Student Achievement - Annual Plan

Undergraduate Education

Planned Actions for AY 2023-2024

  • Promote existing and implement new targeted programming for African American and Native American students.
  • Launch integrated First-Year Experience program, including math and English prep/placement, New Student Orientation, Common Read, First Year Seminars, peer mentoring, and associated programming.
  • Offer faculty development program to integrate career readiness outcomes into academic curriculum.
  • Implement action plans from adult learner needs assessment report and student basic needs survey.
  • Engage Faculty Senate and Department Chairs in course scheduling transparency initiative.
  • Draft assessment framework for student success programs/initiatives.
  • Integration of UNLV Career Competencies into undergraduate curriculum.
  • Advance Gen Ed 2.0 (more career focused, streamlined, and with experiential learning for all.
  • Launch Financial Wellness Center.

Graduate Education

Planned Actions for AY 2023-2024

  • Align UG and grad programs to ensure a smooth transition for students, assist in internationalization efforts; grow Advantage program.
  • Selective creation of new fast track programs (3+2, 4+1, etc.); better marketing of existing programs.
  • Deploy stacked certificate and degree opportunities; better market/ promote our graduate program offerings via website changes, digital marketing in collaboration with central communications; and provide expanded training to graduate programs.
  • Establish a graduate data repository for easy, transparent access to graduate data and reports.
  • Increase badging and co-curricular offerings (including revenue-generating) and expand engagement.
  • Grow student engagement with The Grad Academy and integrate it into curricular programming; begin grant writing bootcamps.
  • Roll-out travel, matching programs, and enhanced support for postdocs; streamline hiring processes; work with OSP and deans to grow postdocs and the doc-to-postdoc pipeline.
  • Work with deans and the Provost’s team to reimagine distribution of state GA funds and incentivize grant-funded GAs.
  • Develop expanded student wellness programming and interventions, as well as faculty training.
  • Finish and deploy graduate faculty and graduate coordinator online training modules.
  • Expand professional development opportunities for Postdoctoral Scholars.
  • Expand support for graduate student basic needs.
  • Expand offerings from The Grad Academy to include more flex schedule options.
  • Creation of a mentoring mentor program for faculty.
  • Creation and implementation of the Building Resilient & Inclusive Discoveries to Graduate Education (BRIDGE) program.

Career Development and Progression

Planned Actions for AY 2023-2024

  • The First Destinations Survey - establish baseline data and monitor for positive engagement and career outcomes trends.
  • Employer Satisfaction and Engagement Survey - establish baseline of responses and track for enhanced satisfaction and engagement measures.
  • Rebel Career Champions Network - grow “Career Everywhere” integrated career and curriculum model.
  • Focus on growing meaningful paid local internships within a structure that trains internship supervisors and assess’ student internship experiences.
  • Generate a growing set of workforce-aligned community partners via the 2nd Annual Southern Nevada Leadership Summit; campus-community outreach; collaboration with GOWINN and GOED; etc.
  • Develop new user-specific website with comprehensive and targeted resources.
  • Establish a thriving ecosystem for microcredentials. Increase badge engagement and attainment by 50%.
  • Generate a map of industries to majors; identify a process for assessing skills gaps in credentials.
  • Collaborate with key units within Academic Affairs and across campus to establish a scalable plan, including scaffolded career preparedness, life design, and high-impact experiences, to ensure workforce readiness for all graduates.