Board Responsibility for Equitable Student Success
Board Roles and Responsibilities
Co-creating, approving, and monitoring the progress of the strategic plan
- Strategic plans are used to set priorities, focus attention and resources, and establish the institution’s direction in response to a changing environment.
- The plan should demonstrate full transparency from initiation to completion.
Action Items
- Make sure the strategic plan is up to date and reflects equity-centered goals.
- Assure broad constituent engagement has been a part of the development process and review of the plan.
- Conduct a fully involving environmental scan and situational assessment at the onset of plan development.
Metrics and Assessment Tactics
- Review contents of the strategic plan.
- Develop a rubric and use it for document analysis.
- Ask questions to ensure that the strategic plan aligns to spoken goals.
- Assure spoken goals align with the mission.
- Assess plan plausibility and risks.
Questions to Pose
- When is the last time the strategic plan was updated?
- How has our institution changed and how have our student, staff, or faculty demographics changed?
- What changes do we anticipate?
- Does the plan articulate equity goals with metrics and milestones?
What does success look like?
An Institutional Example:
An Institutional Example:
Prairie View A&M and Texas A&M System Board of Regents
A comprehensive strategic plan that addresses access and affordability
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