Year-Three Summary

• Program cross-training occurred and continues to occur for current and incoming professional advisors
• Hired additional advisors needed for five additional positions to fully deploy the plan (3 in CHBS and 2 in WCSTM); Conducted searches for additional vacancies in CAHSS (these were not new positions)
• Deans created advising cohorts with assistance from former Associate Provost Tim Crowley and AACE Director Patti Griffin
• Beginning in Spring 2022, many current students transitioned to professional advisors if they were not already served by one. This was determined by the college deans and department chairs.
• Worked with deans, chairs and faculty to determine the faculty mentor model. Faculty Senate approved recommendations in April 2022.  Departments are working now to develop their faculty mentor deployment plans. These will evolve and be implemented over the next year.
• Began a more robust training and development plan for professional advisors. This has been created and coordinated by AACE.
• Provost, deans, AACE director met with professional advisors multiple times throughout the year
• For Fall 2022, all new incoming on campus freshmen and new online students have been assigned to and are being advised by a professional advisor.

Summary of Outcomes on Strategy Benchmarks since the start of planning:

• Blackboard Component: By 2023 Blackboard Learning Analytic Dashboards will be created and made available in the following areas: Learner activity and engagement, Instructional activity and presence, and Learner performance and grades.
• Workday Component: ​
  • Workday integration (target- Jan.18- May 13 2022)-Completed
  • Transition to the training and data validation stage - June 2, 2022

Desired Outcome Baseline and Benchmarks % Increase in NSSE HIP Measures

• Developed a university-wide definition of internship that was approved by the Academic Council and disseminated to academic chairs and deans by the provost. ​ It defines internships as “education-related work experiences” and lists the eight terms used by FHSU for these experiences. Our definition is in alignment with a position statement on internships issued in 2011 (and updated in 2018) by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
• University-wide definition of internships provided an opportunity for course tagging including data from previous years. Reporting to continue via Workday reports.

Summary of Outcomes on Strategy Benchmarks since the start of planning:

• All action steps for this strategy have been completed.
• Developed strategies to double student participation in NSSE survey from 2018 to 2021; education of students on the importance of NSSE including marketing and outreach by members of the Experiential Learning Committee.
• Managed all aspects of three grant - or privately funded internship programs: FHSU/Dane G. Hansen Internships, FHSU Service Internship, and Masonic Cancer Alliance Internship. Transitioned Werth Internships to RCOBE in 2021 per gift agreement.
• Developed reports and baseline data for Career Services and Academic Credit Bearing Internships (reference Internship data).

Desired Outcome Baseline and Benchmarks: % Increase in NSSE Internship

• Summary of Outcomes on Strategy Benchmarks since the start of planning:

  • By May 2022, increase active members of Tiger-2-Tiger with 2000 active members engaging in the online community (reached 1571)​
  • By May 2022 (August '22), create a comprehensive infrastructure that supports the creation of course base learning communities ​
  • By May 2022 (October '22), launch a pilot cohort of faculty to complete the student experience workshop (which includes belonging, mindset, & purpose)​

   

  • Due to challenges with Workday reports​
    • In 2022-2023, integrate into our repository of student information (ROSI) an AI chatbot​
      • Behavioral nudges​
      • Interactive campaigns​
    • In 2022-2023, Integrate an FHSU-specific Blackboard chatbot experience​
      • Personalization at scale​
      • Student-specific messaging​ 

Desired Outcome Baseline and Benchmarks % Increase in NSSE HIP Measures

• TILT Team fully reconstituted by June 20, 2022​
• Simultaneously, 2.2 Blackboard Analytics integration will help us understand the types of collaborate tools faculty are currently using to get a benchmark ​
• Benchmark will help us learn and develop strategies to make progress on 2.7​
• Continue 2.7 into year 4 of the strategic plan ​ 

Summary of Outcomes on Strategy Benchmarks since the start of planning:

• Continue Strategy 2.7 in Year 4 with the following milestones: ​
  • By Fall 2022, launch a pilot cohort training for faculty to implement and test an online course quality review rubric (OSCQR) focusing on interaction standards​
  • By Spring 2023, 50 courses will be redesigned to include collaborative assignments and projects (in progress)

Year 4-Initiatives have been collected and reviewed by the SEP Committee. Plans are ready to be presented to ELT for approval for the FY2023. Details on the current FY 22 Strategic Initiatives can be found in the section below.

