University” address
this fall, Kupchella asked all academic and administrative
departments to engage in intensive unit strategic planning
in support of overall institutional goals. This is doubly
important now, he said, because of the University’s
intensified priority on fundraising and development
(see Page 10). Needed are compelling “case statements”
that clearly express where an outside investor —
or an inside one, for that matter — will help
take that unit.
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Kupchella
asked campus units to give special attention to the following:
1. Faculty and staff involvement in
recruiting and retaining good students.
2. Developing new programs and rejuvenating
or eliminating some old ones.
3. Creating new Centers of Excellence,
including but not limited to those related to
economic development.
4. Pursuing new strategies for securing
outside funding.
5. Defining and then achieving optimal
enrollment in each academic program and optimal
service delivery in each support program.
In thinking through these matters, the Planning
and Budget Committee has asked that units address three
fundamental questions: What can/should we do differently?
What can we do to find external funding? What front-end
investment should we ask the University to make as part
of a well-considered business plan?
Interested in UND’s strategic planning? Check in
regularly at the Web site:
www.und.edu/stratplan2
| Priority action
areas |
Priority action areas, the broad goals set
out in the current Strategic Plan, Pathways
to the Future, include:
1. Provide a quality curriculum with a solid
liberal arts foundation for each field of study
to prepare students for rich, full lives, productive
careers, and civic leadership.
2. Expand and strengthen the University’s
commitment to research and creative activity,
both as a means of enriching the learning environment
and as a driver for economic development.
3. Serve the people of North Dakota and the
world more effectively through applied and basic
research, cultural experiences, and economic
development programs, as well as through a comprehensive
array of educational offerings.
4. Improve the campus climate for learning and
living.
5. Optimize and stabilize enrollment to achieve
the desired number and mix of students appropriate
to the University’s mission.
6. Optimize the use of information technology
to improve student learning, research, and the
administration of the University.
7. In support of all of the above, ensure that
the University has a well-prepared, enthusiastic
faculty and staff, first-rate physical facilities,
an adequate financial resource base, and an
appropriate, efficient organizational structure.
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