REMINDER: CAMPUS Strategic Planning Input
Past major studies:
Life Sciences Task Force
(Danforth Report)
2003
UMKC Trustees’ Initiative
2004/2006
Blue Ribbon Task Force
“Time to Get It Right”
“Time to Get Things Done”
Chancellor Bailey’s
Interim Plan
Provost’s Academic
Commissions
University of Missouri
System Strategic Plan
2006
2007
2006
2007
2008
Reminder: Moving Forward on campus plan
Formed Strategic Planning Steering Committee in October 2008
representing a broad range of constituents
Students
Faculty
Staff
Community Members
Formed subcommittees, or “working groups”
Life and Health Sciences
Visual and Performing Arts
Undergraduate Education/Student Success
Urban Vision/Community Engagement
Diversity/Campus Climate
Science and Technology
Economic Development
Formed writing team to draft the initial plan
Reminder: Vetting & Implementation
Vetted the draft plan
University Faculty, Staff, Students and
Administration
Civic and Business Community
External Constituent Partners
Plan
Revised the draft plan
Finalized the plan 2009
Revise
Implement
Aligned unit plans
Measure
Began Implement plans Fall 2009
Revisit the plan on an annual basis
UMKC Vision and Mission
University of Missouri System Mission Statement
The mission of the four-campus University of Missouri System-- a land-grant university and
Missouri's only public research and doctoral-level institution-- is to discover, disseminate, preserve
and apply knowledge. The university facilitates lifelong-learning by its students and Missouri's
citizens; fosters innovation to support economic development; and advances the health, cultural and
social interests of the people of Missouri, the nation and the world.
UMKC Mission Statement
UMKC’s mission is to lead in life and health sciences; to deepen and expand strength in the visual and
performing arts; to develop a professional workforce and collaborate in urban issues and education;
and to create a vibrant learning and campus life experience.
UMKC Vision Statement
UMKC will become a model urban research university characterized by signature graduate and
professional programs, a dynamic undergraduate population, a highly diverse faculty, staff and
student body, and active engagement with its city and region.
Reminder: UMKC CAMPUS Strategic Plan - Goals
Goal
Description
Place Student Success at
the Center
To provide the optimal learning experience for all students: outstanding
academic programs, seamless student support, a vibrant campus
community, and engaging locally, regionally, and globally.
Lead in Life and Health
Sciences
To engage in cutting edge research, develop strategic partnerships that
enable translational research opportunities, and provide excellent
interdisciplinary education in life and health sciences.
Advance Urban
Engagement
To engage with the local, regional, national , and international
community in partnerships that foster opportunity, innovation and
sustainable development.
Excel in the Visual and
Performing Arts
To create excellent programs in visual and performing arts that are
central to campus life and support Kansas City’s initiatives in
entrepreneurship, urban education, and innovation.
Embrace Diversity
To celebrate diversity in all aspects of university life, creating safe
environments, culturally competent citizens, and globally oriented
curricula and programs.
Promote Research and
Economic Development
To foster innovation, improve technology transfer, produce world-class
research, and develop partnerships that create economic development.
Campus Strategic Plan Implementation Process
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Asked units to align Unit Strategic Initiatives with University Strategic Plan
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Established a Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee to oversee the
implementation process
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Met Quarterly with work groups; groups submitted reports and reported to
each other and the coordinating group about progress. Minutes and updates
posted on web site.
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Final reports posted on Provost’s web site & recommendations acted on as
appropriate.
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Designated potential funding resources as necessary
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Identified fundraising opportunities (e.g., Capital campaign)
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Plans to revisit, revise, and renew Implementation Plans over time
Campus Implementation Strategic Plan Goal 1
Phase 1 – Selected Strategies
 Increase student success, retention & graduation
 Create a University College
 Create a Student Success Center
 Implement an Early Warning System
 Library expansion; Career center enhancement; Law Library enhancement
 Expand E-learning: expand online offerings, including complete academic programs
 Expand the Honors Program into an Honors College
 Expand Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Long Term Strategies
 Revise and Reinvigorate General Education Curriculum
 Transform Advising
 Completed or in progress.
