Shippensburg University - President's Report 2007-2008 - (Page 7)

The world is ever changing, led in large part by new technologies that have brought major innovations and dramatic shifts in our work and social cultures. Shippensburg University continually evaluates its academic majors and minors to ensure our programs are relevant in a world where new jobs will be created in ﬁelds not yet imagined. The University does the same evaluation of its infrastructure and recently completed a facilities master plan—a blueprint for the building and infrastructure needs of the next 20 years. Plans are underway to develop an academic master plan that will serve as a foundation of the University’s strategic plan. The academic master plan will guide the administration and faculty in making sure the academic mission, goals, and success strategies connect to the University’s values, vision, mission, and strategic planning; will translate our vision and mission into effective programs; and set priorities for use of University resources so the budget process also follows set strategies. In addition, the academic master plan will provide guidelines for designing, prioritizing, implementing, and evaluating new programs while maintaining our nationally recognized educational excellence. By completing this review, we will raise the proﬁle of the undergraduate and graduate programs so we continue to attract the most competitive students. We will involve various groups in the plan with the goal of completing the design process by the end of the academic year. Once the design is ﬁnalized, we will begin to implement the goals that will allow the University to remain in the forefront of academic programming in the region. Work on the plan is also timely as the University is entering the ﬁnal evaluation phase with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, our regional accrediting agency. Shippensburg ﬁrst earned Middle States accreditation in 1939, the ﬁrst state school to do so. The accreditation process has continued on a 10-year cycle that involves an institutional self-study followed by a review team visit (scheduled for April 2009) composed of educational peers from throughout the region. The last accreditation visit was in 1999. A periodic review report, conducted in between the 10-year reviews, was last done in 2004.

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