Pillar 1: Affordability and Student Retention

Pillar 1: Affordability and Student Retention

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Focus Area: Graduation Rate & Retention

Graduation Rate (4-year, 6-year) – All First-Time Freshman (FTF)

  • The graduation rate is based on first-time, full-time freshmen
  • The year indicates the entering fall cohort
  • The rate is the percentage of students who earned a degree within four/six years
  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus

Graduation Rate (4-year, 6-year) – Underrepresented Minorities (URM FTF)

  • The graduation rate is based on first-time, full-time freshmen
  • The year indicates the entering fall cohort
  • The rate is the percentage of students who earned a degree within four/six years
  • URM is defined here to include Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Pacific Islander
  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus

Retention Rate (First-time Freshman) – All FTF and URM

  • The retention rate is based on first-time, full-time freshmen
  • The year indicates the entering fall cohort
  • The rate is the percentage of students who returned for second fall term
  • URM is defined here to include Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Pacific Islander
  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus

Focus Area: Campus Wellness & Mental Health

  • Percent of students, faculty and staff that participate in mental health training
  • Assess faculty, staff, and student perceptions of the campus wellness culture
    • Three questions from the ACHA - NCHA (student) survey that can be tracked and measured over time.
    • NFSHA (faculty & staff) survey questions will be included on the Campus and Workplace Culture (CWC) survey - administration will occur in fall 2021.
  • Over time, data will be tracked to measure progress based on three questions selected from the ACHA - NCHA (student) & NFSHA (faculty & staff) surveys

Focus Area: Innovation in Learning & Teaching

  • Strategic Initiative(s): Performance tracked through the completion of action steps

 

Pillar 2: Discovery & Impact

Pillar 2: Discovery & Impact

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Focus Area: Research/Scholarship/Creative Work

Research Funding

  • Sponsored Research awards plus gifts supporting research
  • Includes federal and non-federal sources
  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus

Focus Area: Healthcare

Patients Served by CU Anschutz Clinical Faculty

  • The number of patients served by CU medical care providers per year
  • Data source is CU Medicine, CU Anschutz Chancellor's Office

 

Pillar 3: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Access

Pillar 3: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Access

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Percent of student, faculty and staff from underrepresented population (including gender, ethnicity, veterans and disability)

Diversity of New Students

  • Enrollment based on Fall term headcount enrollment
  • Diversity is defined by campus to align with their strategic goals (URM or BIPOC or All Students of Color)
  • Veteran is defined by campus to align with their strategic goals
  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus

Diversity of New Faculty and Staff Hires

  • Employee population based on enrollment snapshot
  • Diversity is defined by campus to align with their strategic goals (URM or BIPOC or All Students of Color)
  • Veteran is defined by campus to align with their strategic goals
  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus

Campus and Workplace Culture (CWC) Survey

  • Survey administration will occur in fall 2021
  • All CU campuses and System Office
  • All students, faculty and staff
  • Preliminary results of questions for the CU Strategic Plan will be presented at the February 2022 Board of Regents meeting
  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus

Civility

  • Undergraduate Students: Since you have been a student at CU, have you experienced any of these behaviors in the context of your CU-related activities (in person or remote)? Please select all that apply.
  • Graduate Students: Since you have been a GRADUATE student at CU, have you experienced any of these behaviors in the context of your CU-related activities (in person or remote)? Please select all that apply.
  • Faculty & Staff: Within the last 12 months, have you experienced any of these behaviors in the context of your CU-related activities (inperson or remote)? Please select all that apply

Harassment

  • Policy Items/Outcomes – Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff: I feel like my concerns would be taken seriously by CU if I reported a problem related to identity-based discrimination or harassment (attributed to protected classes such as race, sexual orientation, gender, disability, etc.), or sexual misconduct, intimate partner abuse (including domestic/dating violence) or stalking.

Acceptance/Culture

  • Classroom Culture – Undergraduate Students: In most of my courses…I am comfortable expressing ideas or opinions in class without fear it will affect how people in the class treat me.
  • Department Culture – Graduate Students: Indicate how strongly you disagree or agree with each of the following statements: I am comfortable expressing ideas or opinions without fear it will affect how individuals in my department treat me.
  • Department Culture – Staff: Indicate how strongly you disagree or agree with each of the following statements:I am comfortable expressing ideas or opinions without fear it will affect how individuals in my department treat me.
  • Department Culture – Faculty: Indicate how strongly you disagree or agree with each of the following statements: I am comfortable expressing ideas or opinions without fear it will affect how individuals in my department treat me.

 

Pillar 4: Fiscal Strength

Pillar 4: Fiscal Strength

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Focus Area: Collaboration and Partnerships

Gifts/Fundraising

  • Gifts and Fundraising revenue include CU Campus, CU Foundation, Planned Gifts, and Support to the Office of Contracts & Grants
  • Data source is CU Advancement

Other Revenue per Employee

  • Other Revenue is calculated from Total Revenue less State Funding and Undergraduate Resident Tuition Revenue
  • Data prepared by CU System Office of Budget & Finance

Focus Area: Deferred Maintenance and Sustainability

Facility Condition Index (FCI)

  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus
  • Data prepared by CU System Office of Capital Assets

Energy Use Intensity (EUI)

  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus
  • Data prepared by CU System Office of Capital Assets

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Action Steps will be developed by each campus
  • Data prepared by CU System Office of Capital Assets

Focus Area: Transformation & Innovation Program (formerly: Tech Enablement and Infrastructure )

  • Strategic Initiative(s): Performance tracked through the completion of action steps