Lead in relevant local, national, and global outreach
and engagement.
- Market our premier education to a diverse and global audience.
- Consult with, assist, and learn from Washington and international businesses and organizations.
- Aid informed decision-making and progressive public policy development that leads to better-informed governments.
- Fuel the new economy with innovative ideas.
Relevant local and global engagement
Progress will be benchmarked by:
-Curricular engagement5 indicators at or above
target
-Outreach6 and partnership7
indicators at or above target
-Faculty conducting engaged scholarship8
compared to peer average
Curricular Engagement Indicators
- Academic courses with community-based learning
- Distance degree students earning bachelor’s degrees
- Distance degree students earning advanced degrees
- International programs and student participation
Outreach and Partnership Indicators
- Public service expenditures as reported to IPEDS9
- Endowment funds earmarked for community engagement
- Extramural international development dollars
- Partnerships with external organizations aligned with WSU areas of expertise
- Extension and professional education offerings
- Volunteer enrollment in WSU community-based programs
- Small Business Development Center client hours, loans/capital obtained
- Invention disclosures received
- Licenses/options executed
- Start-up businesses resulting from WSU research
- Impact on societal needs (qualitative and illustrated by examples)
5. Knowledge-based teaching/learning, research, and
service for the direct benefit of external
audiences
6. Teaching, learning, and scholarship that engages
faculty, students, and community in mutually beneficial
and respectful collaboration, addresses
community-identified needs, deepens students’ civic
and academic learning, enhances community well-being, and
enriches scholarship of the institution
7. Application and provision of institutional resources
for community use with benefits to both campus and
community
8. Collaborative interactions with community and related
scholarship for the mutually beneficial exchange,
exploration, and application of knowledge, information,
and resources
9. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System of the
National Center for Education Statistics