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Opportunities for the College
and Community:
The following notes were submitted by our
planning consultant, David McFarland, as a
result of his meetings with multiple
constituencies on September 14-16, 2009, along
with this comment: "I did not mention an issue
unless it was endorsed by at least two people.
The issues are not mine but given to me
frequently from the many groups I interviewed."
Campus Constituencies:
Expanding and strengthening graduate
programs
Becoming more efficient/effective with
technology
Expanding racial diversity/inclusion of
students and faculty as an umbrella effort
for all else that is done
Move toward an environmental
campus/sustainability (branding)
Get alumni and friends
more involved in support of the institution
Consider creating independent schools of
Business and Education
Expand on-line education
More internal collaboration and
interdisciplinary activities
Reorganize the academic divisions as a
part of a more general reorganization of the
College
Create an image as "the center of
everything" rather than as an isolated
institution
Create more opportunities for outdoor
opportunities like the long sought after
hiking trail
Science faculty believe the institution
is cable of becoming "the campus known for
sciences"
Community Leaders :
Reach out to school
districts–disciplines; financially
strapped–united efforts–cost efficiencies
Produce teacher/training prior to
classroom
Exchange of professors to the high
schools into businesses
Expand on services–student
teaching/classroom opportunities
Internships–student credit and company
gets resources
Capitalize on past efforts–quality
education; selfishly expand before uplift
others–long-term gain; non-linear
growth–focus on strengths
Community better off with larger student
base – politics keep close to home
No control over tuition stifling
Train existing non student population
Slow growth–Oneonta solid to draw
"revenue units"
Quality of education–jack up skill set
Retool displaced workers in 6 months or
less
Education and remain local by business
and community
Add to the Master’s programs
Night life? Activities
Become increasingly selective in student
body
Expand geographic area in which we
recruit students
Help our businesses by preparing
competent employees including engineering
and health sciences
Act as business
incubator–allowing/helping small businesses
to start
Internships with community businesses
that are useful to business
Students and faculty with expertise at a
more sophisticated level than student
interns
Create more avenues of communication and
interaction between community and campus
Personal interaction between students
and community members
Like Colgate, put bookstore downtown
Campus be a site for community
events–e.g., conferences
Enhance opportunities for human services
employees
Partnerships and community service
Expansion of internships
Job Corps students being tutored on
college campus
Gerontology certification program
Three-way partnership of Job Corps, SUNY
Oneonta, and SUNY Delhi
Last Updated: September 25, 2009
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