How do our schools, institutes and centers rank as pertains to research grants and contracts? Success rates – renewal rates? How much in total awarded grants and contracts? What types of research? How well published are we? Citation rates? How diversified are sources of grants and contracts? Public agencies versus private foundations? What annual growth rates do we experience? What support resources exist to facilitate both the pursuit of new grants and grant renewals? How do we measure up as to making a difference – intellectual assets, intellectual property, patents, adoption of our programs, products an...
How satisfied are our students? How well do they perform post‐graduation? With how much debt does our average student graduate? Where do we rank compared to the competition? What educational programs do we offer? How well regarded are they nationally? Internationally? Undergraduate? Graduate? What educational pedagogy, methods, tools and platforms do we have? What is the status of our information services infrastructure? What is the state of our facilities (classrooms/labs/social spaces) and are they conducive to learning in the 21st century? Virtual infrastructure? Are all curricula competency based? To what ex...
With whom beyond our walls do we collaborate? Why are we a sought after partner? What specific types of partnerships exist? How many do we have? Where? What value do they produce – academic, economic, political? What is our local/regional/national/global mix of partnerships and relationships? What do others think of us in various domains – education, research, diversity, service? For what are we most recognized? How are we viewed as a partner – state bureaucracy, nimble innovator, principled and disciplined? How are we involved in economic growth and development initiatives? How does the STC perform...
How diverse are we? How inclusive are we in all activities and deliberations? What are our employees and associates like? Compassionate? Entrepreneurial? Innovative? Consistent? Cautious? How many do we have? Recruitment and retention rates? Qualifications? What kind of an incentive program do we have in 2020—one in which performance‐based compensation plays a significant role, or one in which salary and wages are dominant? How well regarded are faculty? In the research arena? In the clinical arena? How do we work with the unions? How engaged are faculty in organizational strategy and operations? What perc...
What has our financial profile become in 2020? Is the fiscal health of the university such that resources are available to act decisively on strategic opportunities? What scholarship and support services do we have for students? For research colleagues? How much do we retain earnings from services (e.g., health care and athletics) for reinvestment in new programs and services? How large is our endowment? What percentage of restricted versus unrestricted gifts exists? How much capital creation is accomplished through philanthropy versus debt? How strong are philanthropic activities of professional UNM alumni? Do financ...
How do we treat each other in 2020? How do members of our community describe our work together? Open and honest? Transparent? How do we facilitate diversity and inclusion? Do we work effectively across schools, departments, programs and centers? How do we work with partners? Unions? How do we describe the working environment? What did we change? What kind of environment do you intend to have? Do other universities study our cultural programs? Are we a performance‐based culture – a meritocracy? Are we using LEAN and other continuous quality improvement tools in all of our core processes? Which ones? Are our...
For what are we best known? How widely is that perception held? How are we seen by other stakeholders—students, national and international research community, our community, physicians, administrators and employees, Board of Regents, our patients, city and state public officials, and our suppliers? How are we seen by the media, insurance companies, and government contracting agencies? ? How are we differentiated from the competition? Are we the flagship university? Do we intend to create, drive, or trail the market? How do the NSF, NIH and private labs and foundations view our research enterprise? Are we a desir...
How satisfied are our students? How engaged are they? How do we know? How well do we ‘on‐board’ new students – assess, counsel, periodic feedback? What physical and virtual tools do we give them? How diverse is the experience? How global? How much do we customize academic tracks to individual students? Is education a degree‐based transaction or a lifelong relationship? How do our undergraduate and graduate students do while enrolled? What percentage graduate? Where are they employed? What percentage pursues an advanced degree? How do our students and parents view campus social life? How w...
How are we ranked among peer institutions? In research? What amount of grants and contracts do we have? How satisfied are our students? How well do they perform post‐graduation? With how much debt does our average student graduate? How satisfied are our patients? How engaged are patients and their families in the care process? How do we tailor our continuum of care (e.g., physician, home care, in‐patient, ambulatory) to their individual needs? Do patients and families recommend us to their neighbors? To newcomers? Why do they seek our care? Are we the safest healthcare provider in America? In our market? A...
What leadership roles do we play pertaining to key state and national issues? How much do we influence state and national education, research and other public policies? What public/private structures exist to further UNM enterprise? How is our overall family of enterprises structured and managed? How is the Board of Regents utilized? How are decisions processed between university leadership and the Regents? Are our leadership, management and governance structures and processes in alignment? Cited and emulated by others?
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UNM 2020: A View to the Horizon
The future will happen whether or not we act. Planning for it together, and bringing our collective wisdom, creativity and experience to the process, will make it a better future. Your participation in this process is critical if we are to act wisely together.
People everywhere and nowhere more than our University, are working harder than ever – asked to do more with less. The challenging economic environment makes it more important than ever that we set priorities for the future. We have designed this process to celebrate the diversity of ideas and capture the creative thinking of faculty, staff, students and the broader UNM community.
Our University has been a leader since it was founded over 123 years ago. Our schools are centers of excellence. Our faculty members and alumni are leaders around the world. Our outstanding students are committed to improve New Mexico and the world. Our staff members are among the best anywhere. Our discoveries have changed fields, and we have solved problems in New Mexico and around the world. Our research funding has grown and enrollment has increased. There is much of which we can be very proud!
The good news contrasts with a sobering economic picture that has resulted in substantial budget reductions. Added to that are local, statewide and global challenges of immense proportion that we must help to solve. As we look ahead, we must have sharp objectives and clear priorities.
We cannot do everything, but we want to do everything we do well. 6/28/2012 We do not propose a blank slate but rather embrace who we are today, our recent planning efforts and our current strategic initiatives where they contribute to our vision of UNM 2020.