Strategic Planning Goal One
Enhance the creation and delivery of first quality education services

Enhance graduate offerings to enable Tech to achieve SREB four-year 3 status.

• Develop and implement a Master of Engineering degree

• Develop and implement a Master of Science in Nursing degree

• Evaluate the number, role, and compensation of graduate assistants

Develop and implement a comprehensive master plan to increase retention and graduation rates.

• Identify and implement strategies to increase class attendance

• Optimize use of technology to track class attendance and monitor retention data

• Develop a summer program to facilitate transition from high school to university

• Focus on special needs of first generation, minority, and developmental students

• Increase success rates in remedial courses, especially mathematics

• Fund grants to support innovative retention projects

Increase emphasis and support for a campus culture of assessment.

• Achieve accreditation of all eligible academic programs

• Focus on assessment and improvement of all academic programs

• Ensure that all academic departments have an effective assessment plan

• Emphasize assessment and improvement of the general education program

Develop and implement a master plan for distance education.

• Provide accessible and frequent training opportunities for faculty and students

• Increase support for web, compressed video, and mixed technology courses

• Publish a manual containing best practices and expectations for distance courses

• Improve assessment of distance courses

Strengthen the development of faculty and staff human resources.

• Continue operation of the Center for Teaching and Learning to provide faculty and staff development opportunities