Purdue University Calumet

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Purdue University Calumet SHAPING THE FUTURE OF
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Faculty Convocation October
8,03 Nabil A. Ibrahim Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs October 8, 2003
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The Future ?

• Competitive
• Rapidly Changing
• Customer Driven

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PUC Strategic Goals

• Student Success
• Faculty and Staff Excellence
• Technology Infrastructure for a High Performance
  Learning Environment
• Partnerships for Economic and Regional Growth
• The Challenge
• How can PUC achieve its strategic goals in a
• competitive, rapidly changing and customer-driven
  
• environment?

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Success Factors

• Focus
• Clear Vision and Strategic Objectives
• Uniqueness
• Agility
• Innovation
• Responsiveness
• Pride in Quality

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Areas of Emphasis

• Student Quality Admission Standards
• Enrollment Growth
• Retention, Graduation and Placement Rates
• Curriculum Innovation
• Marketing
• Academic Technology
• Resource Development
• Accountability Measures
• Reward System
• Faculty Research and Scholarship
• Extended Education
• Standards for Faculty Promotion and Tenure
• Economic Development Engagement
• Building Partnerships

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Striving For Academic Excellence

• Student Success
• Faculty/Staff Development
• Curricula
• Support Systems

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Targets 04-06
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Targets 04-06
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Targets 04-06

• Staff Professional Development
• Well Trained
• Customer Oriented
• Responsive
• Curriculum
• Innovative Curricula for the 21st Century
• New Programs based on needs Assessment

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Targets 04-06

• Fund Raising
• 2,000,000
• Academic Computing
• Academic Computing Council
• Instructional Computing
• Research Computing

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Targets 04-06

• Engagement Economic Development
• Building Bridges Partnerships
• Leveraging Resources for Economic
  DevelopmentWater InstituteCenter for Efficient
  Renewable EnergyEntrepreneurial CenterFamily
  and Marriage Purdue Technology Center,
  Merrillville

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In SummaryWhat Value Would I Add?

• Access
• Success
• Distinction