Goal
LMU will reinforce the value of our student-centered educational experience through personalized connections between students and the faculty and staff who support them.
Objective 1
Maximize the value of LMU’s signature student-centered experience by re-defining “personalized connections” for the current context.
| Action Item | Last Updated | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Set targets for tenure-line and full-time faculty aimed at maintaining favorable student/faculty ratio and small class sizes to preserve strong personalized connections. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Evaluate current usage of curricular and co-curricular high-impact practices (HIPs) for student success such as global learning, engaged learning experiences, leadership development, internships and student work experiences – and develop a plan that ensures equitable access to these learning experiences. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Research and potentially develop a four-year HIPs plan and/or an LMU Experiences Transcript to guide and document curricular and co-curricular aspects of a student's development. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Increase support for undergraduate research and extend global and local research opportunities. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Leverage recent gains in familiarity with technology-assisted pedagogies and establish a learning growth plan to enhance faculty, staff, and student fluency to maximize technology as a key feature of LMU's personalized connections. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Revisit and devise an updated approach to summer term and/or new "intersession" course offerings and modalities to enhance flexible learning options for students. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Extend the value of an LMU education by consolidating and/or further enhancing career and professional development services, alumni engagement, and lifelong learning opportunities. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
Objective 2
Sustain or improve retention and graduation rates in the face of downward pressures.
| Action Item | Last Updated | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Create and test a more coordinated, centralized, and communicative student success infrastructure that includes a "web of support" technology foundation to facilitate undergraduate and graduate student transition and onboarding, curricular and co-curricular engagement, and continued and timely progress toward their degree. | Summer 2024 | Complete and ongoing |
| Create structures and practices that ensure institution-wide coordination and information-sharing to support student success and evidence-based decision-making while protecting data privacy and information security. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Evaluate current student advising and academic services and expand impact by increasing awareness of available support structures among students, faculty, and staff and expanding self-help tools. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Enhance support structures and self-help tools for student health and well-being. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
| Integrate diversity and equity considerations in devising student success structures and services. | Summer 2024 | In progress |
More Information
For more information about the Personalized Connections Initiative, please contact Jennifer Belichesky-Larson, Assistant Vice Provost of Strategic Initiatives, at Jennifer.Belichesky@lmu.edu.