Campus Implementation Strategic Plan Goal 2
Phase 1 – Selected Strategies
 Enhance and Develop Research Centers of Excellence in the Life and Health
Sciences
 Establish a Life and Health Sciences Research Advisory Council
 Create a Center of Excellence for Clinical and Translational Research for Urban
Health
Long Term Strategies
 Develop and Support Centralized Research Core Facilities
 Establish Program Specific PhD degrees in the Life and Health Science and related
fields
 Renovate the Medical School
 Lab Classroom renovations
 Dental Innovation Clinic
 Endow the Pharmacy School
Campus Implementation Strategic Plan Goal 3
Phase 1 - Selected Strategies
 Expand and Enhance Sustainability Efforts
 Reward Community Engagement Efforts
 Establish an Urban Education Research Center
 Set up the KC STEM Alliance
 Create a University-Wide Community Engagement Portal (UMKC in the City)
 Create a Research Collaborative focused on Urban Issues
 Support Faculty and Staff as Representatives on Community Boards
 Provide Online Opportunities for Interaction and Engagement
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Establish a School of Law Advocacy Center
Long Term Strategies
 Achieve the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification
 Incorporate Urban Engagement into General Education Curriculum
Campus Implementation Strategic Plan Goal 4
Phase 1 – Selected Strategies
 Create an Arts Passport Program
 Create an Electronic Front Door to the Arts on Campus
 Serve as the Center for Arts Advocacy and Arts Education in Kansas City and the
region
 Establish the Arts Enterprise Initiative
Long Term Strategies
 Incorporate the Arts into the General Education Curriculum
 Establish a Downtown Campus for the Arts
Campus Implementation Strategic Plan Goal 5
Phase 1 – Selected Strategies
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Create a Chancellor’s Diversity Taskforce
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Hire an Ombudsperson for Faculty
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Recognize Commitment to Diversity in Annual Awards Ceremony
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Increase Need-Based Scholarships (UMKC Advantage Grants)
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Urban Education Research Center
 Create Faculty and Student Mentoring Programs
 Enhance the Diversity of our Faculty, Staff, and Student body
 Enhance female representation in STEM fields
 Increase access, retention and graduation of underrepresented minorities
Long Term Strategies
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Develop Diversity Action Plan for the Campus & Diversity Action Plans for Units
 Incorporate diversity into General Education curriculum
Campus Implementation Strategic Plan Goal 6
Phase 1 – Selected Strategies:
 Strengthen and Enhance the University’s Research Leadership (Vice Chancellor for Research &
Economic Development)
 Enhance our Technology Transfer Office
 Fully Implement the “Whiteboard to Boardroom” Program -- Provide Technical Assistance to
Small Businesses Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development: Highlight and Enhance
Career and Curricular Opportunities for Students
 Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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Host an Entrepreneurship/Economic Development Conference
Long term Strategies
 Open Henry W. Bloch Classroom Building
 Obtain funding for and build Rapid Prototyping Building
• Identify New Centers of Research Excellence
System Strategic Planning
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June 2012: General Officers retreat – specification of campus strategy statement
Visioning team: Group of faculty and administrators to coordinate the system strategic
planning process
October & March, 2013: Workshops sponsored by System
Innosight consulting firm hired by System to facilitate process (Clayton Christensen, “The
Innovator’s Dilemma” and “Disruptive Innovation”)
Campus strategic plan was revisited and informed system strategic planning; System
planning complemented existing strategic planning efforts, focused on sharpening and
clarifying existing campus strategic plans
November thru January, 2012: Report-out sessions to bring campus up to date on UMKC
strategic plan implementation
February thru June, 2013 Visioning team, in consultation with various campus groups:
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prioritized strategies from campus strategic plan that were not yet executed to include in system
strategic plan
prioritized additional items, particularly those having to do with addressing revenue generation for
the University, as UMKC needs to develop a long term plan for UMKC’s fiscal health.
placed themes, strategies (called levers in consultant’s terminology), actions, metrics, costs and
timelines into template provided by consultants and submitted a draft to system
June 2013: Campus submitted draft plan to system with 1st year funding requests
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Strategy Statement
By 2020 we will grow enrollment to 20,000 and increase graduation rates 10% by
ensuring student success through a small-college experience as Kansas City’s
community-engaged urban research university while leveraging our strengths in
the visual & performing arts, life & health sciences, and entrepreneurship.
