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STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION INVENTORY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTSAUGUST 2019

Dear Members of the UMBC Community,I am pleased to share this Inventory of Accomplishments related to implementation of UMBC’sstrategic plan. Organized around the goals and objectives under each of the four focus areasoutlined in Our UMBC: A Strategic Plan for Advancing Excellence and the priorities identifiedby the Foundations Work Group, this Inventory shows the progress we have made over the lastthree years and our priorities for the next two.As we enter the fourth year of implementation of our strategic plan, I hope you will join me incelebrating the substantial progress we have made so far and continuing our work to advanceour institutional mission.None of this would have been possible without your engagement, hard work, and commitment.Thank you for all that you do for Our UMBC.Philip J. RousProvost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

The Student ExperienceStrategic Goal 1: Increase degree completion and shorten students’ time to degree.Supporting Objectives2016-20172017-20182018-2019 Made substantialprogress on examiningdata and taking actiontoward UndergraduateStudent SuccessCommittee goals. (UAA)1.0 Increase degreecompletion and shortenstudents’ time to degreeNext Steps for 2019-2021 Launch the Office ofAcademic Advocacy.(UAA) Establish an AcademicSuccess Center (ASC).(UAA) Implement a universitywide academicintervention programutilizing academicadvocates to assiststudents who have 4overall course repeats.(UAA) Implement a 90-hourdegree audit check andinform advisors andstudents. (UAA) Develop a mandatory 2credit first yearexperience course. (UAA) Expand pilot for theSenior DegreeCompletion Initiative.(UAA) Evaluate and implement5-6 recommendationsfrom the Undergraduate1

Student SuccessCommittee’s focus areagroups. (UAA)1.1 Improve course planningand scheduling Launched UndergraduateStudent SuccessCommittee andPersistence Committee. Made policy changes tohelp students completetheir degrees in a timelymanner (e.g., requiringstudents to havecompleted, or be enrolledin, all degreerequirements toparticipate in thecommencementceremony). (UAA) Base-funded andcompleted installation ofanalytics tools focused onstudent progression andsuccess. (Provost; DOIT) In collaboration withcollege deans, began thedevelopment of collegelevel dashboards formonitoring studentprogression. Implemented tracking ofco-curricular engagementand targeted interventionsfor non-engagedstudents. (SA) Undergraduate StudentSuccess Committeebegan identifying metricsfor evaluating studentsuccess over time. (UAA) Launched “Finish 15”campaign to supportretention and timelygraduation of students.(EM) Joined Council ofGraduate Schools Ph.D.Career Pathways projectand the Coalition for NextGeneration Life Science.(GS) Promoted use of data bygraduate program2 Nearly completedstudying impact ofdegree pathways andcourse scheduling ontime to degree, retention,and graduation rates.(DOIT) Made substantialprogress on creatingundergraduate andgraduate programcommittees to improvecourse planning andscheduling. (COEIT) Began identifyingbottlenecks in courseplanning and schedulingand working withdepartments to designinterventions. (CAHSS) Nearly completedassessing impact of“Finish 15” initiative ontime-to-degree. (EM) Began curriculumintegration of studyabroad to better alignstudy abroad with majorcourse requirements.(IES) Made substantialprogress on providingdata support for Space &Scheduling Review Institutionalize the MATH104 pathway for nonSTEM majors. (CNMS) Develop initiatives for theCOEIT undergraduateand graduate councils.(COEIT) Provide more informationto students on the VisualDegree Audit. (DOIT) Continue assessingimpact of “Finish 15”campaign. (EM) Continue promotingusage of new DegreePlanner tool. Assessimpact of Degree Plannerusage on advisingexperience and time todegree. (EM; DOIT) Implement PS FLUIDplatform to allow forimproved student selfservice experienceincluding courseregistration. (EM, DOIT) Continue work oncurriculum integration ofstudy abroad (IES). Form Graduate EducationTask Force. (GS)

directors to track studentperformance. (GS) Implemented online studyabroad database tofacilitate searching forstudy abroad programsusing central directory.(IES)study. (IRADS) Nearly completedidentifying barriercourses and student atrisk characteristics.(IRADS) Completed 2 round ofalumni and graduatestudent surveys andidentified careeroutcomes for PhDalumni. (GS)nd Complete 3 round ofalumni and graduatestudent surveys. (GS)rd Provide workshop forfaculty on graduatesurvey outcomes. (GS) Post career outcomesdata for postdocs inbiomedical sciences onGS website. (GS) Posted enrollment,graduation and careeroutcomes data forbiomedical sciencesprograms on GS website.(GS)1.2 Improve use of informalspace Piloted StudyTree tosupport virtual studygroups and supplementallearning. (DOIT) Created additionalinformal gathering spacefor students in Arbutus bylaunching OCA Mocha, astudent-driven project.(SA) StudyTree was canceledafter validating the pilotwith LRC and students.(DOIT) Establish “The LearningCollaboratory” underSTEM BUILD 2.0.(CNMS) Repurpose hallway inMeyerhoff Building toserve as an informal studyspace. (CNMS) Continue revision andupdating of informal andformal spaces. (COEIT) Deploy TutorTrac to betterschedule tutoringsessions. (DOIT) Conduct an inventory ofpublic & instructional3

space in the Library &Gallery & review relevantuse guidelines. (Library) Update the RetrieverLearning Center toenhance collaborativetechnologies. (Library)4

