Over the next five years the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of NJIT will work together toward achieving the goals set in 2020 Vision. The strategies described in the plan are specific and require collective effort by all constituents to implement them.
The activities undertaken to achieve 2020 Vision must be carefully coordinated, consistently assessed, and regularly reported to the university community. As a dynamic process, however, 2020 Vision and its implementation will grow and adjust to reflect changing conditions and possibilities, while keeping the objectives and goals in clear focus. The Provost leads this effort and will manage it through a set of committees charged with coordination, assessment, and reporting.
2020 Vision coordination, assessment, and reporting will be led by a steering committee chaired by the provost and co-chaired by the Faculty Senate President and Director of Institutional Research and Planning. It will be supported by committees in each of the priority areas. These strategic priority implementation committees will be chaired by the responsible division head and will report to the steering committee every semester. Each committee will include administrative and staff members of the university as well as faculty appointed by the Faculty Senate.
Throughout implementation, committee recommendations will be guided and informed by assessment. KPI reports monitoring the Key Performance indicators (KPIs) will be provided to all planning committees at the beginning and end of every semester. Additional assessment specific to the implementation of strategic priorities within each division is also expected.
2020 Vision is a strategic plan with a blueprint, therefore the implementation phase will be managed as a project more so than the strategic planning process that gave rise to it. Membership on the implementation committees will be limited to roughly ten members and participants will be selected based on functional responsibilities, engagement, and ability to drive change at the university. Committee activities will be tracked and individual tasks will be reported on a ninety-day cycle during the academic year.
During the academic year, priority committees will provide reports to the steering committee on a 90-day cycle, describing activities, tasks, and the status of short-term objectives. These will include an assessment of progress and the challenges foreseen. The steering committee will offer each priority committee specific comments and guidance. As needed, the steering committee will make recommendations on resource allocation and management to optimize plan fulfillment.
The steering committee will also prepare reports to the university president at the conclusion of every semester. These reports will include the current status of KPIs and a narrative evaluation of progress toward meeting the targets set out in 2020 Vision, with attention given to both areas of success and areas where progress may not be advancing as quickly as desired. The steering committee may offer recommendations for adjustments to the objectives or emphases as required by circumstances, the availability of resources, or the evaluation of programs and outcomes.
2020 Vision Implementation: Coordination, Assessment, and Reporting (pdf, 192KB)