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Student Affairs Big Questions Session

1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 SP200 Feedback Summary

2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 Session Date: January 23, 2017

3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 Attendees: Student Affairs Staff (75) and Student Leaders (15)

4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 Feedback from the session was recorded in real-time on a Sakai site. Staff members and students were encouraged to go back onto the site in the weeks following the session to add feedback and/or react to others’ feedback. Feedback was then collected and summarized. Based on this feedback and subsequent discussions, five key focus areas were identified and are listed below, along with the summary of feedback from each question.

5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 Final Summary – Key Focus Areas:

6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 1.  Career Education/Professional Readiness

8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 2.  Mental Health/Wellbeing

10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 3.  Residence Life/Campus Life

12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 4.  Technology-Enabled Engaged & Integrated Learning

14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 5.  Student Athlete Experience

16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 Question Summary:

17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 *Items are listed in random order/not prioritized.

18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 Question #1

19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 If PC were to be best known for 1 thing (only) within the next 10-20 years what should it be?

20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 1.  Faith and Faith Development

– Worldview of being Catholic, not just New England Catholic

– Inclusivity

25 Leave a comment on paragraph 25 0 2.  Academics

  • 26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0
  • better prepare students for life after college
  • more innovative/technology
  • greater variety of programs
  • rigorous – “liberal arts with an edge”

27 Leave a comment on paragraph 27 0 3.  Being a supportive/inclusive place

28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 4.  Graduates live purposeful lives

29 Leave a comment on paragraph 29 0 5.  Updated beautiful campus

30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 Question #2

31 Leave a comment on paragraph 31 0 What should the college be doing in the next 10-20 years that it isn’t doing today?

32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 1.  Better residence halls

33 Leave a comment on paragraph 33 0 2.  Enough construction, time to renovate and improve

35 Leave a comment on paragraph 35 0 3.  Financial aid – full need, need-blind

36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 4.  More innovative curriculum

38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 5.  Admissions

40 Leave a comment on paragraph 40 0 6.  More engagement/service to our local neighborhoods

41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 7.  Environmental consciousness

42 Leave a comment on paragraph 42 0 8.  Enhanced services for students, faculty, and staff

44 Leave a comment on paragraph 44 0 Question #3

45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 If you had $100Million+ new money to spend, how would you spend it?

46 Leave a comment on paragraph 46 0 1.  Facilities – new and renovated

  • 47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0
  • Residential/Residence Halls
  • Community Space
  • Wellbeing Center – integration of spaces currently separate
  • Multicultural center/space
  • Large event/programming space – auditorium
  • Career Education/Professional Skills ***Career came up multiple times, but people are assuming it will be addressed by Phase II of the Friar Development Center

48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 2.  Financial

50 Leave a comment on paragraph 50 0 3.  Academic

52 Leave a comment on paragraph 52 0 4.  Better technology

53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 5.  Staffing

54 Leave a comment on paragraph 54 0 Question #4

55 Leave a comment on paragraph 55 0 What should be the most important measure or indicator of the college’s success? Why?

56 Leave a comment on paragraph 56 0 1.  ROI (aka, was it worth it)

a.  Cared for/relationships

– While I am here

– While I was here

– After I graduated

b.  Mission-centric (How mission centered do people describe their experience?)

– Catholic (Do I know what it means to be?)

– Dominican (Do I know what it means to be?)

– Liberal Arts (engaged in liberal arts)

– PC specific (what PC wanted me to learn)

– Friar Four (my co-curricular experience)

c.  Prepared me for purpose (life)

– Happiness

– Engagement

d.  Prepared me for professional life

– Hard skills

– Soft skills

73 Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0 2.  Data sets/dashboard (by demographics – evaluate trends)

a.  Admissions – applications, acceptances, yield

b.  Financial aid and debt after college

c.  Retention

d.  Graduation

e.  Post-graduation employment

f.  Giving rates

g.  Graduates engagement with PC: time and money

i.  By major

ii.  By gender, race, etc…

h.  Engagement with citizenship

i.  During and after PC

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