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Priorities, 2009-2010
These priorities are meant to underpin and promote Ohio State’s six overarching aims: forging One Ohio state; putting students first in access to academic excellence; developing faculty and staff talent; enhancing our research prominence; expanding outreach and collaboration with communities we serve; and ensuring operating and financial soundness and simplicity.
The priorities are as follows:
- Developing processes to support the conversion to semesters;
- Increasing the effectiveness of student advising support;
- Expanding the effectiveness of student financial aid support;
- Assessing and improving career service activities for students;
- Developing programs to further advocate faculty for national honors and recognitions;
- Enhancing our success in federal and private research funding;
- Providing greater support for faculty and staff development;
- Increasing the numbers of high ability minority and women students, as well as faculty, at all levels;
- Working closely with the Chancellor of the Board of Regents on new and expanded initiatives such as the Third Frontier;
- Increasing coordination between faculty units and academic programs, with a focus on the life and environmental sciences; and
- Planning for continued growth in an uncertain economic environment.
