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Leadership And Service 2009
Strategic Vision for Miami University Middletown

I. Vision:

By the year 2009, Miami University Middletown will be a leader among Ohio's university regional campuses in offering learner-centered, technology-supported educational programs and services to meet the evolving needs of diverse constituencies.

II. Campus Goals

To be a leader among Ohio's regional campuses, Miami University Middletown must be a vibrant, energetic, forward-looking institution that works effectively with the Oxford and Hamilton campuses and other education partners, seeks continuously to enhance its academic and intellectual vitality, provides ready public access to its programs, and controls costs. The access and outreach nature of the campus mission emphasizes affordable pre-baccalaureate and technical programs, selected baccalaureate and Master's degrees, and continuing education programs. Leadership will be demonstrated by meeting the following goals:

  1. Improving the recruitment and retention of students in degree and non-degree educational programs.
  2. Recruiting and supporting high quality faculty and staff who contribute actively to the success of the campus mission through teaching, service, and scholarship.
  3. To broaden undergraduate, technical, and non-credit curricula to meet diverse student needs and to prepare students to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
  4. To encourage teaching and learning in a variety of contexts by strengthening the intellectual and cultural life of the campus, academic support services, and instructional technoloygy.
  5. Increasing the diversity of the faculty, staff and student body while strengthening support for an environment within which a diverse community flourishes.
  6. Enhancing campus facilities, buildings, systems and technologies.
  7. Strengthening the campus revenue base.
  8. Strengthening the relationships with and services provided to local communities.
  9. Developing and implementing processes for continuing campus improvement.

III. Area Goals

To be meaningful, campus goals must be refined by processes for continuing quality improvement using comparison data and specific outcomes. This refinement and definition will require the broad involvement of the campus community. Therefore, the campus directors and senior administrators, department Chairs and academic coordinators, with appropriate consultation, are being asked to set area goals to assist the campus in strategic planning over the next 12 months. To assure consistency and compatibility with overall campus and university objectives, all area plans will be reviewed and coordinated by the Office of the Executive Director.

IV. Guiding Principles

In formulating plans, the campus will be guided by two principles:

Build on the campus' core strengths that contribute to its mission.

Core strengths include:

  • high expectations for faculty and staff excellence in instruction and service
  • a liberal arts underpinning across the curriculum
  • technical programs that meet regional needs of business and industry
  • extracurricular and co-curricular opportunities that emphasize ethical values, leadership, and public service
  • student-friendly access through open-enrollment admissions and a diverse and welcoming campus environment
  • a diverse campus community reflecting the region's demographics


Strengthen the academic and service climate of the institution.

Strengthening involves developing and supporting:

  • scholarship and creative work
  • campus involvement in service to regional communities
  • high academic standards and expectations
  • pedagogies that recognize and support the diverse learning styles of adult students
  • programs for student success
  • a culturally rich environment

V. Measurable Outcomes

Campus performance will be examined using a combination of measures. Progress toward meeting plan objectives will be evaluated each year by a continuing improvement process that provides comparative information. Since quality cannot always be determined by numbers alone, quantitative indices will be augmented by considered judgments. The results of these evaluations and the progress toward meeting goals will be reported annually to the Provost and the Middletown campus community.