Provide our students with a more diverse collection of experiences Leverage recruiting and scholarship support to increase diversity of undergraduate student population in the college Leverage international experiences and opportunities on-campus to expose more of our students to culturally diverse experiences Increase the gender diversity for our undergraduate UP population (50% increase in the percentage of incoming first year UP students pursuing IST majors) Increase the number of IST students having international experiences each year (double the percentage when measuring the number of students having such experiences vs. the size of the graduating class) Reconstitute the IST Faculty-Staff Diversity Committee and engage in a robust program of inclusion activities for all college constituents Serve as a testbed for novel modes of teaching and learning Support the design and development of experimental pedagogical innovations Refine and expand efforts to assess and integrate prior learning into curriculum Increase the number of courses integrating novel technologies or pedagogical approaches Increase the number of events that engage both residential and online students Increase the number of publications by IST faculty focused on pedagogical research Expand undergraduate involvement in research Increase the number of new externally funded REU opportunities Introduce new internally funded REU opportunities Introduce new for-credit REU opportunities Overall increase in the number of students engaged in REU activities (100% increase for paid and for-credit opportunities combined) Support and reward research collaboration beyond the college Prioritize collaborative efforts as part of seed funding initiatives Support faculty efforts to develop large, interdisciplinary, research proposals (e.g., centers) Increase the number of collaborative projects supported through seed funding Increase the number of proposals for external support resulting from seed funding initiatives Increase the number of collaborative proposals for external funding Increase external funding for collaborative research activities Increase the number of students (UG, MS, and PhD) supported through external funding Table 5-2: Strategic Objective: Driving Digital Innovation Goals, Key Initiatives, and Performance Indicators (AY 2015/16-2020/21) Goals Key Initiatives Performance Indicators (Fall 2015 baseline) Expand undergraduate involvement in research Increase the number of new externally funded REU opportunities Introduce new internally funded REU opportunities Introduce new for-credit REU Overall increase in the number of students engaged in REU activities
Support and reward research collaboration beyond the college Prioritize collaborative efforts as part of seed funding initiatives Prioritize efforts related to seed funding initiatives Support faculty efforts to develop large, interdisciplinary, research proposals (e.g., centers) Increase the number of collaborative projects supported through seed funding Increase the number of proposals for external support resulting from seed funding initiatives Increase the number of collaborative proposals for external funding Increase external funding for collaborative research activities Increase the amount of external funding in support of research activities Increase the number of students (UG, MS, and PhD) supported through external funding Broaden and strengthen our research portfolio Prioritize efforts that build connections to new external funding sources including proposals for seed funding and collaborative proposals Prioritize collaborative efforts as part of seed funding initiatives Support faculty efforts to develop large, interdisciplinary, research proposals (e.g., centers) Increase the number of organizations to which proposals for external support are submitted Increase the number of organizations from which the college receives external support Increase the amount of external funding in support of research activities Increase the number of students (UG, MS, and PhD) supported through external funding related Increase student engagement with entrepreneurship Increase engagement with ENTI minor Expand Startup Week, IdeaMaker Challenge, and related activities Guest speakers addressing entrepreneurship Percentage of students experiencing at least one entrepreneurship related activity (measured based on students engaged in a given year vs size of graduating class) - Increase 25% Number of students pursuing jobs with startup companies Number of IST students pursuing ENTI minor Table 5-3: Strategic Objective: Enhancing Health Goals, Key Initiatives, and Performance Indicators (AY 2015/16-2020/21) Goals Key Initiatives Performance Indicators (Fall 2015 baseline) Expand undergraduate involvement in research Increase the number of new externally funded REU opportunities Introduce new internally funded REU opportunities Introduce new for-credit REU Overall increase in the number of students engaged in REU activities