Strategic Goal 6
Generate sufficient resources to sustain and advance program goals.
Gap Analysis: Current Versus Desired Situation
Current:
- Limited student scholarship opportunity
- Need for facility and equipment update and repairs
- Financing required to expand recruitment, retention, research, and course offerings
- Lack of marketing and promotion of curriculum, research, and service outcomes
Desired:
- Increased scholarship opportunities for students
- Adequate resources to update and maintain facilities and equipment required to deliver contemporary instruction related to agricultural education, technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation
- Leverage cooperation and collaboration with other researchers, agencies, and philanthropists
Strategies to achieve goal:
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Create and implement a five-year development plan.
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Enhance relationship with alumni and engage alumni in development effort.
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Pursue revenue generating opportunities through summer, distance, and online instruction.
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Partner with private sectors, non-profit sectors, and/or private foundations in support of teaching, research, and outreach.
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Secure financial resources for student scholarships.
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Cultivate relationships with stakeholders, agencies, business, industry, and organizations.
Actions to Achieve Goal:
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Create and implement a five-year development plan; work closely with CALES Development office team members. (Ongoing)
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Pursue revenue generating opportunities through summer, distance, and online instruction. (Ongoing)
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Seek funding for research by participating in grant funding. (Ongoing)
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Increase and publish research findings in journals, posters, and papers. (Ongoing)
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Promote within CALES the published research findings. (Ongoing)
Inputs needed to achieve the goal:
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Faculty and business staff
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Six graduate research assistants
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Grant assistant personnel
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CALES Foundation assistance
Objective Metrics that will be used to track progress towards attaining goal:
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Avoid deficit spending.
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Generate instructional revenue of $150k annually from instructional revenue.
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Generate indirect cost through grants and contracts of $2k.
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Invest in curriculum activities and faculty to increase SCH and instructional revenue.