- Leadership
- Strategic Plan 2012-2015
Strategic Plan 2012-2015
Strategic Plan Summary
Developing a three-year Strategic Plan for Indiana University Kokomo was a dynamic process requiring input and collaboration
campus wide. The Chancellor’s Cabinet put the plan into motion by establishing a foundation and outlining priorities. Faculty and staff responded by suggesting additional priorities, goals, and action plans. The end result is a realistic and
attainable Strategic Plan that will move IU Kokomo toward becoming the best regional campus in the world.
Continuing the Momentum
Enhance Academic Excellence and Enrich the Learning Environment
- Identify new programs and delivery systems to enhance academic offerings
- Enhance the role of teaching excellence to promote a dynamic, engaging and applied learning environment
- Promote campus diversity to prepare graduates to live and work in a diverse, global world
- Nominate students and faculty for state, regional, and national awards
- Develop robust data collection and analysis systems to make data driven decisions
Promote Research, Scholarship and Creative Work
- Enhance the research culture on campus
- Increase the number of applications for internal and external research grants
Promote Student Success, Improve Retention and Degree Attainment
- Expand and develop programs that enhance the academic success of first-year and sophomore students
- Increase participation in co-curricular activities
- Grow and enhance programs for transfer students
- Assess the current advising system for continual improvement
- Implement degree completion pilot programs
- Target aid to graduating seniors
- Increase career placement activities for students, especially seniors
- Explore student housing
Increase Enrollment of New Students
- Identify new student markets (i.e. new geographical areas, international students, athletics)
- Increase
- Student headcount enrollment and credit hour enrollment
- Summer School enrollment
- High school applicants
- Graduate student enrollment
- Adult student enrollment
- ROTC enrollment
- Attract well-prepared students
- Invite more middle school and high school students to campus
Enhance Relationships and Increase Visibility
- Cultivate and solicit philanthropic support to meet or exceed the $1.5 million Wellness and Fitness Campaign
- Create and execute an outreach plan to engage alumni and instill pride as a stakeholder and ambassador for campus
- Continue to build new and strengthen existing relationships with each community in our service region as well as, with our public officials
- Implement a consistent brand message to guide campus outreach
Facilitate Regional Transformation
- Host meetings to promote regional transformation
- Disseminate regional benchmarking study
- Invite key industrial leaders to campus for community and campus presentations
- Promote faculty research and creative activities to the region
- Engage advisory board members in campus decision making
Develop Staff and Their Supporting Environment
- Support training, performance, and assessment of all staff
- Enhance facilities and campus beautification
- Promote safety on campus
- Implement the Emergency Management Plan
- Create a “cool” student center
