A Commitment to Excellence: SUNY Cortland 20102020 Update on Strategic Planning

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A Commitment to ExcellenceSUNY Cortland
2010-2020Update on Strategic Planning
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Goals of Strategic Planning Initiative

• Revise the campus mission statement
• Create a vision statement
• Clarify organizational values
• Identify strategic areas of focus that will guide
  the work of all areas of campus
• Ground all work in the multiple perspectives of
  campus community
• Maintain institutional focus

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Current Statusof Strategic Planning

• Completed
• Mission statement revision
• New vision statement
• Key campus values articulated
• Strategic Goals identified
• Next Steps
• Refine and operationalize institutional goals
• Articulation of goals to department/programs

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Methods

• Identify working definitions of mission, vision,
  values to use consistently
• Provide a range of opportunities and venues for
  campus input
• Two surveys
• Five open meetings for faculty and staff
• Student government meeting
• Presidents Retreat
• Use appreciative inquiry and qualitative analysis
  to organize feedback

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Common Themes

• Operate as a unified organization with a strong
  sense of identity and pride in what we do and
  respect for each others roles
• Clear vision, shared values, and common goals
• Maintain focus on academic excellence and student
  achievement
• People and community are a priority
• Strong leadership and accountability to mission
  and goals
• Fiscal stability

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MissionWhy we exist

• SUNY Cortland is an academic community dedicated
  to diverse learning experiences. Through
  outstanding teaching, scholarship and service,
  students grow as engaged citizens with a strong
  social conscience.

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VisionDefining our Future

• What will SUNY Cortland be in ten years?
• Aspirational goals
• Build on our strengths
• Three parts

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Vision Part 1
SUNY Cortland will be a college of opportunity
where students graduate with the knowledge,
integrity, skills, and compassion to excel as
leaders, citizens, scholars, and champions of
excellence.
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Vision Part 2

• The college will be a top choice for
  prospective students and employees who are drawn
  to the nationally recognized academic programs,
  infusion of innovation and experiential
  education, and the rich intellectual, social, and
  athletic life of the college.

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Vision Part 3

• SUNY Cortland will be a center for
  intellectual, cultural, and economic growth
  distinguished by successful partnerships with
  organizations, agencies, and businesses
  throughout the region and across the nation

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ValuesGuiding Principles

• Focus on the Students
• Integrity
• Intellectual Life

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Strategic Goals

• Institutional goals to which all of us contribute
  in different ways
• Build on our strengths
• Provide focus for decision-making and resource
  allocation
• Provide direction for the sustainment or
  initiation of projects and initiatives

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Goal 1

• SUNY Cortland will be a national leader in
  educational innovation and experiential
  education.
• Every student will participate in skill-enhancing
  experiential learning in and beyond the classroom
• Intellectual and cultural life will be
  integrated, and supported, in the classroom and
  throughout the campus
• Expansion of interdisciplinary work and
  scholarly collaboration among departments,
  faculty, and students

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Goal 2

• SUNY Cortland will be recognized for programs of
  academic excellence.
• Students and faculty will be recognized for
  achievement and contribution to their disciplines
  and community.
• The college will have a comprehensive model to
  describe and articulate programmatic excellence
  and efficiency
• Higher levels of teaching effectiveness
• Increase the percent of courses taught by full
  time faculty

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Goal 3

• SUNY Cortland will be a national role model for
  the integrated promotion of wellness that
  encompasses the intellectual, physical,
  emotional, cultural, and social well-being of all
  community members.
• Implement a measurable, sustainable and
  comprehensive wellness model for students,
  faculty, and staff
• Students will have cross cultural experiences
  that develop intercultural competence

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Goal 4

• SUNY Cortland will maximize organizational
  resources so that structure, decision-making, and
  processes all work towards institutional goals,
  responsiveness to change, and organizational
  effectiveness and sustainability.
• Significantly increase the endowment
• More fully integrate alumni into the life of the
  college
• Pursue alternative revenue and support
  entrepreneurial ventures
• Align facilities, curriculum and campus with
  commitment to sustainability
• Establish a model for assessing program needs and
  sustainability
• Enhance the effectiveness of administrative and
  governance structures and processes

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Next Steps

• Stage One Fall 2009
• Refine the four institutional goals by looking at
  ways to
• Clarify
• Strengthen
• Identify measurable indicators of institutional
  progress
• Feedback from across campus via survey and
  discussions
• Stage Two Spring 2010
• Articulate how our respective work resonates with
  each goal and how the work of individuals,
  departments, programs and initiatives contribute
  to the collective progress of SUNY Cortland
• Use expertise and experience of departments and
  offices to determine their initiatives

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Examining the Goals

• How could this goal be clarified?
• How could it be strengthened to be more useful as
  a strategic guide?
• What indicators could be used to show
  institutional progress on this goal?