Goal 1 - Academic Excellence
Kutztown University will promote, enhance, and recognize excellence in teaching, learning, creativity, scholarship, and research.
Objective 1: Develop and deliver distinctive and high-quality academic programs
Action 1: Expand and grow the honors program by offering (a) scholarships that facilitate the recruitment and retention of honors students (b) service-learning experiences, and (c) study abroad opportunities
Action 2: Strengthen the university's culture of learning
Action 3: Infuse high-impact practices throughout the student learning experience
Action 4: Strengthen the General Education program to serve as a foundation for students in all disciplines
Action 5: Utilize the academic program review process to ensure high-quality, viable, and innovative academic programs and services
Action 6: Develop and implement a vibrant First Year Experience that connects undergraduate students to the university's academic experience
Action 7: Increase domestic and international visiting scholars, executives, and artists-in-residence programs
Action 8: Increase the internationalization of the campus by (a) recruiting and retaining international students and (b) providing study abroad opportunities for students
- Benchmark: Increased retention, continuation, and graduation rates for all student groups
- Benchmark: Increased number of domestic and international visiting scholars, executives, and artists-in-residence programs
- Benchmark: Increased participation in the major high impact practices
- Benchmark: Demonstrated achievement (via assessment) of the General Education learning goals
- Benchmark: Increased participation in Academic Enrichment activities
- Benchmark: Increased activities of and participation in discipline-based student clubs
- Benchmark: Implementation of a First Year Experience that connects first year students to the University and its academic goals
- Benchmark: Re-accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Objective 2: Attract, retain, and support qualified, high performing faculty and staff
Action 1: Increase initiatives in grant writing
Action 2: Increase incentives to faculty for scholarly activities (e.g., recognition, research, and travel funds)
Action 3: Increase faculty/staff professional development programs
Action 4: Ensure that faculty and staff have and are using current technological tools
- Benchmark: Increased number of grant proposals submitted and awarded
- Benchmark: Increased number of publications and professional presentations
- Benchmark: Increased use of effective educational technology
Objective 3: Attract, retain, and support motivated, high performing students
Action 1: Establish scholarships for high-achieving students
Action 2: Raise admission standards
Action 3: Increase the opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in professional-level scholarship
Action 4: Create incentives for transfer students
Action 5: Establish recruiting initiatives to enhance the number and quality of the student body
Action 6: Develop department and college recruitment and retention initiatives
Action 7: Develop and implement a multi-media marketing campaign that promotes the recruitment of motivated, qualified new, transfer, and graduate students
- Benchmark: Increased percentage of students recruited from the top 10% of high school graduating classes
- Benchmark: Raised minimum standards for admission (SAT 820+, GPA 2.0+)
- Benchmark: Increased the 4- and 6-year graduation rates
- Benchmark: Increased numbers of undergraduate and graduate students engaging in professional-level scholarship
- Benchmark: Increased number of highly qualified transfer students
- Benchmark: Increased number of highly qualified new undergraduate and graduate students