Listening 1.0

Goal: Start to identify key strategies within the four focal areas

• Important to lift up other programs that are not as visible and look for opportunities where there is low investment and high visibility. Would there be a cluster of minors or emphasis in different departments

Goal: Start to identify key strategies within the four focal areas

• Residential campus idea needs to be reinvented with considerations for: more independent living; more of a rental agreement like in the real world even if they are just living in dorms; lots of living options; multiple […]
  

Goal: Start to identify key strategies within the four focal areas

• Interdisciplinary majors would be a great way to offer more specific programs. Students want more specific major programs (athletic training vs. PE); majors are too broad; what do students want? /what does the […]
  

Goal: Review from the last discussion about “entrepreneurial faculty;” update on Listing 1.0 meeting themes and listen for feedback

• Concerns about debt and how we manage it given our $1B endowment goal
• Little things related to facilities need attention—technology (computers and printers); dorms
• How do we get our students out into the world; […]
  

Goal: Process Strategic Initiatives for the four focal areas.

• Interdisciplinary degrees are often under utilized by students and not marketed—can be used as a way for faculty to test new programs without creating something new or investing lots of resources. Could we build a better system around interdisciplinary degrees to make […]
  

Goal: Process Strategic Initiatives for the four focal areas

Areas of Discussion Focus: Growth & Facilities

Growth

• Adding a variety of academic programs especially those that will attract women—engineering and health sciences. Working with local McPherson community businesses that offer diverse opportunities.
• Increase living standards. Future of the community and residential life is important.
• Retention […]
  

Goal: Process Strategic Initiatives for the four focal areas

• Expand current programs and consider meeting market needs, such asengineering and local business needs; focus on interdisciplinary programs, such as gaming and animation or expand our focus on the car; Leverage our existing relationship with the […]
  

Goal: Process the idea of an entrepreneurial faculty member

• Why would “entrepreneurial” faculty make some persons uncomfortable? Out of comfort zone; must be open to change; the faculty system is not set up to reward or encourage risk, especially for non-tenured faculty.
• Important to puzzle out the balance among a faculty member’s […]
  

Goal: Share expectations for the next strategic plan and strategic planning process as well as listen for ideas/feedback on areas of focus.

• Do we lose anything if we have a 1B endowment? Important to communicate and explain why we still would need small gifts and broad based support. Keep explaining how […]
  

Goal: Share expectations for the next strategic plan and listen for ideas/feedback on the process and areas of focus.

Areas of Focus: Growth, Entrepreneurial Faculty, Endowment and Facilities

• Smart growth/scale up programs. There was a lot of conversation not about whether we should grow, rather how we do it. Quality is important […]