| Strategy | Action Area | Action | Target/Outcome | Indicators | Cost Implication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic work of the highest quality | Foster, recognize, and reward original research and creative activity of the highest order | Provide strategic support to explore and exploit funding opportunities | Greater amount of external funding; greater research and creative productivity | External research funding and awards | $ |
| Academic work of the highest quality | Guide our students from admission to graduation | Provide enhanced opportunities for student program advising and career counseling | Better program fit; better retention and graduation rates | Overall enrolment; enrolment of highly qualified students; graduation and retention rates | $ |
| Outstanding student engagement | Provide a rich educational environment | Create a central clearing house for volunteer and community service opportunities | Greater numbers of students are aware of these opportunities and participate in them | Student satisfaction; National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Benchmarks | $ |
| Community engagement and social responsibility | Integrate sustainability issues into Concordia's curriculum | Cross-Faculty curricular integration committee establishes current level of sustainability and social responsibility issues; recommends next actions | Sustainability is more broadly understood by and associated with Concordia | Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) survey | $ |
| Best practices in administration | Ensure administrative support staff are well trained, respected, supported, and recognized | Establish a one-stop employee career centre to assist with personal and professional development, career advancement, and general well-being as members of the Concordia Community | Employees have consistent and better access to opportunities on-campus and to answers to their questions | Employee satisfaction survey | $$$ |
| Best practices in administration | Achieve financial sustainability | Establish an enrolment management committee; program costing | Increased enrolment in targeted areas; costing considered as one element in planning | Enrolment data by Faculty and program; program costing data | $ |
| Best practices in administration | Achieve financial sustainability | Create government relations plan | Increased access to government funding in priority areas | Percent share of targeted government envelopes increases year over year | $ |
| Best practices in administration | Achieve financial sustainability | Comprehensive campaign | Increased Foundation contributions to the University | Level of contributions from the internal, external, and alumni communities | $ |
| Communicating our success | Celebrate members of the Concordia Community | Teaching and non-teaching members of the Concordia Community will be featured in each issue of the Concordia Journal | Greater pride in the positive contributions being made every day by members of the Concordia Community | Employee satisfaction survey | $ |
Page Title: Sample Action Plan - Concordia University - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Date Printed: Thu May 24, 2012
