Coordinating biennial assessments of health, safety, and environmental sustainability and disseminate findings/recommendations for program and service enhancement

Implementing a harm-reduction approach to issues of health, safety, and environmental sustainability, including provision of information, review of appropriate policies and procedures, and adoption of a consistent harm-reduction message

Completing life-safety enhancements to Turner and Stevenson Halls

Replacing the power distribution system in Milner Library to correct life-safety issues

Reducing work related injuries and motor vehicle/pedestrian accidents

Improve campus sustainability in the areas of energy, water, and other resource use and recycling/waste management

Implementing priorities identified in the Energy Management and Utility Infrastructure Improvement Plan

Completing campus infrastructure and building projects in progress: Schroeder Hall and Julian Hall renovations, Felmley Hall ventilation upgrades, construction of the College of Business building and the In Exchange pedestrian plaza

Receiving state capital funding for the University’s highest priorities for facilities derived from The Master Plan: enhancement of the University’s Power Plant and infrastructure, a new Wellness Activity Center, and rehabilitation of the Fine Arts Complex, Williams Hall, and Milner Library (Intellectual Commons)

Receiving state capital renewal funding for the University’s highest priorities for facilities: Stroud Auditorium rehabilitation and Cook Hall roof replacement

Implementing priorities from Illinois State University’s Fiscal Year 2003 Facilities Condition Assessment

Committing 2 percent of the facilities replacement value annually on maintenance activities

Developing and implementing a long-range plan for University Housing and Campus Dining Services, including the use of a Report Card to document progress and accomplishments for the University and external communities

Reviewing and updating the University’s long-term planning for technology and documenting outcomes from that planning

Developing and implementing a long-range plan for renewing the University’s information infrastructure and information delivery systems supporting academic and administrative use

Placing in the top 50 national colleges and universities in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s ratings of academic quality and affordability

Advancing to Tier II in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings of national doctoral universities

Requiring all students to have a computer with minimum hardware and software standards that can connect effectively to the Internet

Developing and implementing strategies to offset the cost of computing requirements to students, including donor support and initiatives for the most financially challenged students

Generating an additional $20 million for endowed scholarships; philanthropic efforts will increase the percent of undergraduate students receiving grants, scholarships, and waivers (36 percent in fall 2003) and the percent of graduate students receiving assistantships (49 percent in fall 2003)

Placing in the top 10 percent nationally for students graduating with the least amount of debt; the average debt load of Illinois State University undergraduates ($13,921 reported in fall 2003) places the University in the top 18 percent of national doctoral universities for students graduating with the least amount of debt

Decreasing the average time to degree of full-time degree seeking freshmen maintaining continuous enrollment from four years and one semester to four years

Developing and implementing plans to strengthen academic advisement

Investigate and design alternative learning paradigms to the traditional method of semester instruction

Articulating how divisional planning, budgeting, and assessment processes support the University’s vision, values, goals, and priorities stated in Educating Illinois. This will include benchmarking practices at other universities and industries, and implementing and documenting process improvements, where appropriate.

Updating Educating Illinois cost estimates to support divisional planning and budgeting

Reviewing and revising the program review format and process, where appropriate. Program review will continue to use assessment results as the basis for change and to inform programmatic resource allocation decisions consistent with Educating Illinois.