Strategic Plan

College of Health and Human Sciences 2006-2007 Strategic Plan

The college's work is guided by a Strategic Plan that is reported on and updated annually. The college's Annual Report of Accomplishments may be found here (doc file). The Strategic Plan for the current year appears below.

Action 1: Build a community of scholars by increasing quantity and quality of faculty research and scholarship and encouraging new and innovative collaborations and/or interdisciplinary approaches

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Improve interdisciplinary research efforts within HHS	Number of collaborative proposals for internal or external funding Number of collaborative publications and other forms of scholarship Identify and form thematic teams of researchers with active planning and group scholarship	ADRG and Dept Chairs	Annual review of faculty	O O O
2. Expand the opportunities for Extension faculty to be part of Funded research proposals/programs	Number of Extension faculty engaged in community-based research Number of Extension faculty who submit pilot grants or participate in grant workshops	ADRG, ADExtFCD	Annual review and Plans of Work	O
3. Increase the number of grants and contracts submitted and funded yearly with a focus on grants with full ICR	Monitor grant submissions and funding success Monitor contracts and consultant work by faculty	ADRG	Annual reviews	C C
4. Increase the number of technology transfer applications and patents for scholarly work	Establish and monitor a data-base for HHS tech transfer/patent applications	ADRG	Spring 06 with annual review	N
5. Consider development toward a Center for Prevention Research	Develop a draft position paper on the need for a Center for Prevention Research Build clusters of HHS faculty to join 2 core areas of newly planned Center Communicate the mission and vision of Center for HHS	PH Faculty and Dept Chair, ADRG and College Marketing	Fall 06	C N N
6. Build College-wide Methods and Evaluation Center	Identify core faculty to form the Center, establishing operational practices and business model Build a sequence of courses for graduate students	Faculty task force, ADRG	Spring 07	N N
7. Work with graduate coordinators to build interdisciplinary aspects in programs of study	Review current course offerings and emphasis for interdisciplinary credits Increase evidence of interdisciplinary educational experiences in all graduate programs of study to 100%	Graduate Coordinators, Chairs & ADRG	Spring 06	O O
8. Maintain grant writing professional development seminars using indirect cost recovery (ICR)	Faculty participation in HHS or OSU grant writing workshop will remain 15+ per year	Dean's Office	Review annually	C
9. Maintain internal funding for pilot projects leading to larger awards. This will be funded by ICR.	RFPs will be provided 2X per year, with prioritization to interdisciplinary and innovative projects	Dean's Office	Review annually	C
10. Provide grant development assistance in the Dean's Office	New professional faculty member will be hired to provide assistance to the grant writing process for faculty Increased submission of grants and contracts by faculty Web page for HHS research office will be developed with links to grants, procedures and forms	Dean's Office	Spring 06 and review annually	C O N
11. Evaluate effectiveness and implications of faculty buy-out	Review workload document Determine if sufficient	Dean's Office Dept Chairs and Business Office	Spring 07	N
ADRG Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies ADExtFCD Associate Dean for Extension and Family & Community Development

Action 2: Expand the visibility of HHS scholarship and translational research

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Faculty publish or exhibit a minimum of two refereed articles or juried scholarly works per year	Annual reports, P/T dossiers and post-tenured review	Chairs and Dean's Office	Annual	O
2. Increase the percentage of publications in top-tier journals to >25% with known impact factors and highly regarded juried exhibitions	Annual reports, P/T dossiers and post-tenured review	Chairs and Dean's Office	Annual	O
3. Develop college and departmental displays highlighting scholarly productivity	Evidence in key locations for outcomes of scholarship by faculty and graduate students	Dean's Office, Marketing	On-going	O
4. Improve currency of our website research highlights	Update research info on web site annually that appears in Synergies annual report Create highlights of faculty and graduate research on department web sites and home page	Dean's Office, Dept Chairs, Marketing	On-going	O
5. Acknowledge faculty scholarly contributions in multiple forms to multiple audiences	Annual award made by College for research productivity Highlighted annually in Synergies Submit appropriate faculty for university awards	Chairs, ADRG, Marketing	On-going	O
6. Track/Increase scholarship of PhD students	Database organized to quantify current status	Dean's Office, Dept Chairs	Spring 07	N
7. Track faculty publications percent FTE & other forms of scholarship	Database organized to quantify this information, based on annual report information	Dean's Office, Dept Chairs	Spring 07	N
8. Reward graduate mentoring	Annual reports and evidence of shared publications/funding of graduate student research Establish Annual College Award	Dean's Office, Dept Chairs	Spring 07	O
9. Increase staff in Business office to support external grants (HR and post-award)	Initiate hire for additional post-award staff	Dean's Office	Winter 07	O

