Strategies for Goal 1:

1. Make graduate education a significant component of strategic planning.
   • Review and revise strategic plans of all colleges and units, both academic and administrative, to ensure that graduate programs and students are appropriately addressed.
   • Develop a specific strategic planning component for graduate education for each college and the UCTE and a university-wide plan that supports the college/UCTE plans and also addresses campus-wide goals.
   • Assess progress toward meeting these goals on an annual basis.
2. Develop effective means of communicating the institution's vision and plan for graduate education throughout the campus.
   • Issue periodic statements from the President and Provost, and the Dean of Research and Graduate Programs, on topics related to graduate education.
   • Include more articles in Cal Poly Magazine and college newsletters on graduate programs and the achievements of graduate students.
   • Develop a promotional brochure on graduate education at Cal Poly.
3. Appoint graduate students to more campus-wide committees.
4. Require ASI to support graduate student activities in proportion to their representation in the student body.
5. Review position descriptions and recommendations on hiring, tenure and promotion of faculty to ensure that participation in graduate education is given appropriate recognition and weight.
6. Review position descriptions and search committee recommendations in the hiring of administrators, including deans, associate deans, academic department heads, and all managers/department heads in the university's major administrative divisions (academic affairs, administration and finance, student affairs, advancement) to ensure that they are aware of Cal Poly's vision and plan for graduate education and are fully committed to assist in implementing them.
7. Review evaluations for promotion and merit pay of incumbent administrators to ensure that they meet or make progress toward meeting graduate education goals appropriate to their functions and responsibilities.
8. Include graduate educational needs and goals in fundraising efforts.

Strategies for Goal 2:

1. Devote at least one Deans Council meeting annually to an in-depth discussion of graduate education, including progress in meeting goals and strategic planning in this area.
2. Request that Institutional Planning and Analysis develop metrics for assessing graduate programs, e.g., enrollment, retention, progress to degree, etc., and that this information be summarized in an annual report.
3. Request a brief annual report from deans on specific progress in meeting their college's/unit's goals for graduate education.
4. Regularly survey graduate student satisfaction with their programs, and with administrative and support services.

Strategies for Goal 3:

1. Provide and maintain adequate facilities for graduate students, particularly those who also serve as teaching and graduate assistants, for study, laboratory work, computing and interaction with faculty and each other.
2. Provide sufficient financial support for graduate students through a combination of financial aid, fellowships and scholarships, teaching and graduate assistantships.
3. Seek fellowship and scholarship support for graduate students through University advancement activities.
4. Implement out-of-state tuition waivers in accordance with CSU policy to attract outstanding non-resident students and diversify the graduate student body. (Appendix 5)
5. Develop effective recruiting programs to improve the quality of the graduate applicant pool.
6. Promote enrollment in under-subscribed programs through aggressive recruiting (at the program, college and university level) and other strategies (distance learning, certificate enrollments) to increase the efficacy of resource allocation in these programs.
7. Explore strategies to attract and enroll more international students in graduate programs.
8. Provide incentives to colleges and faculty to enter into interdepartmental and intercollegiate collaborations that result in the development of new interdisciplinary degree programs.

Strategies for Goal 4:

1. Review the policies and procedures of support units to ensure that they are consistent with academic goals and recognize the unique characteristics of the graduate student population.
2. Establish a new per-unit fee structure for graduate students.
3. Review and revise as appropriate the service hours of support units (Records, Admissions, Health Center, Bookstore, Library, Graduate Programs, Financial Aid, and Cashier) so that services are reasonably available to all regularly enrolled students.
4. Conduct regular surveys of satisfaction of graduate students with the services they receive.
5. Revise parking policies to accommodate graduate students enrolled in evening classes. (e.g., provide staff parking or another alternative to UCTE students (and others as appropriate) after 3:30 PM).

Strategies for Goal 5:

1. Develop new graduate programs in areas of distinctive competency and demand, identified through the strategic planning process.
2. Develop new interdisciplinary graduate programs across departments and colleges in areas of cross-disciplinary strength, consistent with strategic planning objectives.
3. Continue to develop new integrated B.S./M.S. (4+1 and 5+1) programs.
4. Develop technical certificate programs that are responsive to the needs of working professionals, particularly in the local community.
5. Develop the technologies, policies, and procedures that will facilitate the use of distance/distributed learning.
6. Develop an efficient, flexible, and entrepreneurial extended education division at Cal Poly that will facilitate the offering of graduate programs to non-traditional students at times and locations that make these programs accessible to them.