Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

Appendix N: UCLA SON Strategic PlanNovember 15, 2005To:Daniel NeumanProvost and Executive Vice ChancellorFrom: Marie J. CowanDean and ProfessorRe:Strategic Plans and Budget for the School of NursingOver the last year, faculty and staff in the School of Nursing have developed the enclosedFive Year Strategic Plans for the School of Nursing FY2006-2011. The process has been usedtwice before during the last nine years for strategic planning. The task forces were: academicprograms, student affairs, pedagogy, faculty committees, research, information technology, anddevelopment. The dean appointed the respective chairs of the task forces, but the membershipwas open to faculty and staff to join according to their interests. Each task force also hadmembers external to the School who were appointed by the respective chairs. Acknowledgementof the respective committee members is in the report. Each task force used the same template fortheir report: specific aims, rationale, benefits, barriers, current status, strategies to accomplish thegoal, critical measurable indicators of accomplishments of the goal, resources and cost, andtimeline. Each task force met about six times during the fall and winter quarters. Drafts werepresented to the Deans Advisory Committee (DAC) and Faculty Executive Committees (FEC)during spring quarter. In May, faculty and staff spent a two-day retreat at Lake Arrowhead todiscuss the strategic plans to rank their priorities. In July, the faculty and staff again discussedthe strategic plans at an all-school business meeting. The strategic plans are attached.Executive Summary of Five Year Strategic PlansThe goal of this document is to provide an executive summary of the strategic plans, thetimetable, and more in-depth budget and resources analyses for three years.Strategic Plans for Academic ProgramsThe primary goal for academic programs for the next five years is the development andimplementation of a new undergraduate program, a masters in clinical nursing for persons whoalready have a baccalaureate degree in another discipline and increased enrollment in theAD/BS/MSN program for registered nurses from the community colleges to attain abaccalaureate and masters degree in three years. All three of these programs address the nursingshortage in California and will “raise the bar” for educational competencies for entry into214