Strategic Plan 2022-2028

Ensure all students have the necessary support to graduate.

How Strategic Initiatives are linked to Core Values

• 1.1 - Enhance the educational experience for all students through curricular and co-curricular opportunities (Core Values: Culture and Community, Engaged Learning)
• 1.2 - Recruit and retain students, faculty, and staff from underrepresented communities to align with regional demographics (Core Values: Diversity, Partnerships)
• 1.3 - Implement Student Success Initiatives that drive degree completion (Core Values: Diversity, Engaged Learning)
• 1.4 - Optimize Institutional Enrollment (Core Values: Innovation and Agility, Partnerships)
• 1.5 - Ensure all facilities appropriately support student success, engagement, and learning (Core Values: Engaged Learning, Culture and Community)

References
1 External references are using most recent cohort at time of writing. IPEDS peer institutions are designated by the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education: Black Hills State University, Chadron State College, Emporia State University, Minot State University, Northern State University, Northwest Missouri State University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Peru State College, Southwest Minnesota State University, and University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
2 Includes: Incoming freshmen, incoming transfers, returning undergraduates, other undergraduates, and graduate degree seeking.
3 Includes: Dual credit, Early Entry, and Graduate non-degree seeking.
4 Retention is measured a year in arrears, so this metric applies to the first-time, full-time freshman cohort that entered in the Fall semester prior to the census date.
5 CSRDE Peer analysis average. CSRDE self-selected peers: Albany State U, Auburn U-Montgomery, Cameron U, Chadron State College, Clarion U of Pennsylvania, Eastern New Mexico U, Emporia State U, Fayetteville State U, Henderson State U, Humboldt State U, Lock Haven U of Pennsylvania, New Jersey City U, Northeastern State U, Northern State U, Savannah State U, Southern Arkansas U, U of Arkansas-Little Rock, U of Nebraska-Lincoln, and U of Nebraska-Omaha.
6 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 1 goal
7 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 2 goal
8 Six-year degree completion is measured 6 years in arrears, so this metric applies to the freshman cohort that entered in the Fall semester 6 years prior to the census date.
9 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 3 goal
10 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 4 goal

Deliver high-quality academic programs, support services, and co-curricular activities.

How Strategic Initiatives are linked to Core Values

• 2.1 - Identify and assess the need for undergraduate and graduate academic programs to meet regional needs (Core Values: Engaged Learning, Innovation and Agility)
• 2.2 - Improve delivery of all academic modalities and support services and determine areas for future growth (Core Value: Innovation and Agility)
• 2.3 - Assess academic program accreditation (Core Value: Innovation and Agility)
• 2.4 - Evaluate, create, and improve domestic and international opportunities for student cultural exchange (Core Values: Diversity, Culture and Community)
• 2.5 - Ensure academic facilities appropriately support teaching and learning (Core Values: Engaged Learning, Culture and Community)
• 2.6 - Implement an Enterprise Risk Management plan (Core Value: Innovation and Agility)

References
1 Several metrics in this goal use Human Resources data that is on a different timeline than census data.
2 External references are using most recent cohort at time of writing. IPEDS peer institutions are designated by the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education: Black Hills State University, Chadron State College, Emporia State University, Minot State University, Northern State University, Northwest Missouri State University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Peru State College, Southwest Minnesota State University, and University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
3 Aksarben study (PDF). The study projects Nebraska’s workforce to be made up of 30.4 percent nonwhites by 2030.
4 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 9 goal
5 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) average of NSSE peers.

Serve as an incubator of ideas and catalyst for social and cultural enrichment as well as economic development.

How Strategic Initiatives are linked to Core Values

• 3.1 - Identify and establish educational partnerships to facilitate career paths for students that meet regional needs (Core Values: Innovation and Agility, Partnerships)
• 3.2 - Identify new and expand existing opportunities for experiential learning (Core Values: Engaged Learning, Partnerships)
• 3.3 - Expand the arts, cultural, and athletic influence of the institution by hosting events throughout the region (Core Values: Engaged Learning, Culture and Community)

References
1 Employment rates in Goal 3 measured in arrears after graduation. This baseline metric applies to the graduates in the 2018-19 academic year.
2 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 11 goal
3 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 12 goal
4 2020-21 academic year

Provide students with access to affordable undergraduate and graduate programs.

How Strategic Initiatives are linked to Core Values

• 4.1 - Identify and deliver strategies for engaging and preparing underrepresented and (or) economically disadvantaged students to earn a degree or certificate (Core Values: Diversity, Engaged Learning)
• 4.2 - Increase funding available for scholarships (Core Values: Diversity, Engaged Learning)

References
1 External references are using most recent cohort at time of writing. IPEDS peer institutions are designated by the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education: Black Hills State University, Chadron State College, Emporia State University, Minot State University, Northern State University, Northwest Missouri State University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Peru State College, Southwest Minnesota State University, and University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
2 2021-22 academic year
3 2020-21 aid year
4 2020-21 academic year
5 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 17
6 NSCS Strategic Plan Indicator 20

Effectively manage resources to secure Wayne State’s long-term financial stability.

How Strategic Initiatives are linked to Core Values

• 5.1 - Decrease campus use of non-renewable energy sources and enhance recycling efforts (Core Values: Sustainability, Innovation and Agility)
• 5.2 - Increase external funding sources through federal, state, and private grants to support institutional initiatives (Core Value: Innovation and Agility)
• 5.3 - Implement lifecycle funding for capital equipment and technology expenses. (Core Value: Innovation and Agility)

References
1 Does not include state and federal financial aid and Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF)
2 Cumulative funds raised between 2022 and 2024 to support capital projects.