Strategic Plan for Kentucky Higher Education, 1996-2000
Draft -- June 28, 1995
Appendices
Appendix A
Draft Vision Statement for the Commonwealth of Kentucky
The Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center was created to
coordinate and lend cohesion to strategic planning initiatives
throughout state government. The Center has formulated a draft
Vision Statement for the Commonwealth of Kentucky based on an
extensive statewide exchange of ideas on the preferred vision for
Kentucky. (A final vision statement for the Commonwealth is
expected to be available before the higher education plan is
voted on in September.) The vision of the higher education
community supports this larger effort to shape Kentucky's future.
The draft statement reads:
We the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky share a
vision of the future we want for our state, one that
unites us in constant purpose. We envision a Kentucky
recognized by the states and the nations of the world as
home to:
- A quality system of lifelong learning
opportunities, responsive and relevant to the
needs of citizens, communities and enterprises,
and committed to excellence, accessibility and
accountability,
- A sustainable, prosperous, expanding, and globally
competitive economy realized through efficient,
effective, investments and development
initiatives,
- A clean, beautiful, enjoyable environment made
possible by cooperative efforts to protect and
preserve our land, air, and water,
- Safe, healthy communities made strong by engaged,
active, capable citizens who respect diversity and
encourage cooperation,
- Open, accountable, participative, efficient and
effective government at all levels.
Appendix B
Institutional Mission Statements
The system-level perspective of each institution's role in
carrying out this vision is described in the recently refined
mission statements. These mission statements (attached) adopted
by the Council and the institutions in 1994 were fundamental to
this planning process. The framework used in refining these
missions built on the existing foundation of institutional
strengths and responsibilities. The framework resulted in the
following topics being addressed in each mission:
- Geographic Region - priority placed on needs of
local regions with selected designated statewide
responsibilities;
- Institutional Admission Standards - range of
selectivity standards along with a policy for
admitting underprepared students;
- Degree Levels - associate, baccalaureate,
master's, doctoral, professional;
- Strategic Directions/Program Priorities - liberal
arts core of baccalaureate programs, in addition
to priority degree program disciplines;
- Enhancement of Instruction - teaching as a primary
focus;
- Public Service and Research Functions - basic and
applied research at universities and service to
the region, schools and business;
- Collaborative Ventures - transfer of credits
toward degree completion, cooperative graduate
programs, and use of telecommunications resources;
and
- Efficiency and Effectiveness - cost effectiveness
in programs and institutional management,
strategic planning that addresses the elimination
of duplicative or nonproductive programs with only
selected new programs started, and an
accountability system which promotes continuous
improvement.
(Full mission statements also will be included in final plan.)
Appendix C
Higher Education Clientele
The systemwide goals were established by first recognizing the
various clientele who have come to have high expectations for
higher education's instructional, research and service programs.
Students remain the core group whose higher education future is
Kentucky's future. The emerging expectations of other clientele
are evident as Kentucky seeks to be competitive among the states
and, in selective cases, among nations in the creation of new
knowledge and in the delivery of services to support the changing
workplace and whole communities of life long learners.
- In providing high quality programs that respond to
changing needs, students of all ages and interests--and
the communities and businesses in which these students
live and work--place increasing demands on higher
education. Elected leaders, parents, and others hold
higher education accountable for the quality of its
programs.
- In developing an educated citizenry, the changing needs of
the student clientele must be met in ways that promote
ongoing learning.
- In providing equal opportunities, higher education recognizes
the student, faculty and staff clienteles for whom equal
opportunities are essential if Kentucky is to support human
diversity.
- In playing a key role in Kentucky's economy, higher education
recognizes its obligations to all Kentuckians but especially
to business and industry, and the need to be accountable to
state and local governments.
- In contributing to Kentuckians' quality of life, higher
education offers opportunities for all Kentuckians to enhance
their lives.
- In promoting coordination, the clienteles expand to include
the other education sectors with whom partnerships are
essential in an environment of ever-changing challenges.
- In advocating for the value of higher education, the clients
are the taxpayers and those leaders elected to represent the
taxpayers' interests, and the business community which
depends on the quality of programs for its success.
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