Strategic Theme Two: Investing in Facilities

Providing students, faculty, and staff with optimal living and learning environments.

Progress

 

Approaching / Score: 3.34

Outcome 2.1 | Provide optimal living environments for students.

Measure 1: Student Satisfaction with Overall Housing Experience

• Current: 90% very satisfied, satisfied, somewhat satisfied (combined)
• Benchmark: 90%
• Score: 4

Measure 2: General Condition of Residence Halls, Student Satisfaction

• Current: 3.36 on a 5 point scale
• Benchmark: 4
• Score: 3

Outcome 2.2 | Support and maintain a physical infrastructure that provides a commitment to educational excellence.

Measure 1: Investment in Infrastructure

• Current: 3.65%
• Benchmark: A positive percentage
• Score: 3

Outcome 2.3 | Foster a student-centered learning environment.

Measure 1: Student: Faculty Ratio

• Current: 16:1
• Benchmark: 15:1
• Score: 4

Measure 2: Overall Engagement with Professors/Instructors, Student Satisfaction

• Current: 3.95
• Benchmark: 4
• Score: 4

Outcome 2.4 | Provide a financially and environmentally sustainable University to provide an optimal living and learning environment.

Measure 1: SUNY Financial Ratios

• Current: 1.4 / Yellow / "Financially Responsible, but additional oversight is required"
• Benchmark: 1.5-3 / Green / "Financially Responsible"
• Score: 3.5

Measure 2: SUNY Cash Reserve Percentage Report (Operating Reserves/Total Disbursements and Fringes)

• Current: 7.2 / Low Range
• Benchmark: Minimum 10 / Good Range
• Score: 3

Measure 3: Housing Occupancy Rates

• Current:
  • Fall 2021, State-Owned Housing (Anticipated): 66.7%
  • Fall 2021, Riverview Townhouses (Anticipated): 80.8%
  • Spring 2022, State-Owned Housing (Anticipated): 58.5%
  • Spring 2022, Riverview Townhouses (Anticipated): 75%
• Benchmark:
  • Fall: 95%
  • Spring: 90%
• Score: 3

Theme 2 Action Plans

• Re-envision campus life after COVID; what is campus going to look like after COVID-19? We will adopt new things, shed others, and shift our money to invest accordingly.
• Create different models for hands-on learning.
• Increase opportunities for personal engagement in a virtual world; important not to lose the human touch.
• Invest in productivity: many tools we use on campus could be combined; can we adopt a 1-stop mentality for e-services?
• Review and assess academic programs and prioritize to ensure sustainability of programs into the future.
• Invest in academic and athletic facilities that impact enrollment.

Theme 2 Action Plans Status: 2.25

Theme 2 overall score: 3.34