OBJECTIVE 4: FOCUS on increased collective accountability on the Board of Governors performance metrics

Tactic

Retention- and Graduation-related Metrics (4, 5, 9): In 2022, college-specific goals for retention and graduation rates were set using a data-analytics approach. Data teams and deans share accountability for university goals through pursuit of unit-level goals.

New Programs of Strategic Emphasis (Metric 6): In the last 5 years, FGCU has added undergraduate degree programs classified as PSE:

• Computing & Data Science

• Physics

• Environmental Geology

• Construction Management

• Analytics & Informatics

• Digital Media Design

• Health Administration

• Forensic Science

• Supply Chain Management

• FinTech

All Retention and Graduation Metrics (4, 5, 9): In the past 5 years, FGCU has built two high school dual enrollment programs and three “2+2” articulation agreements with community colleges to enhance preparation of incoming freshmen and transfer students.

OBJECTIVE 4: FOCUS on increased collective accountability on the Board of Governors performance metrics

Tactic

Academic Progress Rate (Metric 5): Course Coordinators for the 14 freshman courses with low passage rates are implementing best practices to improve performance of first-year students; Soar 4 Success residential education pilot program created (fall 2019) and reinstated (fall 2022) to improve DFW rates in freshman courses.

Academic Progress Rate (Metric 5): Departments of Biology, Economics & Finance, Chemistry & Physics, Mathematics and the College of Engineering hold pre-semester “boot camps” for incoming freshmen; pre-semester immersion programs (Scholarly research, pre-med, education, business, Resort & Hospitality Management, and justice studies created).

Percentage of graduates enrolled or employed (Metric 1): FGCU launched its transferable skills badging initiative in fall 2022 to allow students to pursue 8 career-readiness competencies prior to graduation.

OBJECTIVE 4:

FOCUS on increased collective accountability on the Board of Governors performance metrics

OBJECTIVE 5: FOCUS on increasing externally-sponsored research by 100% in next 5 years

OBJECTIVE 5:

FOCUS on increasing externally sponsored research by 100% in next 5 years

Incentives

• U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering initiated a Research Incentive Fund donated by Drs. Burtt and Ruth Holmes to provide a 3% reward to in-unit faculty upon the award of externally funded research grants greater than $50,000.

• The Whitaker Center for STEM Education received funding for the Holmes Development Fund to seed collaborative research efforts that would result in external proposal submission.

o 6 faculty submitted 9 external proposals resulting in 5 funded grants.

• College of Education has a partnership with CEEDAR, a federally funded initiative that supports teacher preparation in fostering research and scholarship with students in the field of education.

• Communities in Transition Program (Summer Community-Engaged Research) o 5 grants ($547,253) from the 2018 program o 3 grants ($232,484) and 3 pending from the 2019 program

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OBJECTIVE 5: FOCUS on increasing externally-sponsored research by 100% in next 5 years

OBJECTIVE 5: FOCUS on increasing externally-sponsored research by 100% in next 5 years

OBJECTIVE 6:

FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research

The Office of Scholarly Innovation and Student Research (SISR)

(formerly Office of Undergraduate Scholarship)

Facilitated Faculty Productivity

Promoted CommunityEngaged Scholarship

Sponsored Facultymentored Student Research

Promoted Student Publications

Engaged in Research and

Scholarly Events

OBJECTIVE 6:

FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research

Facilitating Faculty Productivity

• Seidler Summer Fellowships, sponsored by the Seidler Family

• Approximately 1/3 of the awards were in non-STEM areas.

• Whitaker Center for STEM Education Summer Research

Scholarships: Blair Foundation and the Brodie Foundation

• Funds to support students to conduct research during the summer with FGCU STEM faculty.

• W.i.S.E.R. (Work in Scholarly Experiences & Research) Program for student research assistants

• Enables faculty to hire student research assistants from historically excluded populations and students who have financial need or experience other barriers that prevent their participation in research opportunities.

