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COLLEGE OF SANTA FE STRATEGIC PLAN 2007 - 2012

Draft – August 17, 2007. Send feedback to dmouton@csf.edu.

 

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Vision Statement

III. Mission Statement

IV. Summary

V. Objectives, Initiatives

 

 

I. INTRODUCTION

In early May 2006 then President Mark Lombardi announced to the College of Santa Fe that CREATE: 2012, a new five year strategic plan for 2007-2012 beginning in fall 2007, would follow upon the Strategic Plan 2002-2007 Roots and Wings: New Directions for CSF. The process would focus on preparing the college for the future of higher education which is directly related to the changing nature of today’s students and the characteristics they bring to the college. The process would build on what we learned with Roots and Wings, be open and inclusive, and focus on key areas needing a community wide examination to meet the needs and challenges of the current and future educational changing landscape.

President Lombardi appointed a Steering Committee of fourteen members – the eight co-chairs of the Task Forces, a Staff Council representative, the President of the Associated Student Government, the Chair of the Faculty Council, and the faculty representative to the Board of Trustees - and Brother Donald Mouton, Professor of Religion Studies/President Emeritus, to co-chair that committee with him. The Steering Committee established four Task Forces: Student Learning, Sustainable Facilities Management, Service Learning and Community Outreach, and Non-Traditional Education. Each Task Force, with two co-chairs, would have ten to fifteen faculty and staff members who self-selected by May 12, 2006 into the Task Force of their choice and began their meetings in August, 2006.

Each Task Force scheduled open forums in the Fogelson Library in October 2006 for all CSF members to attend and provide suggestions, and intranet and inter-campus mail facilitated communication with the Task Forces. The Steering Committee also held an open forum in April, 2007 on both campuses, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, for further participation in the process by the CSF constituencies.

CSF is entering a reaccreditation period that culminates with a site visit from the Higher learning Commission of the North Central Association in April of 2009. There exists a necessary interrelationship between work on the Strategic Plan and the task of preparing a self-study. For example, the Strategic Plan emphasizes some of the important themes of the self study process, including student learning outcomes assessment. Close contact will be maintained between the Strategic Planning Task Force and the Self Study Task Force.

Seven key questions guided the Task Forces in their discussion:

- What is best for our Students?

- What will leverage Enrollment?

- What will improve Retention?

- What will improve our Finances?

- What will enhance our Technology?

- What will honor and preserve our Lasallian Heritage?

- What can be Assessed/Measured?

The Task Forces presented a preliminary report of their work to the Steering Committee on February 1, 2007. The Steering Committee and the President’s Cabinet met regularly during the Spring semester to review the progress of the Task Forces and to determine a Long-Term Goal and major Objectives for the strategic plan. The Task Forces continued their work of identifying Strategies and Action Plans to document the template of the Strategic Plan: Long-Term Goal, Objectives, Initiatives, Action Plans. The Steering Committee focused its attention on determining the High, Medium, Low classification of the Objectives presented by the Task Forces and subsequently identified eight major Objectives.

The strategic plan document contains the vision and mission statements, objectives, initiatives. The action plans for each of the objectives will be determined yearly by the Cabinet and assessed by the Cabinet during a December and March meeting, as well as at the annual Cabinet retreat. A report will be made to the Board of Trustees at its June meeting.

At the President’s Cabinet retreat on June 6-7, 2007 Dr. Stuart Kirk, Interim CSF President, facilitated the discussion of the strategic plan and called for a review of the Vision Statement and Mission Statement Dr. Katherine Chase, President of the College of Santa Fe Board of Trustees, asked a committee to frame a draft of these statements. The Board of Trustees reviewed a draft of the Strategic Plan at its June 22, 2007 meeting and approved the final document at its October 2007 meeting.

II. VISION

College of Santa Fe will be a national arts and liberal arts college sought out for its creative culture of learning.

III. MISSION

The mission of College of Santa Fe is to empower students to lead meaningful lives by offering them a strong liberal arts curriculum and distinguished programs in the creative arts.

As an independent institution the College of Santa Fe is rooted in its Lasallian heritage based on a vision of education modeled by St. John Baptist de La Salle and developed by the Roman Catholic teaching order he founded, the De La Salle Christian Brothers, and by their colleagues in a tradition now more than three hundred years old.

The following six Core Values exemplify this Lasallian heritage and characterize the institution and its constituents:

- Student Centeredness: a teacher-student relationship based on mutual respect; an attentive concern for the professional, social, educational, and spiritual growth of our students, particularly those in most need;

- Creativity: a creative culture of teaching and learning that meets the current challenges of higher education by encouraging students to expand their expectations of themselves by developing their interests and talents;

- Character: the practice of cultivating ethical standards, meaningful personal values, and responsible action in an increasingly interconnected world;

- Culture: an environment of friendliness and mutual trust characterized by respect for diversity, ecumenical sensitivity, and accessibility especially for the less advantaged;

- Civic Capacity: responsibility for the well-being of others; a desire for purposeful engagement on campus, in the local community, and in the larger world;

- Shared Governance: a recognition that all college constituencies have a role in decision-making at the college; a commitment to collegial interactions; a responsibility to insure that all voices are heard; a mutual respect for the role that each constituency plays.

IV. SUMMARY

Objectives:

  1. Implement new pedagogy and adoption of current and future technologies that meet student expectations and learning styles across all disciplines.
  2. Develop new academic programs and assess existing programs for the purpose of building full-time traditional student enrollment to 800 and increasing non-traditional revenue to $8M by fall 2010.
  3. Institutionalize a practice of continuous assessment and evaluation of learning outcomes as we challenge every student to achieve academic excellence through full engagement in our educational programs
  4. Strengthen student support services for all students.
  5. Identify and implement additional measures to make our campus safer for all constituents.
  6. Establish long-term fiscal health and stability of the institution and develop the resources required to realize our aspirations
  7. Share our educational resources in order to build mutually beneficial relationships between our students, the college, and the community.
  8. Integrate sustainability into the management and development of the campus infrastructure, buildings, and grounds.
  9. Define diversity for the college and implement appropriate strategies for increasing it to strengthen enrollment and prepare students for life in the global community.

V. OBJECTIVES, INITIATIVES

1) Objective: Implement new pedagogy and adopt current and future technologies that meet and expand student expectations and learning styles across all disciplines.

2) Objective: Develop new academic programs and assess existing programs for the purpose of building full-time traditional student enrollment to 800 and increasing non-traditional revenue to $8M by Fall 2010.

3) Objective: Institutionalize a practice of continuous assessment and evaluation of learning outcomes.

4) Objective: Strengthen student support services for all students.

5) Objective: Identify and implement additional measures to make our campus safer for all constituents.

6) Objective: Establish long-term fiscal health and stability of the institution.

7) Objective: Share our educational and cultural resources in order to build mutually beneficial relationships among our students, the college, our alumni, and the community.

8) Objective: Integrate sustainability into the management and development of the campus infrastructure, including buildings and grounds.

9) Objective: Define diversity for the college and implement appropriate strategies for increasing it to strengthen enrollment and prepare students for life in the global community.

ACTION PLANS

The CSF Strategic Planning Steering Committee is developing action plans to be reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees on October 12th.  This year's action plans will be posted at that time.

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