UIS Strategic Plan 2006

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UIS Strategic Plan - 2006

• Summer 2003 photo University Hall under
  construction
• March 20, 2006

University of Illinois at Springfield
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Before this UIS plan 2004-05

• UIS strategic plan under way
• starting in November 2004
• Remember?
• Still working on it one year ago

University of Illinois at Springfield
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2006 An audacious strategic intent

• UIS will be recognized
• as one of the top 5
• small public
• liberal arts
• universities in the U.S.

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Vision Statement

• UIS will be a premier small public university
  offering innovative, high-quality liberal arts
  education, public affairs activities, and
  professional programs dedicated to academic
  excellence, to enriching individual lives, and to
  making a difference in the world.

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Mission Statement

• The University of Illinois at Springfield
  provides an intellectually rich, collaborative,
  and intimate learning environment for students,
  faculty, and staff, while serving local,
  regional, state, national, and international
  communities.

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6 goals three primary ones

• Academic excellence
• Enriching individual lives
• Making a difference in the world

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6 goals three supportive ones

• Enhancing campus culture
• Recruitment and retention
• Resources and reallocation

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Plan has 20 strategic thrustsand about 140
specific action steps
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Competitive analysis - strengths

• small class sizes
• a University of Illinois degree
• high-quality programs
• most courses taught by faculty with terminal
  degrees
• personalized interaction with faculty
• hands-on, experiential learning
• location in state capital

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Like life at a small private college

• UIS students say, My professors
  know me.

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Challenges and opportunities

• underfunded and understaffed in many departments
  and programs
• thin on cultural/racial/ethnic diversity
• underdeveloped campus life and facilities
• continuing education for intellectual enrichment
  and for people of all ages
• online opportunities worldwide
• opportunity to build an undergraduate experience
  using the best practices from throughout the
  country
• international and off-campus study and exchange
  programs.

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1. Academic excellence

• focus on lifelong learning and engagement in
  general curriculum
• fostering scholarly activities of students as
  well as faculty.

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2. Enriching individual lives

• Annual Campus Dialogue
• comprehensive master plan for the arts
• more bridges to the community with civic
  engagement, volunteer and service learning
  opportunities
• enhancing intercollegiate athletics.

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3. Making a difference in the world

• Engaged Common Citizenship Experience as part of
  the undergraduate curriculum
• entrepreneurial activities in the College of
  Business and Management
• faculty involvement in policy development in
  Illinois
• continued focus on tradition of public affairs
  activities
• international collaborations
• more bridges to the nonprofit sector in central
  Illinois

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4. Enhancing campus culture

• Campus Welcome Committee as part of orientation
  process
• focus on personalized customer service for
  students, faculty, staff and visitors
• environmental sustainability and preservation in
  plans to enhance the physical environment.

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5. Recruitment and retention

• UIS will always be small.
• 6000 on-campus students
• one-stop services model that includes the entire
  array of student enrollment services
• assertive programs to help students make the
  transition from high school or community college
  to the university.

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Stretch ideas (selected)

• Emiquon Field Station
• Center for Online Learning, Research and Service
• Center for First-Year Programs
• Experiential and Service Learning Institute

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Resource/infrastructure needs

• gathering spaces, sometimes called third spaces
• Student Center
• another residence hall
• more laboratory facilities
• renovation of Brookens Library and the metal
  buildings
• salary equity and salary competitiveness for
  staff and faculty

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What can be done in five years?
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Milestones 2001-2006Academics

• Full four-year university becomes possible with
  new general education curriculum with two
  principles lifelong learning and engagement
• Capital Scholars
• First distinguished chair at UIS
• National leader in online education
• Dozens of new tenure-track faculty a record 40
  in 2005
• Masters thesis award for graduate students
• Emerging fine arts programs
• New vision for Center for State Policy and
  Leadership
• Computer science online nationally recognized

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Milestones 2001-2006Physical campus

• University Hall
• Lincoln Residence Hall
• Many new townhouses
• Quad and colonnade
• Rec center approval

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Milestones 2001-2006Student Affairs

• More residential students
• Students organizations up 250
• Center for Volunteerism and Service Learning
• More health care and counseling services
• Career Services Center expands

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Milestones 2001-2006Technology

• Completely wireless in 2001-02
• Now have chief information officer
• Registration now totally online
• More than 95 of classrooms are smart
• Web-streaming
• Movement toward many communications
  electronically the Web, Blackboard, email
• I-card allows for vending, library, Food Emporium
  and other services

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Milestones 2001-2006Enrollment

• Continuous increase, now tops 4,500
• Online 10 degree programs 42 of all students
  take at least one course online
• Cap Scholars Honors reaches highest enrollment in
  fall of 2005 138 freshmen first class
  graduated with distinction in 2005

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Milestones 2001-2006Athletics

• Tennis, soccer and basketball teams go to NAIA
  national tourneys
• Mens basketball and womens softball established
• American Midwest Conference (2003)

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What we can do in next 5 years (2006-11)
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Become a premier small public university

• Enhance academic excellence
• Enrich individual lives students, faculty,
  staff and people in our community
• Make a difference in the world
• Strengthen campus culture

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