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Last Modified: 1/30/2008

JMU's Six-Year Institutional Plan to meet
SCHEV's Institutional Performance Standards

 

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in cooperation with the public 2- and 4-year institutions, developed institutional performance standards to address state-wide priorities: access, affordability, academic offerings, academic standards, student progress and success, economic development, research, enhancing K-12 education.
Institutions that meet these performance standards will be granted greater management, curricular and fiscal autonomy.

Here is JMU's Six-Year Institutional Plan for meeting these standards. The goals are color coded: Red are goals of primary priority, blue for secondary priority and green are tertiary priority.

SCHEV GOAL 1

Access: Provide access to higher education    

  • Target underrepresented populations

  • Develop and meet enrollment projections

  • Develop and meet degree estimates

    • JMU GOAL 1.1    
  • Expand Centennial Scholars Program (CSP) – which is a diversity enhancement initiative

    •   JMU GOAL 1.2    
  • Target community colleges with high underrepresented groups to recruit students

    •   JMU GOAL 1.4    
  • Employ a more aggressive financial aid awarding formula (Madison Achievement Award through Foundation, Centennial Scholars and University Grant)

    •   JMU GOAL 1.5    
  • Increase student enrollment from 2005-2006 annual FTES of 16,020 to 17,287 in 2011-2012

    •   JMU GOAL 1.8    
  • Increase institutional and private support to assist students in meeting their financial need

    •   JMU GOAL 1.3    
  • Increase recruitment and enrollment of international students

    •   JMU GOAL 1.6    
  • Recruit in different kinds of high schools (science, technology, math) to attract a targeted group of students

    •   JMU GOAL 1.7    
  • Develop further the Professor-in-Residence Program to recruit students from targeted schools


    • SCHEV GOAL 2

      Affordability: Provide affordable higher education   


  • Assess impact of tuition and fees on applications, enrollment, and student indebtedness  


    • JMU GOAL 2.1
  • Assess impact of tuition and fees on applications, enrollment, and student indebtedness

    •   JMU GOAL 2.2    
  • Request increased state support

    •   JMU GOAL 2.3    
  • Keep administrative costs low


    • SCHEV GOAL 3:

    Breadth of Academics: Offer broad range of mission-relevant academic programs    

  • Target offerings in shortage areas by discipline and geographic region

    •   JMU GOAL 3.1    
  • Develop new and innovative academic programs and certificates to meet commonwealth needs that build on existing JMU strengths

    •     JMU GOAL 3.2    
  • Identify academic programs to meet state and local needs

    •     JMU GOAL 3.3    
  • Expand current programs (teacher education, nursing, health, and graduate programs)


    • SCHEV GOAL 4:

    Academic Standards: Initiate continuous, rigorous assessment of academic programs   

  • Review and improve academic programs, course availability, faculty productivity, and other relevant factors.


    •     JMU GOAL 4.2    
  • Examine course availability and develop strategies to increase instruction capacity

    •     JMU GOAL 4.6    
  • Establish faculty productivity expectations to recruit and retain high caliber faculty

    •     JMU GOAL 4.7    
  • Expand use of competency standards

    •     JMU GOAL 4.3    
  • Expand the use of assessment outcomes in decision making

    •     JMU GOAL 4.4    
  • Continue to develop more sophisticated assessment instruments

    •     JMU GOAL 4.1    
  • Aggressively promote the strong GENED assessment results (standards, measurements results, and improvements)

    •     JMU GOAL 4.5    
  • Expand faculty presentations in 2006-12 by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies beyond measurement and psychology disciplines to government and higher education entities

    • SCHEV GOAL 5:

    Student Retention and Timely Graduation: Improve student retention

  • Improve student retention to timely graduation
    •    
  • Increase number of degrees conferred as enrollment increases

    •     JMU GOAL 5.1    
  • Sustain current rate of retention through 2012

    •     JMU GOAL 5.4    
  • Establish a ‘degrees granted’ target

    •     JMU GOAL 5.8    
  • Identify at-risk students and determine what support programs should be mandatory or recommended for each student

    •     JMU GOAL 5.9    
  • Understand why students leave the institution before completing degree and develop retention strategies (academic support, financial aid and counseling)

    •     JMU GOAL 5.2    
  • Enhance academic advising especially for majors with entrance requirements

    •     JMU GOAL 5.5    
  • Expand student success program

    •     JMU GOAL 5.7    
  • Expand learning centers

    •     JMU GOAL 5.3    
  • Maintain philosophical approach to living on campus for the first two years

    •     JMU GOAL 5.6    
  • Expand current student orientation program


    • SCHEV GOAL 6:

    Articulation Agreements and Dual Enrollment: Develop articulation agreements  
        
  • Forge agreements with VCCS that have uniform application to all 23 campuses
    •    
  • Forge agreements that meet general education requirements and provide additional opportunities for associate degree holders
    •    
  • Create dual enrollment programs with high schools

