To achieve this plan, we will focus on the following strategic goals and corresponding measures. Unless otherwise noted, the timeline to achieve these goals is by 2023-24. Each division and department at the college will annually identify and map their top priorities to the strategic goals.
Achieve 65 percent undergraduate 6-year graduation rate by fall 2023.
Meet post-graduation job placement and graduate school rate of 95 percent within 6-months of graduation for each graduating class, based on a minimum of 85 percent data collection rate.
80% of students will meet or exceed program learning outcomes in annual program assessment.
Meet or exceed 95 percent pass rate on NCLEX exam.
Achieve and maintain competitive compensation for employees, relying on the Planning Comparison Group as the basis of comparison.
Provide annual salary increases for continuing employees at a rate reflective of the college’s available resources and at a level that preserves competitiveness with our benchmark schools.
Regularly review employee salary pool for inequities and compression and as resources allow, plan and implement appropriate adjustments.
Achieve a faculty profile of 75 percent full-time and tenured or tenure-track in the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Business and Social Sciences.
Develop a faculty profile for full-time and tenured or tenure-track in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Maintain student to faculty ratio of at least 13 to 1.
Strive to ensure that new faculty and staff hires each year include people of color, with a goal of increasing the percentage of faculty and staff who identify as members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
Maintain a racially diverse Board of Trustees that mirrors the student population.
Form a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer to advise on and implement policies and programs related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and human rights on campus and make cultural competency trainings and activities available to the campus community.
Review existing programs every six years and identify new initiatives relative to our mission.
Collect and review feedback from internship placement sites and address areas of concern.
Develop resources to support professional learners.
Conduct an inventory to assess the Foundational Commitments (via SDG’s) and vocation/CEL course offerings across disciplines and make that listing available to prospective and current students.
Engage students to build a better world through community-engaged learning experiences.
Develop a plan for vocational exploration across the student experience by 2024.
Develop plans to ensure that the Foundational Commitments are elements of the learning outcomes of the Liberal Education Program and the entire student experience.
Define and measure student outcomes related to leadership qualities across co-curricular activities such as athletics, student government, student clubs, work-study roles, community service, and other student activities.
Provide wellness programs and/or employee assistance services that enhance the health and wellbeing of the entire campus community, including students, faculty, and staff.
Increase local sourcing of food served by dining services, with a goal of at least 25 percent of food sourced from within New England.
Identify efficiencies in energy and water consumption, maintaining 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the 2008 baseline.
Address the goals in the 2020 Strategic Vision for Institutional Zero Waste.
Implement outreach campaigns directed towards employees and students to advance awareness and behavior around the institution’s Foundational Commitments.
Invite and engage alumni participation in networking, internship support, professional development, and community building activities.
Establish and launch advisory boards for the three Schools.
Celebrate and enhance long-standing relationships such as Town of New London, Adventures in Learning, Gordon Research Conferences, and Dartmouth Health.
Explore new and strengthen formal and informal existing articulation agreements with other institutions that support our students’ learning.
Develop engaged learning experiences with community partners across all academic programs.