Goal 2: Support collaboration and innovation to create an active, hands-on learning environment and rigorous interdisciplinary academic experiences.
Objective 1: Be a leader in innovative academic structure, programs, and course offerings.
Action Items
- Complete and implement the academic redesign
- Revise general education program
- Revise University Cabinet to better serve as an innovation and problem-solving leadership team
- Develop/increase collaborative learning experiences, hands-on learning experiences, professional development opportunities, and other less traditional offerings.
- Develop institutionalized mechanisms (including grants) for encouraging and supporting innovation in teaching and learning.
Objective 2: Integrate high-impact practices across the curriculum to provide relevant and meaningful learning experiences.
Action Items
- Evaluate undergraduate research, engagement opportunities, and creative activity and adapt, improve, or add where applicable.
- All graduates will participate in a rigorous culminating experience (e.g., clinical experience, internship, undergraduate research or creative activity, student teaching)
- Increase the number of students who study abroad or participate in study tours
- Implement revised First-Year Experience (FYE)
- Develop and implement a campus plan based on best practices which will increase participation in extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