• New Athletic Training Masters of Science: After KBOR and HLC approval, offer an on-campus Athletic Training graduate program starting in summer 2021. This Strategic Enrollment Plan provides funding for a faculty position and marketing money to support the launch of the program.
  • This plan will be discontinued.
• Expand the Computer Science Bachelors of Science: Over the past three years, the university’s fastest-growing program has been the undergraduate Computer Science. As growth continues, this Strategic Enrollment Plan provides funding for two new faculty positions and a professional advisor over the next three years.
  • Were not able to hire the new positions due to failed searches.
  • Enrollment numbers slightly down.
• New Computer Science Masters of Science: Leveraging our undergraduate population, and meeting market demands, FHSU will begin offering an online Computer Science graduate program in the fall of 2021. This Strategic Enrollment Plan funds a faculty position to support the launch of the program.
  • Fully approved through FHSU, KBOR and HLC processes
• Expand the RN to BSN Program: Add a faculty position to one of the high-demand, high-need areas for the region.
  • Change is CIP codes impacted tracking
  • Experienced a decline in enrollment of undergraduate programs and growth in graduate
• New online History Bachelors of Arts: Develop the remaining course needed to offer the program online. The success of the program in FY2021 will fund a faculty position in the fall of 2021.
  • Met enrollment goal
• New Online Bachelor of Social Work: Expand the BSW and add a MSW.
  • BSW close to enrollment goals
  • MSW exceeded enrollment goals
• Clinical Psychology: Offering an online/hybrid program using existing faculty and adjuncts.
  • First enrollment numbers are to be collected fall of 2022
• MSE Counseling:
  • First enrollment numbers are to be collected fall of 2022
• MSE License in Special Education:
  • Increased enrollment of 23 versus a goal of 35
• MPS Medical Diagnostic Imaging: Offering the department’s first master’s degree.
  • First enrollment numbers are to be collected fall of 2022
• Speech Language Pathology Assistant Pathway:
  • First enrollment numbers are to be collected fall of 2022
• eSports: Provides funding to assist with program management, equipment start-up, recruitment, and association membership.
  • Did not meet enrollment projections
  • Funding was reduced in year three
• FHSU Online – Competitive Scholarships: Provides funding to assist FHSU Online in recruiting new students to FHSU.
  • Along with the Online Student Senate, the plan was redesigned to the “Circle of Support” program
  • The program was launched in the spring of 2022
• FHSU Online – TAGGS: A recruiting strategy for graduate students; this plan covers the gap between military tuition assistance and the cost of graduate credit.
  • Did not meet enrollment projections
• FHSU Online – Virtual Events: A retention strategy for online students, funding includes a GA position in FHSU Online. (Partnered with Goal 2)
  • Redesigned with Virtual Student to the Circles of Support for online students
• High School Counselor Outreach: Funding will allow the Office of Admissions to expand the successful Counselor Lunch initiative to other areas.
  • Did not meet the enrollment goals
  • Funding was reduced
• Hispanic Recruitment: Phase one funding of this plan provides funds to develop multilingual online and paper recruitment and retention materials.
  • This plan was fully redeveloped in Spring 2022
  • Translation functionality is being enabled on the website and a short bilingual Viewbook is being created
  • The parent newsletter is being translated beginning in July of 2022
• Transfer and Military Center: Primarily a recruiting strategy, funding includes a position to provide unofficial transcript analysts and follow up for prospective transfer students. The plan also funds a part-time academic military program support position and military recruitment position.
  • The unit has been combined with FHSU Online to continue the best use of resources
• Shooting Sports: Expand the program to include a developmental team of 25 shooters.
  • Met recruitment goal for the developmental team (JV)
• Unibuddy Peer-to-Peer program
  • First enrollment numbers to be collected in Fall of 2023
• Online Marketing Program
  • First enrollment numbers to be collected in Fall of 2023
• Regional Rate
  • First enrollment numbers to be collected in Fall of 2023
• California/Florida Scholarship
  • First enrollment numbers to be collected in Fall of 2023

All phases of the objective are assessed on a regular basis. Over the next two years, FHSU does not plan to add another variable to the university’s scholarship offerings. However, we will remain flexible and monitor our progress. To date, the new scholarship plan has experienced small growth in overall enrollment but a wider disbursement of the scholarship money.