Strategy Metrics
Baseline
Target
Growing enrollment: Total enrollment
16, 019 (F2012)
18,824 (2018)
Growing minority enrollment
3,957 (2013)
6,212 (2018)
Increasing graduation rates: Six-year rates
47.5% (2012)
52% (2018)
Community engagement: # Community partnerships
190 (2012)
300 (2018)
Urban Research University: Total research
expenditures
$35,895,567
(2011)
$50,000,000
(2018)
Visual & performing arts: #Students Attending
Ticketed UMKC Arts Events
1,520 (2013)
2,000 (2018)
Life & Health Sciences research: Total expenditures
$22,573,348
(2013)
$31,500,000
(2018)
Entrepreneurship: Amount of revenue generated
outside of state funding
$265,328,000
(FY2013)
$290,000,000
(2018)
Categories of Requests made, Year 1 System plan
1. Place student success at the center
1.1 Improve student success through advising for all students, including
transfer students
1.2 Expand high impact learning experiences
1.3 Offer excellent academic programs; expand program offerings,
especially flexible program offerings
1.4 Expand online & distance offerings, including off-site offerings; expand
use of technology in learning
2. Lead in the life and health sciences
2.1 Engage in cutting edge research & develop strategic partnerships that
enable translational research opportunities
3. Promote research and economic development
3.1 Increase research funding
Categories of Year 1 Requests, System Plan
(continued)
4. Advance urban engagement
4.1 Promote community engagement
5. Excel in the visual & performing arts
5.1 Advance the visual & performing arts
6. Embrace diversity
6.1 Embrace diversity
7. Increase sources of funding to replace declining state funding
7.1 Explore differential tuition for undergraduate units & other alternative
tuition & fee options
7.2 Expand continuing education & professional master’s degree offerings,
especially in response to employers’ needs
7.3 Expand partnerships with other universities, community colleges, and
educational institutions
*** See handout “Implementation Plan/Portfolio Management of Actions” for expanded
description of complete list of actions in plan with expected start dates, costs, & metrics
under each category.
Breakdown of Funding by Source
Gifts/
Endowments
16%
UMKC
Strategic
Funds
17%
Funding Sources
Year 1
Research
(F&A)
1%
System
Request
53%
UMKC Unit
Reallocation
13%
Research (F&A)
$50,000
UMKC Unit Reallocation
$903,650
UMKC Strategic Funds
$1,133,905
Gifts/Endowments
$1,062,500
System Request
$3,604,750
Funds Allocated from UM System
August 30, 2013
Request
Award
1.1 Improve student success through
advising (Transfer Advising Director)
1.2 Improve student success through high
impact learning experiences (Honors
College faculty, start-up; funds for
scholarships to participate in the National
Merit Scholarship programs;
Funds to support search and hire of Dean,
Honors College)
1.4 expand online and distance offerings &
use of technology in learning (Support for
E-learning ; support to increase NCAT
course design facilities – labs & testing)
2.1 Engage in cutting edge research
(Support for Director of UMKC
Clinical/Translational research Center)
$90,000 recurring
$322,333 recurring
390,417 recurring
$130,000 one-time
$250,000 recurring
$780,000 one time funds
$150,000 recurring
Funds allocated from System (continued)
Request
Award
4.1 Promote community engagement
Not funded
5.1 Advance visual & performing arts
Not funded
6.1 Embrace Diversity
(Funding for need-based
scholarships and leadership training
re: diversity)
$497,655 recurring
$2,345 recurring
Total request ~$3.6M
Total funding ~$2.6M
What Next?
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Please take a look at the DRAFT UMKC strategic plan 2014, posted on the
Provost’s web site, and give us your feedback. There will be a place to
submit feedback on the Provost’s web site, with names or anonymously.
You can also send your feedback by email directly to me if you prefer.
Please also let your units know about the system strategic plan.
Members of the Visioning Team will be glad to accompany you to help
present the plan and answer questions. This PowerPoint will be posted
as well if you would like to use it. As questions come in we will develop a
list of FAQs.
Information on our campus strategic plan is still posted on the Provost’s
web site if anyone has questions about the relationship between the
two.
Feedback to inform the final draft of the system strategic plan is due no
later than Friday September 20th as we have to have a final draft to the
System by the end of September.
Thank you for your help!!!!
What Next? (Continued)
• Final draft of system strategic plan (including campus
plans) to Board of Curators at November 2013
meeting
• We will monitor metrics tracking progress on our
strategic initiatives and these will inform future
funding decisions
• Yearly submissions for funding for next four years;
some revisions of yearly funding requests possible
• All requests must still be tied to campus strategy
statement and strategic plan