Action 3: To assess student attributes, student engagement, and program effectiveness

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Establish HHS baseline student data including entry characteristics (e.g., gpa, SAT/ACT scores, math placement); current characteristics (e.g., gpa, major) post graduation goals; professional and personal interests; demographics; retention rates; educational satisfaction; student engagement levels; barriers to student success	Consult with assessment expert to develop and administer quantitative and qualitative assessment tools Utilize campus data sets Compile data into accessible formats	ADAA, AA/SS, University Institutional Research, and Assessment Consultant	June 06	C C C
2. Establish HHS baseline student alumni data including demographics; retention and graduation rates; past educational satisfaction; student engagement levels; barriers to student success; graduate program acceptance and employment	Consult with assessment expert to develop and administer quantitative and qualitative assessment tools Utilize campus data sets Compile data into accessible formats	ADAA, AA/SS, University Institutional Research, and Assessment Consultant	June 06	C C C
3. Create an on-going data collection system	Consult with assessment expert to develop an on-going data assessment and data management system Efficiently compile designated data at regular intervals	ADAA, AA/SS, Dept Chairs, Dean's Office, University Institutional Research and Assessment Consultant	June 06	C O
4. Establish inventory and data collection process for HHS undergraduate practices about community, learning, internships, international programs, research opportunities and leadership opportunities	Develop a database of current practices in service learning, internships, international programs, and research opportunities	ADAA, AA/SS, and OSU Institutional Research	June 06	C
ADAA Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs AA/SS Academic Advising and Student Services

Action 4: Enrich and diversity the student experience

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Establish group to develop student engagement curriculum.	Task group identified and meetings set to propose fall 2007 pilot model, focused learning outcomes that include engagement criteria, and an assessment plan	Dean, ADAA, and Dept Chairs	January 07	O
2. Enhance teaching effectiveness	Appraise current departmental processes for peer review of teaching Engage the University Center for Teaching and Learning to help create a supportive teaching and learning program Create a mentoring process for acquisition of instructional grants Establish a teaching evaluation model: consider teaching portfolio	ADAA and Dept Chairs	September 07	O O O O
3. Develop outcomes and assessment processes for measurement of student success	Implement series of meetings to form college outcomes/assessment processes Complete university outcome/assessment report	ADAA, Dept Chairs, Dept Outcome Reps	February 07	O
4. Develop a College/Departmental enrollment management plan	Identify initial departments in highest need for enrollment plan Develop and implement plan as needed	AA/SS, ADAA, and Dept Chairs	February 08	O
5. Recruit targeted students: honor and high achievement background students, diverse students, students with interests matching underrepresented specializations, international and out of state students	Evaluate the current status of: student quality reflected by GPA, academic experiences, and student involvement in campus activities; demographics; student enrollment by department, major and option Inventory current recruitment strategies and realign efforts as appropriate	AA/SS, ADAA, Dept Chairs, and ADRG	On-going	O O
6. Enhance student-faculty and student-staff engagement opportunities	Inventory current HHS engagement opportunities Develop and improve current processes	ADAA, Dept Chairs, AA/SS	July 06 July 07	C O
7. Create link with career services and employment, and other student services on campus	Increase interface of student services through creative collaboration and creation of a student resource model Explore increasing student marketability upon graduation by possibly using more competency-based assessment processes including portfolio development	ADAA, AA/SS ADAA, Dept Chairs, AA/SS	January 07 July 09	O O
8. Create college-wide coordinated processes for international programs and an internationalization plan	Clarify budget protocol, meet with international Education staff for guidance, collaborate with Advising International Coordinator	ADAA, AA/SS, Dept Chairs, International 'Point' Faculty	July 09	O
9. Engage graduate students in research publications and scholarly inquiry. Consider graduate policies to facilitate this	Evaluate graduate policies/programs to promote earlier research projects in the doctoral programs of study Analyze current publication patterns of HHS doctoral students	Dept Chairs/Grad Coordinators and ADRG	Fall 06	O
10. Target scholarships for students with hardships, including underrepresented minority students	Move to diversity action plan	By Dean, OSU Foundation, Dept Chairs	On-going	O
11. Initiate more interdisciplinary opportunities for graduate students	Improve faculty participation in interdisciplinary seminars Increase number of lectures of key interdisciplinary scholars	By Dept Chairs and ADRG	On-going	O
ADAA Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs AA/SS Academic Advising and Student Services ADRG Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Action 5: Enhance and promote college extension, outreach and engagement activities

