Go Beyond

Goals

I. Access and Success

Supporting a strategic growth agenda that maximizes the student experience both inside and outside the classroom. Given the decline in college-going rates and stagnate educational attainment rates, the university is focused on ensuring access to higher education regardless of location, resources, and/or educational background.

• Initiatives

  • Brand Development
  • Moon Shot for Equity
  • Facilities Master Planning
  • Strategic Enrollment Planning
  • Wraparound Advising
  • Updating the Academic Portfolio
  • Housing Transformation
  • Enhanced website and accessibility training
• KPIs

  Undergraduate Enrollment

  • Freshmen Applications
  • First-Year Average ACT
  • First-Time Transfers
  • First-Time Freshmen
  • Dual Enrollment

  Graduate Enrollment

  • Graduate
  • Professional

  Overall Enrollment

  • International Enrollment
  • Out-of-State Enrollment
  • Percent Female/Male
  • Percent Receiving Financial Aid
  • Veteran Students
  • Percent of Students Living on Campus

II. Teaching Excellence

In the next decade, faculty excellence will be the factor that will separate successful institutions from those that fail to meet their missions. Ensuring excellence in the academic environment will benefit every student who attends the university.

• Initiatives

  • QEP: Community-Engaged Learning
  • Moon Shot for Equity 
  • Facilities Master Planning
  • SACSCOC and Discipline Specific Accreditation 
  • Updating the Academic Portfolio 
  • Academic Structure Task Force
  • General Education Redesign Task Force
• KPIs

  Student Success

  • First-Time Freshmen Retention Rate
  • Credit Progression (30/60/90)
  • First-Time Freshmen Graduation Rate
  • Licensure Pass Rates
  • Post-Graduation Outcomes (Employment and Continuing Education)

  Campus Environment

  • Great Colleges to Work For Survey Results
  • Student-to-Faculty Ratio
  • Percent Full-Time Faculty

III. Empowered Employees

ETSU is a complex organization that is best served when employees at all levels feel empowered and trained on how best to implement their purpose and encourage innovation. Additionally, workforce changes make clear the need to have career ladders and succession plans that ensure staff and faculty who begin at ETSU can have fulfilling lifelong careers.

• Initiatives

  • Moon Shot for Equity 
  • Voyager: Oracle ERP transformation
  • Organizational Structure 
  • Salary Enhancements 
  • Training and Professional Development
  • Academic Structure Task Force
• KPIs

  Campus Environment

  • Great Colleges to Work For Survey Results
  • Voluntary Staff Turnover
  • Salary Equity

IV. Research and Innovation

Given the broad program portfolio, the university is uniquely positioned to drive both scholarly activity and funded research. Ensuring adequate support and staffing strategies will ensure the university becomes a leader in the research and development fields, particularly when we develop ways the humanities and sciences can work together.

• Initiatives

  • Trailblazers: Research Initiatives
  • Faculty Three-Minute Mixers
  • Enhanced Research Administration  
  • Updating the Academic Portfolio 
  • ETSU Research Corporation
• KPIs

  Research & Service

  • Externally Sponsored Awards
  • Research Awards
  • Value of Proposals Submitted
  • Value of Proposals Funded
  • Research Expenditures (HERD)

V. Equity and Inclusion

With a focus on being more inclusive and accessible, the goal is to create parity across demographic groups and provide students with the best possible learning experience.

• Initiatives

  • Moon Shot for Equity 
  • Training
  • Multicultural Center
  • Bridge Programs
  • Employee Recruitment
  • Strategic Enrollment Plan
  • Borchuck Plaza Memorial Fountain Redesign
• KPIs

  Student Success

  • First-Time Freshmen Retention Rate
  • Credit Progression (30/60/90)
  • First-Time Freshmen Graduation Rate
  • Licensure Pass Rates
  • Post-Graduation Outcomes (Employment and Continuing Education)

  Campus Environment

  • Great Colleges to Work for Survey Results
  • Voluntary Staff Turnover

VI. Community Stewardship

Regional public institutions cannot achieve their mission without direct community involvement. The next five years at ETSU will be focused on community-engaged learning, whereby students are provided educational opportunities within the community that benefit both students and the regional areas around all ETSU educational sites.

• Initiatives

  • 
    QEP: Community Engaged Learning
  • ETSU Elevates
  • Integrated Academic Health Science Center
  • ETSU Research Corporation
  • Moon Shot for Equity 
  • Brand Development 
  • Higher Education Research Center
  • Expanded regional partnerships
• KPIs

  Research & Service

  • Externally Sponsored Awards
  • Research Awards
  • Value of Proposals Submitted
  • Value of Proposals Funded
  • Research Expenditures (HERD)

  Stewardship of Place

  • Service Hours
  • Patient Visits
  • Martin Center Ticket Sales and Events
  • Attendance at Athletic Events
  • Total Funds Raised (Giving) 
  • Post-Graduation Outcomes (Employment and Continuing Education)

VII. Fiscal Responsibility and Operational Excellence

The economic drivers that impact higher education and our students are changing rapidly. To ensure ETSU can respond to the volatility, the university will make considerable changes to financial mechanisms and operational environments to ensure ETSU continues to be synonymous with a high-quality, affordable education.

• Initiatives

  • Budget Model Update and Resource Alignment 
  • Salary Enhancements 
  • Facilities Master Planning
  • SACSCOC Accreditation 
  • Strategic Enrollment Plan
  • Voyager: Oracle ERP Transition 
• KPIs

  Fiscal Sustainability

  • Composite Financial Index
  • Net Revenue
  • Reserves as a Percent of E&G
  • Discount Rate
  • Deferred Maintenance Value
  • Total Funds Raised - Research and Giving
• Recent Updates

  Budget and Operations Town Hall
  
  
  

  On October 26, 2022, Huron Consulting Group presented a virtual Town Hall meeting to share their findings and recommendations related to improving the ETSU budget model and enhancing operations.
  Recording  |  Slides

KPI Dashboard (in progress)

Strategic Plan at a Glance

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