Purdue University Calumet Strategic Plan
(Update November 2002)

Our Vision

• Committed to student success – retain and graduate more students
• Preferred by students for the quality of our programs
• Intensify our engagement in regional economic development

We Will Retain and Graduate More of Our Students

We Will Be Preferred for Our Program Quality

New program development: 5 New programs 2001-2006

• BA Human Development and Family Studies (Approved ICHE)
• BA in Business (Pending Board of Trustees approval)
• BS in Computer Graphics Technology (Approved on campus)
• Established articulation agreements with Community College of Indiana
  
  (75% of CCI programs in Northwest Indiana have articulated)

We Will Intensify Our Engagement in Regional Economic Development

• Increase faculty and staff participation in regional engagement

  *Baseline to be established 2002-2003

• Increase community participation on campus advisory boards
  

*Number of boards = 16*
*Number of members = 184
*New boards (EMS, Management)
*Planned boards (LASS, Education)

*30% toward goal

PROGRESS REPORT GOAL 1: Committed to Student Success

Key Strategy: Student Success Network

Required new student conference planned for Fall 2003

• Discipline Based New Student Seminars
• Pilots in Engineering, Psychology and LASS
  

  Psychology pilot results:
  

Key Strategy: Student Financial Support

• Scholarship Endowments
  

  *Chancellor’s Scholars: to be endowed at $1.5 million
  *Community Service: to be endowed at $1.5 million
  *Nursing: a new scholarship with Community Hospital (in process)
  *Gloria Smokvina endowment: $40,000 (in process)
  *John Friend endowment—$20,000

• Student Wages
  
  

We have exceeded our goal!

Key Strategy: Student Housing

To Board of Trustees for authorization

PROGRESS REPORT GOAL 2: Promote Faculty and Staff Excellence

Key Strategies:
Center for Professional Development

• Task Force report due November 2002

Increase Full-time Faculty

• New faculty positions in growth programs
  

  *Management

• Competitive salaries
  

  *Salary study in progress

• Full time faculty at 58%
  

  *8% increase since 1997-98

PROGRESS REPORT GOAL 3: High Performance Learning Environment

Key Strategy: Strengthen Learning Infrastructure

• South County Learning Center
  

  *Fall 2001 to Fall 2002: 681 to 736
  *Planning for consolidated facility in Merrillville



• Improve access to learning through a Web portal
  

  *Deferred

• Upgrading student laboratories
  

  *Chemistry labs in Gyte renovation

• Campaign planning for additional lab upgrades
  

  *HTM
  *ISCP
  *Construction Technology

PROGRESS REPORT GOAL 4: Expand Partnerships for Regional Growth

Key Strategy: Knowledge Transfer

• Entrepreneurship Center
• Center for Advanced Analysis
  

  *Campaign initiative to be developed

We Will Intensify Our Engagement in Regional Economic Development

• Purdue Northwest Indiana Technology Center

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Our Vision

• Committed to student success–retain and graduate more students
• Preferred by students for the quality of our programs
• Intensify our engagement in regional economic development