Action 1.1
Promote the development of new graduate programs that are appropriate to UNF’s mission, students, faculty, and the region; ensure the relevance of our programs to our students.
Anticipated Outcome
- New promising graduate degree programs
Action 1.2
Foster the maintenance of graduate programs that are appropriately sophisticated, rigorous, and current in both academic content and pedagogical/andragogical presentation
Anticipated Outcomes
- Enhanced program review and assessment
- Improved curricula in all programs
- Accreditation of all programs that have discipline-specific accreditation bodies
Action 1.3
Cultivate students' advanced knowledge and skills in their chosen fields
Anticipated Outcomes
- Stronger student educational and scholarly experiences and products in all programs
- Better Graduate School policies and processes related to the quality of student work, in particular theses and dissertations
- Editorial support for theses and dissertations; support for statistical analysis
Action 1.4
Foster instructional excellence in our graduate faculty
Anticipated Outcomes
- New initiatives in the Office of Faculty Enhancement focused on graduate level andragogy
- New initiatives that financially support graduate faculty teaching enhancement
Action 1.5
Promote the relevance of the Graduate School to graduate students
Anticipated Outcomes
- Better communication between the Graduate School and graduate students
- Ombudsman services for graduate students
- Enhanced career placement services for graduate students
- New initiatives to assist graduate students seeking admission to still more advanced educational opportunitie