Core Operations Vision [ 10 ]
Pre-DRAFT
page 10, 12.01.10 draft
I.T. & ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES: Supporting our Work
STUDENTS & ENROLLMENT: Supporting our Students
DIVERSITY: Supporting our Community
Operations directly affects how well we can support teaching and learning on campus. We can significantly improve the quality of work life at RISD by addressing the longstanding “deferred maintenance” of our financial systems, our information technology systems, and our facilities.
RISD’s outstanding reputation has attracted the highest quality students for decades. In addition to quality of programs and faculty, young people today consider a host of other factors in choosing which college to attend, including cost, size, campus visit, services and amenities, and the ability to get jobs. Our ability to continue recruiting, admitting, and retaining the best students is dependent on how we respond to these and other environmental factors affecting student choice.
To better prepare our students for the world they are joining and shaping, RISD needs to better reflect that world. Past strategic plans have referred to the importance of building a diverse community of faculty, students and staff. We must recognize the importance of diversity in our rapidly changing world and commit ourselves to making diversity core and central to how we operate as an institution.
IT Goal. Develop an up-to-date IT infrastructure that better supports and facilitates the academic programs and studentrelated administrative functions, including underlying processes (admissions, enrollment, registration, advising, human resources, museum collection management, and institutional engagement/alumni). ongoing
Administrative Support Services Goal. Adopt and implement a framework for improving the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of critical support services including budget processes to ensure students, faculty and staff can easily and quickly get the information, goods, and services they need in a timely manner and at the lowest cost.
Services Goal. Establish integrated enrollment services operation to set and meet our enrollment goals and to support more conscious academic program planning in each department and division.
ongoing
ongoing Facilities
& Sustainability Goal. Establish a clear process and timeline for the creation of a Campus Master Plan that includes space, facilities, and capital budget components and that aligns with principles for the sustainable development and operations of the RISD campus.
Institutional Diversity Goal. RISD will continue to increase diversity and create a supportive campus climate where faculty, staff and students represent and celebrate a broad, multi-dimensional concept of diversity to provide expanded perspectives that enrich creativity and understanding. ongoing
ongoing Enrollment
ongoing Scholarships
and Financial Aid Goal. Increase scholarships and funding for financial aid. Improve financial aid processing systems. ongoing Student
Services Goal. Design and enhance the complete student experience to provide adequate support systems, and ample opportunities for the development of life skills from recruitment to commencement.