Strategic plans must always be subject to modification by the institution, but all areas of the strategic plan must fall within the parameters of the mission statement of the institution. Each strategic plan must include current enrollment figures, current number of programs and three year projection enrollment figures. Each year goals and expected results with time lines and required resources are to be updated. FTE teaching faculty is defined as persons whose specific assignments customarily are made for the purpose of conducting instruction and whose principal activities are instructional. Student teachers or research assistants are not included in this category.
Level is defined as lower divisional, upper divisional, masters, first professional, and doctorate.
Level is defined as lower divisional, upper divisional, masters, first professional, and doctorate. A full time faculty member is defined by the typical number of teaching hours required of a teaching faculty member under regular contract. The staff believes that all institutions in each sector defined in Act 359 should be required to adopt a common definition for that sector. First time, full time students refers to undergraduate students only for this indicator. First time refers to a student's first time at a college.