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Incorporate research activities more extensively into Extension programs	Increased productivity of Extension Field Faculty in: grants submitted publications grants received refereed conference presentations other indicators increase communication between Extension faculty and Dean's office (i.e., Research Administrator) about Extension research, activity, potential funding sources, support activities, and other topics	FCD Program Leader and Specialists	Spring 07	O
2. Strengthen activity-based linkages between the FCD program and all four CHHS department activities	More opportunities for contact between residential and field faculty Provide training opportunities for field faculty about research Develop linkages and contacts between Extension faculty and faculty in PH & DHE (depts. w/o a strong Extension presence) as well as NES & HDFS More partnerships between residential and field faculty, including funding proposals, graduate student committees, etc.	ADAA, ADRG, ADFCD, FCD Program Leader and Specialists Department Chairs	Summer 06-Spring 07	N N O
3. Increase the involvement of graduate students in Extension programs	More Extension-related funding opportunities for graduate students More graduate students funded to work on research projects involving Extension projects More graduate student theses and dissertations about Extension topics	FCD Program Leader and Specialists, Department Chairs	Fall 06-Spring 07	N O O
4. Expand involvement of undergraduates in Extension-related research	More funding opportunities for undergraduates involving Extension, e.g., internships, apprenticeships, etc.	FCD Program Leader and Specialists, Department Chairs	Fall 06	O
5. Assess and plan CHHS's non-Extension outreach activities, with input from audiences including consumers, nonprofits, local government agencies, industries	Greater awareness and understanding within CHHS of the programmatic activities of Team Oregon and KidSpirit Increases in activities, as appropriate to benefit audiences and communities	ADFCD, Department Chairs	Spring 07	O O
6. Ensure OSU reward system is consistent at all levels of the organization
FCD Family and Consumer Sciences ADAA Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs ADRG Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies ADExtFCD Associate Dean for Extension and Family & Community Development

Action 6: Enrich the community and diversity of the College in alignment with University plan

