COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY STRATEGIC MAP: 2008-2013
Great Vision: eminence in optometric education, vision research, and eye care
Physical Facilities: Build a new facility to support administrative, clinical, and education programs
Faculty:
Recruit, Hire, Develop and Retain an Excellent and Diverse Faculty
Professional Program:
Provide Excellent Optometric Education and Patient Care
Students:
Recruit, Admit, and Retain an Excellent and Diverse Student Body
Graduate Program:
Train the Best Students to do the Best Research
Research:
Conduct Excellent Research in Optometry and Vision Science
Tactical Implementation Steps:
Increase Number of Tenure-Track Faculty Members
Educate the Educators
Improve Quality of Education from Internal Auxiliary Clinical Faculty
Increase Number of Research-Track Faculty Members
Build Courses into Critical Thinking Laboratories
Enrich and Restructure the Third-Year Experience
Establish Electronic Medical Records
Improve the Communication To and Among Students During Off Campus Rotations
Increase Number and Quality of Applicants and Improve Retention of Most Qualified Applicants to Matriculation
Increase Student Diversity
Increase the Number of Faculty Involved in Training Graduate Students
Enhance Recruitment of the Best Qualified Graduate Students
Increase Financial Support for Graduate Education and Graduate Research
Increase the College of Optometry’s Extramural Funding Portfolio
