| Date Created | June 30, 2025 |
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| Date Updated | July 7, 2025 |
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| Name | John Weidner |
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| Title | Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost |
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| Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. |
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| HTML Block | GOAL 1 |
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| Goal Description | Enrollment Growth and Bearcat Promise
• Increase enrollment
• Increase retention
• Maintain leadership in Summer enrollments in Ohio
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| Goal Type | Strategic |
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| Hoshin? | Yes |
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| % Weight | 60 |
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| Action(s)/Initiatives(s) | - Increase enrollment in 3 targeted areas: 1) UC Online; 2) Adult Skilling and Reskilling and Professional Degrees by Launching new Programs
- Grow the pipeline of High School students in dual enrollment programs
- Make retention a goal of all direct reports
- Address DFW rates in key progression courses
- Expand actions (debt relief program, Learning Communities, Early Detection alerts) that help reduce student friction
- Grow Co-op involvement across the curriculum
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| Measurable Outcomes(s) | - Increase Fall 2024-25 enrollment (FTE) from 40,934 to 42,000 (2.6%)
- Increase enrollments in UC Online by 6%, and degrees, certificates, and micro-credentials offered by Skills@UC by 20%.
- Increase First-to-Second Semester retention to 94%
- Increase First-to-Second Year retention to 86%
- Achieve CCP enrollment > 25%
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| HTML Block | GOAL 2 |
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| Goal Description | NEXT Graduate Scholars
• Coordinate research priorities with the Office of Research
• Elevate the quality of entering graduate students
• Launch Presidential Fellows program
• Assess the structure of the Graduate College
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| Goal Type | Strategic |
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| Hoshin? | Yes |
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| % Weight | 20 |
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| Action(s)/Initiatives(s) | - Launch Presidential Fellows program in coordination with the Office of Research
- Align faculty hiring with allocation of resources to match research priorities
- Assess the structure of the Graduate College
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| Measurable Outcomes(s) | - Increase entering graduate-students GPAs
- Submit a report of Graduate College structure by the end of the fall semester
- Implementing findings of report during the spring semester
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| HTML Block | GOAL 3 |
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| Goal Description | Operational Sustainability
• Assess the effectiveness of the Provost’s Office
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| Goal Type | Operational |
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| Hoshin? | No |
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| % Weight | 15 |
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| Action(s)/Initiatives(s) | - Assess the effectiveness of the Provost’s Office
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| Measurable Outcomes(s) | - Assess the effectiveness of the Provost’s Office by the beginning of the fall semester
- Implement any needed changes to the Provost’s Office during the fall semester
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| Add Another Goal | Yes |
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| HTML Block | GOAL 4 |
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| Goal Description | Leadership-Innovation Culture
Promote a culture of Leadership and Innovation in Academic Affairs
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| Goal Type | Strategic |
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| Hoshin? | No |
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| % Weight | 5 |
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| Action(s)/Initiatives(s) | - Establish and fund programs that help develop and grow the leadership characteristics of faculty and staff in Academic Affairs
- Produce a series of actions as an outcome of the Provost Fellows program in the Provost's office
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| Measurable Outcomes(s) | - Measurable outcomes are part of each Provost Fellows plan
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| Add Another Goal | No |
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