Strategic Goal 2: Systematically improve the quality and consistency of academic advising and mentoring ofundergraduate and graduate students.Supporting Objectives2.1 Improve academicadvising and mentoring2016-2017 Formed Advising TaskForce to review the 2008Advising Work GroupReport and make newrecommendations withfocus on assessment,technology, and use ofanalytics. (Provost; EM) Developed Visual DegreeAudit (Degree Donut), anew advising tool that willmake it easier for studentsand faculty to quickly see ifstudents are on track tocomplete the requirementsfor their degrees andcertificates. (DOIT) Established MOU DataSharing agreement withfeeder schools, to improveexperiences of transferstudents. (IRADS)2017-2018 Advising Task Forcedelivered its report withrecommendations.(Provost; EM) Implemented newadvanced data analyticsinfrastructure (CIVITAS)and began deploying thenew tools in support of ourUndergraduate StudentSuccess Committee andPersistence Committee.(DOIT; IRADS) Implemented VisualDegree Audit (DegreeDonut) for students andadvisors. (DOIT; EM) Developed new StudentAdvising Planner (DegreePlanner), designed tosupport student advisingand academic planning.(DOIT; EM) Create co-curriculardashboard to track cocurricular engagement andtarget interventions for“non-engaged” students.(SA) Piloted a new advisortraining program. (OAPA)2018-2019 Began reviewing andimplementing AdvisingTask Forcerecommendations.(Provost; UAA; EM) Nearly completedimplementation of StudentAdvising Planner (DegreePlanner). (DOIT; EM) Began creatingundergraduate andgraduate programcommittees in COEIT toimprove academic advisingand mentoring. (COEIT) Made significant progresson implementing newPreMed program underScience and Math AdvisingResource Team andrestructuring professionaladvising. (CNMS) Made substantial progresson launching a full advisortraining program. (OAPA) Launched “The MajorEvent” in Fall 2018, whichhelped students learnabout programs at UMBC.(OAPA) Made significant progress5Next Steps for 2019-2020 Fund and pilot some ofthe recommendationsput forth by the UgSSCAdvising andGraduation focus group.(UAA) Continueimplementation of premed programrestructuring with thehire of a HealthProfessions Coach.(CNMS) Restructure SMART(Science and MathAdvising ResourceTeam) to include peeradvising and transferadvising. (CNMS) Develop initiatives forthe COEITundergraduate andgraduate councils.(COEIT) Add to advising staff.(COEIT) Improve communicationand documentation onwhy using the DegreePlanner is important.(DOIT)

Added a staff member tofocus on advisingfreshmen and transferstudents in the ShermanSTEM Teacher ScholarsProgram. (UAA) Implemented STEMTransfer Student SuccessInitiatives. (CNMS) Implemented BUILDInitiatives/Hill-LopesScholarship to supportstudents placed at highrisk. (CNMS) Increased participation inthe Summer BridgeProgram throughenhanced marketing andthe newly establishedRetriever JumpstartScholarship. (UAA; EM)on developing AdvisingDashboard. (IRADS) Create a guide fororientation. (DOIT) Launch a mechanismfor parents to trackstudent progress.(DOIT) Continue promotingusage of new DegreePlanner. Assess impactof Degree Plannerusage on advisingexperience and time todegree. (EM) Continue developmentof advisor trainingprogram. (EM) Develop AcademicAdvisor Career Ladder.(EM; HR) Apply to participate inthe next cohort of theNACADA and GardnerInstitute Excellence inAcademic Advising.(EM; UAA) Create space forinternational students toaccess academic,career, immigration andother forms of advisingfrom IES staff. (IES) Develop a pilot peermentor program forUMBC students on theautism spectrum. (SDS)6

Continue to developAdvising Dashboardand support analysis ofadvising and advocacyefforts. (IRADS) Improve careermentoring by faculty.(GS)7

Strategic Goal 3: Leverage the strength of UMBC’s compositional diversity by increasing the cultural and globalcompetencies of all students.Supporting Objectives3.1 Promote global andcultural competency instudents2016-20172017-2018 Supported faculty andstudents to apply for andreceive Boren, Fulbright,Gilman and otherprestigious awards forresearch and appliedinternship experiencesabroad. (IES) U.S. News featuredUMBC as one of its "TopUniversities forInternational Students," anew list of U.S.universities that have aparticularly strongcommitment to supportinginternational students. UMBC was the only U.S.institution to be named afinalist for a PIEoneerAward in the category ofinternational studentsupport. Joined the AmericanCouncil on Education2018-2020InternationalizationLaboratory. Joined the MarylandInternational EducationConsortium (MIEC), aninitiative designed toadvance internationaleducation in the state of82018-2019 Nearly completedexpanding Interact - a pilotprogram designed todevelop basic listeningand interaction skills tohelp first year studentsnavigate culturally diversecontexts - to all first yearresidence halls. (SA) Made significant progresson participating in theAmerican Council onEducation 2018-2020InternationalizationLaboratory. (IES) Participated in MIECretreat. (IES) Made substantial progresson developing an updatedvision for diversity andinclusion in COEIT.(COEIT)Next Steps for 2019-2020 Implement UMBC juniorSTEM Abroad program inBiological Sciences.(CNMS) Act on the goals toadvance COEIT’s successin diversity and inclusionand empower thecollege’s new Diversityand Inclusion Committee.(COEIT) Complete the revisioningprocess for CWIT.(COEIT) Implement Terra Dottasoftware for IES to supportstudy abroad. (DOIT) Implement Terra DottaISSA software to manageinternational students andscholars. (DOIT) Expanded New StudentOrientation “Dawg Days”optional excursions toinclude “Dawg DaysAbroad”. (EM; IES) Increase participation in“Dawg Days Abroad” andassess its impact onstudent culturalcompetency. (EM; IES) Transitioned Study AbroadFair to GlobalOpportunities Fair. (IES) Finalize five-year strategicplan for comprehensiveinternationalization. (IES) Participated in inauguralTimes Higher Education Investigate partnershipwith the University of