Elizabeth Anne Albright

The 2017-2022 Strategic Plan for the Langston University School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (SAAS) focuses on enhancing academic programs, expanding research capabilities, and strengthening community engagement. Key areas of focus include student recruitment and retention, faculty development, and infrastructure improvements. The plan aims to address emerging issues in agriculture and applied sciences through innovative research, extension programs, and academic offerings, with the goal of positively impacting the lives of people in Oklahoma and beyond.

Langston University's Strategic Plan 2017-2022/27 focuses on five key goals: achieving academic success for diverse students, supporting faculty professional growth, enhancing university communication, expanding academic programs, and improving the university's financial health. The plan includes initiatives to increase student enrollment and retention, improve communication strategies, develop new programs, enhance faculty development, and secure additional funding. Outcomes aim to improve student success, faculty expertise, university reputation, program quality, and financial stability. The plan emphasizes a student-centered approach while upholding the traditions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

This plan addresses student retention, persistence, and program completion at Langston University. Key areas of focus include improving communication, enhancing the physical environment, raising academic expectations, and improving customer service. Specific goals include increasing freshman-to-sophomore retention to 65%, sophomore-to-junior retention to 83%, junior-to-senior retention to 83%, and the graduation rate to 35%, all with incremental increases over five years. The plan outlines various strategies to achieve these goals, including curriculum revisions, improved advising and counseling, enhanced student support services, and increased communication with students and families.