1. Graduate School Strategic Plan

2. Five focus areas identified Organizational Factors Program Development and Refinement Marketing and Recruitment Admissions and Enrollment Management Student Engagement and Support

3. Organizational Factors Goal and Strategic Initiatives to Achieve Goal To investigate different organizational structures for the Graduate School http://sites.newpaltz.edu/gradplanning/2013/04/23/organizatio nal-factors

4. Program Development and Refinement Goal and Strategic Initiatives to Achieve Goal To selectively add and strategically retain or eliminate graduate programs 1. Where justified, offer new degree and certificate programs, revise existing graduate programs, and discontinue low- demand programs. 2. Develop online and hybrid courses for existing and new master’s and certificate programs. http://sites.newpaltz.edu/gradplanning/2013/04/23/program- development-and-refinement/

5. Marketing and Recruitment Goals and Strategic Initiatives to Achieve Goal  To develop a marketing plan for the Graduate School  To intensify domestic and international recruitment efforts 1.Utilize an Integrated Marketing Approach 2.Develop a segmented and targeted recruitment/marketing plan broken down by school and program http://sites.newpaltz.edu/gradplanning/2013/04/23/marketing- and-recruitment/

6. Admissions and Enrollment Management Goal and Strategic Initiatives to Achieve Goal  To launch a streamlined application process  To develop an evidence-based enrollment management system 1.Enable students to request letters of recommendation and upload supplemental documents online 2.Develop an enrollment plan for each graduate major http://sites.newpaltz.edu/gradplanning/2013/04/23/admissions- and-enrollment-management/

7. Student Engagement and Support Goal and Strategic Initiatives to Achieve Goal  To create a community in which students feel they belong, are supported, valued, and respected 1.Develop online and face-to-face orientations 2.Provide scholarship support monies for students http://sites.newpaltz.edu/gradplanning/2013/04/23/student- engagement-and-support/