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- Strategic Plan 2008-2013
Strategic Plan 2008-2013
Strategic Plan by Theme
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THEME I: PROGRAMS- Goal 1: Improve and expand educational opportunities, programs, and courses for the student population and community.
- Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative delivery of education.
- Goal 3: Develop and expand opportunities for high school students enrolled through NIC, emphasizing professional technical and dual credit/enrollment programs.
- Goal 4: Create program schedules that maximize the use of available facilities, and take advantage of new and alternative facilities as appropriate.
THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT
- Goal 1: Improve student access.
- Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase student success.
- Goal 3: Improve student communications
THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND CLIMATE
- Goal 1: Improve organizational and inter-departmental communications.
- Goal 2: Further develop opportunities for professional development.
- Goal 3: Attract and retain high quality employees.
THEME IV: FINANCE AND FUNDING
- Goal 1: Pursue expanded funding opportunities through NIC Foundation for student success, faculty-staff support, facility development, and program development.
- Goal 2: Pursue opportunities for alternative funding sources.
- Goal 3: Align budget with strategic plan.
THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS
- Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC among targeted groups.
- Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment through a strong marketing campaign.
THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES
- Goal 1: Assure opportunities for college expansion.
- Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure with regards to technology and safety.
| Objective | ActionItem | Outcome | PerformanceMeasure | ResponsibleParty | TimeFrame | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assess campus safety practices and implement necessary improvements. | Improve network security via collaboration and best practice adoption. | Enhanced security of records and other official information. | A roster of defined best practices for improving network access and other security. Improvements to the VLAN and DNS architecture. Preparation to integrate an intrusion detection / prevention system (IDS/IPS) when funding becomes available. | Michael Slupczynski | May 2010 | In progress |
| Assess campus safety practices and implement necessary improvements. | Improve network security. | Improved network and systems security via consultation, best practice adoption, software acquisition and standards creation. | A network intrusion detection and prevention device will be acquired. Network traffic will be monitored to ensure that both records and traffic are secure for all purposes. Policy development regarding information security will be undertaken. An infor | Information Technology | 2008 - 2009 | In progress |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Acquire & develop college-wide portal system. | Acquire, implement and develop a portal system | Portal system hardware, software and services will be acquired. Portal governance will be established. An implementation team from across the college will be developed. Project scope and phased project plan will be defined with participation outlined f | Information Technology | 2008 - 2009 | Completed |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Bring all qualifying NIC classrooms to the minimum information technology standard using ARRA stimulus funding. | Improved instructional delivery to 45 classrooms. | Plan outlining the qualifying classrooms. Completion of rooms with available funding. | Steve Smith | June 2010 | In progress |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Develop a plan for equipment replacement. | Develop plan addressing equipment replacement in classrooms with faculty input and institutional funding. | A comprehensive plan for standardizing all classrooms will be prepared. Plans and funding requests will be reviewed by faculty. | Information Technology | 2008 - 2009 | In progress |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Develop a secure and sustainable wireless network in all college buildings to extend and improve the learning environment for additional students and instructors. | A consistent set of wireless tools and services. Security and bandwidth monitoring to all locations and all levels of users. | Completed wireless system. | Michael Slupczynski | April 2010 | Completed |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Develop Services Guide. | Develop guide for faculty with inclusion of services from the ITS, eLearning, Library and HelpDesk teams. | Services available and methods to access will be published via a website. The web location will be publicized and promoted via the Week'sWorth and other means. Paper publication will also be done if useful. | Information Technology | 2008 - 2009 | Completed |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Develop the "MyNIC" portal system. | Improve collaboration and internal communications among faculty, staff and students by implementing a portal system to integrate information and systems access. | Staff and students will be trained to access, build and use the portal. System performance and availability will be monitored. Access to student/staff email, "MyNICCourses" class sites, andother applications will be incorporated. | Steve Ruppel / Lisa Clark | April 2010 | Completed |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Extend wireless network access. | Wireless network access will be extended to more students and instructors in a secure manner. | Wireless rollout will be continued as described in the Phase 2 planning and the installations using DPW funding (from FY08) completed. Security will be monitored and improved. Bandwidth will be managed to all locations. Instructions on how to obtain ac | Information Technology | 2008 - 2009 | Completed |
| Enhance online student support and education services. | Replace Datatel hardware. | Replacement of Unix servers and SAN | The current HP-UX system will be replaced with a higher performance IBM AIX system. Datatel applications and databases will be moved to the new system. Information storage will be increased and the storage needs of the portal will be included in the SAN. | Information Technology | 2008 - 2009 | Completed |