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Access Workplace Satisfaction
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Conduct regular surveys to access workplace satisfaction. This may include conducting an internal survey and participating in the Chronicle of Higher Education “Great Colleges to Work For” survey. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Create benchmarks for Gustavus […]
Core Leadership Capacities
Recommendation from the Student Life Task Force: Advance the College-wide exploration, learning, and practice of core leadership capacities. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Implement a robust professional leadership development program for employees to equip them to work more effectively as mentors and teachers […]
Counseling Center Services Assessment
Recommendation from the Student Life Task Force: Conduct a comprehensive assessment of student needs and appropriate scope of practice relating to Counseling Center services. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Conduct a comprehensive assessment of student needs and appropriate scope of practice relating to […]
Benchmarks for Employee Satisfaction
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Create benchmarks for Gustavus to regularly measure employee satisfaction. Additional explanation: Building on many current strengths and a history of being a leader in the area of workplace satisfaction, develop the most effective tools using both higher education and private industry benchmarks, such as the Chronicle of Higher Education […]
Learning and Living Communities Assessment
Recommendation from the Interdisciplinary Programs Task Force: Develop an assessment tool to measure student learning outcomes related to learning and living communities. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Develop an assessment tool to measure student learning outcomes related to learning and living communities. This […]
“Pathways” Concept
Recommendation from the Academic Programs and New Initiatives Task Force: Expand the training and usage of the Pathways concept as an optional tool for advisers and mentors to enable successful advising and mentoring, providing students with clearly defined opportunities for involvement and paths for success. Additional explanation: Pathways is a book developed by the Career […]
Faculty Development on Public Discourse
Recommendation from the Community Engagement Task Force: Create and annually present a faculty development workshop to prepare faculty to include understanding of and participation in public discourse in their classes. Additional explanation: The development workshops could also provide the preparation necessary to deliver the communication and conflict resolution training in the First-Term Seminar or opportunities […]
Civil Discourse Commitment
Recommendation from the Student Life Task Force: Nurture a campus community committed to civil discourse and skilled in its practice. Additional explanation: This could happen by developing a non-curricular training workshop that is transformative for participants and creating regular community discussions of timely issues (local, national, or world) led by trained civil discourse facilitators. Targeted […]
Social Justice and the Arts
Recommendation from the Interdisciplinary Programs Task Force: Explore a mechanism by which Gustavus and the community can engage in and reflect upon questions raised related to social justice using the visual and performing arts. This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Explore a mechanism by […]
Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Recommendation from the Interdisciplinary Programs Task Force: Develop and increase the support for healthy lifestyle choices, especially related to topics of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. Additional explanation: This could include encouraging a personal wellness plan for students including emotional, physical, spiritual and financial wellness This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic […]