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Ramapo College Strategic Plan: Boldly Ascending 2023-2029<\/em> (pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Ramapo College Strategic Plan 2023 – 2029<\/p><\/div>\n

Boldly Ascending: Strategic Plan<\/span><\/a>Comprehensive Academic Plan<\/span><\/a>Communications Plan<\/span><\/a>Comprehensive Facilities Plan<\/span><\/a>Key Performance Indicators<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Ramapo\u2019s Strategic Plan, Boldly Ascending 2023-2029<\/em>, provides us with direction and priorities. Our proximate ends are the plan\u2019s goals: Academic Excellence and Student Success; Inclusive Community; and Agile Stewardship. However, let’s ascend toward our aspirational ends: that is making our mark for graduating empathetic problem solvers, ethical change agents, and responsible leaders who make a positive impact on the human condition and thrive in a changing world.<\/p>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Ascending toward National Distinction: Ramapo's Mission & Overarching Goals<\/div>
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Mapping of Mission and Goals (image generated with use of AI)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Boldly Ascending: Detailed Goals & Objectives '23-'29<\/div>
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Goal 1: Academic Excellence & Student Success<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achieve academic excellence and student success through the advancement of intercultural, global, and interdisciplinary education, experiential learning, and individualized student-centered resources.<\/p>\n

Objectives: <\/em><\/p>\n

a. Provide learning environments and opportunities that encourage the development of deep content knowledge that leads to discerning engagement in work and in the world.<\/p>\n

b. Increase high-impact practices that promote creative expression, scholarly research, and applied learning.<\/p>\n

c. Grow service opportunities and civic engagement to explore personal identities and diversity, and make a positive societal impact locally, regionally, and internationally.<\/p>\n

d. Strengthen our culture of mentorship through integrated and individualized support systems and resources that help students succeed.<\/p>\n

Goal 2: Inclusive Community <\/strong><\/p>\n

Foster a diverse, empathetic, and vibrant community that inspires a culture of inclusivity, accountability, and collaboration.<\/p>\n

Objectives: <\/em><\/p>\n

a. Prioritize personal well-being by promoting healthy practices and environments.<\/p>\n

b. Advance a culture of belonging, equity, inclusion, and trust by embracing diversity, access, and accountability.<\/p>\n

c. Promote an environment that elevates voices, examines structures of power and privilege, and creates justice-oriented actions and solutions.<\/p>\n

d. Develop future leaders who gain self-awareness, mentor others, and emerge as change agents.<\/p>\n

e. Foster school pride by building relationships and partnerships, amplifying creative collaboration, and enhancing community engagement.<\/p>\n

Goal 3: Agile Stewardship <\/strong><\/p>\n

Drive institutional distinction, sustainability, and pride by galvanizing our community members and partners, and building organizational agility, accountability, and resilience.<\/p>\n

Objectives: <\/em><\/p>\n

a. Drive institutional distinction through student and alumni satisfaction and success, faculty scholarship, thought leadership, national and international collaborations, and organizational expertise.<\/p>\n

b. Bolster Ramapo pride through serving as both a public college of choice and an employer of choice.<\/p>\n

c. Secure long-term fiscal sustainability through the entrepreneurial management and development of resources at every level.<\/p>\n

d. Strengthen organizational resilience and agility through sustainable practices and data-informed SMART choices (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound). (Doran, 1981)<\/p>\n

Source: Doran, G. T. (1981). \u201cThere\u2019s a S.M.A.R.T. Way to Write Management\u2019s Goals and Objectives,\u201d Management Review, Vol. 70, Issue 11, pp. 35-36.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>At the Midpoint: College-wide Findings & Opportunities '23-'26<\/div>
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Boldly Ascending<\/em> launched in 2023. At that time, 43 units across campus designed and began implementing their 2023-26 Unit Effectiveness Plans (UEPs). The UEPs included desired annual and multiyear outcomes that tied directly to Boldly Ascending’s goals and objectives. Following unit submissions of results and findings in the Fall of 2026, the UEPs were closed out.<\/p>\n

Members of the Administrative Assessment Committee then assessed the closed out UEPs. This assessment, alongside a review of the College\u2019s Key Performance Indicators, assorted survey findings, Task Force reports, and other data sources led to the College-wide Findings & Opportunities (listed below) which, alongside unit-level findings and other data sources, were discussed with all units to inform the development of 2026-2029 UEPs.<\/p>\n

Finding 1: Seeded Initiatives Have Built Strong Momentum | Leverage Them to Drive HIPs<\/strong><\/p>\n