I. Ensuring Student Success

Two Kent State graduates

Improve the design and metrics of student and peer teaching evaluations to reflect the four pillars (Academic Affairs)
Enhance student learning and success through quality programs, services, and living/learning environments (Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
Implement purposeful, intellectual, and social development to enhance the understanding of diversity, to include global awareness and global citizenry (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
Market Kent State University’s distinctive educational experience (University Relations).

Focus on improved academic success especially student retention and graduation (Academic Affairs; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
Enhance diverse pipelines and college readiness (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
Set and accomplish high expectations of academic achievement for student-athletes individually and teams (Intercollegiate Athletics)
Widely promote GPS; encourage usage (University Relations)
Install timetabling and tracking components of the Graduation Planning System (Information Services)
Improve profiling and data analysis for student recruitment and retention via the Enterprise Data Warehouse (Information Services).

Achieve better integration of academic and student life (Academic Affairs; Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
Support DKS with enrollment-driven marketing (University Relations)
Enhance the Web scheduler and integrate with CashNet in support of Destination Kent State (Information Services).

Enhance the quality and accessibility of Liberal Education Requirements (LER)/Kent Core courses (Academic Affairs)
Ensure all courses in Kent Core have specified learning outcomes by 2013 (Academic Affairs).

Expand experiential education opportunities (Academic Affairs)
Encourage undergraduate research (Research and Sponsored Programs)
Enhance student learning and success through quality programs and services (Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
Enhance the quality, safety and effectiveness of living/learning environments for university students (Enrollment Management and Student Affairs; Business and Finance)
Strengthen relationships with all communities served by Kent State campuses, with particular attention to expanding linkages between the Kent Campus and the city of Kent (Enrollment Management and Student Affairs; Business and Finance; University Relations)
Create an intentional diversity focus relating to service learning and engagement of students (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
Provide a highly competitive Division I intercollegiate athletics program as evidenced by conference and national program of excellence awards and championships (Intercollegiate Athletics)
Promote the benefits of service learning and community service; make highly visible student life opportunities (University Relations; Enrollment Management and Student Affairs).

Enhance student financial processes (Academic Affairs; Enrollment Management and Student Affairs; Business and Finance; Information Services)
Improve service delivery university-wide (All divisions)
Enhance relationships and engagement between students and administration (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
Implement university commitment statements to encourage Year of Yes (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
Launch division-wide performance review (Business and Finance)
Further enhance student systems with consistent and automated advisor models, improved wait list processing and online graduation application (Information Services)
Implement workflow processes that provide efficient scheduling changes and change of majors (Information Services).

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