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Strategies
The strategies are the 'how' of the initiatives. They describe
how we are going to accomplish the initiatives. We have limited
the strategies to 3 or 4 for each initiative so that we can more
easily focus on the important things without getting overwhelmed.
The action Plans are the 'what' of the strategies. The are the
specific, measurable actions that will be taken overt the next 3
to 5 years to accomplish the strategies. These action plans will
be reviewed annually to identify accomplishments and new action
plans. For this reason there tends to be more of a 1 to 2 year focus
on action plans in many of the strategies.
Initiative
1 - REAFFIRM OUR VALUES
Greenville
College will reaffirm our core values academically,
pedagogically, theologically, and interpersonally.
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Each
year be intentional in creating or reworking
3 to 4 activities that will reaffirm Greenville
College as a “Christian community”. |
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Be
deliberate about our use of community space
to promote social and spiritual interaction. |
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3a |
Develop
ways of continually exposing people to our
Philosophy of Education and the Institutional
Goals and Objectives and having discussions
about them. |
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3b |
Develop
ways to promote the faculty, administration,
student and trustee awareness of, discussion
of, and support for the contents of our
Statement on Academic Freedom, Theological
Assumptions, and our Identity Statement. |
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Identify
the type of students that ‘fit’
at Greenville College. |
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Initiative
2 - ADVANCE THE LIBERAL ARTS
Greenville
College will improve student learning through the liberal
arts by continuous improvement of exemplary integrative
general education, seamless curriculum and co-curriculum,
model off campus opportunities, and our academic disciplines.
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Promote
a culture of improvement and innovation
in all academic programs and pedagogy that
moves us toward state-of-the-art practice |
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2 |
Promote
seamlessness through deliberate curricular
and co-curricular collaboration |
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Initiative 3
- AFFIRM OUR PEOPLE
Greenville College will
continue to build community among all employees by identifying,
affirming, and developing individuals and their respective
strengths. |
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1 |
Ensure that
adequate staffing and resources are in place
to accomplish human resource functions and
broader services which will affirm our people.
(This strategy should be prioritized first
to better ensure the realization of strategies
2 and 3.) |
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Deliver
a multi-faceted professional and personal
development program for all employees (especially
staff and administrative staff) |
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3 |
Foster
an environment of recognition and celebration |
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Initiative 4
- DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS
Greenville College will
develop partnerships and programs, both off-campus and
on-campus, which create additional dynamic opportunities
for liberal learning.
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1 |
Develop
comprehensive internal systems for use by
and between all departments/offices as a
basis for creating and developing relationships,
partnerships, and programs |
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2 |
Create and
further develop partnerships with business
and industry for educational and career
opportunities |
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3 |
Promote
educational and extracurricular partnerships
to increase enrollment, our revenue and
our visibility and to provide co-curricular
learning experiences |
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Initiative 5
- EXPAND TEACHER PREPARATION
Greenville College will expand our presence as the outstanding
provider of teacher certification in the region and
consider appropriate restructuring of governance and
staffing. |
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1 |
Rework
the Greenville College governance to provide
for a Professional Education unit with a
dean reporting directly to the VP for Academic
Affairs. |
Action
Plans |
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| Strategy
2 |
Empower
the Teacher Education Program to reduce
the mandated number of general education
courses |
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3 |
Build
upon current program offerings to further
expand Greenville College's Teacher Education
Programs both on and off-campus. |
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4 |
Develop
a marketing program to educate the general
public, on-campus constituents, and off-campus
partners on the value and quality of our
Teacher Education Program. |
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Initiative 6
- STRENGTHEN OUR FISCAL VITALITY
Greenville College will further strengthen our financial
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Greenville
College should grow our financially profitable
non-traditional programs and our traditional
enrollment through marketing, recruiting
efforts, student success strategies, and
improved student facilities. |
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2 |
Identify
areas that have the greatest potential for
a positive return on investment or for increasing
revenue and work to redirect resources from
programs that are not productive and/or
central to our mission. |
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3 |
Develop
an appropriate pricing strategy for the
institution that will include market placement
and financial aid leveraging. |
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4 |
Continue
to implement a comprehensive campaign model
to increase our resources. |
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