GOAL STATEMENT: Focus and sustain efforts on student retention and degree completion

Key Strategy or Initiative	Specific Actions	Responsible department/person	Implementation milestones	Resource Requirements	What results?  How will we assess and hold ourselves accountable for making progress?	
1. Foundations of Excellence Program.	1.1 Earmark funding; Enlist program to begin fall 2011.	B. Maloney/B. Hayes	Launch event Oct. 6, 2010	18K (inclusive for below)	Successful feedback from launch event.

	1.2 Establish FoE working groups for each dimension	FoE Steering Committee	Fall 2010		Working group reports submitted to steering committee

	1.3 Distribute faculty/staff survey of first year experience	FoE Steering Committee	Oct-Nov 2010		Minimum 30% return rate

	1.4 Distribute student survey of first year experience	FoE Steering Committee	Dec 2010		Minimum 30% return rate

	1.5 Analyze campus observations and data	FoE Steering Committee	Spring 2011		Campus-wide presentation of results

	1.6 Build retention and degree completion plan	FoE Steering Committee	Spring 2011		Document used for NEASC self-study and Westfield State university Strategic Planning