Crystal Randolph

This strategic plan, titled 'Defining Our Tomorrow,' outlines Cleveland State's direction for 2025-2030, focusing on four core operational pillars: Creating Opportunities, Supporting Students, Crafting Excellence, and Cultivating Partnerships. The plan sets five-year goals to achieve 4,000 enrollment by Fall 2029, a 65% fall-to-fall retention rate, and a 50% three-year graduation rate. It further details ten institutional priorities aimed at strengthening the team and culture, transforming the business model, enhancing teaching and learning, increasing the synergy of offerings, improving the student experience, refining marketing and recruiting, strengthening educational and external partnerships, updating facilities and technology, and transforming the college through broad and rapid change.

This 2025-2030 Strategic Plan for Cleveland State Community College outlines a roadmap for future development. It is built upon four operational pillars: Creating Opportunities, Supporting Students, Crafting Excellence, and Cultivating Partnerships. Key goals include increasing enrollment to 4,000 by Fall 2029, improving fall-to-fall retention to 65%, and boosting three-year graduation rates to 50%. The plan details ten institutional priorities focusing on enhancing team culture, transforming the business model, improving teaching and learning, expanding access, boosting economic gains, refining marketing and recruitment, strengthening partnerships, leveraging facilities and technology, expanding external collaborations, and driving institutional transformation for sustained success.

This document outlines Cleveland State's Vision 2025, a strategic plan focused on achieving its mission and values. It identifies five strategic goals: providing exceptional teaching and learning, growing student recruitment, retention, and completion, nurturing a vibrant campus environment, delivering quality workforce and economic development, and strengthening the institution's economy. Additionally, it introduces 'Focus on the Future Forward' (F³), which includes adapting to student needs, recommitting to its purpose, leveraging data for continuous improvement, securing its future, and supporting a culture of caring. The plan aims to build strong minds, careers, and communities, enhance student success, foster an inclusive environment, and ensure financial sustainability.

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for Cleveland State Community College aims to improve institutional quality and student success by enhancing current practices and fostering continuous improvement. The plan is guided by an overarching goal to increase student success, supported by three primary goals: improving internal processes, increasing student access, and enhancing student self-advocacy skills. The college seeks to become more data-driven, implement innovative practices for diverse student demographics, cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, and ultimately increase student retention and graduation rates.

This document outlines the comprehensive framework for a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). It details the structural components required for the plan, including an introduction, the process for topic choice and broad-based support, the plan's focus with its mission, goals, and four main areas, the actions to be implemented, necessary resources, and the assessment methodology.