Learn to Thrive: Strategic Plan 2022
LEARN: We Commit to Greater Purpose through Teaching and Learning
Texas Woman’s will educate individuals through a student-centered education focusing on the teaching and learning of the whole person for empowerment and long-term success.
Objectives
- Infuse knowledge and skills that prepare students for successful lives and careers
- Foster curiosity to help students find meaning and purpose
- Capitalize on diversity and multiple perspectives to advance learning and innovation
- Achieve the highest level possible of degree completion while maintaining the high level of excellence expected from a Texas Woman’s graduate
Strategic Initiatives
- Integrate academic and student initiatives, bolstering engagement that increases graduation rates of alumni with marketable skills
- Create programmatic opportunities that empower students navigating their educational journeys during various life transitions (e.g., from foster care, military service, career changes, or community college)
- Implement a 'grit' initiative that focuses curricular and co-curricular programs on cultivating resilience and self-reliance among students
- Implement a belonging initiative that focuses on creating a climate where each person—student, faculty, and staff—feels a sense of valued place at the university
Additional Strategies
- Create new pathways to degree completion including expansion and support for community college transfer programs and second-admit programs
- Expand new employee onboarding to include acculturation opportunities that support the belonging initiative and give faculty and staff a better sense of belonging
- Expand experiential learning opportunities
- Develop support for faculty with strong teaching history or potential
- Increase global perspectives through faculty exchanges, international graduate students scholarships, education abroad, and international collaborations