    •     JMU GOAL 6.1    
  • Enhance JMU’s Guaranteed Admission Agreements by developing articulated advising protocols that provide curricular guidance for community college students and result in more efficient transfer directly into selected majors

    •     JMU GOAL 6.2    
  • Permit students who qualify for guaranteed admission to JMU through agreements with VCCS institutions to be advised and registered at JMU during the semester in which they will complete the approved associate degree

    •     JMU GOAL 6.3 (for 2006-2012)    
  • Examine the impact of current VCCS agreements on enrollment and determine the extent to which new agreements should be created

    •     JMU GOAL 6.4    
  • Explore opportunities for increasing JMU’s capacity to offer dual enrollment opportunities in targeted high school programs

    •     JMU GOAL 6.3 (continued)    
  • Study the progress and achievement of VCCS transfer students following their transfer to James Madison University and share this information with JMU academic units as well as with the community colleges to assist in advising and enrollment management

    •     JMU GOAL 6.4 (continued)    
  • Explore the possibility of providing dual enrollment in prerequisites for high demand or highly structured programs for community college students who are interested in transferring to those program at JMU


    • SCHEV GOAL 7:

    Economic Development: Stimulate economic development  
     
  • Engender local economic development in lag areas as it relates to income, employment, and other factors.

    •     JMU GOAL 7.2    
  • Document JMU financial contributions to local economy

    •     JMU GOAL 7.3    
  • Expand local economic development in lag areas as it relates to income, employment, and other factors

    •     JMU GOAL 7.5    
  • Collaborate with community to target areas of growth (i.e., bio-diesel, bio-manufacturing, information security, and Innovation in Health and Human Services)

    •     JMU GOAL 7.6    
  • Partner with Blue Ridge Community College to offer certificate programs to enhance employment opportunities

    •     JMU GOAL 7.1    
  • Engage in activities that support the goals of community outreach and the promotion of economic development

    •     JMU GOAL 7.4    
  • Assist local businesses to develop/improve


    • SCHEV GOAL 8:

    Research, Patents, and Licenses: Engage in research  
     
  • Increase the level of externally funded research
    •    
  • Facilitate technology transfer to private sector

    •     JMU GOAL 8.1    
  • Create and implement a plan to increase research from $22 million to $30 million in the next six years particularly in Material Science, Infrastructure and Information Assurance, Health Care, Molecular and Biotechnology

    •     JMU GOAL 8.3    
  • Introduce research start-up packages for new faculty

    •     JMU GOAL 8.6    
  • Increase the number of graduate assistantships and stipend amounts associated with research grants

    •     JMU GOAL 8.7    
  • Develop a Technology Transfer Center to enhance technology transfer through IP management, marketing, and to improve the process of the quality of intellectual property

    •     JMU GOAL 8.2    
  • Enhance faculty development resources and funds

    •     JMU GOAL 8.4    
  • Partner with CIT for early start-ups

    •     JMU GOAL 8.5    
  • Increase workshops for developing grants

    •     JMU GOAL 8.8    
  • Enhance culture of research for undergraduates


    • SCHEV GOAL 9:

    Elementary and Secondary Education: Develop K-12 partnerships  
       
  • Assist in efforts to improve student achievement
    •    
  • Upgrade the knowledge and skills of teachers
    •    
  • Strengthen leadership skills of administrators

    •     JMU GOAL 9.3    
  • Implement the P-12 Center for Science, Math and Technology Education

    •     JMU GOAL 9.9    
  • Develop the former Harrisonburg High School into a facility that will meet the College of Education needs

    •     JMU GOAL 9.10    
  • Develop teacher programs in specific off-campus locations

    •     JMU GOAL 9.15    
  • Increase continuing education opportunities to strengthen skills of school administrators

    •     JMU GOAL 9.1    
  • Increase online professional development for teachers

    •     JMU GOAL 9.2    
  • Continue the Content Teaching Academy, Teachers in Residence program, formal school partnerships, Microsoft

    •     JMU GOAL 9.5    
  • Expand and improve high school partnerships

    •     JMU GOAL 9.1 (continued)    
  • Develop and implement a model for providing incentives for faculty to offer distance delivery programs

    •     JMU GOAL 9.4    
  • Continue and expand the Teachers of Promise Institute

    •     JMU GOAL 9.6    
  • Expand and improve the SOL workshops for teachers

    •     JMU GOAL 9.7    
  • Continue and expand the Teachers-in-Residence Program

    •     JMU GOAL 9.8    
  • Evaluate the Center for Economic Education

    •     JMU GOAL 9.11    
  • Expand summer opportunities for teachers

    •     JMU GOAL 9.12    
  • Expand the We The People (WTP) program

    •     JMU GOAL 9.13    
  • Move the Planetarium and improve the program

    •     JMU GOAL 9.14    
  • Expand the educational programs in the Arboretum

    •