Action Steps
- Offer comprehensive support for academic excellence by fostering research, faculty development, an improved faculty and staff mentoring program, expansion of library resources, and increased grant writing assistance.
- Appropriately orient, develop, and review all faculty and academic support staff.
- Increase number of tenure-track appointments, where appropriate, to a level consistent with peer institutions.
- Increase the number of endowed faculty positions in all schools.
- Provide additional professional development opportunities for staff.
- Increase the number of faculty and academic support staff from diverse backgrounds.