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Create a college committee on Community & Diversity (CCD)	Integrate differing definitions of community and diversity across units Conduct a baseline assessment of community and diversity activities (e.g., curriculum, research, professional activities, service, etc.) Create links to existing campus and community organizations that focus on community and diversity Develop a Community and Diversity Action Plan for the College	Dean's Office ADRG ADAA Department Chairs	Spring 07	O
2. Aggressively recruit and retain highly qualified graduate students and faculty with diverse backgrounds	Submit 2 proposals for Tenured Faculty Diversity Initiative (TFDI) Seek training grants and external funding for recruiting minority students Create print materials to distribute at conferences and meetings, mail to selective universities with higher % of minority students Enhance graduate student information on department web sites	Dean, ADRG, ADAA, Dept Chairs	Spring 07	O
3. Develop support for community and diversity in research	Develop collaborative relationships with Community Based Organizations and community practitioners serving diverse populations 2. Provide training to faculty and students to work with diverse communities	Dept Chairs, ADFCD Dean, Program Leader, ADRG	Spring 07	O
4. Link Outreach and Extension services with diverse communities to residential faculty	Work with Extension faculty to create an Office of Public Health Practice Develop marketing plan/opportunities	Dean's Office, Dept Chairs, Marketing	Fall 07	O
5. Celebrate Community & Diversity (CCD)	Focus Winter Fest on Culture, Community and Diversity Develop marketing plan/opportunities	Dean's Office, Dept Chairs, Marketing	Fall 07	O
6. Coordinate with Extension faculty to assist in minority student recruitment	Provide current and relevant materials to FCD Extension Offices about professional careers in HHS	Marketing	Summer 07	N
ADAA Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs ADRG Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies ADExtFCD Associate Dean for Extension and Family & Community Development

Action 7: Increase and diversify revenue for the College

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Increase external funding from grants and contracts by 20% per annum for next 3 years	Track grant and contract expenditures Increase number of grants and contracts submitted each year	HHS Business Office, ADRG	Yearly	C O
2. Decentralize college budget to departments based on university productivity model for E&G dollars	Open review of budget by leadership team	Dean's Office, Business Manager	Yearly	C
3. Prioritize and align funding needs for capital campaign requests	1. 6.5 million in private gifts 2. 1.5 million from private foundations	Dean's Office, OSU Foundation	Annual	O O
4. Establish HHS Campaign Cabinet	Identification and invitation of selected members to assist in HHS fundraising	Dean's Office, Chairs, OSU Foundation, Marketing	Winter 06	O
5. Increase application for patents	Increased communications with Research Office Increased inquiries	Chairs, ADRG	Yearly	N
ADRG Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Action 8: Promote visibility of College, faculty, staff and students internally, nationally and internationally

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Enhance external communications of College	Establish a marketing plan Continue to enhance website, Synergies and Annual Report Enhance communications about departments, programs and opportunities	Dean's Office, Marketing, Alumni Relations	Spring 06 Yearly Yearly	O O O
2. Nominate faculty for awards in recognition of scholarship, teaching and outreach	Submit at least three nominations per year for university awards Nominate each year for national or international professional awards	Dean's Office, Marketing, Dept Chairs	Yearly Yearly	C O
3. Enhance internal communications in recognition of faculty, staff and students	Planned communications with staff, faculty and students (Connecting with Tammy; quarterly meetings with staff) Bulletin boards and displays	Dean's Office, Dept Chairs, Marketing, AA/SS, ADAA	Yearly	O O
4. Expand international partnerships and programs for faculty and students	Understand and coordinate our current international programs and professional linkages within HHS Increase OSU International programs and International degree opportunities in HHS Create more faculty/student exchange programs Locate external resources to support students and faculty in study tours and international partnerships	Dean's Office; OSU International Programs; ADAA/OSU Foundation	2007	C O O O
AA/SS Academic and Student Services ADAA Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

Action 9: Restructure and reinvent Dean's Office and infrastructure to support these goals

Objectives	Indicators	By Whom	By When	Status
1. Hire new administrative staff to raise the level of productivity from the Dean's Office	Appoint Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Hire Research Administrator Hire Alumni Relations and Event Coordinator Hire web support — student or half time	Dean's Office	Winter 06 Winter 07	C C C N
2. Create new working areas for professional faculty and staff	Space remodel and reconfiguration in WB 123 Space reconfiguration in WB 120	Dean's Office	Winter 06 Summer 06	C C
3. Assess alumni relations and major gifts	Increase connection of alumni, faculty, staff and friends Clarification of roles and responsibilities of development team Create an evaluation of the events that are currently being done Prioritize events and marketing activities	Development Team	Winter 07	O