Principal Themes & Considerations

Each assessment period ODU evaluates key themes and considerations to help improve the structure and functionality of the academics and campus life at ODU.

Principal Themes

• Bolstering Old Dominion University's position as a Major Metropolitan University in the Southeast United States
• Developing and Expanding Strategic Partnerships with wide range of educational, governmental, corporate institutions
• Enriching a Student-Centered Culture on Campus

Considerations

• Identification of institutional strengths and challenges pertinent to Committee ScopeIdentification of external opportunities and threats pertinent to the Committee Scope
• Areas of Distinctiveness in Academic Programs and Research; Pillars of Excellence; Expertise
• Ideal size and composition of student body and faculty
• Perspectives of stakeholders, beneficiaries and constituencies
• University's regional, national, and international position
• Leveraging geographic advantage
• Balancing Quality and Access
• Instructional Delivery: face-to-face vs. technology-delivered/on- vs. off-campus/role of regional centers
• Service to military and veterans
• Consideration of substantial resource limitations during the planning window; presumption of reallocation of resources
• Keep recommendations at a strategic level, all the while considering relevant operational and tactical issues
• Propose directions which have reasonable potential for sustainability

Resources to be Provided

• Planning documents and recommendations arising from the Strategic Enrollment Management Process
• Draft Plans of the Academic Colleges
• SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, Opportunities) Analysis Conducted for the Board of Visitors
• Faculty Senate General Education Recommendations
• Council of Graduate Schools Analysis of Graduate Studies and Programs
• Distance Learning Analysis of Niche and Organization
• Enrollment, Degree, and Resource Trends by Department and Program
• Higher Education Restructuring Act and Institutional Performance Measures
• Other information as requested