Strategic Planning Committee Priority Poll

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Strategic Planning Committee Priority Poll
Draft Strategic Priorities

• December 2007

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Purpose of the Poll

• Inform the university community of strategic
  planning efforts
• Solicit their participation in the process
• Get feedback on the strategic imperatives
• Draft priorities developed by the Strategic
  Planning Committee
• Identify missing imperatives

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Poll

• Sent to all faculty, staff, and students
  (n57,000)
• Opened poll on November 26, 2007, and closed
  survey on December 4, 2007
• Included the strategic imperatives identified by
  the SPC at the November 16, 2007, meeting
• Included an open-ended question to solicit
  comments on priorities

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Response Rate

• Received responses from over 5600 individuals
• 614 faculty (28 responded)
• Tenured
• Non-tenured
• 872 staff (21)
• 3860 students (8)
• 260 other
• Not intended to be a scientific survey
• Received over 1,500 comments from the open-ended
  question additional comments via the SPC
  website and email

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Top Strategic Priorities (all respondents)

• Promote excellence in instruction
• Recruit, hire, retain, and reward the best and
  most diverse faculty and staff to ensure
  recruitment and graduation of the best and most
  diverse students
• Maintain and enhance the quality of the
  undergraduate educational experience
• Support and improve graduate and professional
  education
• Ensure academic and operational excellence

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Top Strategic Priorities (all faculty)

• Enhance the universitys competitive position in
  hiring and retention of quality faculty
• Support and improve graduate and professional
  education
• Recruit, hire, retain, and reward the best and
  most diverse faculty and staff to ensure
  recruitment and graduation of the best and most
  diverse students
• Expand the quality and quantity of research and
  creative endeavors
• Promote excellence in instruction
• Maintain and enhance the quality of the
  undergraduate educational experience.

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Top Strategic Priorities (all admin/staff)

• Maintain the highest level of financial integrity
  
• Recruit, hire, retain, and reward the best and
  most diverse faculty and staff to ensure
  recruitment and graduation of the best and most
  diverse students
• Promote excellence in instruction
• Maintain and enhance the quality of the
  undergraduate educational experience
• Ensure academic and operational excellence
• Support and improve graduate and professional
  education.

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Top Strategic Priorities (all students)

• Promote excellence in instruction
• Maintain and enhance the quality of the
  undergraduate educational experience
• Recruit, hire, retain, and reward the best and
  most diverse faculty and staff to ensure
  recruitment and graduation of the best and most
  diverse students
• Support and improve graduate and professional
  education
• Ensure academic and operational excellence
• Support and improve graduate and professional
  education.

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Least Important(gt10 NI, SI)

• Create and fund a nationwide promotion program
  for FSUs core messages
• Create a better balance between athletics and
  academics
• Develop new areas of inquiry tackling issues
  facing the state of Florida
• Establish priorities and fund appropriately from
  diversified sources
• Build a more interactive campus for all
• Expand professional development opportunities for
  university staff and faculty (except admin)
• Promote lifelong learning

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Differences among Groups

• 41.7 of the undergraduate respondents indicate
  that promoting security and safety as well as
  physical and mental health for all is critically
  important compared to 29.4 of the
  graduate/professional students
• A larger portion of undergraduates indicate that
  enhancing and improving the availability of
  advising, mentoring, and academic support is
  critically important than graduate/professional
  students.

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Differences Among Groups

• Not much by years at FSU
• Not much by main campus vs. off campus
• Undergraduate and graduate differ mostly in
  expected ways
• Professional and graduate students are mostly
  similar
• Few differences among colleges

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Comments

• Many expressions of thanks for the opportunity to
  participate.
• Not much evidence that the strategic planning
  committees efforts have been followed and some
  complaints about the poll.
• A few themes emerged among each of the groups.

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Themes in the Faculty Reaction

• Faculty salaries are a problem
• More support for research
• Increase academic rigor, especially for
  undergraduates
• Focus on academics above athletics
• Internationalizing/globalizing curriculum
• Improving libraries and other central support
  services
• Characteristics of the questionnaire

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Themes in the Staff Reaction

• Salaries and benefits are a problem.
• Technology issues need to be addressed.
• Conflict between athletics and academics
• Top priority is students
• Lack of international focus
• Go about campus improvement in a reasonable way,
  while incorporating green initiatives
• Characteristics of the questionnaire

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Themes in the Student Reaction

• Not enough parking for students
• Restricted library hours should be eliminated
• Absence of Green initiatives on campus
• Dilapidated state of some dormitories, especially
  on west campus, and of some facilities such as
  those devoted to art
• Inadequate development of the Panama City campus
  courses and faculty

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Themes in the Student Reaction

• Extent, use and support of on-line courses are in
  question
• Difficulties with handicap access
• Excessive spending on sidewalks, statutes and
  buildings
• Inadequate numbers and availability of faculty
• Problems with the amount and treatment of
  financial Aid

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Themes in the Student Reaction

• Adverse financial effects of the mandatory health
  fee
• Need to improve FSU reputation
• Poor advising
• Disadvantages of the grading system for FSU
  students competing against other students in the
  state
• Need to expand student participation in
  international programs

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Themes in the Student Reaction

• Need to enhance academic standards and integrity
• Need for more orientation for transfers
• Too much emphasis on sports and not enough on
  academics
• Poor quality of instruction and use of technology
  for instruction
• Poor condition and treatment of Engineering
• Lack of international focus that allows for
  student participation

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Missing Imperatives?

• Technology
• International
• Reputation
• Green
• On-line instruction

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Summary

• Over 5600 faculty, staff, and students responded
  to the survey more than a quarter took the time
  to comment
• Some consensus that some priorities are not
  important.
• Some priorities attracted consistent support.
• Promote excellence in instruction
• Recruit, hire, retain, and reward the best and
  most diverse faculty and staff to ensure
  recruitment and graduation of the best and most
  diverse students

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Summary

• Some support is high in one group, but not
  others.
• Support and improve graduate and professional
  education
• Expand the quality and quantity of research and
  creative endeavors
• Enhance the Universitys position in the hiring
  and retention of quality faculty
• Ensure academic and operational excellence
• Maintain and enhance the quality of the
  undergraduate educational experience
• Maintain the highest level of financial integrity

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DRAFT TOP PRIORITIESStrategic Planning
CommitteeDecember 12, 2007

• Recruit, hire, retain, and reward the best and
  most diverse faculty and staff.
• Ensure recruitment and graduation of the best and
  most diverse students
• Support and improve graduate and professional
  education emphasizing excellence in instruction
• Expand the quality and quantity of research and
  creative endeavors
• Ensure academic and operational excellence while
  maintaining financial integrity
• Maintain and enhance the quality of the
  undergraduate educational experience while
  emphasizing excellence in instruction