Innovation in Academic Programs and Services
We will implement a strategic approach to enrolment by creating a mix of programs and learners that reflect deliberately chosen academic priorities, builds synergies with our signature areas of research, facilitates student movement between degree programs and mobility between institutions, addresses low enrolment programs, and supports college and school goals to rethink programs profoundly.
We will know we are successful if, by 2016, we have:
- Defined learning outcomes for all undergraduate and graduate programs.
- Established a baseline and increased by 20% the number of students
engaging in experiential learning, including community-service
learning, internships, undergraduate research, international student
exchanges and co-op experiences within their academic programs.
- Baseline Data: Expected early 2013
- Baseline Data: Expected early 2013
- Achieved the goal of institutional graduate enrolment at 20% of total enrolment.
- Baseline Data:16.4% graduate, 83.6% undergraduate (2010/11 academic reporting year)
- Status: 14.9% graduate, 83.0% undergraduate (2011/12 academic reporting year)
- Obtained improved student satisfaction ratings associated with student advising on national and international surveys.
- Baseline Data: 81% of students who have used academic advising were satisfied or very satisfied (CUSC Undergraduate Survey 2011)
- Baseline Data: 81% of students who have used academic advising were satisfied or very satisfied (CUSC Undergraduate Survey 2011)
- Increased the number of external transfer students by 10%.
- Baseline Data: Expected early 2013
- Established a baseline and increased, by 10%, the number of
students and faculty engaged in international research and development
work and in study-abroad programs.
- Baseline Data: Expected early 2013
- Benchmarked the administrative efficiency of administrative/academic support units against comparators.
- Baseline Data: Expected early 2013
- Obtained improved student ratings on their learning environment through improvements in NSSE scores.
- Baseline Data: Final Year Students Benchmarks - NSSE 2011 (For further information about the survey and U of S scores, please click here)
- Level of Academic Challenge - 54
- Active and Collaborative Learning - 45
- Student-Faculty Interaction - 33
- Enriching Educational Experience - 31
- Supportive Campus Environment - 55
- Baseline Data: Final Year Students Benchmarks - NSSE 2011 (For further information about the survey and U of S scores, please click here)
- Implemented the recommendations of a joint Council-Provost Task Force on student financial aid.
Strategic enrolment management
- Leader: David Hannah, associate vice-president, student affairs
- Terms of Reference
Distributed learning co-ordination and strategy document
- Leader: Dan Pennock, acting vice-provost, teaching and learning (Phase I), Patti McDougall, vice-provost, teaching and learning (Phase II)
- Terms of Reference
- Phase I Report
Joint taskforce on student aid
- Leaders: Gordon DesBrisay, associate dean of students, College of Arts and Science and TBD
- Terms of Reference
Northern science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) initiative
- Leader: Patti McDougall, vice-provost, teaching and learning
- Terms of Reference: Expected early 2013
Red tape commission
- Leader: Beth Bilson, professor, College of Law
- Terms of Reference: Expected early 2013
