Student enrollments are approaching 1,600 and recent years have brought improved credentials of faculty and staff, regional and national recognition for institutional quality, consistently balanced budgets, and significant increases in the University's endowment. Recommendations touch virtually every part of the Susquehanna experience. An integral part of the plan is to increase in size from the current 1,584 students to 1,800 students by 2003-2004. The economies of scale that growth makes possible can enable increased educational quality and diversity. The most comprehensive goal in the plan is to enrich the environment for student learning.
Key activities call for increased quality, size, and diversity of the student body and faculty.
Other ways to enrich the learning environment focus on teaching quality, curriculum, and faculty development, including efforts to encourage and reward innovation and achievement in teaching and learning. Curricular initiatives include a review of the University's Core requirements, and development of new international programs to offer more students opportunities for study abroad. The economies of scale that growth makes possible can enable increased educational quality and diversity. Special efforts are needed to assist first-year students, support minority students and international students, and help all students achieve good health and a sense of balance in their lives. On the career front, the plan calls for hiring additional internship coordinators and improving career and graduate and professional school placement assistance.