Goals

Strategies

Activities

Outcomes

Individuals Impacted

Actively Engage Students in Their Own
Learning

Increase High Impact Engaged-Learning Activities

Established Office of Student Engagement& Experiential Learning

Increase activities in Service and service learning

Develop undergraduate research activities

Develop themed learning communities

21 students complete over 200 hours of service to 15 different locations

50 students have participated in 8 projects
on Civic Reflection

219 students and 143 faculty members
participated in undergraduate research

58 students participate in Research Rookies

Themed Learning Communities have increased from 2 to 12

1127 freshmen an seniors participate in NSSE

Students- 1777 participate in activities

Faculty/Staff - 183 participate in activities

Goals

Strategies

Activities

Outcomes

Individuals Impacted

Develop and Implement a Significantly Enhanced General Education Program

Document faculty and student knowledge of the general education
program and related student learning
objectives

Define the purpose of general education at NIU

Evaluate the current general education
program's ability to meet its defined purpose

Formulate a plan to improve the general education program

Implement a significantly enhanced general education program —
emphasizing its importance for all students at NIU

The three-day planning workshop the group was challenged to develop a set of General Education Goals based on the Baccalaureate
Goals of the institution. Upon further study, the group realized that the existing Baccalaureate Goals had not been reviewed since the early 1980's. Subsequently, the
focus was shifted to a review and creation of a set of Baccalaureate Goals that were stated as student learning outcomes

Faculty/Staff

- 44 participated on Review Task Force
- 278 faculty/staff/employers participated
in focus groups

Goals were approved by faculty/student
governance process

Students

- 149 students participated in survey