A strategic plan for success at the next level

Student Success is the foundation of Purdue University Calumet's strategic plan for the years 2001-2006. As the largest institution of higher learning in northwest Indiana - 9,000+ students - Purdue Calumet has much to offer in the face of our regions's current educational, social and economic environment...

• Three-fourths of our students are first generation college attendees - that is, they are the first members of their respective families to attend college.
• More than half of our students attend part-time.
• Our student body represents the diversity of our region.
• 93% of our students are Indiana residents.
• Some 80% of our graduates remain in the greater Calumet Region after graduation.
• Northwest Indiana is in transition from a manufacturing economy to a service and professional economy.
• Population in our region is shifting south and east.

Our Vision

• To retain and graduate more students by increasing...

  ...freshman retention rate.
  ...six-year baccalaureate graduation rate.

• To be the preferred university in northwest Indiana's Calumet Region by...

  ...offering and developing baccalaureate and master's level programs in areas of institutional strength with respect to regional needs.

• To engage in regional and economic development by...

  ...increasing the number of faculty and staff who share their expertise.
  ...increasing community advisory board membership.
  ...building a south Lake County Learning Center.