College of the Arts and Media Strategic Plan

We are a community of artists, scholars, students, and educators who advance knowledge through innovative research, enrich lives by exploring the beauty and power of narrative and the arts, and strengthen our communities by engaging issues essential to global citizenship.

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We believe in providing experiences for our students that are connected, meaningful, and relevant. We attract students and support their success.

(CMU Imperative I)

Objectives	Strategies	Measures/Metrics
Increase enrollments, attract quality students	Created Assistant Dean for Student Engagement position Increase recruitment efforts to reach out to HS programs, targeting high achievers Started Discovery Days and CAM Student Ambassadors Create Departmental Recruitment plans Increase funding for Scholarships to attract top tier students (Grants in Aid)	Document activities, noting increase and impact Record and increase outreach to individual HS student Reports from admissions on attendance at any CMU recruitment event Using data from IR to determine # of top tier students attending CMU/CAM
Provide support for curricular choice and student success with goal of graduating in 4 years	Hired Success Coach, hired second CAM Advisor Established Multi-year scheduling of courses Re-design curriculum with 120 credit goal unless accreditation requires otherwise	Decrease time to graduation, # from IR Increase retention %, from IR Increase # of student interactions with Success Coach and Academic Advisors Increase number of curricular submissions
Create diverse and relevant student experiences, increasing retention and career preparedness	Make Gen Ed. Courses relevant and review UP course offerings Increase internship and service learning opportunities and support Increase CAM related RSO and co-curricular participation Create undergraduate research opportunities Set up Dean's Student Advisory Council	Increased enrollment in Gen Ed. courses, service learning experiences, and internships, and co-curricular participation Increase in SRCEE participation

We are committed to supporting innovative scholarship and advancing knowledge.

(CMU Imperative II)

Objectives	Strategies	Measures/Metrics
Seek and hire new tenure track faculty who are committed to research and creative work	Require all final candidates for open positions to have strong research agendas	All hires will have terminal degree in hand and strong research agendas in place by start date
Encourage/support new faculty in establishing their scholarship practice	Provide start-up funds to new faculty Reduce load for first year faculty by one course Create mentoring program for assistant professors	Annual increase in junior faculty research/creative activity citations, as reported in annual reports and OFIS
Increase the productivity of tenured and tenure track faculty	Provide funds to attend grant writing workshops Monitor and adjust work load to ensure that scholarship can thrive Require up-to-date OFIS reporting and for all funding and RPT applications Provide environments that support research and creative work, i.e. secure funding for Studio Space	Annual increase in tenured faculty research/creative activity citations, as reported in annual reports and OFIS Reflected via RPT evaluations
Increase the success of securing external funding	Provide seed funding, through application for special projects and proposals, and matching funds where needed in grant applications Increase Grand Applications Provide staff support for the grand seeking process Seek development funding to increase or create department/school discretionary support of scholarship	Reports from Office of sponsored research will show annual increases in funding amounts awarded Increase the % of grants per faculty. Annual reports from departments and schools will reflect increase Development report from Advancement will show increases annually

Understanding that the complex problems we are faced with today require the involvement of many perspectives in finding solutions, we position collaboration as a major priority. We support cross-disciplinary action, building bridges, dissolving silos, and enhancing innovation processes.

(CMU Imperative III)

Objectives	Strategies	Measures/Metrics
Create support for collaborative opportunities beyond unit boundaries	Dedicate space for collaborative efforts, discussions. i.e. Innovation Center Fund (through a call for proposals process) CAM projects that include faculty from more than one discipline, students, and an external partner	Increase in multidisciplinary projects being conducted across the college
Provide structures and events to assist individuals in finding potential collaborators	Develop accessible descriptions of faculty research/creative practice and project descriptions Produce events that draw various constituencies together, socially as well as project focused colab labs	Use studies, showing participation
Establish ongoing partnerships with other colleges in programs or special projects	Partner with five colleges- Interdisciplinary Center for Community Health and Wellness MakerBot 3D printer studio, develop Maker spaces
Support the growth of interdisciplinary learning, courses and certificates	Create new certificates/programs that incorporate courses from other colleges across campus Create a CAM designator for courses that do not fit or are not a priority in the departments	Increase multidisciplinary programs or proposals from departmental curriculum committees

We are committed to creating connections across the region and the state so as to work together in fostering innovation and impact.

(CMU Imperative III)

Objectives	Strategies	Measures/Metrics
Identify potential partnerships that match needs, interests, and resource potential	Appoint a CAM Leadership Fellow for Public Engagement and External Partnerships	Document current collaborations, report on contacts and possible partnerships. Database will be completed by January 2019
Join with other organizations that support the same engagement goals	Become a consortium member of Imagining America, attend conferences/meetings
Create relevant projects and partnerships that expend our engagement and impact potential	Establish "Creative Action" partner with the Traverse City Film Festival Establish partnership with Flint Institute of Music and Dance Participate in the Center for Health and Wellness Explore Detroit Economic Development possibilities	Increase in number of off-campus partnerships and collaborations by 25%
Develop partnership projects that allow for faculty, student, and external partners to work together in solving problems	Fund (through a call for proposals process) CAM projects that include faculty from more than one discipline, students, and an external partner Engage with off-campus entities: schools, associations, media, commercial enterprises
Expand internship programs across the college and deepen alumni contacts and relations	Hire a staff person to support internships and/or alumni relations Develop interactive relationship with professional alumni Continue to develop robust internship relations with commercial entities	Document current internships, and contacts. Database will be completed by January 2019 Increase number of internships by 25% Metrics for this area will be found by running updated report on initial databases

We understand the importance of increasing our engagement in and awareness of our world through student activities, faculty involvement, and accepting the responsibility of our global citizenship.

(CMU Imperative I, II, III)

Objectives	Strategies	Measures/Metrics
Increase international component in CAM Curriculum and on our campus	Establish CAM Leadership Fellow for International Presence Establish an international visiting scholars/artists program	Increase # of international events on campus
Increase student participation in international study and exchanges	Increase/identify funding for student study abroad Increase opportunities for international students studying in CAM	Increase # of students studying abroad
Expand faculty participation in international exchanges and research/creative activity	Establish exchanges with International universities	Increase # of faculty researching and performing abroad

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