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Penn State Mont Alto Strategic Plan 2020-2025 Goal Two

Goal  Two

Goal Summary Name:  Maximize Fiscal Solidity
Goal Description:  This goal seeks to enhance the stability of the campus’ finances to ensure its long-term sustainability and viability.

Objective Name:  2.1
Objective:  Boost enrollment (recruitment and retention)

Objective Years:
January 1, 2021-June 30, 2025

Start Date: 
January 1, 2021

Target Completion Date: 
June 30, 2025 

Key Performance Indicators: 

  • Recruitment and Retention Strategies will yield gains in recruitment and retention
  • Enrollment will increase on a yearly basis
  • Retention rates will improve yearly

Objective Mapping: 

  • Foundation:  F1 Enabling Access to Education 
  • Thematic Priority:  TE 4 Prepare our students for success in their careers and in life 
  • Thematic Priority:  TE5 Partner more effectively with pre-college educators 
  • Supporting Element:  OP1 Improve the design, oversight, integration, and effectiveness of organizational processes 
  • Supporting Element:  OP2 Establish processes for continual institutional assessment, improvement, and innovation, including more systematic review of administrative and academic organizational performance and financial stewardship 
  • Supporting Element:  CO1 Focus on impact through partnerships 
  • Supporting Element:  CO2 Provide expanded access to Penn State resources 
  • Supporting Element:  CO3 Promote contributions through strategic communication.


Action Item: 
2.1.1 Attract, recruit, and enroll quality admissible students by utilizing recruitment best practices to increase enrollment by 3.5% service area students each year.

Action Item: 
2.1.2 Maximize recruiting efforts to attract quality student-athletes. (See Department of Athletics Recruitment and Retention Plan)

Action Item: 
2.1.3 Increase out-of-state high school visits by 30 additional schools to increase overall out-of-state enrollment by 10% per year. 

Action Item: 
2.1.4 Build relationships with local and regional community colleges through articulation agreements, visitation, and marketing.

Action Item: 
2.1.5 Explore opportunities to bring campus recruitment events, program coordinators, faculty, staff, and speakers to the high schools to strengthen relationships and help with recruitment opportunities.

Action Item: 
2.1.6 Assess recruitment activities and data for better outcomes.    

Action Item: 
2.1.7 Enhance Penn State Mont Alto’s information session and visitation experience.

Action Item: 
2.1.8 Build on retention efforts through collaboration with other campus offices.

Objective Name:  2.2
Objective:  Promote efficient resource management (people, funds, assets, etc.).

Objective Years: 
January 1, 2021-June 30, 2025

Start Date: 
January 1, 2021

Target Date:
June 30, 2025

Key Performance Indicators: 

  • Pilot departments will gain time back to focus on strategic initiatives within their department
  • Mission-critical initiatives will be accomplished timelier
  • Budgetary cost savings/additional revenue streams
  • Communications with partners through periodic meetings/events
  • Zero-based budgets proposed by all campus departments, annually

Objective Mapping: 

Supporting Elements: 

  • OP2: Organizational Processes
  • CO1: Constituent Outreach & Engagement
  • IS1: Infrastructure & Support

Action Item: 
2.2.1 Explore and evaluate centralized purchasing on campus to optimize procurement.

Action Item: 
2.2.2 Continue to identify, develop, and implement innovative cost-savings opportunities.

Action Item: 
2.2.3 Review existing and establish new partnerships with local communities.

Action Item: 
2.2.4 Implementation of zero-based/bottom-up budget approach across campus departmental budgets. 

Objective Name:  2.3
Objective:  Grow campus philanthropy/development.

Objective Years:
January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2025

Start Date: 
January 1, 2021

Target Date:
June 30, 2025

Key Performance Indicators: 

  • Annual increase of permanent endowment monies available for campus use
  • Increased student enrollment with support from scholarships (aligns with UN SDG #4: Quality Education- Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education)
  • Broadening of the campus donor base

Objective Mapping 

  • Foundation:  F1 Enabling Access to Education for students 
  • Foundation:  IS5 Align fundraising to address specific needs

Action Item: 
2.3.1 Secure a minimum of $600,000 in total philanthropic support for the campus each fiscal year (ending annually on June 30).

Action Item: 
2.3.2 As part of total philanthropic support, add a minimum of $250,000 to the campus endowment pool each fiscal year (ending annually on June 30). 

Action Item: 
2.3.3 Add or increase the giving of five or more faculty/staff donors each year. (Within each fiscal year; July 1-June 30) (Starting number of employee donors in 7/2020 = 52 donors)

Action Item: 
2.3.4 Add a minimum of $15,000 to the campus arboretum endowment each fiscal year. 

Action Item: 
2.3.5 Add a minimum of $10,000 each fiscal year to the book value of the campus Student Hardship Endowment. (Starting value on 7/2020 = $140,551)

Action Item: 
2.3.6 Each fiscal year (July 1- June 30) add a minimum of $25,000 to the book value of the Miner Choir Endowment. (Starting value on 7/2020 = $175,000)

Objective Name:  2.4
Objective:  Increase revenue streams by seeking new sources of income and expanding on current revenue streams.

Objective Years: 
January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2025

Start Date: 
January 1, 2021

Target Completion Date:
June 30, 2025

Key Performance Indicators: 

  • Addition of new identified revenue sources Expansion of existing revenue sources such as facilities rentals, camps, conferences, and Continuing Education revenue 

Objective Mapping: 

  • F5 – Driving economic development  
  • CO2 – Provide expanded access to Penn State resources
  • NTP – No Thematic Priorities
  • NSE – No Supporting Elements

Action Item: 
2.4.1 Implement a formal process to work with campus units to identify new and emerging opportunities that will lead to an increase in revenue streams.  
Action Item: 
2.4.2 Seek ways to expand Continuing Education portfolio to add new programs by sharing content with other campuses and identifying regional opportunities.
 

Continue to Goal Three

See Also

  • Penn State Mont Alto Strategic Plan 2020-2025
  • Penn State Mont Alto Strategic Plan 2020-2025 Goal One
  • Penn State Mont Alto Strategic Plan 2020-2025 Goal Three
  • Penn State Mont Alto Strategic Plan 2020-2025 Goal Four

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