Ensure students in the College of the Arts are equipped to thrive, belong, graduate and grow to become engaged alumni and lifelong learners committed to a life of impact.

AY 2023-24

Retention and Graduation

• Update COTA presentation for DKS to include academic success strategies and promote unique opportunities within the COTA.
• Help students interact with their academic community and develop successful academic behaviors and responsibilities. 
• Initiate comprehensive reviews of retention data for all academic programs in the COTA. 

Student Support and Sense of Belonging

• Continue to communicate with students about mental health resources. 
• Educate faculty/staff on appropriate support for student mental health, provide training. 
• Refine scholarship process and provide oversight and management at the school and college levels. 
• Support faculty in successfully meeting SAS accommodations for qualified students through partnerships with CTL and supplemental training. 
• Examine and refine the process and guidelines for accessing COTA student emergency funding. 
• Identify, disseminate and create more accessibility resources for students, faculty and staff. 

Curricular Development

• Educate COTA community about the meaning and impact of KSU’s classification as an “access institution” and curricular implications.
• Establish “program completion” as the main goal of the COTA.
• Review COTA curricula/schedules for potential barriers to student success. 

Recruitment

• Expand Art Without Limits to a multi-disciplinary, high-profile event; engage local high school students to impact recruitment and pipeline building. 
• Create a college-level recruitment plan and budget. 
• Add student ambassadors to assist with tours and recruitment events.

Alumni Engagement

• Create accurate contact lists for alumni from each school to facilitate future communication.
• Create a system for identifying and sharing alumni successes.

AY 2024-25

Retention and Graduation     

• Develop and implement strategies to improve student retention and completion rates, set goals for programmatic improvements on these metrics.

Student Support

• Expand opportunities to create a sense of student belonging, including campus engagement and employment. 
• Provide information and support to faculty/staff to allow for greater understanding and success in supporting accessibility to all students. 

Recruitment

• Initiate campus partnerships to enhance/expand Art Without Limits, increase participation of KSU students and local high schools.
• Improve marketing and communication about the experiences of current students.
• Deploy College-level recruitment plan, expand support for on-campus events for prospective students. 

Curricular Development

• Collaborate on revitalizing curricula with a focus on student success and completion, along with disciplinary best practices. 
• Enhance career-based education in classes, events and the COTA web site. 

Alumni Engagement

• Develop systematic methods of communicating with COTA alumni.
• Expand alumni outreach: revisit Alumni Awards program, explore the option of engaging alumni as career models.
• Create deliberate mechanisms for engaging alumni with current students and programs.