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The 2011-2015 Strategic Plan

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A working document that presents:

• An abbreviated history of UAPB and our purpose/reason for existing
• Our Mission and Vision Statements

Our Core Values

THE STRATEGIC PLAN

About the Plan

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• Our Core Values
• Our commitment to excellence in academic programs…providing a quality

education and preparing graduates to excel

• Our commitment to student recruitment, retention and assessment
• Our commitment to faculty and staff development
• Our commitment to student leadership and development

• Developed by a broad-based group of University Professionals
• Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, Deans, Directors, other University Personnel
• Builds on the previous 5-year plan
• Key elements used in the planning process consider:

THE STRATEGIC PLAN

The Development of the Plan

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• 1890 Land –Grant mission
• Historically black university status
• Large percentage of first-generation students
• Issues peculiar to the Delta
• Open Admissions
• Life-long learning opportunities

Imperatives

Necessary for an “Engaged Institution” Necessary for an “Engaged Institution”

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Necessary for an “Engaged Institution” Necessary for an “Engaged Institution” with a culture of excellence as the with a culture of excellence as the hallmark. hallmark.

In today’s knowledge-based world, the quality 1890 Land Grant Institution is “a creator, organizer, preserver, transmitter, and applier of knowledge.”

IMPERATIVES

Elevate Faculty and their teaching, research and scholarship

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The foundation of these functions is an excellent faculty aligned with the direction of the institution. We cannot achieve our goal without a nationally recognized faculty with a passion for teaching, research and an academic environment that values and rewards innovation, great ideas, and the search for the truth.

A substantially expanded graduate studies effort is critical to

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academic aspirations and to

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effectiveness as a continuing significant and contributing land-grant university.

IMPERATIVES

Strengthen Graduate Programs

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land-grant university. We must continue to create a dynamic, exciting, discovery-driven intellectual environment that will draw superior graduate students, comparable to those in the nation’s best graduate programs.

Our core must be a residential, learner-centered community that attracts excellent students and provides quality learning and mentoring experiences.

IMPERATIVES

Enhance the undergraduate academic experience

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Our out-of-class learning programs are already an area of distinctiveness, but we must continue to strengthen their substance and reputation and extend their benefits to a greater percentage of the student body and shape their activities and services for the changing demographics this institution seeks to serve to remain viable.

While many of our basic science disciplines are nationally acclaimed through the number

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successful practicing professions in an array of careers, it is important that land-grant universities have competitive liberal arts programs and a full

IMPERATIVES

Build the letters, arts and science core

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universities have competitive liberal arts programs and a full range

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such programs with a significantly continuing institutional commitment. Such strengthening is necessary for the true, enduring education of our graduates and the enrichment of their lives.

At the heart of Keepers of the Spirit is a belief that we will not only sustain but also continually strengthen our professional programs at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels.

IMPERATIVES

Build on the tradition of professional education

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Our professional programs must also recognize the necessity to prepare graduates more broadly for entry into a complex, changing, global and unpredictable world.

It is essential that the faculty, student, and larger campus community embrace this more cosmopolitan environment. The university’s traditional core values will give us guidance and distinctiveness, while preparing us to interact with all people of

IMPERATIVES

Diversify and globalize the UAPB community

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distinctiveness, while preparing us to interact with all people of the globe. UAPB must continue to attract and nurture a more ethnically, culturally, and geographically diverse faculty, staff, and student body.

The physical environment of our campus should be conducive to scholarly work and study. UAPB has an efficient and well- maintained campus.

IMPERATIVES

Enrich our campus

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During the growth and enhancement over the past years, the physical aesthetics and space accommodations have been strengthened by the presence of neighborhood revitalization (bilaterally with HUD and Pine Bluff Community Development), Pine Bluff Regional Park, Saracen Landing and Pine Bluff Weed and Seed Program.

The intellectual assets represented by UAPB library holdings have been developed and examined for its capability for meeting the needs of the future.

IMPERATIVES

Increase access to knowledge resources

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UAPB must invest generously, but wisely, to maintain par with its academic peers. It must lead, not just grow, in forcefully developing new methods and measures of success in this rapidly changing arena.

Arkansas must have universities that offer opportunities equal to the land grant universities in

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states, while taking complementary steps to maintain access.

IMPERATIVES

Attain resources comparable with 1890 Land Grant Universities

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UAPB must attain resource parity with the best 1890 institutions to better serve Arkansas.

The way that we relate to the local community, Pine Bluff, and other rural and urban areas of the state will have a powerful impact on UAPB and the communities supporting and supported by the university.

IMPERATIVES

Build community and metropolitan connections

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and supported by the university. As we attract a wider range of people to UAPB, the enrichment provided through our connection to various areas

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the state and nation becomes increasingly important.

To achieve our aspirations, strong, enlightened, stable, and forward-thinking leadership focused

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academic quality is essential.

IMPERATIVES

Demand enlightened governance and leadership

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Our responsibility to the Arkansas Delta as its flagship must be continually evidenced in all decision-making. Enlightened, shared governance and leadership are elemental to its achievement.

UAPB is a creation of the state and in its origin was designed to prepare academically prepared and underserved populations as educated problem-solvers to lead the state’s development. Current in-class and out-of-class programs are aligned with the

IMPERATIVES

Meet our commitment to Arkansas

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Current in-class and out-of-class programs are aligned with the economic, health and social service, and community development needs of Southeast Arkansas. As UAPB aspires to national prominence, we must first stay committed to Arkansas.

Program 1. Teaching Program 1. Teaching Program 4. Program 4. Program 5. Assessment & Planning Program 5. Assessment & Planning

Consistent with the Imperatives are Five Priority Institutional

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Program 2. Research Program 2. Research Program 3. Public Service Program 3. Public Service Program 4. Institutional Support Program 4. Institutional Support

Institutional Goals and Related Objectives in five Program Areas

Divisional/Units Strategic Plans

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Strategic Plans

Divisional Goals and Objectives

Plans for Productivity Plans for Productivity

Strategies Strategies Assignment of Responsibility Assignment of Responsibility

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Assignment of Responsibility Assignment of Responsibility Completion Date/Time frame Completion Date/Time frame Evaluation/Assessment Evaluation/Assessment Resources Resources

Improved Graduation Rates Improved Graduation Rates

Productivity

Imperatives Imperatives

Institutional Efficiency & Effectiveness

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Student Enrollment 4,000 by 2011 Student Enrollment 4,000 by 2011

Improved Student Retention Improved Student Retention

Ph.D. in Aquaculture/ Fisheries Ph.D. in Aquaculture/ Fisheries

Productivity

Imperatives Imperatives

Institutional Efficiency & Effectiveness

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Meet ADHE Viability Standards Meet ADHE Viability Standards $3 million fund balance reserve $3 million fund balance reserve

Increased prospective pool of applicants Increased prospective pool of applicants

Productivity

Imperatives Imperatives

Institutional Efficiency & Effectiveness

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Increased permanent job placement of graduates Increased permanent job placement of graduates

Increased awareness/ visibility about UAPB Increased awareness/ visibility about UAPB

The Strategic Plan is available online at www.uapb.edu

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THANK YOU

Margaret W. Taylor, Director

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Margaret W. Taylor, Director Planning, Institutional Research and Public Information (870) 575-8733 taylorm@uapb.edu