Academic Affairs Strategic Plan

Recruit and retain the best students

• Create full scholarships for academic merit awarded byrepresentative faculty entities to at least 5% of the incomingclass
• Provide services for graduate students that recognize theirneeds and support their goals

·         Offerassistance to ensure that 10% of graduates are from minoritygroup

Recruit and retain the best faculty

• Bring faculty salaries to a comparable or better than levelwith peer institutions
• Provide significant raises for promotion
• Create endowed professorships in every department
• Create a faculty development fund equivalent to 3% of facultysalaries
• Reward active scholars, artists and teachers with teachingloads and resources comparable to peer institutions
• Provide funds for faculty development related to projects andinitiatives that benefit the programs of the university  

Develop and sustain the best programs

• Bring library funding into parity with peer institutions
• Increase study abroad programs to 45% of full-timestudents
• Provide seed money for the development and implementation ofspecial programs/initiatives
• Technology
• Promote the highest levels of achievement in the academicprograms of the university