Strategic Imperative 1
Enhance the student experience by continually improving the quality of academic programs and the value of an MSU degree for undergraduate and graduate students
Focus Areas
- The first-year experience
- Active and engaged learning
- Academic and social environments
- Connection between work and academic experiences
- Internationalization of the student experience
Key Strategies
- Prioritize the first year of college as the critical time to introduce students to a rigorous and engaged undergraduate experience
- Enhance transitional experiences, including welcome activities, for first-year students
- Expand opportunities for engaged learning, including research, internships, civic engagement, service-learning opportunities, use of technology, and active learning
- More closely link the undergraduate experience with the world of work through internships on and off campus
- Expand undergraduate living–learning opportunities, including an increase in first-year opportunities
- Support programs, policies, and strategies to ensure liberal learning target outcomes are met
- Work with student groups and others to generate a greater peer culture of expectations around inclusion, respect, and civility
- Expand and focus global/international content in curriculum
- Increase opportunities for international internships, research experiences, and seminars
- Promote development of intercultural (domestic and international) competence
- Provide multicultural training opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students
- Increase the rate of involvement in study abroad and other international experiences for students of color, students with disabilities, and precollege students
- Create greater opportunities for students to interact with others who are from different cultures and backgrounds
- Enhance the academic, physical, and social environments to support learning
- Align the resources and support services of the campus to student goals of inclusive excellence
- Make phased enhancements to campus recreational facilities
