Strategic Plan

Goals

• Achieve 2030 graduation rate goals

  INITIATIVES	PROGRESS
  Set strategic, bold, data-informed goals
  Build ecologies of student support	UE and 4 subunits shared on building a culture of care across at UERU in January 2024.
  Increase credit hours & campus-wide seminars; online course conversions; High DFW course redesigns	Proposed Course Seminar Sequence for Excel+
  Strategic advising support/redesign	Supported an Advisor Wellness Initiative
  Black Student Success Center (BSSC)/Kessler/Pipeline programming	At this time 88% of Kessler Scholars have been retained and all are in good standing (based on cumulative/overall GPA from F23 & SP24). Our average retention rate for this student population is 84% based on 2021 data. Native Community Education Promise Program Funded
  Strategic partnerships with campus units
  Strategic deployment of ARC programming offerings to boost graduation rates
  UIA projects through data-informed, intentional student support & faculty collaboration	Launched the Accelerator Program

• Eliminate equity gaps by 2030

  INITIATIVES	PROGRESS
  Set strategic, bold, data-informed goals
  Expand inclusive pedagogy
  Develop equity-focused teaching/data-informed continuous improvement/ADT engagement	RIDLE's four cohorts are progressing Piloting ASCEND survey with 15 faculty across schools/colleges spring 2024
  DFW course redesigns through RIDLE; reduce DFW rates in general & by subgroup in UWP & campus
  Strategic Advising Support/Redesign	PD Advising Workgroup Charge
  Enhance UWP outcomes and boost first -year writing access and success
  BSSC/Kessler programming/Health Professions Advising Center (HPAC) /Writing And Foster Youth Alliance (WAFYA)/Pipeline programs	Promoting the ecology of student support framework through expansion of HPAC programming
  Strategic deployment of ARC programming offerings to reduce equity gaps	ARC Spring 2023 Report Developed Supplemental Instruction Charge
  Expand university-wide writing support	Developed a non-course-based writing support pilot program
  UIA projects through data-informed, intentional student support & faculty collaboration/promote grants for cross-institutional innovation/UE Speaker Series	Developed the UE Student Success Speaker Series

• Boost student participation in High Impact Practices

  INITIATIVES	PROGRESS
  Set strategic, bold, data-informed goals
  Marketing/recruiting/UE Speaker Series
  Expand capacity of students served	UE to offer student success focused courses
  Systematically collect data on high impact practices & other academic engagement opportunities
  Elevate community engaged learning opportunities in partnership with Schools/Colleges/Units
  Strategic partnerships between UE & existing campus structures (i.e., E&G programs, learning communities, etc.)

• Improve sense of inclusion, belonging, servingness, and respect, across demographics

  INITIATIVES	PROGRESS
  Set strategic, bold, data-informed goals
  Expand inclusive pedagogy	Student Experience Project Faculty Communication: Pedagogical Ideas, Data, and Resources to Consider
  UWP DEI workgroup
  BSSC/Kessler programming/WAFYA/Pipeline programs	The Black Student Success Initiative provides academic advising and a newsletter Promoting first gen sense of belonging on campus by creating specific programming for this student audience. Celebrated National First Gen week Fall 2023 with a multiple student events, panels, and a lunch. Extended this across the entire academic year with at least one event per quarter. Created campus partnerships and collaborations to include a staff first gen committee and quarterly newsletter, plus updated website.
  UIA projects through data-informed, intentional student support & faculty collaboration/promote grants for cross-institutional innovation/UE Speaker Series
  Realize the various institutional identities as an R1, HSI, HSRU, AANAPISI, Seal-certified, Pell, First-Generation student serving university	HSI servingness focus at UE Retreat
  Scale validating practices and policies; elevate a culture of servingness across campus

• Improve perceived ROI and willingness to choose UCR again, across demographics

  INITIATIVES	PROGRESS
  Set strategic, bold, data-informed goals
  Expand faculty use of learning outcomes
  Elevate Honors program impact and reach/ARC & HPAC programming	Honors now serves 1000 students ARC 50th Photos
  Lead a robust storytelling campaign about student success	Promoting the Ecology of Student Support Framework
  Promote community/workforce readiness & pipeline programs across UE structures	482 Excel+ participants