Lauri Arensmeyer

The mission of Brigham Young University-Idaho is to develop disciples of Jesus Christ who are leaders. It focuses on building testimonies of the restored gospel, providing high-quality education for lifelong learning and employment, serving as many students as possible within resource constraints, and delivering affordable education.

BYU-Idaho's strategic enrollment management plan focuses on managing enrollments while considering Church-demographic share and student behaviors. The plan aims to strengthen year-round school operations and develop a concurrent enrollment program. Key actions include monitoring started and completed applications, accepted offers, faculty messages, meaningful mentoring, registration holds, graduation plan sessions, and student confidence in their major selection. The goal is to increase campus-based headcount from 23,318 to 23,500 by Fall 2024.

BYU-Idaho's Stewardship Overview on Employment focuses on increasing the percentage of students obtaining meaningful employment within 120 days of graduation. The plan leverages existing resources like the Career Center and Advising Center, and aims to improve job-market readiness services, strengthen employer relations, and enhance faculty engagement in career preparation. The 12-month action plan includes refining the I-Plan Employment Preparation Module, disaggregating engagement data to identify areas for improvement, creating an Employment Council for curricular integration, training advisors on career and self-discovery principles, improving the I-Plan Career Exploration module, and launching a campus-wide campaign to encourage early career exploration.

This document outlines the Student Success Council's efforts to improve student success and retention, focusing on the first-year experience. Key areas include helping students understand their identity and purpose, fostering a sense of belonging, connecting with mentors, demonstrating academic progress, and navigating college life. The council's 2023-2024 initiatives involve implementing an early alert system, improving first-year communication, restructuring the first-semester curriculum, enhancing onboarding processes, refining new student orientation, and piloting new math and English placement tools. Additional efforts include developing a BYUI 101 course, improving faculty mentoring, and assessing the impact of academic tiers and career development plans.

BYU-Idaho's stewardship overview focuses on engaging with accrediting bodies to ensure continuous improvement and compliance with NWCCU standards. Key areas include increasing participation in accreditation activities, enhancing common course outcomes and assessment processes, focusing on the institution's mission and strategic plan, and ongoing policy review. The action plan emphasizes documenting continuous improvement efforts, conducting academic program and stewardship reviews, and resolving NWCCU recommendations.