OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

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OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS STRATEGIC
PLANNING WORKSHOPS
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Office of Academic Affairs Strategic Planning
Workshop

• President Gees Priorities
• Forge one Ohio State
• Trans-institutional
• Put students first
• Student-centered
• Focus on faculty success as never before
• Re-recruit every day
• Recast our research agenda
• Discovery and innovation Venture fund
• Commit to our communities and revitalize our
  covenants
• Sustainable value and solutions
• Simplify university systems and structures
• Agility with responsibility

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Office of Academic Affairs Strategic Planning
Workshop
Guideposts for Strategic Planning

• Academic Plan
• Institutional Priorities
• Undergraduate research
• Doctoral program quality
• Diversity
• Outreach and engagement
• Centrally and locally funded Targeted Investments
  in Excellence
• International experiences

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Office of Academic Affairs Strategic Planning
Workshop

• Strategic Planning Questions
• Where are you now?
• Where do you want to go?
• How do you plan to get there?

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Office of Academic Affairs Strategic Planning
Workshops
Reasons for Strategic Planning

• Public trust and accountability to our
  constituents, government, ourselves
• Strategic directions and outcomes linked to
  deans goal-setting and performance assessment
• Limited resources focused in the most strategic
  ways

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Office of Academic Affairs Strategic Planning
Workshop

• Plan Elements
• Clear and appropriately inclusive process
• Goals statements and tactical implementation
  steps
• Develop and sustain world-class faculty
• Develop top-10 and top-20 departments/programs
• Improve quality of teaching and learning
• Enhance and serve the student body more
  effectively
• Create a more diverse community
• Build Ohios future
• Be a world-wide resource for education and
  research

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Office of Academic Affairs Strategic Planning
Workshop

• Plan Elements contd
• Identify facilities and human, technology, and
  other resources needed to achieve goals,
  including limited internal resources and
  opportunities for external resources
• Link to department and/or program goal statements
  and strategic plans
• Include time period-specific metrics to assess
  progress
• Link annually to provost and dean performance
  assessment interactions