Transitional Strategic Plan Metrics

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• Increase retention rate to 85%, four-year graduation rate to 50%, six-year graduation rate to 70% by 2028
  • Increase the 4- and 6-year graduation rates for minority students to the overall student rates by 2028
• Reduce the attainment gap of traditionally marginalized students by 2028
  • Increase retention rates of minority freshmen to the overall retention rate by 2028
  • Increase the retention rates of first generation students to the overall retention rate by 2028
  • Increase the retention rates of low income (Pell eligible) students to the overall retention rate by 2028
  • Increase the retention rates of veteran students to the overall retention rate by 2028
  • Increase the retention rates of individuals with disabilities to the overall retention rate by 2028
• Increase enrollment of students of color to match or exceed the 18 - 25 year old population in Iowa (15.7% based on 2010 U.S. Census data) by 2028
  • Increase the percentage of traditionally marginalized students in the freshmen class to 15% during the next 5 years
• Increase the racial/ethnic/and gender composition of UNI faculty and staff to match or exceed the estimated availability of employees reported in UNI’s annual BOR Affirmative Action Report.

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• Increase Research and Sponsored Program’s Capacity Grant Funding pool by 25%
• Increase the proportion of faculty teaching abroad and the proportion of faculty submitting applications and receiving Fulbright awards.
• Grow the amount of intellectual property disclosures generated by faculty, staff and students by 2028.
• Increase community and economic development client projects with businesses, organizations, and nonprofits across Iowa by 10%.
• Increase the percentage of academic departments that develop a strategic plan incorporating community engagement in their teaching, research and service each year until 80% of departments have at least one goal, strategy, or metric relative to this topic by 2028.

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• Increase enrollment in online and distance programs as guided by market research.
• Implement online degree completion programs and alternative credentialing such as certificate programs (academic positioning) in high-demand areas.
• Increase the rate of students engaged in high-impact curricular and co-curricular opportunities by 10% annually.
• Increase percent of learners/students that report at least some of their courses included a community-based service-learning project to 50% (first-year) and 80% (seniors).

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• Diversify funding sources by expanding external university/agency/industry partnerships and philanthropy. 
• Increase investments in applied health care, analytics and Industry 4.0 technologies to emphasize interdisciplinary scholarship and new degree pathways and programs for learners.
• Enhance existing enrollment targets by refining metrics related to key enrollment subgroups (e.g. resident graduate students, non-resident professional students).

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