Goal 1 - Leader in Business Education
Ensure that our business education focuses on foundational elements of business and critical thinking skills, producing well-rounded students who are prepared for the workplace, sought after by employers, and are able to learn and adapt throughout their careers.
1.1: Ensure students are prepared
Objective
Ensure Smeal identifies and implements processes to ensure our students are prepared for a rapidly evolving business environment.
Key Performance Indicator(s)
Increased number of successful student placements and employer satisfaction.
Mapping
Penn State Foundations
- F2 - Engaging Our Students
Penn State Thematic Priorities
- TE4 - Prepare Our Students For Success In Their Careers And In Life
Penn State Supporting Elements
- IS3 - Drive Innovation And Discovery
Strategic Plan (2020 - 2025) - Business, Smeal College of
- Leader in Business Education
1.2: Strengthen enrollment strategy
Objective
Sustain Penn State’s land-grant mission by strengthening Smeal’s enrollment strategy to improve alignment with resource capacity and support student recruitment, retention, and success.
Key Performance Indicator(s)
Increased number of enrollment of students with successful recruitment and retention outcomes.
Mapping
Penn State Foundations
- F1 - Enabling Access To Education
Penn State Thematic Priorities
- TE5 - Partner More Effectively With Pre-College Educators
Penn State Supporting Elements
- OP1 - Improve The Design, Oversight, Integration, And Effectiveness Of Organizational Processes
Strategic Plan (2020 - 2025) - Business, Smeal College of
- Leader in Business Education
1.3: Build on the continued success of the online Creative Team Model (CTM)
Objective
Build on the continued success of the online Creative Team Model (CTM).
Key Performance Indicator(s)
Usage of the CTM across the portfolio has increased.
Mapping
Penn State Foundations
- F0- No Foundation Connection
Penn State Thematic Priorities
- TE2 - Foster A Curriculum That Integrates Multiple Modes Of Delivery, While Leveraging Online Capabilities And Enhanced And Emerging Digital Learning Options
- DI4 - Make Online Education And Personalized Learning Central To Our 21st-Century Land-Grant Mission
Penn State Supporting Elements
- OP2 - Establish Processes For Continual Institutional Assessment, Improvement, And Innovation, Including More Systematic Review Of Administrative And Academic Organizational Performance And Financial Stewardship
Strategic Plan (2020 - 2025) - Business, Smeal College of
- Leader in Business Education
1.4: Improve the teaching and learning experience through a data-driven course design process, based on customized learning analytics
Objective
Improve the teaching and learning experience through a data-driven course design process, based on customized learning analytics.
Key Performance Indicator(s)
Teaching and learning experience for students has improved.
Mapping
Penn State Foundations
- F0- No Foundation Connection
Penn State Thematic Priorities
- TE2 - Foster A Curriculum That Integrates Multiple Modes Of Delivery, While Leveraging Online Capabilities And Enhanced And Emerging Digital Learning Options
- DI4 - Make Online Education And Personalized Learning Central To Our 21st-Century Land-Grant Mission
Penn State Supporting Elements
- OP1 - Improve The Design, Oversight, Integration, And Effectiveness Of Organizational Processes
Strategic Plan (2020 - 2025) - Business, Smeal College of
- Leader in Business Education
1.5: Build capabilities in Online and other delivery modes
Objective
Build capabilities in Online and other delivery modes.
Key Performance Indicator(s)
Number and level of quality of Online capabilities have increased.
Mapping
Penn State Foundations
- F1 - Enabling Access To Education
Penn State Thematic Priorities
- TE2 - Foster A Curriculum That Integrates Multiple Modes Of Delivery, While Leveraging Online Capabilities And Enhanced And Emerging Digital Learning Options
- DI4 - Make Online Education And Personalized Learning Central To Our 21st-Century Land-Grant Mission
Penn State Supporting Elements
- No Associated Supporting Element Connection
Strategic Plan (2020 - 2025) - Business, Smeal College of
- Leader in Business Education