Objective

6: FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research

Facilitating Faculty Productivity

• Faculty who have worked with undergraduate and graduate students are more productive in obtaining external grants and in publishing.

OBJECTIVE 6: FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research

Facilitating Overall Productivity

• Not only are faculty more productive, but participation in research positively impacts students. For example, undergraduate students employed through the WiSER Program earned higher GPAs and completed more credit hours during the semester that they participated in the program. Furthermore, students graduated in 4.05 years as compared to the university-wide average of 4.53 years.

OBJECTIVE 6:

FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research

FGCU's College of Education markets and publishes the Journal of Formative Design in Learning (JDFL) in conjunction with Springer and AECT. It is now listed among the top 50 journals worldwide out of 394 for readability as an emerging scholarly journal.

OBJECTIVE 6:

FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research

Community-Engaged Scholarship through SISR

• Communities in Transition Program (Summer Community-Engaged Research)

• Faculty-student-community partner teams pursue projects that focus on regional concerns with the goal of improving the natural and human communities in the region.

• Faculty have been awarded $687,184 in external grants to continue their work.

• Partnering of FGCU faculty and students with community organizations and agencies.

• The Office of Scholarly Innovation and Student Research (SISR), in conjunction with the Office of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement, facilitates collaborative efforts between FGCU faculty and students and community partners to fulfill mutually beneficial research needs.

OBJECTIVE 6:

Faculty-mentored Student Research through SISR

• Student Research Funds

• Support graduate and undergraduate research, creative, and scholarly endeavors across all academic programs and modes of scholarship. The funds can be used to purchase supplies, travel to research sites (graduate students only), or present research.

• Research and Scholarly Designated Course Attribute

• An attribute designating courses in which undergraduate students actively engage in elements of the research process through projects and assignments that make an intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline or practice.

• Undergraduate Research Excellence Badge

• Focuses on each step of the research process and how interpreting evidence informs theories and how refining ideas based on supportive and contradictory evidence applies to the classroom, courtroom, and boardroom.

OBJECTIVE 6:

FOCUS on resources and structures

Student Publications promoted by SISR

• Aquila: The FGCU Student Research Journal

• Student-run academic research journal featuring scholarly articles from all academic disciplines.

• Mangrove Review: The FGCU Creative Journal

• Student-run literary journal featuring poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction prose, and artwork.

• Florida Undergraduate Research Journal (FURJ)

• Currently housed at FGCU, FURJ publishes scholarship peer-reviewed according to disciplinary standards. It provides students from across Florida with a venue for publication that is a step beyond their campus journal.

OBJECTIVE 6:

Research and Scholarly Events

• Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC)

• SISR organized and FGCU hosted 800 students from colleges and universities across the state

• Research Day@Eagle X

• Community Engagement Day

• College of Education Research Symposium

• STEM Undergraduate Research and Internship Symposium

• Showcase on Undergraduate Research Experiences

• Public Administration Professional Networking Workshop

• Seidler Fellowship Showcase

• ASPIRES Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

• Natural Sciences Undergraduate Student Symposium

• Social Sciences Conference

• Philosophy Annual Conference

• Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium

• Communications Public Speaking Competition

OBJECTIVE 6: FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research

Research and Scholarly Events (cont).

• Language and Literature Research Night

• International Film Festival

• Faculty readings and storytelling events

• Research Networking Events (e.g., STEM, social justice, creative writing)

• Moonlight on the Marsh Distinguished Lecture Series

• Whitaker Center STEMinar Series

• Liebert Lecture annually each fall and spring

• Sanibel Writer’s Conference

• Bower School of Music & the Arts (2017-2019) o Music: about 30 student recitals o Art: about 8 exhibits and special events o Theater: about 2 performances

• Honors College/Naples Discussion Group Lecture Series

• Honors Thesis Presentation Week

• FGCU Research Roadshow

OBJECTIVE 6:

FOCUS on resources and structures to foster faculty research and scholarship while also expanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research