The most important result is that our efforts seem to have led to a dramatic increase in the number of applications as the graph shows below. During the previous 5 years, we averaged 6.4 applications/opening. This year, we are averaging 20.2 and we have some searches that are still accepting applications.

To be more confident that this year was not an anomaly that saw more applications everywhere, we also separated the applicant pools of the two searches where the committees did not utilize a JEDI Advisor. Each of those searches received 2 applicants. If we remove them from the overall average, it increases to 22.7. We saw 10x more applications in searches that made use of their JEDI Advisor.

As is common with efforts to improve diversity, we will likely see some improvements for underrepresented groups, but the dominant groups (men, Whites) will benefit even more. For example, our total number of Black and Hispanic applicants appear to be among the highest years for which we have data. However, the larger total pools means that Blacks and Hispanics still make up a very small percentage.

Development of the new Physical Master Plan began in early 2021. Work was largely completed to a draft form in early 2022. Work was placed on hold during the fall of 2021, following the advice in July 2021 that FHSU should also complete a Digital Master Plan as well. Work continued in the background on the physical plan through fall 2021 and early winter of 2022. A draft plan was delivered in February of 2022. A new Digital Master Plan committee was formed in late 2021 to pursue the development of that document. The committee has been engaged with Blackboard to assist in the development of that plan. Once those efforts are completed, the physical and digital plans will be combined and submitted as a complete document to KBOR. Completion is anticipated to be in 2023.

Due to a decline in revenue, additional funding of rehabilitation and repair projects was not possible this fiscal year. Work is now well underway to identify FY 2023 Rehabilitation and Repair projects based on funding estimates. Fiscal Year 2023 will be the first year of required funding by KBOR universities through the new Maintenance Assessment requirement.

Identified champions for each division across campus to ensure we have a COOP plan and that it is updated regularly. Bold Solutions developed the COOP plan in conjunction with our champions. The plan is substantially completed. Final tasks are in process. The way forward will necessitate regular review and updates to ensure the plan is still accurate.

Now that ongoing funding has been secured, the cybersecurity /defense incubator at FHSU will be phased in beginning in Fall 2022.

With the aid of a graduate assistant, data gathered from the current and previous years was cleaned and organized to provide a clear picture of the level of engagement from campus faculty, staff, and students in addition to identifying community partners along with direct and indirect impacts.

A new data collection instrument has been created in Qualtrics that will be launched in the fall of 2022 for faculty, staff, and students to report their on-going community engaged teaching, research, and service activities. This new instrument will hopefully eliminate the need to continually clean data gathered from multiple sources in multiple formats.

There has been restructuring at FHSU during year three with the most notable impact on Goal 5 being the change in the reporting line for the Director of Civic Learning and Engagement to a newly created position, Interim Assistant Provost for Globalization and Strategic Initiatives. Associated with this, the Center of Civic Leadership (CCL) is to be renamed the Center of Civic Learning and Engagement (effective July 1, 2022) and be reimagined and restructured so that the necessary institutional alignment with the Carnegie elective classifications is achieved.

The innovative learning grants that were made available for staff members got off to a slow start in its inaugural year with zero applications received in fall 2021 and two applications received in spring 2022. Of the two applications received in spring 2022, one project was funded. Plans are on schedule to track and archive application and project reports in InfoReady in fall 2022.

The inaugural FHSU Civic Learning and Community Engagement Advisory Board which was announced in Spring 2021 and has been meeting on a quarterly basis.